This event marks the launch of a book on digital sovereignty, illustrating its different facets in a complex and dynamically changing regulatory environment. Particularly, it will discuss the new frontiers of digital sovereignty in the context of the AI, the emerging challenges on data sovereignty and economic seurity, and the concept of digital public infrastructure as a possible harmonizing framework to account for those elements across jurisdictions while providing digital public goods.

9h30 - 11h: Constructing Digital Sovereignty

• Estela Aranha, UN AI Advisory Board
• Marcelo Malagutti, Secretary of the National Cybersecurity Council
• Grenfieth Sierra Cadena, Data Protection Superintendent, Colombia
• Joanna Almeida, Undersecretary for Data Protection, Rio de Janeiro

Moderator: Luca Belli, Professor and Coordinator CTS-FGV

11h - 12h30: Data Sovereignty: Privacy, Security, Commerce and Development

• Max Schrems, Founder, NOYB
• Jonathan Mendoza, Data Protection Secretary, INAI
• Lorrayne Porciuncula, Executive Directress, the Datasphere
• Thomas Lohninger, Executive Director, Epicenter.Works
• Ana Paula Vasconcellos, Data Protection Officer, Rio de Janeiro

Moderator: Ana Brian, UN Special Rapporteur for Privacy

14h - 15h30: Digital Sovereignty meets Economic Sovereignty and Economic Warfare

• Nikhil Pahwa, Founder Medianama
• Aifang Ma, Professor, Peking University
• Marina Lucena Giovannetti, Researcher, CTS-FGV
• Andres Calderon, Researcher, PUC Chile

Moderator: Nicolo Zingales, Professor, CTS-FGV and Coordinator, FGV’s E-Commerce Research Group

15h30 - 17h: Digital Public Infrastructure for Digital Sovereignty

• Armando Manzueta, Director of Digital Transformation of the Dominican Republic
•  Alexandre Costa, Researcher, CyberBRICS
• Jai Vipra, Researcher, CyberBRICS
• Hannah Draper, Human Rights Advisor, Consumers International

Moderator: Ian Brown, Visiting Professor, CTS-FG

17h - 17h15: Conclusions

• Luca Belli, Professor and Coordinator CTS-FGV