'We need to have an alternative, and we provide the alternative as the European hyperscaler number one for sovereign services.' We are excited to welcome Bernd Wagner, CEO of STACKIT and Divisional Board Member Sales & Marketing at Schwarz Digits, to talk about one of Europe’s most pressing topics: technological sovereignty. We dive into why sovereignty is not just a matter of competitiveness, but of survivability, and how STACKIT is building a European alternative to reduce dependency on foreign technology. Bernd also explains why cloud strategy has become a board-level agenda – and why CEOs and supervisory boards are now central in shaping Europe’s digital future with its own digital backbone.