The talk is given by the organizers of the Sovereign Cloud Deaf Room at the FOSDEM conference in 2023. They work with projects related to sovereign cloud infrastructure and standards, and aim to discuss the definition and importance of digital sovereignty. The talk also introduces the Project Operate First by Red Hat, which offers open operations and aims to provide more free services with easy data movement for users. Another project mentioned is the MOC Alliance project, which focuses on creating an open cloud for academia and beyond. The talk concludes with an introduction of Max, who will speak in 10 minutes.