The Importance of Digital Sovereignty (Alpine Tech Forum)

​Europe is not lacking innovation - it is lacking scale. ​Despite strong research, talent, and early-stage startups, the continent continues to struggle to build globally competitive technology companies. This webinar explores a key shift in perspective: ​Digital sovereignty will not be achieved through regulation alone. It will be built by growing strong European companies. ​We will focus on three core ideas: — The real bottleneck is not innovation, but the ecosystem required to scale it — Sovereignty is built through companies, not policies — The biggest risk is slow decision-making and lack of urgency ​If Europe wants to remain competitive and preserve its model of a rule-of-law-based digital society, it must actively grow its own AI champions — and do so with speed. ​Part of Alpine Tech Forum ​This webinar is an introductory session to Alpine Tech Forum Zurich (June 22), where these conversations will continue in a curated, in-person setting.