The pace at which technology is transforming the world today is unprecedented. Digital solutions are helping economies to grow, businesses to become more efficient, and people to be more productive in everyday life. But the digital sphere also creates challenges and the need for better regulation—the scope of which is intensely debated. Discussions during this event will focus on how to devise policies for the digital age that maximize the value of technology while preserving the values we hold timeless.

Carnegie Europe, in partnership with Microsoft and in association with the Dutch Presidency of the EU, will host an event gathering 150 experts from the European institutions, EU member states, think tanks, NGOs, and the private sector. The event will feature keynote remarks by Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft.

Speakers include Olivier Burgersdijk, Head of Strategy of the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol, Wouter Jurgens, Head of the Cyber Security Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and Vincent Richardson, Chief Information Officer of Concern Worldwide. Forthcoming reports on cybergovernance by Carnegie Europe’s Sinan Ülgen and on the economic and socioeconomic impacts of the Internet of Things by Forrester will also be launched at the event.

Join the conversation on Twitter with #DigitalValues.

PRELIMINARY AGENDA*

12:30 to 13:30 p.m.
Networking lunch

1:30 to 1:40 p.m.
Welcome
Jan Techau, Director of Carnegie Europe
John Frank, Vice-President for EU Government Affairs at Microsoft

1:40 to 2:10 p.m.
High-level keynote
Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft

2:10 to 3:10 p.m.
High-level panel: Maximising the Value of Technology While Preserving Values We Hold Timeless
Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft
Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Oxford
Vincent Richardson, Chief Information Officer of Concern Worldwide
Moderator: Jan Techau, Director of Carnegie Europe

3:10 to 3:30 p.m.
Coffee break

3:30 to 4:45 p.m.
Break-out Session I: Governing Cyberspace: A Road Map for Transatlantic Leadership (launch of a Carnegie Europe report)
Sinan Ülgen, Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe
Wouter Jurgens, Head of the Cyber Security Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Head of Cyber Policy Coordination at the European External Action Service
Moderator: Jan Neutze, Cybersecurity Policy Director, Microsoft

Break-out Session II: Socio-Economic Implications of the Internet of Things (launch of a Forrester study)
Paul Miller, Senior Analyst at Forrester
Prof. Christopher Millard, Professor of Privacy and Information Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of the Queen Mary University of London
Thibaut Kleiner, Head of Unit for Network Technologies at the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content, and Technology of the European Commission
Moderator: Jochem de Groot, Government Affairs Lead, Microsoft Benelux

4:45 to 5:00 p.m.
Break

5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
High-level panel: Solving the New Privacy Rubik’s Cube
Constance Bommelaer, Senior Director of Global Internet Policy at the Internet Society
Olivier Burgersdijk, Head of Strategy of the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol
Michael Olmsted, Senior Counsel for the EU and International Law Enforcement Matters, United States Mission to the EU
John Frank, Vice-President for EU Government Affairs at Microsoft
Moderator: Frances Robinson, Freelance Journalist

6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Cocktail reception

* Agenda is subject to changes