Digital Sovereignty 2026: Some Assembly Required

By Janus Boye

Practical details

  • When:
    Wednesday, 25 March 2026
    15:00–15:30 Aarhus / 9:00 Toronto

  • Where: Online

  • Format: 30 minutes conversation + Q&A

  • Free registration below

Digital sovereignty has moved from slogan to strategy. In 2026, it is no longer about abstract positioning, but about deliberate choices in procurement, governance, cost, and collaboration.

How can you replace dependency with sustainable control, not through isolation, but through thoughtful procurement and management decisions? What does it take to turn principle into practice across platforms, vendors, and internal teams?

In this member call, Mathias Bolt Lesniak and Jeffrey “Jam” McGuire draw on their experience across open source, public sector technology, and digital strategy.

Mathias is Project Ambassador at TYPO3 and works at the intersection of open source, public sector technology, and digital policy. 

Jam is Partner at Open Strategy Partners and a long-time open source advocate and community builder, helping organisations navigate complexity in the open web ecosystem. 

Together, they explore how to select sovereignty-ready software solutions, calculate true total cost of ownership, avoid sovereignty washing, and embed autonomy requirements directly into tenders and procurement processes.

Expect a grounded conversation about cooperation, practical change, and expectation management. With the right approach, digital sovereignty can become a genuine competitive advantage rather than a compliance exercise.

This session is designed as a conversation rather than a presentation, with plenty of space for questions, shared experiences, and discussion of real-world challenges from the group.

Sign up below and we’ll send you the calendar invite within 24 hours. If you can’t make it, we will record the session so that you can enjoy it later. Everyone who has signed up will get notified when the recording and summary is published.

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Free registration for the 25 March call on digital sovereignty

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