Havel stage | Chips, Power & Digital Sovereignty: Who Controls the Stack?

The race for technological supremacy is no longer just industrial policy, it is a political force reshaping alliances, distorting markets, and testing the limits of open societies. As semiconductor supply chains fracture and AI compute becomes the new commanding height, the competition is no longer simply about who can manufacture the most advanced chips, but about who sets the rules, controls the infrastructure, and ultimately decides who gets access. - Are tech alliances emerging as a coherent answer to fractured supply chains and contested standards — or are they fragile coalitions of convenience that will buckle under the next political shift? - As AI compute becomes as strategically significant as chip manufacturing itself, are we walking into a new form of dependency faster than we can act on the last one? - A handful of private companies now control the chips, cloud platforms, and model layers that governments and militaries depend on. What does that concentration of leverage mean for sovereignty, allied coordination, and the terms on which partners get access? Speakers: Omran Sharaf, Asst. Foreign Minister for Advanced Science & Technology, UAE Kersti Kaljulaid, Former President of Estonia Chris Miller, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (online) Alex Capri, Author & Professor, National University of Singapore Led by: Robin Shepherd, President, The Commentator