EU Tech Regulation at tech events
10 write-ups · 10 events · 2024–2026
Here I collect talks on EU technology regulation, including the Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2, DORA and the AI Act. The events I attend keep returning to what these rules mean for engineering teams and open source maintainers, and how privacy and security practice has to change to comply.
2026
17 Sept 2026 · AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026 · Amsterdam
AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026: Two Days of Real Agentic AI at RAI AmsterdamDay 1 of AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe at RAI Amsterdam: 2,000+ attendees, keynotes from MCP co-creator David Soria Parra, and agentic AI production data.
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.
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.
18 Jun 2026 · ing.tonic. (Anonimi ma identificabili: quando la matematica salva la nostra privacy) · Padova
Differential Privacy: How Math Protects Your PrivacyHow differential privacy uses intelligent noise to protect personal data without losing its value — explained at the ing.tonic. talk in Padova.
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.
2025
10 Sept 2025 · Cybersec Netherlands 2025 · Utrecht
Cybersec Netherlands 2025: CYRA and the Regulatory WaveCybersec Netherlands and Data Expo 2025 at Jaarbeurs Utrecht: FME's regulatory wave, the CCV's CYRA growth model for IT and OT, DIVD and the expo floor.
25 Aug 2025 · Open Source Summit Europe 2025 · Amsterdam
Open Source Summit Europe 2025 Amsterdam: RecapThree days at Open Source Summit Europe and ELC 2025 in Amsterdam: agentgateway, DocumentDB, COSSA, RISC-V interviews, Zephyr testing and NIS2 vs CRA.
27 May 2025 · AI Native Netherlands meetup #1 · Amsterdam
re:cinq AI Native Meetup 2025: MCP Security Wild WestFirst AI Native Netherlands meetup, May 2025: re:cinq on AI-native platforms, plus a Wild West tour of MCP risks, protocol competition, privacy and regulation.
2024
3 Oct 2024 · Snowflake World Tour Amsterdam 2024 · Zaandam
Snowflake World Tour Amsterdam 2024: Cortex and EU AI ActSnowflake World Tour Amsterdam 2024: the Enterprise AI keynote, Cortex Analyst and Search, the EU Data Act and AI Act, Native App security and Cortex SQL.
1 Oct 2024 · TechEx Europe 2024 · Amsterdam
TechEx Europe 2024: Puppet on DORA, NIS2 and Desired StatePuppet's Confidence as Code keynote at TechEx Europe 2024 in Amsterdam: DORA, NIS2, XZ Utils, CrowdStrike, configuration drift and the Interhyp case study.