Data Sovereignty
in Practice:
From Compliance to
Competitive Advantage.
Move beyond “EU-hosted” and get clarity on what real data control looks like - across legal risk, operational reality, and technical guardrails.
Date: 25 February 2026
Time: 14.00 CET
Format: Live, interactive roundtable (online)
Seats: Limited (to keep discussion high-quality)
You’ll receive access details and a calendar invite by email.
Why this roundtable.
Most organisations don’t struggle with where data sits – they struggle with who can access it, under what conditions, and how to prove control when auditors, regulators, or procurement ask.
This roundtable is designed to help you:
- Reduce uncertainty around sovereignty and cross-border exposure
- Make faster, more confident infrastructure decisions
- Align security, legal, and IT around one practical definition of “control”
- Turn sovereignty from a blocker into a measurable advantage
Featuring Max Schrems...
Max Schrems is one of Europe’s most recognised privacy and data-rights voices, known for helping bring data sovereignty and cross-border transfer risk into mainstream enterprise decision-making.
If sovereignty questions keep slowing deals or architecture choices, this is the session to attend.
What you’ll get from 45 minutes...
Expect a practical discussion (not a marketing webinar):
- The most common sovereignty misconceptions (and how to avoid them)
- What “control” means in practice: access, subprocessors, support paths, metadata
- Procurement and contract language that actually protects you (and what’s just theatre)
- Technical patterns that help you build provable sovereignty
- A simple checklist to assess whether your current setup is sovereign by design or sovereign by claim
Who should attend...
This is built for people responsible for risk and infrastructure outcomes, including:
- CIO / CTO / Head of Infrastructure
- CISO / Security leadership
- DPO / Privacy / Legal Counsel
- Procurement / Vendor Risk / Compliance
Speakers
- Max Schrems – Founder, noyb (European Center for Digital Rights)
- Chad McCarthy – Founder & CTO, nLighten
- Hidde Hoogland – Co-Founder, DCENT
- Dr. Lennart Gaida – Impossible Cloud
- Host: John Wroath – nLighten
Format
To keep this valuable, it’s intentionally small and interactive:
- Short framing to set definitions and “what good looks like”
- Moderated discussion across legal + technical viewpoints
- Audience Q&A (you can submit questions in advance)
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FAQs
Is it free to attend? Yes (registration required).
Will it be recorded? Yes.
Can I invite colleagues? Absolutely – especially security, legal/privacy, and procurement.
How do I join? You’ll receive access details after registration.
How many seats? Limited to maintain an interactive format.
