Leadership Roundtables

( By Invitation Only )

A curated series of closed-door, high-intensity leadership dialogues where Europe’s ministers, CEOs, tech leaders, innovators, investors and regulators stress-test the continent’s competitiveness, capital stack and security in a fragmenting world. Restricted to 30 participants per session. Each session will be led by a leader and a co-leader and will last for 60-90 minutes. Session topics might slightly change in the lead up to the show, based on market feedback and requirements.

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Quantum decisions leaders cannot postpone without inviting bigger risks

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

12:00 – 13:30

Every EU member state must begin its post‑quantum transition by end of 2026, yet most have not started. Stress‑test which systems move first, how much harvest‑now‑decrypt‑later exposure already sits in their logs, and what real crypto‑agility demands across critical sectors.

For: CISOs; Heads of cyber security, governance and risk; critical infrastructure operators; NIS2 compliance leads.

Session Chair:

André M. König
CEO,
Global Quantum Intelligence
USA

Turning cyber incidents into shared European intelligence

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

13:45 – 15:15

NIS2 and DORA force thousands of operators to report incidents, while AI-driven ransomware and fraud still outpace cross-border response. Cybercrime chiefs and CISOs must decide which data, legal tools and joint playbooks turn each major breach into usable intelligence for Europe instead of a private disaster.

For: CISOs and cyber-risk heads in banks, platforms and critical infrastructure, SOC and threat-intel leaders, national and CSIRTs and cyber-authorities, and DORA / NIS2 Heads.

Session Chair:

Arno Spiegel
Deputy Director,
Cybersecurity and Crisis Data Center
Federal Chancellery of Austria

How much of Europe’s enterprise AI can run on foreign models and hyperscalers?

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

15:30 – 17:00

Europes enterprise AI stack runs mostly on foreign models and clouds, and AI Act enforcement will shrink the window for comfortable dependency. Boards now face a hard threshold decision on how much foreign exposure they can still defend to regulators, shareholders, and supply chain auditors in the next three years. Explore where that line sits across sectors, and what governance and procurement moves can shift from accidental dependence to intentional, auditable interdependence.

For: Non-executive directors, CIOs, CISOs, CDOs, chief procurement officers, heads of AI risk and compliance.

Session Chair:

Matthias Heitmann
Director,
Bosch Software and Digital Solutions

How fair are Europe’s AI vision models and datasets?

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

13:45 – 15:15

Decide how to keep deploying biometrics, healthcare, mobility and media vision systems when scraped datasets no longer pass GDPR and AI-Act scrutiny. FHIBE, Sony AI’s consent-driven dataset, exposes bias and evidences fairness regulators and buyers can accept.

For:CAIOs, CDOs, AI governance leads, vision scientists, MLOps heads, regulators in banking, mobility, healthcare, media, security.

Session Chair:

Wiebke Hutiri
Senior Research Scientist,
Sony Group Corporation

Capital union and Europe’s missing late-stage cheques

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

12:30 – 13:30

Across AI, quantum and deeptech, Europe’s best founders still fly to California when later-stage cheques beyond Series B and IPO pathways look uncertain at home. Senior investors and policymakers now have a narrow window to align capital rules, listing regimes and sovereign LP money so Europe’s own funds can lead, not just follow, the continents breakout rounds.

For:Sovereign and pension funds, VCs, PE funds, banks, exchanges, growth and infrastructure investors.

Making AI work: What separates winners from the rest

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

15:00 – 16:00

Most organizations are running AI pilots. Few are generating material business value. What actually separates the companies that do from those that don't? In this invitation- only roundtable, Matthias Patzak (Executive in Residence, AWS) facilitates a peer-to-peer discussion drawing on findings from the AWS "re:Imagine — Making AI Work" research initiative — a multi-industry study into what distinguishes companies creating real financial impact with AI.

For: C-suite and senior technology/business leaders (CEO, CIO, CTO, CDO,) from mid-to- large enterprises who are actively deploying or scaling AI initiatives

Session Chair:

Matthias Patzak
Executive In Residence,
AWS,
Germany

ScaleX Innovation Programme

Wednesday, 01 July 2026

16:15 – 17:15

Industrial strategies rarely translate into bankable projects and cross border deployments at the speed ministers promise. Industrial innovation corridors could hard wire repeatable models for capital, talent, and technology transfer. Explore what proof points and structures governments, corporates, and development banks must lock in now.

For: Government leaders, industrial CEOs, DFIs, export credit agencies, innovation agencies, regional development banks, ecosystem operators.

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