On the 4th March 2026 the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) organised a special edition of our twice-yearly open-source software services meet-up with an external guest speaker, David Monniaux from CNRS / Université Grenoble Alpes.
David’s presentation “Fragilités numériques” on the fragility of our digital ecosystem was followed up with a panel discussion on how this relates to digital sovereignty, in our society at large and in academia and at EPFL in particular.
The panel was included David and the following people from EPFL:
- Khadidja Malleck, operational director of the Research Computing Platform (RCP)
- Prof. Mathias Payer, leader of the HexHive lab
- Rafael Corvalán, director of the Domain of Information Systems (DSI)
Imad Aad from C4DT moderated the session, and included many questions from the public.
Panel discussion on digital fragility and sovereignty
The room was packed with 37 people from EPFL, and we counted 17 remote attendees who also participated with questions. After the meeting, many discussions followed between the participants and the panelists.
Attendees engaged in discussion after the presentation
Reducing our fragility in the digital space by increasing our sovereignty is a subject which will keep us busy for the coming years!
We are looking forward to the Autumn edition to continue working toward more open-source services at Swiss universities to strengthen digital sovereignty in research and education!