Closing the Gap: Eight Fixes Europe Needs Now

Day 2

Closing the Gap: Eight Fixes Europe Needs Now

30 September 2026, 12:05 - 12:25

Main Stage

Keynote

Europe's difficulty is not too little regulation but too little coherence. Drawing on the Draghi findings and Europe's shrinking share of global tech value, this keynote sets out eight achievable reforms — from restoring proportionality and a workable definition of personal data to an innovation mandate for regulators — none of which reduces protection for any European.