14th #BEREC Stakeholder Forum

The BEREC Stakeholder Forum Conference part was opened by the incoming BEREC Chair 2027 Alejandra de Iturriaga (CNMC, Spain), who presented the outline of the BEREC Work Programme 2027. Together with the BEREC Chair Marko Mismas (AKOS, Slovenia), they addressed questions on both current and future BEREC priorities. Next, the institutional panel on Crafting Europe’s Next Digital Framework followed and brought together representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council, and BEREC to provide a comprehensive institutional perspective on Europe’s evolving digital policy landscape, with particular focus on the Digital Networks Act. In a keynote speech, Erzsébet Fitori (the Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking) provided a high-level overview of emerging developments and their anticipated impact on the electronic communications sector. The discussion panel on When Networks Sense, Connect and Transcend brought together market players to discuss the evolution of future networks and services and their potential impact on market dynamics. Henna Virkkunen (the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission) concluded the Stakeholder Forum with a keynote speech on the European Commission’s vision for Europe’s Digital Decade. In her address, Ms Virkkunen focused on the forthcoming Digital Networks Act and related topics such as the broader policy context, investment issues, and market dynamics that are all shaping Europe’s digital ecosystem.