About the event
For years, Europe's businesses and public sector have relied on infrastructure and tech services they do not control on infrastructure they do not control. US cloud providers have powered everything from early stage startups to critical public institutions, but recent outages, geopolitical tensions and regulatory conflicts have exposed a growing fragility at the heart of that model. What was once a technical decision is now a strategic risk. From data sovereignty clashes to sudden service withdrawals, European businesses are increasingly asking a harder question: what happens when the systems you rely on are governed by someone else’s politics? At the same time, a quiet shift is underway. European alternatives are scaling fast, driven not by ideology but by necessity. From financial institutions to international organisations to startups, adoption of European tech services is accelerating as resilience, control and trust move up the agenda. So is this a moment of correction or the start of a fundamental rebuild of Europe’s tech stack?
Date & Venue
Wed 17 Jun 2026 / 12:00 (BST), 13:00 (CEST)
Virtual (Zoom call)
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We'll be discussing
- The stability gap: Why reliance on US tech is becoming a structural risk for European businesses
- Geopolitics meets infrastructure: How US EU tensions, data laws and policy decisions are directly impacting CTO and CISO decision making
- The tipping point: What is driving the surge in adoption of European alternatives across sectors from startups to public institutions
- Case studies in action: What real world shifts, including organisations like the ICC, tell us about where the market is heading
- Building the sovereign stack: What a resilient, European owned infrastructure actually looks like and how companies are starting to implement it
Moderators & Speakers
Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser @ European Parliament
Chief Operating Officer @ Proton
Managing Editor @ Sifted