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<p>The European Commission's Directorate-General for Digital Services (DIGIT) is organising a conference on  22 February 2024, in Brussels, Belgium, that aims to explore challenges legal entities encounter in proving ownership of digital information and  to seek potential solutions with a focus on the role of Web3 technologies. The conference will feature interactive panels to connect industry initiatives with policy experts, fostering collaboration to address common challenges.<br>Discover our programme!</p>
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			>The European Commission has recently initiated a      verification</strong
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          >The European Commission has recently initiated a proposal proposal to expand
          			and upgrade a Directive concerning the use of digital tools and
          			processes in company law. In this context, the Commission has been
          			focused on developing a better understanding of the needs and
          			challenges related to organisations when it comes to proving their
          			ownership and verification. An overview of the Directive will be
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   			         <span class="d-block"><strong>Antonio Lai</strong></span>
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			>During this panel, European policymakers will present different
          			regulations that aim to address the challenges related to the
          			verification of legal entities across the European Union. The
          			panellists will focus in particular on the verification of economic
          			operators, data sharing between organisations, and the establishment
          			of cross-border trust in the EU internal market.
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          			<p><strong>Moderator:</strong></p>
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          			  <span class="d-block"><strong>Joachim Schwerin</strong></span
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				><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General       ><span
              ><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for Internal
              for Internal
				Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)</span
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              				<span class="d-block"><strong>Michele Galatola</strong></span
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				  ><i>European Commission </i>/ The Directorate-General for
				                Internal Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG
              				  GROW)</span
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Maya><strong>Dietmar Madrid<Gattwinkel</strong></span
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				  ><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for
             				   Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)</span
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Coen Janssen</strong></span
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				  <i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for
                				  Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)</span
              >
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Giulia Ferraris</strong></span
              				><span>European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)</span>
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              				>“Exploring Organisational Identifiers in the Verification
              				Landscape of Legal Entities across Europe”</strong
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          			>What is the role of organisational identifiers in the context of the
          			verification of legal entities? What is the current state of play of
          			the different identifiers that organisations are owning in Europe
          			today? Here, panellists will explore how the organisational
          			identifiers work and in which areas they have a pivotal relevance, as,
          			for example, taxes, customs, European business registries and global
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			The panel will be introduced by a presentation of the EBSI-ELSA
          			project by <strong>Nicolas Hauw (EUIPO)</strong>, who will showcase
          			how EBSI is supporting the initiative aiming at the verification of
          			brand owners.
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 			           <span class="d-block"><strong>Pierre Marro</strong></span
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				><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for
              				Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)</span
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Georg Kotschy</strong></span
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				  ><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for Taxation
				  and Customs             and Customs Union Union (DG TAXUD)</span
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Karlheinz Kadner</strong></span
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				  ><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for Taxation
				                and Customs Union (DG TAXUD)</span
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              <span class="d				<span class="d-block"><strong>Stephan Wolf</strong></span
              				><span>Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)</span>
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              				<span class="d-block"><strong>Antonio Lai</strong></span
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				  ><i>European Commission</i> Directorate-General for Justice and
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          			  <span class="d-block"><strong>Nicolas Hauw</strong></span
         			   ><span>European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)</span>
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              				>“Overcoming challenges through innovative solutions – the role of
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          			>During this panel, the audience will have the opportunity to explore
          			the role of pioneering technologies in solving the challenges related
          			to the verification of organisations. Among these technologies,
          			speakers will discuss distributed ledger technologies, verifiable
          			credentials, decentralised identifiers and digital wallets.
          			Additionally, they will investigate the potential roles that these
          			technologies can play within the EU.
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          			<p><strong>Moderator:</strong></p>
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         			   <span class="d-block"><strong>João Rodrigues Frade</strong></span
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				><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General           ><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for Digital
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Christian Klugow</strong></span
              				><span>ID-Union</span>
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Eugenio Reggianini</strong></span
              				><span>European Blockchain Association</span>
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              				<span class="d-block"><strong>Marina Markezic</strong></span
              				><span>EU Crypto Initiative</span>
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>Steven Capell</strong></span
              ><span
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				  >The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic
				                Business (UN/CEFACT)</span
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              Business (UN/CEFACT)</span
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				                ><strong>José Manuel Panizo Plaza</strong></span
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				  ><i>European Commission </i>/ Directorate-General for Digital
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				>“Unlocking business opportunities with organisational
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          			>This section will present the business case for organisational
          			identities. Through a set of projects from the field, speakers will
          			outline the business relationships, opportunities and challenges that
          			emerge when using innovative technologies, to address the complexities
          			of verification of digital information. They will share experiences by
          			looking at where their projects are headed to, lessons learned, and
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              				<span class="d-block"><strong>Nancy Norris</strong></span
              				><span>Government of British Columbia, Canada</span>
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				<span class="d-block"><strong>David Magård</strong></span
              				><span>European Wallet Consortium</span>
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              				<span class="d-block"><strong>Antti Kettunen</strong></span
              				><span>Real Time Economy Project</span>
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		  	<h3><span class="d-block">Natalia</span> Aristimuno Perez</h3>
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				Natalia Aristimuño Pérez is the Director for Digital Enablers & Innovation at DIGIT, European 
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				making, document management and knowledge management domains. Since she joined the European Commission 
				in the year 2000, she has always been involved in providing solutions allowing making users’ life easier 
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				  Antonio Lai is a policy officer working for the European Commission at
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				  Antti is an experienced Digital Identity and trust ecosystem expert,
		  		pioneering decentralized identity in Finland with Tietoevry Create.<br /><br />He
		  		currently works with the Finnish government in the EWC LSP and Real Time
			  	Economy program in Finland, focusing on the topics of Organization
				  Digital Identities and Verifiable eReceipts. In addition, Antti works in
				  EU-funded Healthcare trust ecosystem program PHEMS, designing research
			  	trust ecosystem infrastructure, and is a technical advisor to FindyNet
				  cooperative, a public-private organisation developing trust
		  		infrastructure in Finland.<br /><br />He views decentralized trust &
			  	data ecosystems as a key component of EU digitalization. Working closely
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		  		Eugenio Reggianini is advising financial institutions, technology
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				  Observatory & Forum as well as part of Swiss Crypto and Digital Euro
				  Association(s).
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				  Digital Innovation Officer at DG TAXUD.B.4 Taxation systems & Digital
			  	governance.
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		  		Giulia Ferraris is senior policy officer in the Data Intelligence and
		  		Technology Department, which is the department at ESMA that is
				  responsible for the entire data lifecycle of each of the datasets under
			  	the Authority’s responsibility. This cycle includes the definition of
				  the reporting requirement across various sectoral legislation, the
				  design and implementation of the relevant systems as well as the use of
			  	data to serve all ESMA’s stakeholders. In its role, Giulia is
		  		coordinating the data policy work in the area of digital finance,
				  notably with the development of the data record keeping requirements for
			  	CASPs under MiCA. This is the dataset envisaged by MiCA that will need
		  		to be collected and used by EU supervisors for monitoring crypto
				  markets.
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			  	Joachim Schwerin is Principal Economist in the unit responsible for the
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				  Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) of the
		  		European Commission. He is responsible for developing the policy
		  		approach of DG GROW towards the Token Economy and Distributed-Ledger
			  	Technologies as well as their applications for industry and SMEs. His
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				  and Web3. In 2020, he contributed to the Digital Finance Strategy,
			  	including the MiCA Regulation. Previous responsibilities included the
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			<p>João leads the Building Blocks and Innovative Services Sector of the Directorate General for Digital 
				Services of the European Commission (DIGIT)
				  specialising in Digital Transformation and the management of large
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		  		Services Infrastructure (EBSI). The EBSI ecosystem leverages Web3 tech
				  such as Blockchain, Verifiable Credentials and Digital Wallets to make
			  	public services more efficient and trustworthy.
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				  Karlheinz Kadner is a Head of Sector of the European Commission DG
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				  Marina is the director and co-founder of the European Crypto Initiative
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				  2017 Marina has been working with crypto projects on governance and
		  		legal matters with a focus on decentralization, DeFi, and NFTs. Marina
		  		is an expert on key crypto regulatory topics and follows the recent
				  regulatory developments and their influence on the industry. As a
			  	speaker at numerous blockchain and regulatory events, Marina is
				  passionate about contributing to the dialogue for innovation-friendly
				  regulation.
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		  Maya Madrid is a member of the eGovernment and Trust unit of DG CNECT in
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		  implementation and follow up of policy developments in the fields of
		  digital government, electronic identification (eID) and trust services
		  related to the eIDAS regulation (Regulation No. 910/2014) and the
		  Commission proposal for a Regulation amending the IDAS regulation and
		  establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity.
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			<h3><span class="d-block">Michele</span> Galatola</h3>
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				  Michele has a degree in Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Life Cycle
				  Assessment. Since 2005 he works for the European Commission, first in DG
			  	Research, then in DG ENV and since 2019 in DG GROW. After having lead at
				  European level the EU Ecolabel, in the period 2010-2019 Michele
				  initiated and led the development of the Environmental Footprint life
		  		cycle assessment methods. Since 2019, Michele has been leading the
				  Commission work towards integration of sustainability approaches into
				  European industrial policies and strategies, including the recently
		  		adopted new legislation on the ecodesign of sustainable products (ESPR).
		  		In this context, Michele is the chair of the Commission cross-DG Working
		  		Group for the conceptual development and deployment of the Digital
				  Product Passport (DPP).
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			<h3><span class="d-block">Nancy</span> Norris</h3>
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				  Nancy Norris is the Senior Director of ESG & Digital Trust in the
			  	Ministry for Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation for the Government
				  of British Columbia, Canada’s western-most province. Nancy leads Energy
				  & Mines Digital Trust, leveraging digital trust technology to foster a
			  	more sustainable and responsible mining industry. Nancy is the Project
		  		Lead of UN/CEFACT Critical Raw Materials project, which identifies ways
				  to scale supply chain traceability and transparency to achieve global
			  	sustainability outcomes.
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		  		Nicolas Hauw holds two Master degree, one in political sciences and
			  	another in European and International Law, as well as a Licence of Law
				  from the University of Aix-Marseille III (Law Faculty of
		  		Aix-en-Provence). Nicolas spent 10 years in Brussels supporting European
			  	projects and development of EU policies before joining the EUIPO in 2021
		  		as part of the Observatory on Infringement of Intellectual Property. He
			  	spent a few years working as project manager and policy advisor in
				  European association and networks, as well as at the EU Parliament as
				  parliamentary assistant. Joining Deloitte in 2017 as senior consultant,
			  	he moved to Cap Gemini in 2020 as senior manager to the service of the
				  EUIPO in a variety of project, including the Blockathon Project back in
				  2018. Nicolas has a high interest in the potential impact of new
		  		technologies on the enforcement of IPR.
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			  	Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European
				  Commission.He works for the unit "Digital Innovation and Blockchain", as team
				  leader for Blockchain. He is notably in charge of the European
			  	Blockchain Partnership (EBP) and the European Blockchain Services
				  Infrastructure.
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				  International Chamber of Commerce Germany. In 2021, he was appointed to
		  		an Industry Advisory Board as part of the global ICC Digital Standards
		  		Initiative. In that capacity, he serves as co-chair of the workstream on
			  	‚Trusted Technology Environment‘. Between January 2017 and June 2020,
				  Mr. Wolf was Co-convener of the International Organization for
				  Standardization Technical Committee 68 FinTech Technical Advisory Group.
			  	In January 2017, Mr. Wolf was named one of the Top 100 Leaders in
				  Identity by One World Identity. Mr. Wolf co-founded IS Innovative
		  		Software GmbH in 1989 and served first as its managing director. He was
			  	later named spokesman of the executive board of its successor,
				  IS.Teledata AG. Mr. Wolf holds a university degree in business
		  		administration from J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.
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				  <span>UN/CEFACT</span>
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				  Steve is Vice chair, UN/CEFACT and project lead for “transparency at
				  scale” UNECE recommendation 49 and associated “UN Transparency Protocol"
			  	technical implementation guidance. The UNTP defines a decentralised
				  traceability and transparency architecture that emphasises protocol over
		  		platform and includes standards for digital product passport, product
		  		conformity certificates, and traceability events. It also includes a
				  digital trust architecture based on W3C verifiable credentials and
			  	authoritative “trust anchors".
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#content .container { max-width: 1387px!important; position: relative; }

#event-introduction {  margin-top: 1.5rem; padding-bottom: 1rem; min-height: 300px; }
 #event-introduction .container { display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; height: 300px;  border-radius: 16px; background-repeat: no-repeat!important;  position: relative; background-attachment: unset!important; background-size: cover!important; background-position: center!important; }

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	#event-introduction .container { background-size: contain; background-attachment: unset!important;}
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}   #event-introduction .event-hold {border-radius: 16px; position: absolute; top: 60px; color: white; }

@media screen and ( min-width: 1920px ) {
	#event-introduction .event-hold { top: 40px!important; }
}

.line-seperator { border-bottom: 1px solid #E8E7EB; margin-top: 50px; margin-bottom: 50px;  }

#event-details-section { padding-bottom: 0; }
#information-event-section { background: #CCF0FC; }
#information-event-section .col-9 { padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }




/* Event details */

#event-details .col-9 > p:first-child, #event-details .col-9 > p:last-child { display: none; }
#event-details .event-date { font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: #004494; margin-bottom: 24px; background: #E6F7FD; border-radius: 8px; padding: 6px 8px; width: fit-content; display: flex; gap: 5px; }  
#event-details .event-date span { font-weight: 600; }  
#event-details .event-title { font-size: 48px; line-height: 56px; margin-bottom: 24px; }  
#event-details .event-info { margin-bottom: 100px; }  
#event-details .event-description { color: #1D0D34; margin-bottom: 44px; }  
#event-details .event-view { position: absolute; bottom: 0; }  



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.past-event-section { background: #E6F7FD; margin-top: 36px; margin-bottom: 80px; }
.past-event-section .after-event-actions { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; }
.past-event-section a.btn.outline.link-download-presentation span.ico-arrow-south { background: url("https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/download/attachments/460227009/Icons%20%282%29.svg?api=v2"); }
#tabs-video-content { margin-bottom: 58px; }
.past-event-section .after-event-description { margin-bottom: 40px; display: none; }
.past-event-section .tabs-video-content-iframe { position: relative; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%; }
.past-event-section .tabs-video-content-iframe iframe { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: none; }

/* Event information section */

#information-event-section h2 { margin-bottom: 40px; }
#information-event-section .event-information-container { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 40px; }
.event-information-container p { margin-bottom: 0; color: #1D0D34; }
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.event-information-container img { width: 24px; height: 24px; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px; }
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.event-information-container .l-block { text-align: left; }
.event-information-container h4 { margin-bottom: 6px; }


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.event-agenda { display: flex; align-items: flex-start; gap: 20px; position: relative; }
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.agenda-info ul { }
.agenda-info > div > p > span { margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: 20px; color: #1D0D34; }




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.panelist-view > img { width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 16px; }
.panelist-info h4 { margin-bottom: 6px; font-size: 18px; }

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.speakers-view > img { width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 16px; }
.speakers-info { min-height: 166px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between; }
.speakers-info > p:nth-child(2) { flex-grow: 1 }
.speakers-info h4 { margin-bottom: 6px; font-size: 18px; }  

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#panelists-section { position: relative; }
#speakers-section { position: relative; background: #E6F7FD; }
#speakers-section h2 { margin-bottom: 40px; }
#modal-event{   position: fixed; top: 50%; left: 50%; width: 100%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%);  z-index: 9999; overflow: hidden; display: none; background: #FFFFFF; box-shadow: 0px 4px 20px rgba(0, 55, 100, 0.1); max-width: 840px; border-radius: 16px; }
#modal-content-event { padding: 56px 40px 24px 40px; }

.modal-content { position: relative; }
.modal-close { position: absolute; right: 16px; top: 16px; cursor: pointer; }
.modal-close > img { width: 24px; height: 24px; }
.overlay { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); z-index: 9998; }

.panelist-content {
  display: none;
}
.speaker-content { 
display: none; 
}


@media screen and ( max-width: 768px ) {

	#modal-event { max-width: 90%!important; }
}


/* Join section */

.section-get-started { position: relative; margin-bottom: 9.5rem; }
@media screen and ( max-width: 550px ) {
/*	#modal-event { max-height: 320px; overflow: scroll; } */ 
.event-date { margin-bottom: 16px!important; }

#modal-event { top: 108px!important; transform: translateX(-50%); max-height: calc(100vh - 108px); overflow-y: auto; } 
#modal-content-event { padding: 40px 24px 8px 24px!important; }
	    
	.past-event-section .after-event-actions { flex-direction: column; gap: 16px!important; align-items: flex-start!important; }
     .past-event-section .after-event-actions > a { width: 100%!important; }
 	.event-information-container { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start!important; gap: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px!important; }
	#shape-background-xp { max-width: 100%; top: 1014px; }
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.section-get-started-box { display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-between;  position:relative; padding:1.5rem 2.5rem; box-shadow: 0px 4px 20px rgba(0, 55, 100, 0.1); border-radius: 16px; min-height: 276px; position: relative; z-index: 5; background: white; }
.section-get-started .card-footer { text-align: right; }
@media screen and ( max-width: 768px ) {
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.section-get-started-box .card-description { min-height: 80px; }

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.home-newsflash { padding-top: 5rem; padding-bottom:0; margin-top: 7rem;}
.home-newsflash .container { position: relative;}
.home-newsflash .cols { z-index: 5; position: relative;}
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.home-newsflash .home-newsflash-bg p { margin:0; line-height:0;}
.home-newsflash .home-newsflash-bg p img { margin:0; max-width: 100%; height: auto;}
.home-newsflash .btn { margin-bottom: 2rem;}

@media screen and (min-width: 768px) { 
	.home-newsflash .home-newsflash-bg { left:-30%; width: 100%;}
	.home-newsflash .btn { margin-bottom: 3rem;}
}

@media screen and (min-width: 1360px) { 
	.home-newsflash .home-newsflash-bg { left:-30%; width: 90%;}
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.external-details { display: none; }
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/* ----------- */

#overview-section { background: #E6F7FD; }
.cards-container { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 24px; }
.card-item { position: relative; display: flex; max-width: 322px; min-width: 322px; padding: 24px 24px 32px 24px; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; flex-shrink: 0; border-radius: 16px; background: #FFF; box-shadow: 0px 4px 20px 0px rgba(0, 55, 100, 0.10); min-height: 372px; }
.card-item > .card-label { padding: 4px 8px; color: #004494; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 20px; border-radius: 4px; background: #CCF0FC; margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 16px; }
.participant-details { padding-bottom: 16px; }
.participant-details p { margin-bottom: 0; min-height: 44px; }
.participant-details h3 { position: relative; z-index: 1; color: #1D0D34; font-size: 26px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 8px!important; }
.participant-details h3 .d-block { position: relative; z-index: 1; color: #1D0D34; font-size: 26px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px!important; }
.participant-details p span { font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; }
.participant-details p > span:first-child { color: #776E85;  } 
.participant-details p > span:last-child { color: #4A3D5D; }
.card-item .card-bg { position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; }
.card-item .participant-visual { position: absolute; right: 24px; top: 24px; width: 80px; height: 80px; max-width: 80px; height: 80px; border-radius: 8px; }
.participant-info { flex-grow: 1; }
.participant-info p { color: #4A3D5D; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px; }
.readmore { display: flex; width: 100%; justify-content: flex-end; margin-top: 8px; }

#content .modal-wrapper {   position: fixed; top: 50%; left: 50%; width: 100%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%);  z-index: 9999; overflow: hidden; display: none; background: #FFFFFF; box-shadow: 0px 4px 20px rgba(0, 55, 100, 0.1); max-width: 808px; border-radius: 16px; padding: 40px; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 { display: flex; flex-direction: row-reverse; width: fit-content; gap: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; position: relative; z-index: 2; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 > div { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 > div h3 { order: 2; font-size: 26px; line-height: 32px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 8px; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 > div h3 .d-block { font-weight: 600; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 > div .card-label { order: 1; max-width: fit-content; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 4px 8px; color: #004494; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 20px; border-radius: 4px; background: #CCF0FC; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 > div p { order: 3; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 > div p span:first-child { color: #776E85; }
#content .modal-wrapper .sec-1 > div p span:last-child { color: #4A3D5D; }
#content .modal-wrapper .participant-visual { position: initial; width: 158px; height: 158px; max-width: 158px; }
#content .modal-wrapper .closeBtn { position: absolute; right: 24px; top: 24px; background: none; border: unset; cursor: pointer; }

.overlay { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25); z-index: 9998; }

.bg-sec_ { position: absolute; right: 0; }
#bg1 { top: 21px; }
#bg2 { bottom: 1767px; }
#bg3 { bottom: 292px; }
.f-20 { font-size: 20px!important; }
.event-agenda-container { margin-top: 64px; }