OpenWebSearch.eu goes NGI Forum 2025

In the context of NGI Forum 2025, the OpenWebSearch.eu team was invited to co-organize a range of sessions surrounding the idea of a federated European Open Web Infrastructure, scheduled for the second conference day. 

Under the Horizon Europe funding program, the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Initiative organizes a yearly forum in Brussels that brings together digital experts, political decision makers and industry representatives to discuss and develop new visions for tomorrow’s human-centric Internet platforms across Europe.

Four sessions devoted to Open Web Data and Web Sovereignty in Europe

This year, The OpenWebSearch.eu project team was invited to not only present results from their own ongoing project, but to also co-organize and moderate a half-day program for the morning of 20th June.

After some final additions, the agenda is all set and includes a keynote from OpenWebSearch.eu project leader Dr. Prof. Michael Granizer (University of Passau), as well as policy statements from MEPs Alexandra Geese and Lina Gálvez.

The panel “Applications of an Open Web Index and Web Data Infrastructure” sets out to showcase some existing use cases with conclusions on the most important next steps from various angles. Panelists are Emmanuel Cartier (EC-JCR), Per Öster (CSC – IT Center for Science), Jan Hajič (OpenEuroLLM, Charles University) and Wolfgang Oels (Ecosia).

A second panel discussion titled “Web Sovereignty – towards a sovereign web tech stack for Europe” will bring together Renaud Chaput (Mastodon), Gaël Duval (Murena) and Ana Garcia Robles (BDVA).

Further speakers include Sara Garavelli (CSC – IT Center for Science) and Stefan Voigt (Open Search Foundation, DLR)

Are you curious to learn more about why Europe needs an open web data infrastructure for search, analytics and AI? Then join the NGI Forum in person or online.

Visit the NGI Forum landing page to see the agenda and to secure your ticket (be fast, as seats are filling up quickly): NGI Forum 2025