# Event Details - **Event Name**: Hybrid event: UK Digital Sovereignty - What and How? - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Clarifying the UK’s Technical Vulnerabilities and Defining What the IT Community Must Do NextAbout this EventSpeakerMike LloydAgenda6.30pm - Hybrid event starts 8.00pm - Presentation ends with networking and refreshments for those attending at the BCS London office 9.00pm - Event closeSynopsisThe BCS London Branch invites members to a strategic discussion on the UK’s digital sovereignty. This session focuses on what technical capabilities the UK must be able to operate independently and where our critical vulnerabilities lie within cloud infrastructure, software supply chains, connectivity, identity systems, and opensource ecosystems. With increasing global uncertainty, understanding these “single points of failure” is essential to protecting the UK’s digital operations and public services.Why Attend?Attendees will help clarify:WHERE the UK is currently dependent on overseas technology WHAT minimum sovereign capabilities are required to maintain essential servicesWHAT the UK IT community must prioritise to ensure resilience and continuityWHAT national standards, skills, and governance models should look like This is an opportunity for IT professionals to shape a more secure future for UK national IT.What Will Be Covered: Key UK technical vulnerabilitiesThe concept of minimum viable sovereign digital capabilityPriorities for national resilience across cloud, compute, identity, and connectivityHow BCS will coordinate expert input across industry and government Member BenefitsInfluence a national strategy on digital resilienceStrengthen professional standing by contributing to a critical initiativeExpand networks across critical national infrastructure, industry, and government.About the speakerMike Lloyd FBCS - Founder at learn-tech.ioOur events are for adults aged 16 years and over.BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. If you are attending in person, please familiarise yourself with the Visitor Instructions for the BCS London Office.Please note, if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via groups@bcs.uk, and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.This event is brought to you by: London Central branch | BCS, London North branch | BCS and London South branch | BCS.Image credit: photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/hybrid-event-uk-digital-sovereignty-what-and-how/100001982274251648 - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fhybrid-event-uk-digital-sovereignty-what-and-how-registration-1982274251648 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT - **lat**: 51.5168719 - **long**: -0.0877157 - **full address**: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (https://allevents.in/org/bcs-the-chartered-institute-for-it/22518627) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/a98cacb586faa85bfbf548d4bae7e9d5406d06294f4674a607c37f40e784f28c-rimg-w1200-h800-dc8a8c8e-gmir.jpg?v=1770986314 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/7ed90b3f66477eee8a9c598a12d222fefe965f913cb65e5fe2f3dfa40ceb3c64-rimg-w400-h400-dc8b8d8f-gmir.jpg?v=1770986314 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Hybrid event: UK Digital Sovereignty - What and How? ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Hybrid event: UK Digital Sovereignty - What and How?", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/a98cacb586faa85bfbf548d4bae7e9d5406d06294f4674a607c37f40e784f28c-rimg-w1200-h800-dc8a8c8e-gmir.jpg?v=1770986314", "startDate": "2026-02-24", "endDate": "2026-02-24", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/hybrid-event-uk-digital-sovereignty-what-and-how/100001982274251648", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "25 Copthall Ave", "postalCode": "EC2R 7BP", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.5168719", "longitude": "-0.0877157" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Clarifying the UK’s Technical Vulnerabilities and Defining What the IT Community Must Do Next", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-24", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/hybrid-event-uk-digital-sovereignty-what-and-how/100001982274251648" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/hybrid-event-uk-digital-sovereignty-what-and-how/100001982274251648", "price": 0, "name": "Venue Attendance" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/hybrid-event-uk-digital-sovereignty-what-and-how/100001982274251648", "price": 0, "name": "Online Attendance" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "BCS The Chartered Institute for IT", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/bcs-the-chartered-institute-for-it/22518627", "description": "We are all responsible for ensuring technology-led change is safe and positive for everyone in society. 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