CDR CONFERENCE 2025 - Digital responsibility for Germany. Register now!

At the sixth CDR Conference, we aim to send a clear signal in light of the German government's current priorities for its digital policy and despite the growing resistance and barriers felt both nationally and internationally – including in the area of digitalisation: Now more than ever – digital responsibility for Germany. As with previous conferences, the event is primarily aimed at representatives from the business community, but it also addresses stakeholders from civil society, politics, and academia.

The German Federal Government wants to strengthen digital skills in order to enable everyone to participate in society and make our democracy more resilient to disinformation and manipulation. Through the confident, secure and thoughtful use of digital tools and media, the resilience of our society, the resilience of our democracy and the competitiveness of our economy are to be increased. Digital services should be designed to be consumer-friendly "by design" and "by default". After all, consumer trust is a key factor for the success and acceptance of the digitalisation.

The CDR initiative with its members and partners have for years been demonstrating the opportunities that lie in a responsible digitalisation with practical examples. All of these activities demonstrate how technological innovations, consumer-friendly offerings, economic success and the strengthening of fundamental democratic values can go hand in hand if they are approached from the perspective of digital responsibility from the outset.

This year's CDR conference organised by the CDR Initiative aims to send a clear signal against the backdrop of the digital awakening initiated by the new German government and the resistance and barriers that are being felt both nationally and internationally: Now more than ever: Digital responsibility for Germany!

Using practical examples, the conference will show how companies of all sizes and from a wide range of sectors can practically implement digital responsibility towards their customers, employees and society as a whole and what added value this brings for companies and society. The focus here is on new findings from the participatory model of the CDR initiative's development partnership. Building on the many years of experience of our member companies, it has been supporting organisations since 2025 in taking stock and planning measures for a responsible digitalisation.

At the CDR conference, we want to explore the following questions:

• What are the added value and challenges of responsible digitalisation for companies and society? To what extent does responsible digitalisation promote consumer trust?
• In which areas can companies implement digital responsibility? To what extent is the assumption of digital responsibility currently of great social and economic importance?
• What practical examples are there for CDR in areas such as handling data, employee involvement, education, climate and resource protection and inclusion?
• How can companies take their "first steps" although they are still in the early stages of digital responsibility?

Further details and the agenda will follow shortly.

Register directly here for one of the free but limited places.