Tech Policy, Ethics & AI Governance Events in Europe

Hello Collaborators!

We are hosting a roundtable at RightsCon Zambia: Government Data Of the People: Successes, Catastrophes, and the Future of Government Transparency.

This session explores how government transparency is changing, where efforts have succeeded, and what strategies can support accountability going forward.

Expect a practical discussion with journalists, advocates, and public servants working in this space.

📍 In person: Room A113, RightsCon Zambia
🌍 Available online (Please register here: https://bit.ly/odcdatagov)
Zoom link will be shared one hour before the session

🕑 Wednesday, May 6, 2026
4:15 – 5:15pm EAT

We look forward to learning with you
-ODC Team

Digital technologies have a growing environmental and social impact, one that will continue to increase as systems scale and evolve. This shift challenges the role of designers, who can no longer focus solely on user needs but must consider the broader ecosystem in which technology operates. As AI accelerates these dynamics, its influence is shaped not only by technology itself, but by the design choices behind it. This talk explores how design operates across multiple layers, opening a perspective on more responsible approaches to innovation.

SPEAKER
Anna Forlati is Head of Digital Sustainability and Impact at TeamSystem. With a background in UX and Business Design, she bridges technology, sustainability, and humanity-centred innovation.
Her work focuses on integrating ESG principles and digital sustainability strategies into products and processes, designing technology that creates positive impact for people, businesses, and the planet.

HOST
forpeople is a global creative studio partnering with visionary companies to shape the future human experience. By joining the dots of strategy, brand, and experience design, we are redefining how people eat, move, live, work, and grow together. Based in London and Amsterdam, their diverse team of 130+ creatives puts people at the heart of everything they do. Fiercely independent. Proudly certified B Corp™. Striving to create a fairer, more inclusive, more meaningful world for people.

PROGRAM

18:00 Doors open with drinks & bites
18:30 Talk + Q&A
19:30 Drinks & Pizza🍕 & Networking

📸 Please keep in mind that there will be pictures taken at the event. They will be uploaded to the meetup page and might be used on social media.

Join us for a full‑day deep dive into how the live entertainment, production, and tech sectors can accelerate circularity.

Join us for a full‑day deep dive into how the entertainment, production, and tech sectors can accelerate circularity.

Throughout the day, we’ll host impact sessions and pitches, followed by an expert panel in the evening.

We will explore real-life cases, challenges, and future pathways from battery and energy management to carbon accounting, EU regulations, supplier impact, and circular design.

This is an industry event, so if you are active in the live entertainment tech sector, feel free to register for this event.

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CO-WORK

Feel free to kick-start your day with us from morning until night.

Reserve your spot for the member sessions, use our focus booths for calls, or schedule meetings in our meeting rooms.

Come earlier to discover the space, and yes you’re welcome to bring a friend or coworker.

Lunch can be reserved at 25 euro / person

To reserve your spot(s) and lunch, please email us at:

📧 hello@laboftomorrow.com

Subject: CO-WORK Impact Day

If you have any questions,

please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Hangout is a format without speakers or much preparation. Instead all the two hours are reserved for an open discussion and networking. It is good if you are curious to learn whether AI Safety is a thing or find collaborators/friends/networking.

Description for newbies:
We’re living through something comparable to the Industrial Revolution — except this time, the machines don’t just replace muscle, they try to replicate cognition.
This meetup is for people in Lund who want to calmly and seriously discuss AI safety: how advanced AI systems might impact society, work, power, and long-term human wellbeing — and what can be done to steer development in a beneficial direction.
The meetup is informal and discussion-based. We’ll talk about current AI systems, near-future risks, ethical questions, governance, and technical safety ideas — always with an emphasis on critical thinking rather than hype or fear.
You don’t need to be an AI expert. Students, researchers, professionals, and curious non-technical people are all welcome. If you’re interested in understanding AI beyond headlines — and want to think together with others — this meetup is for you. Fun and nice atmosphere included.

Acompáñanos a explorar las diferencias entre el hacking ético, la investigación en seguridad y la actividad delictiva.

🔐 Ciberseguridad y ley: ¿dónde está el límite?

El próximo 7 de mayo organizamos una charla en la que exploraremos la diferencia entre el hacking ético, la investigación en seguridad y la actividad delictiva.

También abordaremos los distintos perfiles del sector y analizaremos casos reales para entender qué dice la ley sobre acceso no autorizado, uso de herramientas de hacking e interceptación de datos.

Para ello, contaremos con la participación de dos profesionales en IA y ciberseguridad:

Miguel Guerrero, presidente de Saturdays.AI, experto en IA, ciberseguridad e innovación y Victor Moran, partner en Letslaw, especialista en Data Protection, IP/IT, IA y derecho digital.

Si trabajas en tech, derecho o simplemente te preocupa el futuro digital, este evento es para ti. ¡No te lo pierdas!

📅 7 de mayo a las 18h 📍Calle de Leganitos, 47, Madrid

In 2026, the European Parliament will vote on the introduction of the digital euro. During this event, we will take a closer look at the conditions needed to transform our financial system, and how the digital euro can play a role in this.

The new group "Security Native Europe" finds it debute in Munich, so let them give a warm welcome :)

Agenda:
- 18:00 — Doors open, drinks & networking
- 18:30 — Welcome & panelist introductions
- 18:40 — Interactive workshop: Where do you stand? (live poll + guided group exercises)
- 19:10 — Panel: The biggest sovereignty myths versus (versions of) the truth
- 19:40 — Open Q&A over snacks and drinks
Bring your phone for live polls. Bring your biggest sovereignty myth. Discuss and argue for a reality-proof understanding and concrete steps forward.

Travel / Location:
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🎤 Submit your session here: https://sessionize.com/securitynativeeurope/ (Make sure to select "Munich" as the location!)

📣 What We’re Looking For:
We are seeking sessions that move beyond high-level theory. We value practicality, transparency, and technical depth. Specifically, we welcome:

• Critical Infrastructure Use Cases: Real-world accounts from operators on how modern tooling is solving traditional infrastructure challenges.
• "Burning Problems" in Security: Unfiltered discussions on the unsolved gaps in runtime protection, supply chain security, and zero-trust implementation.
• Latest Security Research: Deep dives into emerging threats or novel defensive strategies within the cloud-native ecosystem.

By submitting the session, you agree to the CNCF Code of Conduct (https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md).
Please note that as this is a community-run, not-for-profit event, we are unable to cover speaker travel or accommodation expenses. We look forward to reading your submission!
#CloudNative #Security #CNCF #Meetup #Munich #SAP #CyberSecurity

​Website / Twitter / LinkedIn / Livestream Link

PLEASE REGISTER THROUGH OUR LUMA PAGE: https://luma.com/hqixba96

​​TAIS 2026 is a free, one-day workshop on AI Safety, to be held Thursday, 14th May, 2026 at the Examination Schools, Oxford. This conference is proudly brought by our Partners: Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative and Noeon Research.

​For our 2026 conference, we hope to welcome back all the attendees who joined us in 2024 & 2025, plus any other domestic and international researchers and professionals interested in discussing AI Safety.
First come, first served.

​Livestream details will be shared closer to the event.

​​We welcome attendees from all backgrounds, regardless of your prior research experience. This event is free, so we welcome you to come and join us!

​Confirmed Speakers:

• ​Gary Marcus | New York University
• ​Victoria Krakovna | Google DeepMind, Future of Life
• ​Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh | CFI, University of Cambridge
• ​Sara Bernardini | University of Oxford
• ​Alessio Lomuscio | Imperial College London, Safe Intelligence
• ​Oliver Sourbut | Future of Life Foundation
• ​Markus Anderljung | Centre for the Governance of AI
• ​Fazl Barez | University of Oxford

HER+Data MCR is a community working to connect, inspire, support and empower the NW UK’s Women in Data. Our goal is to bring together women and non-binary people who work in data or who would like to work in data - to support one another, share experiences and talk data - big or small! Whether you’re a student just embarking on a career or a seasoned data professional, this group is for you. We want to connect and inspire amazing data women with diverse expertise and experience.

This event is very generously hosted by Autotrader.

✨ Please note:

• Due to venue policies, this event is for 18+ attendees only.
• If you have any allergies/special dietary requirements, please let us know in advance, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
• If you have any access needs, please get in touch beforehand so we can ensure you have the best experience at the event.

Agenda
(All times in BST)
18:00 - 18:30 Networking with food and drinks
18:30 - 18:40 Welcome and announcements
18:40 Lightning talks and Q&A
20:30 Close

Speakers
Mrigna Singh is a Senior Data & Reporting Analyst at Korn Ferry, bringing over a decade of experience helping businesses cut through noise and turn data into meaningful decisions. In their talk, “My Understanding of the Data World,” they will share how they’ve navigated their career in the data field, the key lessons learned along the way, and what it takes to succeed as a Data Analyst.

Tiffany Plant is an MLOps Engineer at Fuzzy Labs with a background in data, spanning data analytics to data engineering. They are excited about exploring AI and deploying machine learning systems with positive real-world impact. In their talk “LLMs in the Wild,” Tiffany will explore how organisations can evaluate large language models before and after deployment, particularly in high-stakes environments where failures carry real consequences. They will highlight key risks and outline actions that can be taken to guide safe deployment.

Paige Pearson is a Manager in AI & Data at Deloitte. She will be speaking on building her career as a technical responsible AI developer.

By registering for this event, you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.
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Our Meetup page is very generously sponsored by KrakenFlex!

Workshop on anonymisation and data regulation, highlighting preliminary EC findings against Alphabet on Article 6(11) DMA compliance.

This workshop will examine the growing centrality of anonymisation in EU digital regulation, with particular focus on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Recent enforcement developments , most notably the European Commission's preliminary findings on the sharing of search data, confirm that anonymisation and re-identification risk now lie at the heart of the policy debate.

The workshop's first objective is to understand how the Commission seeks to combine technical and contractual controls, why it appears to favour a heuristics-based approach over established anonymisation models such as k-anonymity, and what alternative approaches could offer in terms of privacy guarantees and utility preservation.

The discussion will then situate these developments within the broader regulatory context of the proposed Digital Omnibus package, which includes amendments to the definition of personal data and, through Article 41a, seeks to recalibrate the institutional balance between the Commission and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

Against this backdrop, the workshop asks whether the EU is witnessing the emergence of a new governance model for anonymisation, one shaped less by horizontal instruments than by sector-specific measures. Workshop participants will discuss the implications of these trends for privacy protection and regulatory coherence across the Union.

Looking back from the year 2035, what might have occurred in the decade since the United Nations declared 2025 the IYQ.

Looking back from the year 2035, what might have occurred in the decade since the United Nations declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum? We believe that the ten years that followed this declaration will have reshaped global security, governance and trust as quantum technologies redefined the digital foundations of international cooperation. Alongside this transformation, early signals and uncertainties about quantum readiness and threat escalation time lines will have likely shaped how governments, industry leaders, and international bodies chose to act.

Explore how digital technologies are reshaping how businesses take responsibility and create value.at our miniconference 22 May

- How can businesses create digital value and impact – responsibly and sustainably?

Come join us for an insightful event with trends, cases and how-to insights from the intersection of AI , sustainability, and business.

Attend live online or join us in person at The Social House in Copenhagen.

Together with our expert speakers, we'll explore questions such as: Which trends are shaping business decisions at the intersection of AI, responsibility and sustainability? What ESG-related regulations apply to data management and AI? How can companies turn greener digital behaviour into business value?

Attend the miniconference to get insights on:

• Trends & cases of AI and sustainability in business
  Presented by Tania Ellis, Host & Trend Strategist, The Social Business Company
• AI in ESG & digital responsibility
  Shared by Astrid Haug, Tech & ESG Strategist, Astrid Haug
• AI regulation, ethics & compliance
  Reviewed by Birgitte Kofod Olsen, Specialist Advisor, Human/Rights/Advice
• Sustainable IT & data practices in action
  Shared by Lisa Holm, IT Sustainabilty Lead, Arla

Download full programme here

Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and network with like-minded individuals.

See you either online or in Copenhagen!

A digital public space is essential for a healthy democratic society. During the sixth edition of the PublicSpaces Conference, we will explore how the digital public space can be shaped based on democratic values.

NIS-2 Check: Deutor & Heuking zeigen die Umsetzung. Rechtssicher & technisch geschützt. Ihr Fahrplan zur Resilienz – Jetzt anmelden!

Could your product be causing harm — and you don't even know it?

Join us for a hands-on ProductTank workshop rooted in the "Do No Harm" principle, using Spotify's Ethics Checklist as our foundation.

This workshop is designed to help product teams identify, prevent, and mitigate harm across every stage of the product lifecycle.

From addictive design patterns to data exploitation, from biased algorithms to exclusionary experiences — harm can be subtle, systemic, and unintentional.

This session will sharpen your ability to spot potential harms before they reach your users and build a culture of ethical responsibility on your team.

Hello Collaborators!

We are hosting a session at RightsCon Zambia: Heavenly Data for Human Rights.

This session explores how AI and satellite data are being used to support human rights and address real world challenges.

We will share practical examples and demonstrate how these tools are being applied, while also looking at how they are becoming more accessible.

🌍 Available online (Please register here: https://bit.ly/heavenlydata)
Zoom link will be shared one hour before the session

🕑 Tuesday, 7 July, 2026
14:00 – 15:00 UTC

We look forward to learning with you
-ODC Team

www.opendatacollaboratives.com