Europe in data geopolitics

This seminar will be held in English

9:00 – Welcoming remarks:

Thomas Gomart, Director, IFRI

Patrick Nicolet, Group Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Group Executive Board, Capgemini

9:15-10:30 – Data geopolitics: Europe between the U.S. and China

Toward a transatlantic data war? – Henry Farrell, Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

How China is envisioning its global strategy for data? – Alice Ekman, Research Fellow and Head of China research, IFRI Center for Asian studies

Debate

10:30-10:45 – Coffee break

10:45-12:15 – Leveraging European data ambitions

Beyond GDPR: Can Europe articulate a ‘data sovereignty’ policy? – Stefan Heumann, Co-Director, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Berlin

Artificial Intelligence: a game-changer for Europe’s data-policy ambitions? – Julien Nocetti, Research Fellow, IFRI

Debate

12:15-12:30 – Concluding remarks

12:30-14:00 – Lunch at IFRI