Programme time: 13-Oct | 11:30 | 60 min
Room: Arrabida Room 

Moderator: David Otto (TNO)

Speakers

• Nishat I Mowla (Sweden AI Factory, RISE)
• Kabir Fahria (Sweden AI Factory, RISE)
• Artur Rocha (HumanISE, INESC TEC)

Full description and objectives

Geopolitical fragmentation and Europe’s dependence on external actors for critical technologies are creating growing strategic vulnerabilities.

Within the Technology Sovereignty Package, including the Cloud and AI Development Act and the Open Source Strategy, initiatives such as AI Factories, Data Spaces and European funding programmes aim to strengthen Europe’s sovereign capabilities. Yet it remains difficult to determine whether they reduce dependencies, build new capabilities or reinforce strategically important positions across AI and data value chains, including their applications in robotics. How can Europe determine whether the Technology Sovereignty Package is genuinely strengthening AI and Data capabilities and reducing strategic dependencies across key value chains?

This hands-on workshop moves beyond identifying dependencies. Participants will apply a practical framework linking:

Capabilities → Policy Actions → Strengthened Capabilities → Measurable Indicators

Strengthened capabilities will be assessed in terms of their value, uniqueness and dependencies. Using examples such as AI Factories and Data Spaces, participants will identify dependencies, define which capabilities policy actions are expected to strengthen, and propose measurable outcomes.

The workshop aims to develop a first conceptual measurement framework relevant to the GenAI Observatory, ADRA working groups, policymakers and industry, with direct relevance for the Technology Sovereignty Package.

The central message: Sovereignty cannot be measured from a single perspective. Stakeholder views must come together to create an actionable picture.

Expert perspectives

Two 10-minute practitioner perspectives will ground the framework in experience from AI Factories and Data Spaces.

AI: AI Factories

Nishat I Mowla, Trustworthy AI Team Lead, Sweden AI Factory, RISE
Kabir Fahria, Trustworthy AI Team Tech Lead, Sweden AI Factory

How can an AI Factory assess whether it strengthens European capabilities in compute, data, skills, and AI development and deployment?

Data: Data Spaces

Artur Rocha, Centre Coordinator, HumanISE, INESC TEC

How can Data Spaces assess whether they strengthen European control over data access, sharing and interoperability? What trade-offs arise in practice?

Why you want to join?

The workshop directly supports ADRForum’s theme of Accelerating ADR Convergence for European Resilience and Strategic Autonomy by connecting AI, Data and Robotics around a common policy challenge: how to determine whether European initiatives are strengthening strategic capabilities and reducing dependencies.

It also contributes to ADRForum’s focus on practical outcomes. Participants will learn how to translate broad ambitions for resilience and strategic autonomy into capability-based indicators that can inform policy discussions and future monitoring..

Running agenda

Contact: David Otto (TNO)