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Giunto alla quarta edizione, il Tech Summit è diventato un importante punto di riferimento per discutere delle principali sfide derivanti dalla competizione tecnologica nell’attuale contesto multipolare. Si incontrano a Torino circa 40 esperti italiani ed europei tra cui analisti ECFR, policy maker e stakeholder europei per discutere delle principali priorità della sfida tecnologica al fine di proporre proposte di policy da condividere con decisori politici italiani ed europei.
TECH SUMMIT – 4th edition
EU Tech Power and Diplomacy: Searching for Political Consensus
Turin, 2-3 April 2025
DAY 1 – April 2nd, 2025
19:30 – 21:30 Dinner discussion: “Tech” united, do we stand? How to unlock Europe’s potential
In the unpredictability and fragmentation deriving from President Trump’s presidency, an EU political consensus is urgently needed. The Tech domain should be key to Europe to deal with the current “unorder”. How should the EU unlock its full potential?
Welcome remarks: Marco Gilli, Chairman, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
Brando Benifei, Chair, Delegation for relations with the United States, European Parliament
Claudia Colla, Head, Representation in the North of Italy, European Commission
Daniel Gros, Director, Institute for European Policymaking @ Bocconi University
Beniamino Irdi, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative, Atlantic Council
Chair: Teresa Coratella, Deputy Head and Policy Fellow, ECFR Rome
DAY 2 – April 3rd, 2025
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome remarks: Nicolò Russo Perez, Head, International Affairs Programme, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo; ECFR Council Member and Arturo Varvelli, Head and Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR Rome
09:15 – 10:30 PANEL 1: Building a "Tech-Enhanced" European Defense Union
After years of debate and missed opportunities, the urgent need for the EU to assume greater responsibility for its own defense is now an obliged reality. This could be achieved more quickly through enhanced Tech capabilities. What are the concrete future scenarios and challenges?
Kick off by:
Andrea Gilli, Lecturer, University of St. Andrews
Aleksandra Kozioł, Senior Analyst, International Security Programme, The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Victoria Vdovychenko, Joint Programme Leader - Future of Ukraine, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge
Chair: Clotilde Bômont, Senior Policy Analyst, EUISS
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:15 PANEL 2: Enhancing the EU “tech interdependence” in face of technological fragmentation
The increasing vulnerability and disruption risk in supply chains, exacerbated by the current unstable scenario as well as by US-China rivalry, should push the EU to speed up on its strategic interdependence. What are EU strengths, missed opportunities and challenges ahead?
Kick off by:
Francesca Ghiretti, Research Leader, RAND Europe
Sharinee Jagtiani, Senior Officer, GMF Technology
Herman Quarles Van Ufford, Senior Advisor, European Power Programme, Tech Initiative - Geoeconomics & Tech, ECFR
Chair: Alberto Rizzi, Policy Fellow, ECFR Rome
12:15 – 13:30 PANEL 3: Navigating through global disorder: what potential for EU digital diplomacy?
Kick off by:
Corneliu Bjola, Professor of Digital Diplomacy, University of Oxford
Oliver Bringer, Head of Unit for International Affairs, DG CNECT, European Commission
Angel Melguizo, Partner, ARGIA Green, Tech & Economics; Visiting Fellow, ECFR
Chair: Flavia Lucenti, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, LUISS University
Digital diplomacy is key today to the EU’s global strategy. But it needs attention, vision and inclusivity to guarantee a stable multilateral order and to counter imbalances in the technology realm. For this, digital alliances with like-minded countries remain a key pillar of EU strategy. How to boost EU diplomacy potential?
