Aspen-ECFR Program on “European Technological Sovereignty: Human Values and Geopolitical Challenges”

Aspen Institute España is organizing, in collaboration with European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a new program on “European Technological Sovereignty: Human Values and Geopolitical Challenges” with the help of Aspen Digital, Aspen Germany and Aspen UK.

The first session will be on “Simplification or Deregulation? The Omnibus Package and the Future of European Regulation” and will take place online on Monday, January 12 from 4 to 5:30 pm (CET).

As speakers for the first session, we will count with Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations at Columbia Law School, and José Ignacio Torreblanca, Senior Adviser and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Senior Lecturer at the UNED University in Madrid.

The program consists of 3 online sessions, one a month, in January, February, and March. The sessions will be online with in English with around 30 participants. The speakers will share a few opening remarks, followed by a structured discussion among participants. The discussion will be held under the Chatham House Rule, followed by a paper highlighting the key insights while preserving confidentiality. The paper will then be presented at a final in-person session open to the public. The idea is to share the online sessions’ findings with a larger audience to increase the program’s reach.