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NexusForum2025 Summit

AI, Cloud & Sustainability for Europe’s Digital Sovereignty

5-6 November 2025  |  AREA42, Brussels

AI, Cloud & Sustainability for

Europe’s Digital Sovereignty

As 2025 marks a decisive turning point in Europe’s digital transformation journey, we face an unprecedented convergence of Artificial Intelligence, cloud-edge infrastructure, and sustainability. These are no longer separate priorities, but deeply interconnected forces shaping our society, economic future, environmental resilience, and the political autonomy of the European Union and its Member States.

With Europe currently controlling less than 10% of its critical digital infrastructure while facing ambitious 2030 climate targets, NexusForum2025 aims to bring together experts in Artificial Intelligence, cloud & edge technologies, sustainable innovation, and digital sovereignty to create a unique space for exploring high-impact collaborations between the European research and industry ecosystems—from joint technology platforms to policy frameworks and investment strategies.

  • Artificial Intelligence is driving innovation across sectors, but demands sovereign technologies, significant compute power, strong data governance, and ethical oversight.

  • Cloud and Edge infrastructures are the backbone of digital Europe—yet the continent still depends heavily on centralised datacentres and on technologies controlled by non-EU entities.

  • Sustainability must no longer be an optional feature. Green computing and climate-conscious digital infrastructures are essential to meet the targets of the European Green Deal.

  • Digital sovereignty is about giving Europe the power to shape its technological destiny—from open standards and interoperability to the joint development of European open source software.
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NexusForum2025 offers concrete partnership opportunities, actionable insights, and a shared innovation roadmap for advancing Europe’s values-driven technological leadership in Artificial Intelligence along the whole HPC-Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum.

What to expect at the Summit

NexusForum2025 will offer a unique combination of engaging sessions and contents:

    ✓ High-level keynotes and interactive panel discussions

    ✓ Hands-on workshops on digital policy, open standards, and European open source technologies

    ✓ Showcases of EU-funded research & innovation projects and the real-world use cases they are enabling

    ✓ Round-tables connecting representatives form public administrations and major industrial players

    ✓ Opportunities to influence the NexusForum Roadmap by joining its exclusive Working Groups

    Launched by the European Commission in 2021 under the direct sponsorship of Commissioner Thierry Breton, the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud fosters collaboration between EU industry and Member States and helps to define common technology priorities and roadmaps for Europe’s next-generation cloud.

    Around 100 of the most innovative  companies from 12 EU Member States have joined forces around a new €3B Important Project of Common European Interest on Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure & Services to create a common cloud and edge infrastructure for Europe and carry out its first industrial deployment in a number of strategic sectors.

    With a total budget of €95.5 billion, Horizon Europe is the ambitious EU research & innovation framework programme for 2021-2027. Several topics have been targeting Cloud and Edge Computing since 2021, providing funding for a number of on-going projects developing new data and computing technologies.

    Agenda

    Through a number of expert-led workshops, presentations, and panel discussions, NexusForum2025 will offer a unique opportunity for participants to learn about, and contribute to, strategic EU technological initiatives on AI & Cloud.

    5 NOVEMBER 2025

    6 NOVEMBER 2025

    5 NOVEMBER 2025

    08:00 — Registration and Welcome Coffee ☕

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    09:00 — WELCOME SPEECH
    • Hanifeh Khayyeri VP of Computer Science, RISE.
    09:30 — GUEST KEYNOTE ⭐
    10:00 — Panel Discussion: FIGHTING FOR DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY

    What are the new challenges when it comes to make Europe’s digital sovereignty a reality?

    • Justina Bieliauskaite Innovation Director, European DIGITAL SME Alliance.
    • Cristina Caffarra Economist & Antitrust Expert, EuroStack.
    • Sachiko Muto Senior Researcher, Martel Innovate.
    • Enzo Ribagnac Director for Policy, Governance and Operations, CISPE.

    11:00 — Coffee Break ☕

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    11:30 — KEYNOTE ⭐ Miguel González-Sancho 🇪🇺 European Commission
    Miguel Gonzalez Sancho is the Head of Unit “Future Connectivity Systems” at DG CNECT.
    12:00 — Panel Discussion: BUILDING THE AI CONTINENT
    This session will offer a perspective from the different stakeholders involved in the creation of the AI Continent.

    • Monique Calisti CEO, Martel Innovate.
    • Petra Dalunde Co-Director of the AI Factory MIMER, RISE.
    • Stanisław Krzyżanowski Business Development Manager, CloudFerro.
    • Ignacio M. Llorente CEO, OpenNebula Systems.
    • Andrea Podda High Value Business Director, Tiscali.

    13:00 — Networking Lunch 🥗

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    14:30 — Panel Discussion: A FEDERATED CLOUD FOR EUROPE

    This session will explore the challenges and current initiatives to create a European federated cloud:

    • Enrique Areizaga Digital Transformation Manager, Tecnalia.
    • Francesco Bonfiglio CEO, Dynamo.
    • Giuseppe Cafiso Special Projects Lead (DOME), Engineering.
    • Leonardo Camiciotti Executive Director, TOP-IX.
    • Erik Langius Senior Integrator & Project Manager (ECOFED), TNO.

    15:30 — Coffee Break ☕

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    16:00 — Panel Discussion: SUPPORTING CLOUD INNOVATION FOR AI

    This session will focus on how EU member states are supporting the development of technological innovations on AI and cloud through strategic initiatives like the IPCEI Cloud:

    • Nena Dokuzov IPCEI-CIS National Coordinator (Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport), Government of Slovenia.
    • Alberto P. Martí VP of Open Source Innovation, OpenNebula Systems.
    • Dominik Wasiluk Senior Project Manager (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Government of Poland.
    17:00 — CLOSING KEYNOTE ⭐

    17:30 — Networking Session & Cocktail Party 🍷

    6 NOVEMBER 2025

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    09:00 — Panel Discussion: NEW IPCEI-CIS REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE

    Organised by the CISERO Project.

    09:30 — Panel Discussion: FROM PROJECT TO PRODUCT; COMMERCIALISING EU RESEARCH ASSETS

    Organised by the 5GMEC4EU Project.

    10:00 — Guest Initiative: THE AI-ON-DEMAND PLATFORM
    10:30 — Guest Initiative: THE FACT8RA FEDERATED AI FACTORY

    11:00 — Coffee Break ☕

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    11:30 — Interactive Consultation: SHAPING THE NEXT NEXUSFORUM ROADMAP

    13:00 — Networking Lunch 🥗

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    14:00 — Pitch Session: EUROPEAN RESEARCH & INNOVATION PROJECTS

    15:30 — Closing Remarks & Coffee Farewell ☕

    Speakers

    Speaker Justina Bieliauskaite

    Justina Bieliauskaite

    Innovation Director
    European DIGITAL SME Alliance
    Speaker Francesco Bonfiglio

    Francesco Bonfiglio

    CEO
    Dynamo
    Speaker Cristina Caffarra

    Cristina Caffarra

    Economist & Antitrust Expert
    EuroStack
    Speaker Giuseppe Cafiso

    Giuseppe Cafiso

    Special Projects Lead (DOME)
    Engineering
    Speaker Monique Calisti

    Monique Calisti

    CEO
    Martel Innovate
    Speaker Petra Dalunde

    Petra Dalunde

    Co-Director of the AI Factory MIMER
    RISE
    Speaker Nena Dokuzov

    Nena Dokuzov

    IPCEI-CIS National Coordinator (Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport)
    IPCEI-CIS National Coordinator (Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport)
    Speaker Miguel Gonzalez Sancho

    Miguel González Sancho

    Head of Unit “Future Connectivity Systems”
    DG CNECT
    Speaker Hanifeh Khayyeri

    Hanifeh Khayyeri

    VP of Computer Science
    RISE
    Speaker Stanisław Krzyżanowski

    Stanisław Krzyżanowski

    Business Development Manager
    CloudFerro
    Pierre Chastanet

    Ignacio M. Llorente

    CEO
    OpenNebula Systems
    Alberto Palomo

    Alberto P. Martí

    Chair of the Industry Facilitation Group
    IPCEI-CIS
    Pierre Chastanet

    Sachiko Muto

    Senior Researcher
    RISE
    Speaker Andrea Podda

    Andrea Podda

    High Value Business Director
    Tiscali
    Speaker Enzo Ribagnac

    Enzo Ribagnac

    Director for Policy, Governance and Operations
    CISPE
    Speaker Dominik Wasiluk

    Dominik Wasiluk

    Senior Project Manager (Ministry of Digital Affairs)
    Government of Poland

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