Digitalization and Digital Sovereignty
A four-part panel series on digitalization and digital sovereignty — law, total defence, business, and AI.
Together with the other Nordic countries, Sweden is one of the world’s most digitalized societies. This has brought major productivity gains and smoother public services, but also invisible and unhealthy dependencies on a small number of technology vendors.
Russia’s increasingly aggressive stance towards Sweden, China’s expanded global power, and the sharp shift in US policy have highlighted Sweden’s and Europe’s vulnerable position in several areas, including energy, weapons systems, and IT systems.
The panel series aims to discuss Sweden’s situation through conversation and collectively increase understanding of the challenges the country faces in relation to digitalization. The purpose is not debate, marketing, politics, or reaching a particular outcome.
The non-profit association Open Knowledge Sweden, together with volunteers from the industry initiative EuroStack, has assembled four panels that will explore the issue over one morning. Each panel is valuable on its own, but the main benefit is gaining insight into all four nuances in a short time. Many similar events focus on only one aspect at a time, which is not wrong but does not provide enough to understand the complexity of the challenges.
Four panels
- Total defence – Building total defence, including digital sovereignty
- AI and efficiency – Efficiency through digitalization and AI
- Business – Swedish industrial policy that actively supports Swedish enterprise
- Law – Legal issues connected to digitalization and digital sovereignty
Schedule
- 08.30 Introduction and opening remarks
- 08.45 Panel 1: Total defence
- 09.25 Panel 2: AI and efficiency
- 09.55 Break
- 10.15 Panel 3: Business
- 10.55 Panel 4: Law
- 11.25 Summary and closing
Date: 4 June 2026, 08:30–12:00
Venue: Norrsken House, Birger Jarlsgatan 57, Stockholm
