Speaker

Adriana

Groh

Co-founder and CEO

Sovereign Tech Agency

Biography

Adriana Groh is co-founder and CEO of the Sovereign Tech Agency, an organization funded by the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action to invest in critical, open digital infrastructure. Previously, she built a project on digital sovereignty, participation, and data commons with the city of Hamburg and was the director of the Prototype Fund, an innovation fund of the Open Knowledge Foundation and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Her interest lies in applying democratic principles to the field of innovation and digitalization, and she co-initiated several tech projects, such as a chat app for federal elections in Germany and the #WeVsVirus Hackathon.

Quote

The ability to develop and scale technology in an open and competitive environment has never been more crucial. The Sovereign Tech Agency’s mission is to help securing the foundational digital infrastructure of the 21st century—invisible to many, but essential for innovation. I’m pleased to bring this perspective to Istanbul Innovation Days, as maintaining core infrastructure is often overlooked in conversations about technological progress.

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