Looking back at the delivery of our own portfolio of events in 2023

2023 has been yet another busy year for Forum Europe’s team in charge of the production of our own portfolio of policy events which focused on a range of key policy files and topics across different subject areas.

Working alongside thought-leaders, policymakers, and representatives from industry and civil society, each event provided a unique stage for detailed discussions on the policy issues involved. 

🔒 The 10th Annual European Cyber Security Conference

🚗 The 8th Annual European Future of Transport Conference

 🚀 The European Space Forum 2023

🔏🇺🇲The 5th Annual Data Privacy Conference USA

🤖The International AI Summit

🔏🇪🇺The 13th Annual European Data Protection & Privacy Conference

Across all these events, held either fully in-person or in hybrid format,  we have reached a very wide European and global audience with 1207 delegates joining us from 39 different countries, including all the EU27, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many more…

This truly global audience was able to hear from an impressive line-up of top-level speakers throughout the year, including:

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President, “A Europe Fit for the Digital Age”, European Commission;

Margaritis Schinas, Vice President, Promoting our European Way of Life, European Commission

Věra Jourová, Vice-President, European Commission

Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport, European Commission

Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, European Commission

Nadia Calviño, First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister for Economy and Digitalization

Georges Gilkinet, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Mobility, Belgium

Simon Coveney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ireland

Mathieu Michel, Secretary of State for Digitization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and Building Administration, Federal Government of Belgium

Viktor Zhora, Deputy Chairman and Chief Digital Transformation Officer, State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, US House of Representatives

Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Canada

Yoichi Iida, Assistant Vice Minister, Ministry for Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan; Chair of Hiroshima Process WG

Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology/ Under Secretary General

James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO

Josef Aschbacher, Director General, European Space Agency (ESA)

André Erich Denk, Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency

Liesyl Franz, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Cyberspace Security, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State

Tarja Fernández, Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Senator Marsha Blackburn, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security

Mason C. Clutter, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

…to name only a few!

Alongside the main conferences, each of these events featured a number of exclusive side activities including networking time for participants to engage with the speakers and each other over pre-conference dinners and cocktail receptions; the organisation of the European Space Forum Awards, which saw EXOLAUNCH win the Innovation Space Award and ENPULSION win the Sustainability in Space Award; as well as on the day-interviews turned into Vox Pops and highlight videos.

As we look forward to 2024 and the numerous new exciting events we plan to launch post EU elections (more details to follow shortly), we remain available to discuss any issue or topics you would like to see explored as part of a Forum Europe / Forum Global event in 2024!