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AI-Cafe presents: Europe’s quest for technology sovereignty

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Thu 19 May 2022
Morten Irgens
(Dean and Chief Development Officer at Kristiania University College (Kristiania), Co-founder, Deputy Chair, and Director of The Confederation of Laboratories of Artificial Intelligence Laboratories in Europe (CLAIRE), Vice President of The Artificial Intelligence, Data and Robotics Association (Adra)

What is happening with Europe? It has great universities and strong companies but is hardly a player in the modern technology sector. Does that matter?  For some years now,  we have heard European leaders, from Macron through Merkel and Scholtz to Van der Leyen, talking about technology sovereignty, digital sovereignty, and data sovereignty. Why this focus, what does it mean, and does Europe have the will and the tools to change its course?