Speaking at Microsoft Sovereignty Day Lisbon Portugal 2026

This article announces Thomas Maurer's speaking engagement at Microsoft Sovereignty Day Portugal on May 12, 2026, in Lisbon. It details the event's focus on cloud and AI innovation with data control, compliance, and sovereignty. Maurer's technical deep dive covers Microsoft Sovereign Cloud pillars: Sovereign Public Cloud (EU Data Boundary, Confidential Computing, Customer Lockbox) and Sovereign Private Cloud with Azure Local (disconnected operations, NVIDIA GPUs). The article emphasizes sovereignty as an architecture decision and invites CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and architects to attend. It includes registration details and speaker background.