NGI Outreach Office<p>The NGI Forum 2025 marked a strategic shift for Europe’s internet future, from R&D to deployment. Our wrap-up report is now live!</p><p>📌 Key takeaways:</p><p>🔹 Digital wallets = public infrastructure</p><p>🔹European Open Web Index is live and growing</p><p>🔹Open source needs public procurement reform</p><p>🔹Projects like Mastodon, Taler & Decidim = scalable, sovereign solutions</p><p>📖 Read the report: <a href="https://ngi.eu/news/2025/06/27/ngi-forum-2025-marks-a-strategic-shift-from-next-generation-internet-toward-the-open-internet-stack/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ngi.eu/news/2025/06/27/ngi-for</span><span class="invisible">um-2025-marks-a-strategic-shift-from-next-generation-internet-toward-the-open-internet-stack/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInternet</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/Web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web4</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NextGenerationInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NextGenerationInternet</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGI</span></a></p>
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Martel Innovate<p>🎙️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moniquecalisti" class="u-url mention">@<span>moniquecalisti</span></a></span> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/MartelInnovate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MartelInnovate</span></a>'s CEO is opening and moderating key sessions at this week’s <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a> event on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> & <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> (June 19–20)!</p><p>She’ll lead:<br />🧰 Digital Commons for Sovereignty<br />🌐 Interoperable Web 4.0 & Virtual Worlds</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NGI</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Web4</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/MartelInnovate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MartelInnovate</span></a></p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>The first version of the NGI Forum 2025 agenda is now available — and it’s packed with some of the most critical conversations in European tech and internet governance.</p><p>Themes include: <br>🔹 Open-source infrastructure for Web 4.0<br>🔹 Digital Commons as public digital infrastructure<br>🔹 The first European Open Web Index<br>🔹 Policy frameworks for digital sovereignty</p><p>🗓️ Agenda + registration: <a href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/Web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web4</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>The NGI Outreach Office is at the High-Level Conference on the Governance of <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/Web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web4</span></a>.0 & <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/VirtualWorlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualWorlds</span></a>, hosted by the European Commission and the 2025 Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU.</p><p>Building the future Internet means shaping it around openness, interoperability & fundamental rights. A multistakeholder model is essential to ensure a digital space that works for everyone, everywhere.</p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGI</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/InternetOfHumans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetOfHumans</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFuture</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Standards</span></a> people! Do I know anyone who works or has worked in multi-stakeholder internet governance and who can tell me whether this whole <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>web4</span></a> / <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/virtualworlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>virtualworlds</span></a> thing at the EU Commission is actually a thing or am I correct in assuming that we're looking and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>industry</span></a>-driven hot air? </p><p><a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/event-web-4-governance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/</span><span class="invisible">en/policies/event-web-4-governance</span></a></p>
Frederic Jacobs<p>The techno authoritarians who were trying to sell you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web3</span></a> have pivoted to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web4</span></a> already: “the next generation of the internet where Autonomous AI Agents join humanity as first-class citizens” 🙄</p><p><a href="https://blog.cotten.io/scrypted-raises-1-5m-to-build-decentralized-ai-agents-the-inori-network-for-web4-7a6c71592b36" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.cotten.io/scrypted-raises</span><span class="invisible">-1-5m-to-build-decentralized-ai-agents-the-inori-network-for-web4-7a6c71592b36</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromBubbleToBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FromBubbleToBubble</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIIsTheNewCrypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIIsTheNewCrypto</span></a></p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>🌐 Join the discussion on Web 4.0 governance! The @EUCommission is hosting a global workshop to develop recommendations for a multistakeholder model for Web 4.0 & virtual worlds.</p><p>📅 26 Nov | 13:00 – 15:30 CET<br>🔗 Details here: <a href="https://ow.ly/jGa250U1aNq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ow.ly/jGa250U1aNq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/Web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web4</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/VirtualWorlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualWorlds</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention">@<span>molly0xfff</span></a></span> The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> says <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Web4</span></a>.0 is the next hot thing plus cyber cyber solidarity and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/6G" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>6G</span></a>-enabled <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quantum</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blockchain</span></a> and the EU is always right.</p>
Jan Penfrat<p>Today's <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bullshit</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/bingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bingo</span></a>: </p><p>Member States also want Europe to “stay at the forefront in <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quantum</span></a> computing, microelectronics, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/6G" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>6G</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/web4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>web4</span></a>.0, and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Politico" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Politico</span></a>'s comment: And, yes, we’re also wondering which of the leaders can explain “web 4.0” — or the other technologies listed, for that matter." 😄</p>
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