- 19/02 to 20/02/2025
- Berlin, Germany
Handelsblatt GovTech Summit 2025

The Handelsblatt GovTech Summit will take place from 19-20 February under the motto ‘Germany on a digital race to catch up’. The annual event brings together representatives from politics, administration and the digital economy to develop strategies for a sustainable, digital state. The focus is on best practices, fostering partnerships and innovation for the digitalisation of the public sector.
Global Cooperation, Local Resilience: Strengthening Digital Public Infrastructure
On 20 February 2025, 2:40 – 3:10 p.m. (CET), leading experts will discuss the crucial role of digital public infrastructure (DPI) in advancing digital sovereignty and societal resilience in the session ‘Digital Public Infrastructure: Open Source as a Driver of Digital Sovereignty’. This session will explore national and international initiatives—including the GovStack Initiative, the Sovereign Tech Agency (STA), and the Center for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS)—and how open source solutions and global collaboration can drive the future of DPI.
Speakers:
- Andrea Donath, GovStack Initiative
- Adriana Groh, Sovereign Tech Agency
- Jutta Horstmann, ZenDiS
Join us for this insightful discussion!