Digital Sovereignty at tech events
22 write-ups · 15 events · 2025–2026
This hub gathers talks on digital sovereignty and European cloud. At Red Hat Summit, FOSDEM, KubeCon and RISC-V and AI events, the recurring themes are what control over data, software and hardware means for European organizations, and how open source and open hardware support that goal.
2026
22 Sept 2026 · AI Tech Summit "Filip Avramchev" 2026 · Skopje
AI Tech Summit Skopje 2026: From AI Demo to ProductionMy keynote at AI Tech Summit Filip Avramchev 2026 in Skopje, the sessions I photographed, and a practical checklist for taking AI from demo to production.
11 Sept 2026 · IBC 2026 · Amsterdam
IBC 2026: Sovereign Cloud and Media Data ControlHow European cloud infrastructure challenges hyperscale dominance in media workflows.
9 Sept 2026 · Rust AI Europe meetup · Amsterdam
Data Sovereignty and Rust: Robin Everaars at Rust AIRobin Everaars (HoistIT) at Rust AI Europe in Amsterdam: 10 of 27 Dutch mental-healthcare record systems point to a US cloud, and what Rust ownership adds.
29 Jul 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 · Yokohama
KubeCon Japan 2026: the CNCF Briefing and Lightning TalksFrom the KubeCon Japan 2026 press briefing: Japan's 950K cloud native developers, HAMi and Confidential Containers in incubation, and the IOWN partnership.
29 Jul 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 · Yokohama
Security, Isolation & Sovereign AI on Kubernetes (KubeCon Japan 2026)From KubeCon Japan 2026: holding AI isolation without killing efficiency, the hybrid namespace/dedicated-tools pattern, and open-source sovereign orchestration.
30 Jun 2026 · EU-Nough Tech Rules? · Amsterdam
EU-Nough Tech Rules? The Realities of Scaling in Europe — Amsterdam 202652% of EU founders avoided another EU market over compliance. Notes from DutchBasecamp's EU-Nough Tech Rules event in Amsterdam, June 30, 2026.
8 Jun 2026 · RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 · Bologna
EPIC Semi's RISC-V AI Server Runs UbuntuAt RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 I met Chloe Jian Ma of EPIC Semi to discuss the first RISC-V AI server — 48 cores, 16 AI cores, and Ubuntu booting live.
8 Jun 2026 · RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 · Bologna
RISC-V Summit Europe 2026: Open Hardware Meets AI in BolognaOn-the-ground coverage from RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 in Bologna — SiFive, ETH Zurich, Qualcomm, and Luxottica on open silicon for AI and smart eyewear.
8 Jun 2026 · RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 · Bologna
RISC-V Summit Europe 2026: Hardware Innovation from BolognaMy experience at RISC-V Summit Europe 2026 in Bologna — from Tenstorrent Blackhole to Monte Cimone v3 HPC, ESWIN server CPUs, and open-silicon research.
11 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 · Atlanta
Building Digital Sovereign AI: Red Hat and MetaX at RedLi Ming Tsai and Jiaju Zhang present China's sovereign AI stack at Red Hat Summit 2026 — MetaX GPUs, Qwen/DeepSeek powering 30% of global tokens.
11 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 · Atlanta
Christian Gafner, Adfinis: Digital Sovereignty Meets OpenBao's Open GovernanceChristian Gafner on digital sovereignty, OpenBao's TSC governance, and why Adfinis backs open source secrets management with a 24/7 enterprise SLA.
11 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 · Atlanta
Hyve Managed Hosting: Sovereign Cloud and VMware-to-OpenShift MigrationJack Ridgway of Hyve Managed Hosting on European sovereign cloud demand, VMware-to-OpenShift migration, and building agentic AI into managed hosting platforms.
11 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 Partner Day · Atlanta
Red Hat Desktop, Kaiden and Omdia Data at Summit 2026Red Hat Desktop with Kaiden on Intel Core Ultra, plus Omdia partner-day data on agentic AI adoption and digital sovereignty, from Red Hat Summit 2026.
26 Mar 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 · Amsterdam
Guido Laout (OVHcloud) at KubeCon EU 2026: SovereigntyOVHcloud's Guido Laout on why European digital sovereignty keeps heating up, managed services and Kubernetes, and exit plans, at KubeCon EU 2026.
23 Mar 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 · Amsterdam
KubeCon Europe 2026 Keynotes and Sessions: On the SlidesWhat was on the slides at KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam: Saxo's service blueprint, SNCF on-prem autonomy, Red Hat sovereign AI and Tekton CI.
23 Mar 2026 · KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 · Amsterdam
People of KubeCon Europe 2026: Hallway InterviewsFifteen short hallway interviews from KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam: contributors, a co-chair, observability vendors and a cluster in a cat carrier.
31 Jan 2026 · FOSDEM 2026 · Brussels
People of FOSDEM 2026: Hallway InterviewsShort hallway interviews from FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels: EU funding, the CRA, Weblate, Percona, PostgreSQL, FreeIPA, Foreman, Ansible and RISC-V hardware.
29 Jan 2026 · MLOps Community Amsterdam: AI Strategy & Sovereignty Special · Amsterdam
MLOps Community Amsterdam: AI Sovereignty and GPT-NLThe MLOps Community Amsterdam sovereignty special at UvA: a policy panel on Europe's compute gap and TNO's talk on training GPT-NL, a Dutch LLM, from scratch.
2025
15 Oct 2025 · Red Hat Summit: Connect 2025 · Utrecht
Red Hat Summit Connect Utrecht 2025: AI and SovereigntyNotes from Red Hat Summit: Connect 2025 in the Netherlands: Dutch AI priorities, open source sovereignty, vLLM and llm-d, Intel TDX and supply chain security.
8 Oct 2025 · World Summit AI 2025 · Amsterdam
World Summit AI 2025 Amsterdam: Data Centres and AgentsWorld Summit AI 2025 at Taets, Amsterdam: Karen Hao on the Empire of AI, $3–8T data-centre capex, Groq on sovereign AI, quantum-safe crypto and agents.
5 Jun 2025 · AI Salon Amsterdam (8th edition) · Amsterdam
AI Salon Amsterdam June 2025: AI Factories and PitchesAI Salon Amsterdam, 5 June 2025 at The Flow: Nebius on the US-EU AI funding gap, supercomputers versus AI factories, and a round of one-minute demo pitches.
4 Jun 2025 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2025 · Bunnik
Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2025: ACM, InstructLabRed Hat Tech Day Netherlands, 4 June 2025: ACM Global Hub, Vault on OpenShift, AI on Azure Red Hat OpenShift, image mode for RHEL and InstructLab.