European Commission

Based in Belgium (EU); at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source.

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What they do	EU executive; Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen (Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy) is an announced 2026 speaker.
Based in	Belgium (EU)
At Web Summit as	a speaker's company
Confirmed for 2026	Yes: Lusa (25 Jun 2026) and Fast Company ME (9 Oct 2026) report Henna Virkkunen as a speaker
Website	commission.europa.eu
Filed under	Other

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11:05 Has Europe’s tech moment arrived? Tue 10 Nov, until 11:25 · Centre Stage · Henna Virkkunen speaks (websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ec64d706-da78-4041-bf35-5810a3df34b1/has-, read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)
14:30 Building AI in Europe: Practical support for innovators [Hosted by European Commission - DG Connect] Wed 11 Nov, until 15:15 · Masterclass 3 · it hosts the session (websummit.com/sessions/lis26/9f18a423-b002-4d0f-b2ea-c85880ae8340/buil, read 2026-11-04 by the team's curator) Our pick

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People the summit's pages list under European Commission, by name, role and organisation only.

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy, as listed under "European Commission" (websummit.com/sessions/lis26/ec64d706-da78-4041-bf35-5810a3df34b1/has-, read 2026-11-04).

How we get from one company to the next: through an event both are at, or a field both are filed under. Each line says which.

Also filed under Other (4): Defined.ai, Factorial, National Cyber Security Centre (UK), Shakers.

Our question for them

As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked European Commission yet. When they answer, it goes here.

Reach What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach?
Mandate What were they authorised to do?
Gap Who controls the gap between the two?

Where this comes from

aman-alliance.org/Home/ContentDetail/104496, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: Lusa via AMAN, 25 Jun 2026: Virkkunen named as speaker.
fastcompanyme.com/news/web-summit-set-to-host-its-largest-chinese-tech, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: Fast Company ME: Virkkunen listed as speaker.

Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:46 UTC: there is no summit page for it in the team's sources; the company's website answered and is live.

Taken from the team's company map (data/companies.json on web-summit.sgit.ai), public facts only. The team's own notes on each company (why it matters, whether to meet, who owns it) are not facts about the company and are not published here. Something wrong? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated.

The same, as data: companies/european-commission.json and its graph, graph/companies/european-commission.json (how to read them: the data, as JSON).

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