Would you rather own your future or rent it from big tech?
Yes this is about AI.
But not how you think.
Europe's AI future is still being written. OwnIT is a pan-European movement bringing together technology, business, science, policy and culture to help shape a human-centred and digitally sovereign AI future.
We need a Europe edit.
AI is moving from something we use to something that increasingly acts on our behalf.
Personal AI will know us, understand our context, make decisions and take action for us. That changes the questions we need to ask.
- 01Whose values shape the systems?
- 02Who owns the data?
- 03Who controls the infrastructure?
- 04Who does the AI ultimately work for?
Europe still has a window to define the answers itself.
OwnIT Europe brings together the people building technology, funding it, regulating it, researching it and living with its consequences. People already shaping AI and people who believe Europe should play a bigger role in shaping where it goes next.
Connect
Bring together people who wouldn't normally be in the same room.
Challenge
Ask the difficult questions before the answers are decided for us.
Build
Turn European principles into technology, investment, infrastructure, policy and action.
Less talking about Europe's AI future.
More owning it.
The Summit
12 December 2026
Vienna
One day to examine the choices that will define Europe's relationship with AI.
Technology · Science · Business · Capital · Policy · Culture
Leading thinkers, builders, businesses and policymakers exploring the six questions shaping Europe's AI future.
- 01
Humanistic AI
What should AI be built to protect, preserve and enhance about being human?
- 02
Made in Europe
Devices. Chips. Cloud. Compute. Connectivity. How does Europe own the structure its AI future depends upon?
- 03
Capital & Investment
How do European AI leaders scale without having to leave European structures behind?
- 04
Personal AI
What happens when everyone has an AI working on their behalf?
- 05
Privacy, Security & Legislation
How do we create deeply personal AI without losing control of deeply personal data?
- 06
Energy & Sustainability
How do we scale this future without scaling its environmental cost at the same rate?
Then we change the frequency.
OwnIT Europe × Klangkuenstler
Because technology sits within culture not the other way around.
OwnIT Europe is being built with the people who want to shape it.
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