Europe’s digital sovereignty is about the ability to act, not isolation. Philipp Ehmann from eco explains how flexible, innovation-friendly frameworks help companies stay competitive and strengthen Europe’s digital ecosystem.
Digital trust in Europe depends on effective hotlines, well-resourced oversight, and rights-respecting rules. Alexandra Koch-Skiba, Head of eco’s Complaints Office, explains how these pillars protect users and ensure safe online spaces.
Tim Cappelmann, CEO of AirITSystems GmbH, outlines why IT risk management is central to reducing cyber risks, managing digital dependencies, and strengthening governance and decision-making.
Silke Kanes, eco Board Member, on future-ready leadership: why trust, diversity, and clarity matter more than AI tools.
Alexander Rabe from eco on building digital trust: Europe’s digital economy needs robust infrastructure, effective governance, and clear policies working together to enable innovation people can trust.
How will Europe lead digitally? eco’s Lars Steffen, Vice-President of EuroISPA, shares the path: advanced connectivity, quantum security, and sustainable infrastructure for tomorrow.
Andreas Weiss, Managing Director of the eco Association, shows how the FACIS project translates European values into practical tools that enable digital sovereignty across federated cloud-edge ecosystems.
Abhishek Pimple from Google explains how Android engineers digital trust using zero-trust architecture – covering Play Integrity, FIDO2 passkeys, hardware-backed keys, and verifiable credentials.
Oliver Süme (Fieldfisher and Chair of the Board, eco) and John Cassels (Fieldfisher) explore 9 key tech sector trends for 2026 – from tougher digital regulation and AI litigation to cybersecurity, ESG accountability, and geopolitical market shifts.
Prof. Norbert Pohlmann from the eco Association and Ulla Coester from the Institute for Internet Security outline how trustworthiness in AI must move beyond compliance to become operational practice – and a decisive competitive advantage.
Henning Lesch from DE-CIX examines how growing regulatory pressure – from NIS2 to DORA – is redefining the Internet industry, turning compliance, resilience, and security into strategic advantages.
True digital trust in AI begins at the hardware level. In this piece, Abhijeet Rajwade from Google, explains how embedding a hardware root of trust in AI accelerators enables verifiable model integrity and secure data execution by anchoring trust directly in silicon rather than software.
Drawing on discussions from the eco Future Skills Meet-up on AI & Leadership, this article distills key insights on how organizations can translate digital trust from abstract principle into operational practice – and why leadership, not technology alone, determines whether AI creates real value.
dotBrand 2026: apply or pass? Jeanette Eriksson, Online Brand Protection at FairWinds, breaks down benefits, pitfalls, and boardroom realities.
