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Digital sovereignty is no longer a buzzword -- it's procurement reality. And #healthcare is where it becomes most compelling. Hear Jens-Uwe Thieme, a leading healthcare IT professional, talk about how Matrix uniquely diffuses
the "privacy and clinical safety timebomb" of using apps like WhatsApp or Teams. #MatrixConf, 20-23 Oct in Malmö. Learn more: https://cfp.2026.matrix.org/matrix-conference-2026/talk/MFBXVD/

Speaker card featuring a photo of Jens-Uwe Thieme and the title of his talk, "Digital Sovereignty is no longer a Buzzword: It's Procurement Policy."

cfp.2026.matrix.orgDigital Sovereignty Is No Longer a Buzzword — It's Procurement Policy The Matrix Conference 2026Just days before this conference, the European Commission adopted the **European Technological Sovereignty Package**, placing open source explicitly at the centre of Europe's digital strategy for the first time. The timing is not coincidental. It is the political response to a structural dependency Europe can no longer afford to ignore: critical infrastructure — including healthcare — running on p

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