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GIG-ARTS Conference Programme Now Available!

We are delighted to unveil the programme of the ninth GIG-ARTS Conference, to be held at the University of Salerno on 26-28 May 2025. This year’s conference takes as its main theme “The rise of digital sovereignty: ambiguities and challenges”. The concept of digital sovereignty has gained increasing attention and importance in recent years, driven by a complex mix of political and economic motivations, geopolitical tensions, and technological developments. The pursuit of digital sovereignty generates significant tensions, particularly between the desire for national control and the need for international and multistakeholder cooperation. Despite its growing prominence, digital sovereignty remains a deeply contested concept. This conference aims to foster critical dialogue on the rise of digital sovereignty, exploring its motivations, ambiguities, and contradictions.

Here is a glimpse of the programme for this year’s conference:

OUTLINE  SCHEDULE 

DAY 1 – Monday, 26 May

09:00-10:30 Registration

10:30-11:00 Welcome 

11:00-12:30 Paper Panel Session 1 – Conceptualizing Digital Sovereignty

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:30 Paper Panel Session 2 – Geopolitics of Digital Sovereignty
15:30-16:00 Break

16:00-17:00 Keynote Speech by Paul Timmers

17:00-18:00 Paper Panel Session 3 – Digital Sovereignty and Security

18:00-18:30 Transfer to Salerno

DAY 2 – Tuesday, 27 May

09:00-10:30 Paper Panel Session 4 – Platform Sovereignty

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:30 Roundtable: “Researching, Teaching and Practicing Digital Sovereignty”

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Paper Panel Session 5 – Decolonial and Indigenous Perspectives on Digital Sovereignty

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00-17:00 Keynote Speech by Frederick Douzet 

17:00-18:00 Paper Panel Session 6 – Digital Sovereignty and EU regulation

18:00-18:30 Transfer to Salerno

DAY 3 – Wednesday, 28 May

09:00-10:30 Paper Panel Session 7 – Data Governance and Data Sovereignty

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:30 Paper Panel Session 8 – European Digital Sovereignty: Digital Constitutionalism, digital autonomy and normative power

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Paper Panel Session 9 – Infrastructural Sovereignty

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00-17:30 Paper Panel Session 10 – Digital Sovereignty in Wartime

17:30-18:00 Concluding remarks

18:00-18:30 Transfer to Salerno

Join us for enriching discussions and valuable insights!

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