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The Technology Sovereignty Package in Practice

4 Nov 2026 – 5 Nov 2026
Le Plaza Hotel - Brussels, Belgium
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Silvana Muscella

CEO of Trust-IT, ALLPROS.eu Technical Coordinator

Silvana Muscella is CEO and founder of Trust-IT Services and co-founder of the software house COMMpla. She has more than 25 years of experience as an EU strategic coordinator in digital technologies. She has led major EU initiatives on ICT standards, cloud and semiconductors, including StandICT.eu and ALLPROS.eu, and chaired the High-Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud. Since 2003 she has served as an expert evaluator for the European Commission.

Sessions

Theatre - Main stage Panel

13:00–13:35

Silicon Sovereignty: Securing Europe's Chip Future

Panel discussion with MEPs and Presidency on the future of the EU Semiconductor ecosystem.

Speaker

Oliver Schenk

Member of European Parliament

Kilian Gross

Director C DG Connect – Enabling & Emerging Technologies

Moderator

Silvana Muscella

CEO of Trust-IT, ALLPROS.eu Technical Coordinator

Theatre - Main stage Keynote

15:00–16:00

European Chip Design Platform launch with the presence of EVP Virkkunen

Speaker

Henna Virkkunen

Executive VP European Commission

Jari Kinaret

Executive Director at Chips JU

Patrick Vandenameele

CEO, imec

Romano Hoofman

Strategic Development Director at imec & EuroCDP Coordinator

Paul Williamson

Senior Vice President at ARM

Joe Cole

Corporate Vice President at Cadence

Geoffrey Lee

Vice President at Siemens EDA

Antonio Varas

Chief Strategy Officer at Synopsys

Moderator

Silvana Muscella

CEO of Trust-IT, ALLPROS.eu Technical Coordinator