Towards a Sustainable Digital Euro?

The Digital Euro is moving closer to reality, with legislation potentially adopted by 2026 and a first issuance envisaged by 2029. As a new form of off- and online legal tender, its success will hinge on building a public digital infrastructure that ensures accessibility, security, and trust across citizens, institutions, and markets.

Join us for an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion on how the Digital Euro can be designed to be technologically and environmentally sustainable, socially inclusive, and democratically legitimate. Bringing together perspectives from law, governance, and computer science, the seminar will feature short interventions followed by discussion and Q&A.

This is a hybrid event (both physical and online).

A Zoom link for online participation will be shared in the run-up to the event.

Speakers

Joe Cannataci — University of Groningen, Professor of Information Policy, Security and Technology Law; UN first-ever Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy.

Annelieke Mooij — Tilburg Law School, Assistant Professor of Public Law and Governance; Author of the Book Designing the Digital Euro – Privacy and Security through Blockchain Design | Elgar Online: The online content platform for Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Adriano Di Luzio— Ph.D. in Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Developer, CTO & Founder.

Moderated and organised by Valeria Comegna — Postdoctoral researcher within the DIGI-APPS project - Digital Governance of Internet for Accessible Protected Public Spheres Tilburg Law School, Public Law & Governance, Global Law & Governance

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Host or Publisher Dr. Valeria Comegna