13–18 June 2026 | Paphos, Limassol & Nicosia

The initiative ensures that EU-level conversations on digital policy are not merely hosted by Cyprus, but actively co-created by its citizens and local ecosystems. The Open Digital Futures Week (ODFW) creates a parallel, civic-minded process to answer multiple critical questions. Who shapes our technological future? How do we build public digital infrastructure that serves democracy, education, culture, and the common good?

Technology impacting daily life

While official agendas prioritize high-level AI and sovereignty, the Week addresses the urgent “implementation gap” where digital transformation meets public life—specifically in transparent procurement, protecting children’s rights, and interoperable public code. “Technology can start to sound like something developed for states and markets, rather than something that is already shaping childhood, education, culture, and everyday life”, said Chrystalleni Loizidou, organizer and ELLAK Cyprus representative. “We need to connect the scattered technical capacity that exists locally and ask what digital transformation would look like if guided by public value and the common good”.

A societal bridge to European policy

The event series bridges the local Cypriot ecosystem with the European policy landscape, culminating in direct civic contributions to the official EU Presidency event, Shaping the Next Digital Frontier (17–18 June). The Week operates on the conviction that digital policy cannot belong only to politicians and vendors; it requires the scattered but real civic, artistic, and technical capacity of Cyprus to be brought into the room.

From a community BBQ in Paphos through a high-level policy forum at The Cyprus Institute, the Week invites developers, educators, researchers, public servants, and active citizens to shape the most responsible digital future possible.

Programme

Saturday 13 June, from 11:00
 Cyprus Open Digital Futures Week Kick-off BBQ
 Pykni picnic site, Peyia, Paphos
 https://ellak.org.cy/el/2026/06/08/odfkickoff/

Sunday 14 June, 19:00
 Libre Arts @ NeMe
 NeMe Arts Centre, Limassol
 https://ellak.org.cy/el/2026/06/03/libreartneme/
 https://www.neme.org/projects/hosted/libre-arts

Monday 15 June, 11:00–18:00
 101.CY Unconference: Freedom Democracy Internet – Cyprus EU Presidency edition
 CYENS Centre of Excellence, Nicosia
 https://ellak.org.cy/en/2026/05/05/unconference26/
 https://101.cy/actions/unconf_eu.html

Tuesday 16 June, 12:00–18:00
 Capital Series Cyprus: Open Source and the European Union
 The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia
 Participation is free, subject to registration.
 https://openforumeurope.org/events/open-source-and-the-european-union-cyprus-ofe-capital-series/

Wednesday 17 June and Thursday 18 June
 Shaping the Next Digital Frontier
 Cyprus EU Presidency, Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy
 https://cy26digitalconference.com/

Background reflection
 From Hosting to Co-Creating Tech Policy
 https://allonan.com/2026/06/08/from-hosting-to-co-creating-tech-policy/

Suggested hashtags
 #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #CyprusOpenDigitalFutures #ELLAKCyprus #EUPolicy #DigitalCommons #Cybersecurity #PublicMoneyPublicCode