Agenda of the 14th BEREC Stakeholder Forum

09:00-10:40 - Meet&Greet with the BEREC Working Group Co-Chairs

  • International Roaming
  • Wireless Network Evolution
  • Open Internet
  • Digital Markets
  • Cybersecurity and Resilience
  • Regulatory Framework

11:00-12:40 - Meet&Greet with the BEREC Working Group Co-Chairs

  • Planning and Future Trends
  • Sustainability
  • Remedies and Market Monitoring
  • Fixed Network Evolution
  • Market and Economic Analysis
  • End Users

12:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-14:15 - Keynote address

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy.

14:15-14:45 - Shaping BEREC's 2027 Work Programme

Moderator: Philippe Defraigne, Cullen International

Speakers:

  • Marko Mišmaš, BEREC Chair 2026 (AKOS, Slovenia)
  • Alejandra de Iturriaga, BEREC Chair 2027 (CNMC, Spain)

14:45-15:30 - Panel discussion: Crafting Europe's next digital framework

Moderator: Giacomo Lasorella, BEREC Vice-Chair (AGCOM, Italy)

Speakers:

  • Frank Gallagher, Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU
  • Renate Nikolay, European Commission
  • TBC, Member of the European Parliament
  • Michel Van Bellinghen, BEREC Vice-Chair (BIPT, Belgium)

15:30-16:00 - Coffee break

16:00-16:15 - Keynote address

Erzsébet Fitori, Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking 

16:15-17:00 - Panel discussion: When networks sense, connect, and transcend

Moderator: Klaus Steinmaurer , BEREC Vice-Chair (RTR, Austria)

Speakers:

  • Mikael Bäck, Ericsson
  • Jordi Casanova, Amazon
  • Elsa Sependa, GSMA
  • Alberto P. Marti, Open Nebula Systems

17:00-17:05 - Closing remarks

Alejandra de Iturriaga, BEREC Chair 2027 (CNMC, Spain)

17:05-19:00 - Networking reception