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About
Seven major European universities from seven European countries, namely the University of Leuven (Belgium), RWTH Aachen and Fraunhofer/FIT (Germany), the International Hellenic University (Greece), Gdańsk University of Technology (Poland), Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), University of Stockholm (Sweden) and Danube University Krems (Austria), together with the Greek National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA) organise a training course for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in the public sector. The event will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece from 10 to 13 Oct. 2017 and is supported by the Greek government.
Why to follow this course:
- You will meet, discuss and learn from top professors coming the 7 participating universities as well as invited top experts from the industry and the public sector.
- You will have the opportunity to meet experienced colleagues from different countries and exchange practices, experiences and knowledge with them.
- We will present, analyse and demystify “hot topics” for CIOs, ranked high in agendas of public administrations all over the world.
- You will participate and contribute actively in stimulating discussions, knowledge exchange and creation.
- You will have the chance to meet top-class keynote speakers including national CIOs and industry leaders.
Certificate of Attendance signed by all universities will be issued to all participants.
Who can attend
The target audience includes public sector information technology leaders from around the world. Possible designations include Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, IT Directors, IT Directors General and IT Advisors, associated with government ministries or provincial or city governments.
What to expect on the day
The themes of the course cover four areas:
- Information and data Management, Interoperability strategies/frameworks/practices, data analytics and intelligence.
- Open Government, and Open Data.
- Innovative Technologies for the public sector, e.g. co-creation, smart government.
- Digital Government Transformation, e.g. with topics covering IT governance, privacy, security.
The course will be organised in an interactive way with plenary and breakout sessions with hands-on workshops to facilitate knowledge transfer and experience sharing amongst the participants.
Important dates
- Dates: 10-13 October 2017
- Deadline for registrations: 15th of September
Registration
To attend the conference, please pre-register online. Important: Please note that your registration is subject to approval by the organisers. You will be notified of your registration status by email within 2 weeks from your initial registration. As there are limited places, please register as soon as possible to reserve your place. The registration will remain open until 15th of September, unless all available places are booked before that date. In this case, the registration system may close before the deadline, so book your place asap.
Greek participants should contact the Greek National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government at +30 2131306410.
Agenda
Tuesday 10 Oct: Information, Data Management and Interoperability
09:00-09:45 Opening
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Prof. Costas Th. Grammenos, President, International Hellenic University (welcome address) Video→
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Asso. Professor Kamtsidou Ifigeneia, President, National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government (EKDDA), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) Video→
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Asst. Professor Vassilios Peristeras, Scientific Coordinator of the CIO Training, International Hellenic University Video→
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09:45-10:30 Keynote
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Digital Public Administration – an opportunity for Europe (PDF↓)
Mário Campolargo, Deputy Director General DG DIGIT, European Commission Video→XX
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Day I: Information, Data Management and Interoperability
Coordinators:
- Stefan Decker, Director Fraunhofer FIT, Professor, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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Vassilios Peristeras, Asst. Prof. “Web Information Systems”, International Hellenic University, Greece
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Information and data is produced in huge quantities nowadays. At the same time, new paradigms for data storage, processing, analysis and sharing emerge. For public administrations, this new environment creates opportunities and challenges. How these oceans of data can be exploited to promote evidence-based policy making? How public administrations should publish and share data and information? How far away are we from the no-stop government paradigm?
11:00-12:00 Information, Data Management & Interoperability, Presentations - part I
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Introduction: Towards data-driven administrations (PDF 1↓, PDF 2↓), Vassilios Peristeras & Stefan Decker Video→
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Implementing interoperability in the EU: the new European Interoperability Framework (PDF↓), Miguel Alvarez-Rodriguez, DG Informatics (DIGIT), European Commission. Video→
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The Common Information Management Framework (CIMF) (PDF 1↓, PDF 2↓), Declan Deasy, Former Director DG Informatics, European Commission Video→
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The Role of the Once-Only Principle for Cross-Border Data Exchange within and outside the European Union, Robert Krimmer (PDF 1↓, PDF 2↓), Tallinn University, Estonia Video→
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12:00-13:00 Information, Data Management & Interoperability, Presentations - part II
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Managing the Public Sector Digital Transformation - Malta's Casestudy (PDF↓) Emanuel Darmanin, Head Strategy and Business Department Strategy, Malta Information Technology Agency, Malta Video→
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Unified data space principles implementation in Latvia’s public sector institutions (PDF↓), Dita Gabalina, Expert in IT architecture, Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia Video→
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Data governance: laying the foundations for data-driven public sector (PDF↓), Nikolaos Loutas, Director, PwC Belgium Video→
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13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:15 Information, Data Management and Interoperability, Workshop - part I
Participants will be divided in smaller groups. Each group will focus and discuss a topic related to the subject with the help of a facilitator and a rapporteur.
The facilitator provides the context and background for the discussion ensures that the group stays on track and into the subject and monitors time to ensure that important aspects of the subject are covered/discussed. The group also assigns a rapporteur, a role to be undertaken by one of the participants. The rapporteur takes notes, coordinates the discussion together the facilitators and finally presents the summary of the discussion in the plenary.
The groups with discuss on the following topics:
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Group A: Data and information management using the Common Information Management Framework (CIMF).
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Facilitator: Declan Deasy, Former Director DG Informatics, European Commission
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Facilitator: Declan Deasy, Former Director DG Informatics, European Commission
- Group B: Once-Only Principle: best practices, tools and challenges
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Facilitator: Robert Krimmer, Tallinn University, Estonia
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Group C: Promoting Data Interoperability: frameworks, best practices, tools and challenges.
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Facilitators: Emanuel Darmanin, Head Strategy and Business Department Strategy, Malta Information Technology Agency, Malta, Miguel Alvarez-Rodriguez, DG Informatics (DIGIT), European Commission.
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Facilitators: Emanuel Darmanin, Head Strategy and Business Department Strategy, Malta Information Technology Agency, Malta, Miguel Alvarez-Rodriguez, DG Informatics (DIGIT), European Commission.
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Group D: Exploiting new data sources and technologies: IoT, social media, big data, data analytics, Artificial Intelligence (PDF↓)
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Facilitator: Nikolaos Loutas, Director, PwC Belgium
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Facilitator: Nikolaos Loutas, Director, PwC Belgium
General Support: Dimitris Tsimaras
15:15-15:35 Coffee Break
15:35-16:45 Information, Data Management and Interoperability, Workshop - part II
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Group presentations and discussion at plenary Video→
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16:45-17:00
- Wrap-up, conclusions
Wednesday 11 Oct: Open Government and Open Data
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Marijn Janssen, Professor “ICT & Governance”, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Countries have embraces open government as a way to close the distance with their constituents and to facilitate innovation of businesses. Yet, the results are often disappointing and the focus has been on opening data and the facilitating technology, instead of on realizing transparency, accountability and engagement. Nevertheless, there are many successful practices and results. This day will be focused on arriving at more effective policies. The participants will share best and worse experiences with each other to arrive at better policies.
09:00-10:00 Keynote
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Open data policy: The Greece initiative on open data (PDF↓), Nikolaos Michalopoulos, General Director for Reformation Policy and eGovernment, Ministry of Administrative Reconstruction, Greece Video→
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10:00-10:45
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New General Data Protection Regulation with regard to the public sector, (PDF↓) Ioannis Inglezakis, Associate Prof., Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Video→
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10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:45
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Collaboration in Open data: Does open data create an open government?, Marijn Janssen, Delft university of Technology, The Netherlands Video→
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12:45-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Towards better open government policies, Workshop – part I
Some countries view open government as similar to open data, whereas other countries have a broader approach. In some countries, the focus is on the national level, whereas in other countries the focus is at the local level where the rubber hits to road.
There will be a breakdown in groups to discuss open government policies. The following questions will be addresses: What elements should be included in open government policies? What makes an effective open government policy? What is the relationship between policies at the national and local level?
General Support: Dimitris Tsimaras, Vassilios Peristeras
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:00 Towards better open government policies, Workshop – part II
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The outcomes of the group discussions will be presented in the plenary sessions, followed by the plenary discussion, and a summary. Video→
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Thursday 12 Oct: Public Sector Innovation
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Joep Crompvoets, Professor ‘Information Management in the Public Sector’, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Vasilis Koulolias, Director eGovlab, Stockholm University, Sweden
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The public sector plays a key economic role as a regulator, service provider, and employer. Jobs provided by public sector account for more than 25% of total employment and a significant share of economic activity in Europe. An efficient and productive public sector can be a strong driver of private sector growth. At this moment, there is a strong justification for efficiency gains, better governance, faster delivery, and more citizens' involvement in public sector.
In this context, this day will be dedicated to a collaborative discussion around the value of co-creation within public service delivery. Experts from the Belgian KU Leuven and the Swedish eGovLab at Stockholm University we will engage with the groups through a process of co-design and co-creation where we will model organisational structures and develop business models that a support digital transformation.
Topics: Introduction to Public Sector Innovation, Smart World, Misinformation
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Public Sector Innovation – Current Trends (PDF↓), George Spiliotopoulos, Director of Strategic Planning, General Secretariat for Digital Policy, Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Video→
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Case study about the Belgian Public Sector Digital transformation (PDF↓), Frank Leyman, Manager International Relations, DG Digital Transformation Video→
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Public Sector Innovation - Governance of Smart World, Joep Crompvoets, Professor ‘Information Management in the Public Sector’, KU Leuven, Belgium Manager International Relations, DG Digital Transformation Video→
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10:50-11:20 |
Coffee Break |
11:20-11:50 |
Innovative practices in Public Administration (Observatory, Repository and Consultations) (PDF↓), Emmanouil Zoulias, & Dimitrios Tsimaras, Research & Studies Officer, National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA), Greece Video→
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Open innovation in the Swedish public sector (PDF↓), Vasilis Koulolias, Director eGovlab, Stockholm University, Sweden Video→
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12:45-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
14:00-15:30 |
Public Sector Innovation, Workshop - part I
Facilitator: Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan |
15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Public Sector Innovation, Workshop - part II, Plenary presentations & overall discussion (PDF↓), Discussion coordinators: Vasilis Koulolias & Joep Crompvoets Video→
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Friday 13 Oct: Digital Government Enterprise
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Tomasz Janowski, Acting Chair of Applied Informatics in Management and Visiting Professor, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Visiting Professor, Danube University Krems, Austria
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Digitization has brought enormous benefits to societies and economies in terms of access to public service, more efficient, transparent and responsive public administration, greater engagement of citizens in political and government affairs, and the development of knowledge-based societies and economies.
Digitization is also showing its dark side by increasing existing and creating new inequalities, exposing people to cybercrime and loss of privacy, and enabling mass manipulation of people's political sentiments, often across national borders.
This day will focus on the role and responsibilities of Government Chief Information Officers in making sure that the Digital Government Enterprise, through available policy and programme instruments, can help deliver the benefits and address the risks of digitization.
The agenda will comprise:
- A series of presentations by distinguished government practitioners on the performance of the Digital Government Enterprise in different national contexts;
- A discussion panel between the presenters and the audience a) on the enablers and inhibitors for Digital Government Enterprise; and b) on the role and responsibilities of Government Chief Information Officers within the Digital Government Enterprise to deliver the benefits and address the risks of digitization, considering the enablers and inhibitors present within countries.
9:30-10:30 Keynote speech
- Inclusive e-Governance to Reach out to a Billion+, Mr Sanjeev Gupta, President & CEO, National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India Video→
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10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:45 Presentations
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Digital transformation in the Spanish Government (PDF↓), Miguel A. Amutio, Deputy Head of Unit, Coordination of ICT Units, General Secretariat for Digital Administration, Ministry of Finance and Public Function, Spain
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Digital government transformation in the Netherlands (PDF↓), John Kootstra, Coordinating Policy Advisor, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands
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12:45-14:00 Lunch Break
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Discussion panel
Vasilis Koulolias, Director eGovlab, Stockholm University, Sweden
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General Support: Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan
The panel will engage the presenters and the audience in discussing the question “What are the enablers and inhibitors for Digital Government Enterprise in different national contexts?” and on the role and responsibilities of Government Chief Information Officers.XXX
15:00-15:30
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Closing Panel: Conclusions from the seminar, Vassilios Peristeras, Joep Crompvoets, Vasilis Koulolias, Dimitris Tsimaras
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15:30-16:30 Reception
Costs
Attending the course is free of charge. Participants should cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.
Programme Committee
- Vassilios Peristeras, Asst. Prof. International Hellenic University, Scientific Coordinator, Greece
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- Joep Crompvoets, Professor ‘Information Management in the Public Sector’, KU Leuven
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- Stefan Decker, Director Fraunhofer FIT, Professor, RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Tomasz Janowski, Acting Chair of Applied Informatics in Management and Visiting Professor, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Visiting Professor, Danube University Krems, Austria
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- Marijn Janssen, Professor in ICT & Governance, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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- Vasilis Koulolias, Director eGovlab, Stockholm University, Sweden
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- Dimitris Tsimaras, Research & Studies Officer, National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA), Greece
Contact
- You may search for hotels in the Thessaloniki Regional Authority, based on stars or the name of the hotel here →.
- For how to get to the International Hellenic University click here →
- For all questions please contact: CIOtraining@ihu.edu.gr
The Training Course is part of the strategic plan for the development of the educational programmes of the School of Science and Technology. More information on the programmes available can be found here.
Mário Campolargo is the Deputy Director-General at DG DIGIT (Informatics) in the European Commission with responsibility for development of Digital Services, Digital Workplace and Cloud Infrastructures. He holds responsibility for coordinating ICT‑based Synergies and Efficiencies delivery.
Miguel Alvarez Rodriguez is a programme manager in ISA unit at the European Commission since 2012. He is responsible for several actions related to implementing interoperable solutions for public services like the National Interoperability Framework Observatory; access to Base Registries; Catalogue of Public Services and electronic documents.
From 2006 to 2012 he worked as a Senior Official on eGovernment and Information Technologies (IT) at the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration of Spain. He was the project manager of the national Trust Services and Spain’s representative and chairman of STORK Consortium for the Large Scale Pilot on electronic identification. He was the leader of the workpackage that dealt with the definition of common specifications for the interoperability on eID.
He holds an Engineering degree on Telecommunications and a Master on Business Administration.
Declan Deasy has a degree in Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin where he was a lecturer in Computer Science. He joined the European Commission in 1978 and retired in December 2012 as Director for "Information Systems and Interoperability Solutions" at the Directorate General for Informatics. He was responsible for managing the e-Commission initiative and delivering high quality corporate information systems, common frameworks and interoperable, reusable components enabling the successful implementation of the e-Commission and EU policies. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of LERO – the Irish Software Research Centre. His particular interests are the application of Evolving Critical Systems research to the public sector and Information Management in public administrations. He is currently an Advisor on digital strategy to several international organisations.
Prof. Dr. Robert Krimmer is Full Professor of e-Governance within Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance at the Faculty of Social Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. Robert’s research is focused on the transformation of the public sector, european interoperability, as well as electronic participation and democracy, including e-voting, and essentially all issues further developing a digital society. Robert is also Associate Editor of the international scientific journal Government Information Quarterly (GIQ), where he is in charge of participation issues. Robert coordinates TOOP, the EU H2020 large-scale pilot on exploring and demonstrating the feasibility of the once-only principle involving 50+ partners from 21 countries inside and outside the European Union. Further, he was member of the group of experts to the Council of Europe Ad-Hoc Committee on Electronic Voting (CAHVE) which will soon release its updated recommendation on legal, technical and operational standards for Electronic Voting Rec(2017)xx. Also, he was one of the lead experts for the Council of Europe Ad-Hoc Committee on Electronic Democracy and drafted Annex 1 of the CoE Recommendation (2009) on e-Democracy. Before returning to academia, Robert was OSCE/ODIHR’s first senior adviser on new voting technologies. In the past he advised CoE, OSCE/ODIHR, UNDP, WHO, ITU, the European Commission and AWEB on various matters.
Inġ Emanuel Darmanin currently occupies the position of Head of Strategy and Business at the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA). He joined MITA in 1994 and since then he has held various senior management positions and has been responsible for the setting up a number of diverse functions. Previously he enjoyed working experiences in the private sector, both in Malta and abroad.
Dita has 30 years’ experience in IT sector, she participated in a large number of projects both in private and public sector in different roles – as developer, system analyst, project manager and senior consultant. Expertise areas are ICT governance, ICT architecture, ICT procurements, development methodology, requirements definition for information systems, e-health. Currently Dita is working at Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia developing public sector ICT architecture.
Prof.dr. Marijn Janssen is a full Professor in ICT & Governance and chair of the Information and Communication Technology section of the Technology, Policy and Management Faculty of Delft University of Technology. His research interests are in the field of orchestration, shared services arrangements, and open and big data and infrastructures. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Government Information Quarterly, conference chair of IFIP EGOV series and is chairing mini-tracks at the DG.o, ICEGOV, HICCS and AMCIS conferences. He was ranked as one of the leading e-government researchers in surveys in 2009, 2014 and 2016, and has published over 400 refereed publications. More information: www.tbm.tudelft.nl/marijnj.
Prof. dr. ir. Joep Crompvoets is professor with a chair on ‘Information Management in the Public Sector’ at KU Leuven Public Governance Institute and Secretary-General of EuroSDR – a European spatial data research network linking national mapping agencies with research institutes and universities for the purpose of applied research. He holds master degrees from Wageningen University (Soil Science) and Twente University (GI-Science) and a PHD from Wageningen . He was senior lecturer at Wageningen University (The Netherlands). He has been involved in numerous (inter)national projects related to the development of spatial data infrastructures (INSPIRE), GIS, e-Government and public sector innovation – e.g. in Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, and United Arab Emirates. Finally, he has written more than 350 publications dealing with spatial data infrastructures, GIS and e-governance. His current interests refer to Big data, Open data, co-creation, and IT-governance.
Frank Leyman holds a Master degree in Marketing and in Applied Economics from the University of Mons in Belgium.
Mr Sanjeev Gupta has worked at the senior most level in the field of IT in the State Government & Government of India. In his till date career span of 33 years, he has been associated with several ICT Projects – particularly e-Governance/ Digital transformation. He has worked very closely with National Informatics Centre, private agencies and even directly with Software Development Teams to deliver nearly hundred plus citizen centric services & applications. Several major Projects such as State Wide Area Network, National e-Governance Plan Agriculture, m-Kisan, Common Service Centres, Land Records etc. ICT labs in schools, Voters’ I-Card Project etc. were got completed at very low cost in a very short span of time, with very high specifications and stringent SLA conditions.
Miguel A. Amutio studied at La Salle School of Deusto and graduated in Computer Science at Deusto University (Bilbao) in 1988. CISA, CISM, CRISC. Currently he is Deputy Head of Unit Coordination of ICT Units at the General Secretariat for Digital Administration in the Ministry of Finance and Public Function.
John Kootstra works for the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, at the Information Society and Government Department. This department is responsible for the co-ordination of egovernment policy in the Netherlands.
Vassilios Peristeras is Assistant Professor at the International Hellenic University, School for Science and Technology in Thessaloniki, Greece. His teaching and research focus on digital transformation, interoperability, information management and open data. For the period 2010 – 2016, he has worked as Programme Manager in the European Commission, ISA Programme being in charge for semantic interoperability, open data and coordinated the revision of the European Interoperability Framework. Before that, he has worked as researcher and consultant in various organizations including the United Nations and the National University of Ireland Galway, where he initiated and coordinated several international R&D eGovernment projects. He has published over 100 papers in scientific journals/conferences and has served as editor, program committee member and reviewer in more than 60 journals, books, and conferences.
A social entrepreneur, technologist and mentor Vasilis has dedicated over two decades to enhance public services and the democratic process while bridging the gap between citizens and policy makers. His success to date is based on building strong relationships between the public sector, industry, civil society and the research community shifting government transformation towards inclusion, transparency and efficiency in developed and developing nations.