Overview
RAID – Regulation of AI, Internet and Data – is held annually in Brussels and serves as Europe's leading forum for shaping innovation, growth and trust in the digital economy. The conference brings together regulators, policymakers, industry leaders and legal experts to explore how AI, data and platform rules are evolving and how they can be implemented in practice. RAID 2026 is scheduled for 28-29 September at the Stanhope Hotel in Brussels.
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- What were the key takeaways from RAID 2026? From AI innovation and competitiveness to regulatory simplification, digital sovereignty and consumer protection, RAID 2026 brought together policymakers, regulators, legislators, industry leaders, academics and civil society representatives to debate the future of Europe's digital economy. Two days of discussions in Brussels raised many important questions: • How can Europe turn its technological and industrial strengths into growth? • How can regulation be simplified to make it easier
- How can Europe turn its strengths in AI and digital regulation into innovation and growth? RAID 2026 brought together policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, academics and civil society representatives in Brussels on 28–29 September for two days of discussion on the future of Europe's digital economy. Under the theme Europe's New Age of Innovation, the conference explored how Europe can strengthen competitiveness, accelerate AI adoption and foster innovation while maintaining public trust through effective, future-ready
- Great to see RAID 2026 featured in POLITICO following two days of discussion in Brussels. The article picks up on one of the key issues raised during Henna Virkkunen’s keynote: the increasingly different approaches to AI regulation in the EU and US. She argued that regulation done well can create the trust, predictability and level playing field needed to support investment and adoption. Read POLITICO’s coverage from RAID 2026 from reporter (and session moderator) Pieter Haeck https://lnkd.in/ekzg73WM #RAID2026
- Two days of discussion at RAID 2026 brought together policymakers, regulators, industry, academics and civil society as questions around AI and the digital economy are accelerating. That pace of change was brought sharply into focus by Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy at the European Commission, in her keynote address. Pointing to increasingly autonomous AI agents and the new safety and security questions they are creating, she said Europe should not respond by stepping back from
- Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy at the European Commission, used her keynote at RAID 2026 to make the case that Europe should not have to choose between AI innovation, competitiveness and safety. With AI capabilities developing rapidly, she said Europe is well placed to respond because the regulatory foundations are already in place through the AI Act. “We know that good regulation is the one that creates trust, generates predictability, and a level playing field that enables
- Panel 7 at RAID 2026 explored the challenge at the heart of the platform economy: how to support innovation and growth while maintaining accountability and protecting rights. Axel Voss MEP opened with a call for a significant change in Europe’s regulatory approach, arguing that legislation has become too detailed for the pace of technological development and that Europe needs to put greater emphasis on innovation and competitiveness. “We have done a lot and probably too much, and probably too detailed for innovation,” he said. "We
- A packed morning at #RAID2026, with two discussions exploring how Europe can build trust in technology while remaining competitive. Our opening panel on EU–US regulatory differences challenged the idea that cooperation requires identical rulebooks. Instead, the focus was on shared outcomes - from cybersecurity and AI safety to consumer protection and resilient supply chains. Competitiveness was central to the discussion too, with panellists looking beyond regulation to access to capital, procurement, investment and the ability of
- Europe’s AI ambitions ultimately depend on something very physical: the infrastructure to support them. INFRASTRUCTURE & CAPACITY – Building Europe’s digital backbone brought together Diego Solier MEP, Aleida Alcaide, Director General of Artificial Intelligence at Spain’s Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service, Tomas Jakimavicius, Director of European Government Affairs at Microsoft, and Dick Sluimers, Vice Chair of Euronext and moderator Guido Lobrano, Senior Vice President of Policy and Director General for
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