Speakers

(in alphabetical order)
Harris holds a PhD diploma from the Department of Information and Communications Systems Engineering at the University of the Aegean on open data. He is a Senior Researcher and Project Manager at the Information Systems Laboratory of the same department, working on European and National funded research and pilot application projects (ENGAGE, SHARE-PSI 2.0, EU-COMMUNITY, PADGETS, NOMAD, NET-EUCEN, PLUG-IN) for governments and enterprises. Read More…
Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos is the Secretary General at the General Secretariat of Information Systems for Public Administration of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance and a Professor in the Department of Informatics and Telematics in the area of Information systems and Simulation. He served as Rector of Harokopio University (9/2011 – 1/2016). Read More…
Yannis Charalabidis is Professor of Digital Governance in the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering of the University of Aegean. In parallel, he serves as Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit of the University, designing and managing youth entrepreneurship activities, and Head of the Digital Governance Research Centre, coordinating policy making, research and pilot application projects for governments and enterprises worldwide. He has more than 25 years of experience in designing, implementing, managing and applying complex information systems as project manager, in Greece and Europe. Read More…

Chrisanthi is a Junior Consultant in Trasys International, part of NRB Group, and has been working on the Interoperable Europe Academy for nearly two years. Over that time, she has been involved in many tasks that include course creation and eLearning development. Read More…

Bernard Claes is project officer at the European Commission, directorate Informatics. He is working in the Interoperability unit for one year and he is responsible for the Joinup platform and the Interoperable Europe Academy. Read More…

Dr. Vasiliki Diamantopoulou is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering at the University of the Aegean and a Post Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Digital Systems at the University of Piraeus. Currently, she is participating in a number of European H2020 projects, focusing on Security and Privacy Requirements in various environments (Cloud Computing, Connecting Vehicles). Read More…

Andrea Halmos is a Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission; helping the digital transformation of public administrations in the EU through interoperability. Her work includes the negotiation and implementation of the recently published Interoperable Europe Act, with particular focus on the role of interoperability on common European data spaces, AI in the public sector, GovTech and the digital transformation of local and regional administrations. Read More…

Tomasz Janowski is the Head of the Department of Informatics in Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Invited Professor at the Department for E-Governance and Administration, Faculty of Business and Globalization, Danube University Krems, Austria; and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier. Read More…
Victoria Kalogirou is a Programme Manager for EU policies and a Seconded National Expert at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Informatics (Interoperability Unit – D2). She has substantial working experience in the area of eGovernment and eBusiness.Read More…
Dr Euripidis Loukis is Professor of Information Systems & Decision Support Systems at the Department of Information & Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean. Previously, he has been Professor at the Postgraduate Program of the National Academy of Public Administration in the area of e-Government, and also at the Postgraduate Program ‘Athens MBA’ of the National Technical University of Athens and the Athens University of Economics and Business, and at the University of Thessaly, in the area of Information Systems Read More…

Katarina is a consultant at Trasys International, part of NRB Group, and through this position, she has been involved in various projects for the ISA²/Interoperable Europe programmes of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Informatics, e.g. Access to Base Registries, Sharing & Reuse, NIFO, Joinup and the Interoperable Europe Academy. Read More…

Interoperability enthusiast and technology strategy professional, holding more than 12 years of professional experience, always keen to find (simple) solutions to (complex) problems. Fierce supporter of diversity and inclusion, both at professional and societal environments. Currently providing high level consultancy services to the EC in the area of technology strategy and digital public services transformation, with specific focus on interoperability maturity, especially at a trans-European level. Read More…

Ludovic is the Country Manager of Trasys Luxembourg, part of NRB, and he has been involved in the Interoperable Europe Academy project for four years. Read More…

Sehl Mellouli is a full Professor at the department of Information System at Laval University, Canada. He holds a PhD in computer science from Laval University, a MBA in Information Technology from Laval University, and he is an engineer in Computer Science by the École Nationale des Sciences Informatiques of Tunisia.  Read More…
Francesco Mureddu is director at the Lisbon Council. Mr Mureddu is an analyst and strategist in innovation and technology policies with a special focus on digital transformation, big data and artificial intelligence, e-government, smart cities, ict-enabled social innovation, future science, citizen science. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Cagliari and a master’s degree in economics from KU Leuven. Read More…
Günther Schefbeck has been working for the Austrian Parliamentary Administration since 1986, from 1993 to 2016 as the head of the department “Parliamentary Documentation, Archives, and Statistics”, and since 2016 as the head of the staff unit “Parliamentary Research”; he is also the secretary of the Science Committee and the Committee on Research, Innovation and Technology of the Austrian National Council. Read More…
Antonis Ch. Stasis is the Head of the Directorate of Electronic Government in the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance. He has a PhD degree as Computer Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens. He is responsible in the Ministry for structural funds programs and especially for e-Government and administration reform.  Read More…
I am a PhD Researcher at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology in Tallinn (TalTech), Estonia. I am currently working as an External Expert for the European Commission’s AI Watch team, where I am contributing to the research activities on the use of AI within public services and co-author of the AI Watch – Artificial Intelligence in Public Services report. Read More…

Moinul Zaber is a Senior Academic Fellow of E-government Operating Unit of the United Nations University, Portugal. Moinul is a data and computational social scientist with focus on technology policy. His research focus is Artificial Intelligence and Telecommunication technology for public policy. He uses machine learning, statistical inference, econometrics, techno-ethnographic analysis, and design thinking to harness data for policy insights and intervention design. Read More…