EuroDIG 2025

Session reports

Note: All listed times are in the UTC time zone.

Monday, 12 May

07:00 - 08:15 Pre 2: The Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI and Guidance for the Risk and Impact Assessment of AI Systems on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law (HUDERIA)

07:00 - 08:15 Pre 3: Exploring Frontier technologies for harnessing digital public good and advancing Digital Inclusion

07:00 - 08:15 Pre 4: Dynamic Coalition on data and trust: Stakeholders Speak – Perspectives on Age Verification

09:00 - 10:15 Pre 6: Countering Disinformation and Harmful Content Online

09:00 - 10:15 Pre 7: Advancing Digital Inclusivity: UNESCO’s Measurement Approaches

09:00 - 10:15 Pre 8: IGF Youth Track: AI empowering education through dialogue to implementation – Follow-up to the AI Action Summit declaration from youth

11:00 - 12:15 Pre 10: Regulation of Autonomous Weapon Systems: Navigating the Legal and Ethical Imperative

11:00 - 12:15 Pre 11: Freedom Online Coalition’s Principles on Rights-Respecting Digital Public Infrastructure

11:00 - 12:15 Pre 12: Resilience of IoT Ecosystems: Preparing for the Future

11:00 - 12:15 Pre 9: Discussion on the outcomes of the Global Multistakeholder High Level Conference on Governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds

13:00 - 13:30 Opening

13:30 - 14:00 Keynotes

14:00 - 15:15 Opening Plenary: Working Together for a Human-Centred Digital Future – Parliamentary Cooperation for Democratic Digital Governance

15:15 - 16:00 Intergenerational dialogue – YOUthDIG Messages

Tuesday, 13 May

07:00 - 08:30 Main Topic 1: Why the WSIS+20 Review Matters and How National and Regional IGFs Can Enhance Stakeholder Participation

07:30 - 08:30 Workshop 1: AI & non-discrimination in digital spaces: from prevention to redress

07:30 - 08:30 Workshop 2: The Interplay Between Digital Sovereignty and Development

07:30 - 08:30 Workshop 3: Quantum Computing: Global Challenges and Security Opportunities

09:00 - 10:30 Main Topic 2: Neurotechnology and privacy: Navigating human rights and regulatory challenges in the age of neural data

09:30 - 10:30 Workshop 4: NRI-Assembly: How can the national and regional IGFs contribute to the implementation of the UN Global Digital Compact?

09:30 - 10:30 Workshop 5: Bridging Digital Inequalities and Challenges in Multicultural Societies

12:00 - 13:30 Main Topic 3: Europe at the Crossroads: Digital and Cyber Strategy 2030

12:30 - 13:30 Workshop 6: Perception of AI Tools in Business Operations: Building Trustworthy and Rights-Respecting Technologies

12:30 - 13:30 Workshop 7: Generative AI and Freedom of Expression: mutual reinforcement or forced exclusion?

14:00 - 15:30 Main Topic 4: Transatlantic rift on Freedom of Expression

14:30 - 15:30 Workshop 8: How AI impacts society and security: opportunities and vulnerabilities

14:30 - 15:30 Workshop 9: Between Green Ambitions and Geopolitical Realities: EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act

Wednesday, 14 May

07:00 - 08:30 Main Topic 5: The Age Verification Dilemma: Balancing child protection and digital access rights

07:30 - 08:30 Workshop 11: São Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines – The Way Forward in Multistakeholder and Multilateral Digital Processes

09:00 - 09:30 Intergenerational dialogue – reflection of the conference

09:30 - 10:00 Wrap up

The Pan-European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) 2024 will take place from 12 to 14 May in Strasbourg, France, hosted by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

EuroDIG aims to foster multistakeholder European dialogue to share expertise and best practices and, where possible, identify common ground. It brings together national perspectives and applies and shapes European values. It is the place to initiate discussions and, therefore, a decision-shaping initiative. The year-round process culminates in an annual event.

The event is currently in the programme planning stage, with the call for issues from the community having closed on 31 December 2024.