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Why is Digital Sovereignty Important for Governments?

Published: April 14, 2022, 2 p.m.

Less than a month to go to the 2022 e-Governance Conference. To mark this countdown milestone, we called back a known voice of the Digital Government Podcast and the Conference, introducing the ever-more-pressing theme of digital sovereignty.\xa0

Taking the floor is Paul Timmers, a scholar at various European universities and former director at the European Commission for e\u2011government, health and ageing, future cities, and many more things digital.\xa0

With increased digitalization, governments are met with new and changing sets of challenges \u2013 over trust, service delivery, and cybersecurity. Here is a sneak peek into what his keynote and the panel discussion he will moderate will sound like, with a great conversation on current and fundamental issues urging decision-makers to keep sovereignty in focus for the information age.

Interested in more? Join the e-Governance Conference on 10 - 12 May to listen to the keynote of Paul Timmers and panel discussion ' Next step: Digital Sovereignty \u2013 How Is it Possible?' featuring Michel Paulin, CEO of OVHcloud and Lisa Talia Moretti, Digital Sociologist at the Ministry of Justice of the United Kingdom.\xa0