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IT’s ABOUT TECH #12: Digital sovereignty – what does it mean and (how) can it be achieved?

Tuesday 09.12.2025, A 66, St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Schweiz, 16:15

The demand for digital sovereignty has gained momentum. And rightly so! Given the geopolitical situation companies are asking themselves what risks their dependence on BigTech entails. And more importantly: "Is there an alternative?" This is exactly what we want to find out at our next event in the IT'S ABOUT TECH series, co-hosted by MDPI AG.

Join us on December 9, starting at 4:30 p.m. in Basel, when experts will present their solutions and discuss possible strategies and concepts for regaining digital sovereignty.

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Agenda

16.15 Registration

16.30 Welcome & Introduction: BaselTech, swiss made software

17:00 Insights & show cases

  • Andrej Vckovski, CEO SunavIT: Digital Sovereignty: A boost for swiss made software?
  • Dietrich Rordorf, CTO MDPI: Why we build and (almost) never buy
  • Michael Dudli, CEO Xelon: Swiss hosting for startups and scale-ups
  • Markus Schlichting, CEO Karakun: Digital sovereignty starts with open source 

18.00 QA and Open Mic discussion

18.30 Networking apéro 

20.00 End

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A big thank you to our supporting partners: prodynati&m and karakun

“IT’s ABOUT TECH” is run by swiss made software in collaboration and with the support of BaselTech, a program by the Economic Development of Basel-Stadt

This event is co-hosted by MDPI