Review of our event: Acting with entrepreneurial confidence and strengthening Europe’s sovereignty: Recognising, forecasting, implementing.
On 29 May, together with the Metaverse Europe Foundation, we hosted a ground-breaking event at the CUPRA City Garage Berlin, highlighting the urgent need to act on security while keeping European sovereignty in mind.
The evening began with a welcome from Christian Rücker, CEO of ARDOR SE, and Moritz Baumann, Manager of the CUPRA City Garage Berlin.
Maren Courage, Director of the Metaverse Europe Foundation, emphasised in her introduction from the foundation’s perspective the urgency for entrepreneurs to respond to the digital transformation, which is causing a comprehensive upheaval of many processes through AI.
In his keynote speech, Axel Voss, Member of the European Parliament, gave a comprehensive insight into the current state and future of Europe’s digital security via video message. He emphasised the need for better coordination in the event of cyberattacks, which are numerous and could drive our society apart or paralyse it. It is therefore important to take cyber security seriously as a prerequisite for all digitalisation. Companies need to protect themselves and engage with the use of AI. “Anyone who doesn’t get to grips with AI in their company today will no longer be on the market tomorrow.” Axel Voss also emphasised the need for quick decision-making structures, the clarification of liability issues and the enforcement of rights in connection with AI. He emphasised the importance of standards for the implementation of the AI Act and pointed out that we need measures to detect deepfakes and combat disinformation. He emphasised that Europe must catch up and help shape the future in order to survive digitally. There is also hope, because: “Where we can be leaders in Europe is in linking values and technologies.”
In the subsequent presentations and discussions with Julia Reinhardt, Head of Public Policy at NVIDIA Germany, and Dr Martin C. Wolff, founder of KRITIS und Cyber Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, outlined the status quo from an entrepreneurial perspective and emphasised the need for the safe use of AI and the need to deal with European and global regulations.
The event ended with Spanish tapas from the flying buffet and a get-together where the lively discussions from the presentations led to further talks.
One thing is certain: we will not stop at this point. It will provide further answers to the relevant questions relating to AI, security, standards and sovereignty. Stay tuned.
On 26 November 2025, we held our third pre-event for the AIM ETHICS Award in Brussels – a decisive step on our way to realising our award. Insight into the event Dr Reinhard Schultze from the Metaverse Europe Foundation opened the event with a fascinating introduction to the history of the AIM ETHIX Award. He impressively explained the inspiration and […]
The Launch of the Educational Metaverse On 30 October 2024, the new educational metaverse initiative of the Metaverse Europe Foundation was launched at the gameslab of Humboldt University in Berlin. The initiative aims to sustainably integrate immersive technologies and artificial intelligence in the education sector in order to create personalised and inclusive learning spaces and thus promote equal digital opportunities. […]
We at the Metaverse Europe Foundation firmly believe that we can preserve and promote the values of our European community in a digital context, especially in the metaverse and through artificial intelligence. On September 25, 2024, we launched our new initiative, the “European Metaverse Ethics Award”. The award ceremony and gala are planned for the end of 2025. After Maren […]
We are looking forward to a fantastic working atmosphere in the heart of the city, close to the Madou metro station. The MeetDistrikt is the perfect location for our upcoming events. As you can see in the picture, we were able to demonstrate this back in February in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom. Our keynote speaker was MEP Axel Voss, who […]
Axel Voss, Member of the European Parliament and EPP coordinator of the legal affairs committee (JURI). Focus on digital policy on “What do you think is currently the most urgent task in the areas of digital sovereignty?” In order to bring the relevant ethical issues that interest us as a foundation to a wider audience, we have captured valuable views […]
On 17 April 2024, we met as part of the Foundation Metaverse Europe at (and with) Deutsche Telekom in Berlin for the kick-off “Value Compass Metaverse Education”. The expert group met for four intensive hours. After we had defined the status quo, we had a stimulating discussion that ultimately led to the definition of a clear goal and the development […]