Together towards digital sovereignty
On 6 October 2026 in Luxembourg, a one-day European conference brought together those who no longer simply observe digital dependencies and unethical technologies, but are actively building the technologies Europe needs. Ethical tech makers, privacy advocates, open-source contributors, sustainability transformers, entrepreneurs, institutions, investors and civil society came together. They see fair and ethical technology as something shaped by practice, experience and dialogue, not a fixed checklist.
Twelve principles served as an open foundation for discussion, to be challenged, refined and expanded collectively. Our A-desk team has advocated them since 2012 and frugally adopts them in its smart management systems.
The twelve Fair Tech principles addressed:
- Digital Sovereignty
- Freedom
- Privacy
- Open Source
- Open Data
- Open Standards & Interoperability
- Fair Labour
- Repairability
- Sustainability
- Decentralisation / Federation
- Transparency
- Inclusiveness
Content to monitor the community and sector growth, the institutional adoption in regards, the Fair Tech event furthermore matches Validee’s interest for well for the IP intermediary undertaking.
Find out more about this promising niche on the Fair Tech Summit Europe 2026 website.
And note: that the summit website is hosted in Europe, runs on renewable energy and open-source software, and is coded to an open standard.