Conferences
Multi-track programmes bringing together practitioners from across European industry for two days of case studies, panels and structured networking.
Plenary keynotes, parallel tracks, and moderated discussion.
Events & services
Four formats, eight themes, one rule: the format follows the question.
Everything we run is designed around a problem our audience is already working on. This page explains what each format is for, what we programme, and how to take part.
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Conferences
Plenary keynotes, parallel tracks, and moderated discussion.
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Executive Roundtables
By invitation, typically 12 to 20 participants.
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Workshops & Masterclasses
Half-day and full-day formats.
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Briefings & Digital Sessions
Remote, scheduled around the working day.
Formats in detail
What each format is for, and when we choose it.
We run four formats. Each one exists because a certain kind of question cannot be answered well in any of the others.
Executive Roundtables
Closed-door, Chatham House Rule sessions for a small group of senior leaders working on the same problem at the same time.
By invitation, typically 12 to 20 participants.
Workshops & Masterclasses
Hands-on, practitioner-led sessions with a working outcome — a framework, an assessment, or a plan you take back with you.
Half-day and full-day formats.
Briefings & Digital Sessions
Shorter online briefings on a single regulatory change, technology shift or market development.
Remote, scheduled around the working day.
Dates, locations and registration. Each edition is announced with its own dates, location and registration terms when the programme is confirmed. Announcements go to newsletter subscribers first, and you can also ask the programme team directly what is currently being planned in your area of work.
Programme themes
The standing agenda.
Every edition draws on these eight themes. They are revised as the operating and regulatory picture changes, not as a marketing exercise.
Digital Strategy & Transformation
Turning a transformation mandate into an operating model that survives contact with the organisation.
Artificial Intelligence in Production
Moving from pilots to governed, measurable AI systems that hold up under audit.
Data Governance & Sovereignty
Building a data estate that satisfies regulators without freezing the business.
Cybersecurity & Operational Resilience
Preparing for NIS2, DORA and the reality of continuous compromise.
Cloud, Platforms & Engineering
Platform teams, developer experience, and the economics of scale.
Digital Customer Experience
Service design and personalisation that respects consent and context.
Regulation & Digital Compliance
The EU AI Act, GDPR enforcement trends, and the Digital Services and Markets Acts.
Leadership & Digital Talent
Building, retaining and organising the teams that deliver all of the above.
Taking part
Four ways to get involved.
Whichever route you take, the first step is the same: tell us what you are working on.
- Attend. Register your interest and tell us your role and the problems on your desk. We will tell you when a relevant programme opens rather than emailing you about everything.
- Speak. We do not sell speaking places. If you have a case study with evidence behind it — including the parts that did not work — write to us and choose “Speaking and programme”.
- Join a roundtable. Closed sessions run under the Chatham House Rule for a small group working on the same problem. Places are by invitation; register your interest and we will contact you when a relevant group is being formed.
- Partner with us. Commercial partnerships support the programme and are disclosed on every event they support. They do not buy speaking slots, editorial influence, or access to our subscriber list.
We aim to reply to every enquiry within two working days. Privacy requests are answered within one month, as required by Article 12(3) GDPR.
In the room
How we run a session.
The rules below apply to every format we operate. Participants are told which of them are in force before they accept a place.
Chaired, not hosted
Every session has a chair whose job is to keep it useful: to interrupt a pitch, to ask the question the room is thinking, and to finish on time.
Evidence over assertion
Speakers are asked for numbers, timelines and trade-offs. “It went well” is not a case study; what it cost and what broke is.
Chatham House where it helps
Closed formats run under the Chatham House Rule so that participants can be specific. Nothing is recorded and nothing is attributed.
Comparable participants
For small formats we assemble groups whose members face the same constraints, so nobody spends the session translating between contexts.
Accessible by design
Session materials are prepared to be readable, and we ask participants about access requirements before, not during, an event.
No list-sharing
Participant lists are not passed to partners or exhibitors. If someone wants to reach you, they go through us and you decide.
Questions
Before you write to us.
If your question is not here, the contact form reaches the programme team directly.
How do I know when the next event is announced?
Subscribe to the newsletter. Programme announcements go out there first, along with early registration windows. You can unsubscribe in one click at any time.
Can I speak at a World Digital Forum event?
We build our agendas independently and we do not sell speaking places. If you have a case study with real evidence behind it, write to us using the contact form and select “Speaking and programme”.
How are participants selected for roundtables?
Roundtables are deliberately small and by invitation, so that everyone in the room is working on the same problem. Register your interest through the contact form and we will tell you when a relevant session is being formed.
How do you handle my personal data?
We collect the minimum we need, we tell you exactly why, and we only send marketing email to people who confirmed their subscription. Full detail is in our Privacy Policy, and you can exercise any of your GDPR rights by emailing us.
Do you use tracking cookies?
No. We set no analytics, advertising or profiling cookies, and we load no third-party scripts or fonts. Only two strictly necessary first-party cookies are used, and both are listed in our Cookie Policy.
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