Join experts and decision makers from around the world for the GF 2016 on September 19-20^th at the Evoluon Center in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

You are invited to take part in the 25^th anniversary edition of the Global Forum/Shaping the Future which is an independent, high profile, thought-provoking international, non-for-profit think-tank dedicated to business, policy and strategy issues affecting the Digital Society. It is a recognized think-tank taking place each year in a different country.

The Global Forum contributes to the development of relations between stakeholders of the broad digital society sphere which have sometime divergent & diverse interests. It plays a definitive role in fostering new international initiatives and is helping the creation of public-private partnerships, to sustain the digital world we live in.

As you can see on the attached evolving program, the GF 2016 will treat the current digital topics of interest: Drivers/Infrastructure, Innovation, Big/Open Data, Smart City, cybersecurity, mobile, eHealth, Industry 4.0, Regulation...  

 On September Monday 19^th & Tuesday 20^th, the Global Forum 2016 will gather 300 key policy makers, decision makers and public/private leaders from around the world to debate leading-edge topics that are critical to our businesses and communities. 

We have already the confirmation of participation of several high-profiles among others: Jorgen Abild Andersen, Chairman of OECD’s Committee on Digital Economy Policy, Denmark; Kathryn Brown,  President, Internet Society-ISOC; Mario Campolargo, Director "Net Futures" - DG CONNECT, European Commission; Don Davidson, Chief, Cybersecurity Lifecycle Risk Management and CS/Acquisition Integration Division in the Office of the Deputy DoD Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity (DCIO-CS), US Department of Defense; John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA; Adriane Lapointe, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Communications and Information Policy, US Department of State, USA; David Martinon, Cyberdiplomatie Ambassador, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France; Michel van Leeuwen, Head of Cybersecurity Policy Division, Directorate for Cyber Security, Ministry of Security and Justice, the Netherlands… 

For more information, please consult the GF presentation and visit: http://globalforum.items-int.com/