Shaping Europe’s next sovereign digital infrastructure: the EURO-3C initiative

02-03-2026

17:30 - 18:00

Telefónica Hall3
stand 3K31

Fira Gran Vía, Barcelona

Language VO: English

Session description

Europe is advancing decisively towards a sovereign digital infrastructure capable of underpinning critical services enabled by Telco–Edge–Cloud convergence. At the same time, strategic sectors such as automotive, transport, energy and public safety continue to face constraints in performance, interoperability, scalability and technological autonomy within existing solutions. 

In this session the speakers will discuss how the EURO-3C initiative is shaping a federated, open and secure model at pan-European scale, driven by collaboration across operators, industry and the wider technology ecosystem – a decisive step towards strengthening Europe’s industrial competitiveness and strategic digital capacity. 

  • #Sovereignty
  • #Federation
  • #Telco
  • #Edge
  • #Cloud

Speakers

  • Photo of Renate Nikolay

    Renate Nikolay

    Deputy Director-General at DG Connect, European Commission

  • Photo of Sebas Muriel

    Sebas Muriel

    Chief Digital Officer, Telefónica

  • Photo of Juan Montero

    Juan Montero

    Chief Public Policy, Competition & Regulatory Officer at Telefónica

  • Photo of Ben Wreschner

    Ben Wreschner

    Group Regulatory & Policy Director, Vodafone

  • Photo of Andrew Lloyd

    Andrew Lloyd

    Vice President and Head of Government and Policy Advocacy at Ericsson

  • Photo of Josep Martí

    Josep Martí

    CEO Nearby Computing