“Fight for Us, Not for Them”: A Public Interest Vision for EU Tech Policy — new speakers announced
As EU digital policy faces growing pressure from deregulation and “simplification” agendas, civil society experts, lawmakers, regulators, and journalists are coming together in Brussels and online to make the case for a bold public-interest vision of technology policy: one that protects people, communities, democracy, and our fundamental rights.
Updated speaker line-up
We are pleased to announce that Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director of IT for Change, Brando Benifei, Member of the European Parliament who co-led negotiations on the AI Act, and Diana Vlad-Calcic, Team Leader for Regulatory Simplification at the European Commission (DG CONNECT), will be joining us as speakers.
The event will be moderated by author and journalist Dave Keating, who has covered EU politics for over 20 years, and will conclude with a speech and interactive Q&A from Professor Shoshana Zuboff, thought leader and author of ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’. More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Hosted by 12 civil society organisations, the summit will explore the Digital Omnibus, the Digital Fitness Check, the future of EU digital regulation, and practical alternatives to deregulation that support innovation without weakening rights.
Event details:
- When: Tuesday 23 June 2026, 2pm-6pm CET, with a reception for in-person attendees from 6pm-7.30pm
- Where: Brussels European quarter* and online
- How: You can register to join the event online here
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This event is co-hosted by ARTICLE19, BEUC, CDT Europe, Check My Ads, Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties), Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Digitale Gesellschaft, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Greenpeace, People vs Big Tech, petites singularites and Stichting Data Bescherming Nederland (SDBN).
