FACIS Connect'26: Keynote "Resilience as Baseline for Sovereignty"

Ron de Jonge (Member of the European Resilience Summit Global Advisory Board) reframed sovereignty through resilience. His central argument was that Europe’s problem is not a lack of ambition, ideas, or talent, but a lack of operational capability. Resilience, in his view, is the ability to act under pressure, maintain critical functions, manage dependencies, and cooperate before crises occur. He identified four dimensions of resilience: organizations and infrastructure, systemic interdependence, technological dependencies, and communities of practice. Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome and framing: what resilience means for Europe 0:22 AI as a general-purpose capability reshaping Europe 1:40 The central question: can Europe still act? 2:08 From ideas to action: Letta and Muniz on the capacity to act 3:20 Core argument: resilience, capability, sovereignty, execution 3:50 Rethinking resilience: more than just protection 5:28 The four dimensions – 1: Hardening organizations and critical infrastructure 6:34 Dimension 2: Resilient industries and ecosystems 7:45 Dimension 3: Strategically managing technology dependencies 9:25 Dimension 4: Communities of practice and trust 11:18 Bringing it together: a Europe that can act 🔗 Learn more about FACIS Connect '26 - https://www.facis.eu/event/facis-conn... #FACIS #DigitalEcosystems #FederationArchitecture #Interoperability #AI #DigitalTransformation #CloudEdgeContinuum #DataSpaces #DigitalEurope