Speakers at the FT Connect Europe Forum 2026

Speakers

The speaker line-up:

Adrien Abecassis

Ambassador for Digital Affairs and Artificial Intelligence

Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France

Philippe Aghion

Professor, Collège de France and INSEAD and visiting Professor

London School of Economics

Ana Figueiredo

CEO and Chairman

MEO

Alessandro Gropelli

Director General

Connect Europe

Patrick Johansson

President and Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa

Ericsson

Mr. Michał Kobosko

MEP

European Parliament

Pietro Labriola

CEO

TIM

Juhan Lepassaar

Executive Director

ENISA

Enrico Letta

President, Jacques Delors Institute; Dean, IE University; Former Prime Minister of Italy and EU Rapporteur on the Future of the Single Market

Eva Maydell

MEP and Member

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

Stan Miller

CEO

United Group

Kati Nyman

Corporate Chief of Staff and Member of the Executive Board

Elisa Group

Aura Salla

MEP and Member

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

Adina Vălean

MEP and Member

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)

Roberto Viola

Director-General, DG CONNECT

European Commission

Anthony Whelan

Director-General, DG COMP

European Commission

Stéphanie Yon-Courtin

MEP and Vice-President

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)

Chaired by World-Renowned FT Journalists

Henry Foy

Brussels Bureau Chief

Financial Times

Kieran Smith

Telecoms and Technology Correspondent

Financial Times

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