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SUMMARY:Public AI and Europe’s Digital Sovereignty
DESCRIPTION:How can Europe develop public AI systems that also ensure competition and sovereignty? \nJoin us on 13 January 2026\, from 12:30 to 14:30\, at the European Parliament MEP Salon in Brussels for an lunch event on Public AI and digital sovereignty. The event is co-hosted by MEP Michał Kobosko (Renew) and MEP Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens) with Bertelsmann Stiftung\, Open Future\, Mozilla Foundation\, and Democratic Tech Alliance. \nAs Europe struggles with its dependency on American and Chinese AI models\, our research offers an alternative vision: public AI is a vision of developing European\, open source AI models that can spur innovation\, support the public interest\, and generate economic value. The event will discuss how public AI models and applications can be developed in the European Union\, as a core component of the AI Continent Action Plan. \nPublic AI systems make AI capabilities openly accessible\, serve the public interest\, and operate under public control or ownership. These systems are essential for achieving European technological sovereignty\, spurring European R&D\, and generating market value as solutions that can be deployed by European businesses. \nDuring the event\, we will present examples of open source AI development and public AI solutions. We will present recommendations on how the European AI Continent Action Plan can support public AI in Europe\, and discuss what more needs to be done. \nWe will also present our new policy brief—produced with Bertelsmann Stiftung—exploring pathways for developing public and sovereign AI solutions in Europe. \nSpeakers include:\n\nMEP Michał Kobosko\nMEP Sergey Lagodinsky\nGrażyna Piesiewicz\, Head of Unit for High Performance Computing and Applications\, DG CONNECT\nNicolas Flores-Herr\, Team Lead Foundation Models & Gen AI Systems\, Fraunhofer Institute\nIvan Yamshchikov\, Chief Product Officer\, Pleias\nAntoine Isaac\, Europeana\nMaximilian Gahntz\, AI Policy Lead\, Mozilla\nSebastiano Toffaletti\, Secretary General\, Digital SME Alliance\nRaegan MacDonald\, Director of Policy Leadership\, AspirationTech\nAlek Tarkowski\, Director of Strategy\, Open Future\nFelix Sieker\, Digitalization and Public Welfare Project Manager\, Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:https://knowledgegov.org/event/public-ai-and-europes-digital-sovereignty/
LOCATION:European Parliament MEP Salon\, Rue Wiertz 60\, Brussels\, B-1047\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:African Group Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Meeting of African Group delegates\, hosted by the Centre on Knowledge Governance with the South Centre \nTo contact the Centre on Knowledge Governance to enquire about this listing or our working in general\, please visit: https://knowledgegov.org/contact-us/
URL:https://knowledgegov.org/event/african-group-retreat/
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