<div dir="ltr">Dear Sir/Madam,<div>Well received. I will also keep you posted with several publications on digital sovereignty and security in the public sector, which we are preparing.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 1:09\u202fPM Joan Pla Vivoles <<a href="mailto:joan.pla@hiof.no">joan.pla@hiof.no</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6917234648466884573">
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I'd like to share the link to the recordings from the NGI Forum 2025, which took place in Brussels on June 19-20. I believe these sessions provide valuable follow-up insights to the speeches by Paul Timmers and Gemma Carolillo (and many others) at GIG-ARTS
2025. You can access the recordings here: <a id="m_-6917234648466884573anchor-253c09a0-0908-f205-0586-82aecd38ec85" href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/" target="_blank">
https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/</a> </div>
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NGI Forum 2025 featured Thibaut Kleiner, Director for Policy, Strategy, and Outreach at DG Connect. I recommend checking out the impactful speech by Alexandra Geese, a member of the EU Parliament (<a id="m_-6917234648466884573anchor-dbf29e30-5966-f981-6f2b-3d07cda8930e" href="https://video.ngi.eu/w/gCZNrLWokwFHQW97o5SYzB" target="_blank">https://video.ngi.eu/w/gCZNrLWokwFHQW97o5SYzB</a>).</div>
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Additionally, here are three links I've gathered from popular media focusing on digital sovereignty:</div>
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First, a BBC news article from yesterday: [BBC News] <span style="font-weight:500">
Should Europe wean itself off US tech? (2025-08-18) </span><a id="m_-6917234648466884573OWA4bfc65b2-8130-c238-1ed5-619164255863" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dpr2zkny0o" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3dpr2zkny0o</a></div>
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<div role="presentation">An open letter by the Data Ethics Council (Dataetisk Råd) in Denmark, an official independent advisory body to the Danish government's National Center for Ethics: [Information.dk, in Danish] "Digital sovereignty
is absolutely necessary. Here are three steps to achieving it" (2025-07-21) <a id="m_-6917234648466884573OWA092134e7-fa0d-8548-3a88-1759cfeda357" href="https://www.information.dk/debat/2025/07/digital-suveraenitet-absolut-noedvendigt-tre-skridt-paa-vejen-opnaa" target="_blank">
https://www.information.dk/debat/2025/07/digital-suveraenitet-absolut-noedvendigt-tre-skridt-paa-vejen-opnaa</a></div>
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<div role="presentation">Finally, an older piece (last May, right before the GIG-ARTS 25 conference) but still relevant column by John Naughton (I highly recommend his weekly column The networker): [The Observer] Microsoft shutting down
email accounts of Trump\u2019s foes should be worrying to us all (2025-05-24) <a id="m_-6917234648466884573anchor-040cc948-61d0-c118-957e-49d933f06f77" href="https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/the-networker-microsoft-shutting-down-email-accounts-of-trumps-foes-should-be-worrying-to-us-all" target="_blank">
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/the-networker-microsoft-shutting-down-email-accounts-of-trumps-foes-should-be-worrying-to-us-all</a> </div>
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I hope you find these links useful for your own work and thought.</div>
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Kind regards,</div>
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