First international meeting on technological sovereignty and strategic sectors

Europe's transition towards a nature-positive and sustainable economy depends not only on environmental policies, but also on its capacity to secure resilient and sustainable industrial ecosystems. Strategic sectors such as advanced materials, semiconductors and emerging technologies play a critical role in enabling this transition, particularly through their impact on energy systems, resource efficiency and circular value chains.
 
This high-level event, organised in Brussels, brings together policymakers, industry leaders, research institutions and innovation actors to explore how Europe can strengthen its technological sovereignty while advancing sustainability objectives. Particular attention is given to critical raw materials, sustainable industrial capacity and the role of talent and knowledge ecosystems in supporting a resilient and environmentally responsible economy.
 
The link between technological sovereignty and investing in nature is more direct than it may appear. Securing domestic supply chains for critical raw materials reduces Europe's dependence on environmentally destructive extraction elsewhere in the world. Advancing resource efficiency and circular value chains means fewer natural systems degraded in the name of industrial growth. And building strategic capacity in semiconductors and emerging technologies creates the digital and physical infrastructure on which a genuinely nature-positive economy depends. Technological sovereignty, in this sense, is not separate from the green transition — it is one of its foundations.
 
Through a series of panels and discussions, the event addresses the interconnections between technological development, resource security and environmental sustainability, highlighting how regions such as Madrid contribute to European value chains aligned with Green Deal objectives and with the broader ambition of investing in nature as a driver of long-term competitiveness and resilience.