Towards a digital democracy: With citizens’ participation in local and EU decision-making at a decline, how can Member States use technology to modernise their democratic processes and increase public interest, while safeguarding democratic legitimacy and reducing cyber-security threats?
Keeping public data public: Witnessing the increasing distrust between government, businesses, and citizens, how should the EU apply blockchain technologies to ensure public access to data for open government?
The rise of cryptocurrencies: With the constant development of cryptocurrencies Worldwide and in Europe, how should the EU regulate digital currencies and Initial Coin Offerings to provide protection for EU citizens, avoid money laundering and hinder the finance of terrorism?
To sustainability and beyond: With continuous rural-urban migration projecting that 66 percent of the world’s population will become urban by 2050, how should European cities and Member States utilise Smart City technology in their infrastructure, to tackle the crucial need to become more sustainable and energy-efficient?
Risk or opportunity: With sharing-economy enterprises such as Uber and Airbnb becoming more popular and common, what regulatory framework best allows the EU and its Member States to prevent new challenges of circumvention of competition, taxation and labour laws whilst profiting from the innovative potential and high accessibility of the sharing-economy?
The war against drugs: With cannabis being the drug most often mentioned in reports of drug law offences in Europe and with recent research being done on the drug's positive effect, what stance should the EU take on medical and recreational use of cannabis?
The politics of privacy: Following the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, in which users' data was compromised on an unprecedented scale, what approach should European states have towards ensuring privacy of individuals and preventing data-mining for political purposes?
The virtual threat: As modern economies have embraced information and communication technologies and become vulnerable to cyber attacks, what means the EU should provide to reduce cyber terrorism threats and strengthen the cyber sovereignty of its Member States?