18/11/2025 –, Main Room
This keynote presentation from Dr. Luca Belli, Professor of Digital Governance and Regulation at FGV, will explore the crucial role of open source in advancing digital sovereignty.
This keynote presentation from Dr. Luca Belli, Professor of Digital Governance and Regulation at FGV, will explore the crucial role of open source in advancing digital sovereignty, with a focus on how leading emerging economies, such as Brazil, China, and India, have utilised open source to strengthen their technological autonomy. Through critical analysis of case studies and research conducted by the CyberBRICS project at CTS-FGV, it will idnetify key factors that contribute to success and pitfalls to avoid. Additionally, the presentation will highlight the overlap between digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, and open source, stressing the need to harness synergies across these domains to shape sustainable and resilient digital transformation.
Dr Luca Belli is Professor of Digital Governance and Regulation at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, Rio de Janeiro, where he directs the Center for Technology and Society (CTS-FGV) and the CyberBRICS project. Luca is also editor of the International Data Privacy Law (IDPL) Journal, published by Oxford University Press, and Director of the Computers Privacy and Data Protection conference Latin-America (CPDP LatAm). He is member of the Brazilian Presidency’s National Cybersecurity Committee and, since July 2025, he has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Council of the Brazilian Interministerial Committee for Digital Transformation. He is also board member of the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership and member of the Steering Committee of the Forum for Information & Democracy. He is author of more than 80 publications on law and technology, exploring data governance, cybersecurity, AI regulation, Internet access, and digital transformation. Luca has been consulted by several intergovernmental organisations and national regulators, including the International Telecommunications Union, the Council of Europe, the Digital Cooperation Organization, etc. and his works have been quoted by numerous media outlets, including The Economist, The New York Times , Financial Times, Forbes, Le Monde, BBC, China Today, The Beijing Review, The Hill, O Globo, Folha de São Paulo, El Pais, etc. Luca holds a PhD in Public Law from Université Paris Panthéon-Assas and can be found on LinkedIn, Twitter or Bluesky as @1lucabelli