Speaker Biographies

Speakers

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Jyrki Katainen

Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, European Commission

Jyrki Katainen is Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness.

Prior to this term, he was European Commission Vice-President for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the euro from July to October 2014. Before that he served as Prime Minister of Finland (2011– 2014) and Minister of Finance (2007 – 2011). He was Member of Finnish Parliament (1999 – 2014) for the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus).

Jyrki Katainen is Vice-President of the European People's Party (2006-2011, 2015-) and he was Chairman of the National Coalition Party of Finland from 2004 to 2014.
He was Member of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 2003 - 2007, Member of the Administrative Council of the Finnish Broadcasting Company 2003 - 2005, Member of the Finish Delegation to the Western European Union Parliamentary Assembly 2004 - 2005 and the Deputy Member of the Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council 2001 -2003.

Jyrki Katainen has MSc in Political Science from the University of Tampere, Finland (1998) and he did an Erasmus exchange year at the University of Leicester, UK.

Nikos Pappas

Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media, Greece

Nikos Pappas was born in 1976. He lived in the working class suburb of Kesariani. He joined the Youth Structures of Synaspismos (the left wing Coalition Political Party) in 1993 and he was elected afterwards Member of its Board.

He studied and worked in Scotland for several years.

He taught economics and worked as researcher in various projects at the Fraser of Allander Institute – University of Strathclyde.

He was awarded a PhD degree in Economics from Strathclyde University.

Nikos Pappas held the position of the director of Alexis Tsipras office from 2008 to 2015.

In the (January 2015) general elections he was elected as Member of the Parliament in the Athens B constituency. He was re-elected in the general election of September 2015.

He served as the Minister of State from January 2015 until November 2016.

He is currently the minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media and he is also member of the Political Council of Syriza

David J. Redl

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S Department of Commerce

David J. Redl was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce in November 2017. He serves as Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Executive Branch agency that is principally responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy.

Redl is a lawyer and communications policy expert with more than a decade of experience in government and the private sector. He was previously the chief counsel at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. In that role, he served as principal legal advisor to the chairman and members of the Energy and Commerce majority on communications and technology matters. Prior to his time with the committee, Redl was director of regulatory affairs at CTIA, a trade association that represents the U.S. wireless communications industry.

Redl earned his J.D. from the Catholic University of America with a certificate from the Institute for Communications Law Studies, and he is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with degrees in journalism and political science. Redl is admitted to the New York and District of Columbia bars. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia, with his wife, Amy, and their son, Benjamin.

Lucilla Sioli

Director of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, DG CONNECT, European Commission

Ms Lucilla Sioli is the Director for "Digital Industry" within Directorate-General CONNECT at the European Commission. The mission of the Directorate is to strengthen Europe's competiveness ensuring that any industry in any sector in Europe can make the best use of digital innovations to grow, compete on a global scale, and create jobs. She is responsible for the coordination of the European digitisation of industry strategy. The directorate also supports R&D&I in key digital industrial technologies including microelectronics, embedded software, photonics, robotics and AI. It is responsible for the Public Private Partnerships in these fields including the Joint Technology Initiative ECSEL and for the policy development in the area of artificial intelligence. Previously, she was Head of Unit for "Digital Economy and Skills" at DG Connect, responsible for the publication of the Digital Economy and Society Index and of the annual Europe's Digital Progress Report as well as for the management of digital skills policy through the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition. Lucilla holds a PhD in economics from the University of Southampton (UK) and one from the Catholic University of Milan (Italy) and has been a civil servant with the European Commission since 1997.

His Excellency Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama

Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Government of the United Arab Emirates

His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama has been appointed as Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence following the Cabinet reshuffle in October 2017. His responsibilities include enhancing the government performance by investing in the latest technologies and tools of artificial intelligence and applying them in various sectors.

His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama is currently the Managing Director of the World Government Summit. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation and Deputy Managing Director of the Foundation. In November 2017, the UAE government announced selecting HE. Omar Al Olama as a member of the Future of Digital Economy and Society Council at the World Economic Forum.

During his work in the Future Department at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, His Excellency participated in developing the UAE Centennial 2071 strategy that aims to position the UAE as the best country in the world. He also participated in developing the UAE 4th Industrial Revolution Strategy that aims to promote the UAE’s status as a global hub for the 4th Industrial Revolution and develop a national economy based on knowledge, innovation and future technologies. Prior to his appointment, His Excellency worked on developing the UAE’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy, making it the first such strategy of its kind globally.

His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama worked in several sectors including the banking sector, telecommunications, private enterprises and government. H.E. also worked on developing and executing strategies, risk analysis, change management and scenario planning.

His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama holds a Diploma in Project Management and Excellence from the American University of Sharjah and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the American University of Dubai.

Mabito Yoshida

Director-General of the Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIC), Japan

Professional Experience
2018. 7 Director-General of the Global Strategy Bureau, MIC
2017. 7 Director-General for Policy Coordination, MIC
2015. 7 Deputy Director-General, Information and Communications Bureau, MIC
2014. 7 Director-General, Telecommunications Business Department,
Telecommunications Bureau, MIC
2013. 6 Counselor, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
2012. 8 Director, General Affairs Division, Information and Communications Bureau, MIC
2011. 7 Director , Accounts Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MIC
2009. 7 Counselor, Cabinet Secretariat
2007. 3 Director, Broadcasting Policy Division, Information and Communications Policy Bureau, MIC

1985. 4 Joined to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
(former Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

Academic Background
Bachelor of Law,
Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, Japan

Stéphane Negre

President, Intel France

Stéphane Negre is the Président of Intel Corporation SAS (France).
In his capacity, Stéphane is responsible for all of the company's sales and marketing efforts in France.

Since joining Intel in 1990, Stéphane has held a range of sales & marketing roles including Sales Engineer, CPU Marketing Manager, EMEA Consumer Platform Manager & France Entreprise Manager.
Prior to taking up the role of Country Manager in September 2008, Stéphane was Intel EMEA ISV’s Director.

Stéphane holds an engineering degree from ESIEE (Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electro-technique 1984) and a business degree from INSEAD (IEP 2010).
Stéphane is married with 2 children.

Jim Dratwa

Head of EGE Office, European Commission

Jim Dratwa’s research and publications address the interconnections between knowledge, values and action. He heads the team tasked with Ethics in Science and New Technologies at the European Commission, he is the Secretary-General of the EC International Dialogue on Bioethics and the EC representative in the international organizations dealing with the ethical implications of science and new technologies. Jim Dratwa holds degrees in physics, philosophy, politics and the life sciences. He received the Fulbright Scholar Award, was Harvard Boas Fellow, Ramón y Cajal Scholar, and was pre- and post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government, in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and with the program on Science, Technology, and Society. He has taught at the Ecole des Mines de Paris, Harvard University, and the universities of Brussels, where he is currently based. He is Invited Professor and Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.

Cornelia Kutterer

Senior Director EU Government Affairs, Privacy & Digital Policies, Microsoft

Cornelia is responsible for privacy and digital policies in the EU with a focus on strategic campaigns and engagements. She leads a team working on corporate affairs and policy matters, including institutional relations, the Digital Single Market and market regulation, privacy and human rights, energy and accessibility policies. She has long standing experience in Information Society & Internet policies at European level and speaks regularly at regional and international conferences. Previously, Cornelia was Head of Legal Department and Senior Legal Advisor at BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, driving the policy agenda for consumers’ digital life with a focus on intellectual property, data protection and e-commerce. She has also gained experience in a top 10 law firm in the fields of competition law and regulatory affairs and in a German organisation focusing on the freedom of services and labour law. She started her professional career in the European Parliament as a political advisor to an MEP in 1997. Cornelia is a qualified German lawyer, and holds a master’s degree in information technology and telecommunication laws. She studied law at the Universities of Passau, Porto (Portugal), Hamburg and Strathclyde (UK).

Bénédicte Javelot

Chief Strategy Officer, Orange

Bénédicte is Chief Strategy Officer of Orange Group. Since 2014, she has delivered the Strategic Plan for Orange Group, Essentials 2020 focused on Very High Broadband, return to growth and digital transformation.

She has been working for Orange since 2002, heading a wholesale business unit in the mobile domain, including business development, partnerships, domestic and international roaming. She led all the negotiations that concluded the roaming contract signed in 2011 with Free / Iliad. In her position she helped NFC technologies to develop in the French market both in transport and in payment.

Between 1999 and 2004 she held a technical roles in value added services over the 3G networks like multimedia payments and carrier billing and network position within Kertel (1999). Before joining Orange she cofounded a startup in Communication Services, Streamwide.

Mrs Bénédicte Javelot has a Master’s Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications, and a MBA from the Sorbonne Business School.

Roberto Barcellan

Head of Unit, Data Services, DIGIT, European Commission

Roberto Barcellan was born in Padua (Italy). He studied Statistics at the University of Padua and he obtained his Ph.D in Statistics applied to Economics from the same university. He joined the Commission, Eurostat, in 1999. Inside Eurostat he held different positions such as Team leader of Quarterly National Accounts and Secretary of the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics. In May 2007 he took up his first management position in Eurostat as Head of Unit of National Accounts – Production, followed by the Unit in charge of Prices - Purchasing Power Parities – Housing Statistics, being in parallel Head of the Task Force European Statistical System Vision Implementation Programme, and followed by the Unit in charge of Methodology and Corporate Architecture. In September 2015 he joined DIGIT, the Directorate-General for Informatics as Head of Unit "Innovation, web solutions and tools". Between October 2016 and March 2017 he run in parallel the Unit "Corporate Knowledge and Decision Making Solutions". Since March 2017 he is the Head of Unit "Data Services" in DIGIT in charge of data, information and knowledge (including analytics, artificial intelligence and business intelligence), corporate collaboration solutions and content management (intranet and extranet) of the European Commission.

Thomas Boué

Director-General, Policy - EMEA, BSA | The Software Alliance

Thomas Boué oversees the BSA | The Software Alliance’s public policy activities in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He advises BSA members on public policy and legal developments and advocates the views of the ICT sector with both European and national policy makers. He leads on security and privacy issues as well as broader efforts to improve levels of intellectual property protection and to promote open markets, fair competition, and technology innovation in new areas such as cloud computing.

Prior to joining BSA, Boué served as a consultant in Weber Shandwick where he advised clients on a wide range of technology and ICT-related policy issues and represented them before the EU institutions and industry coalitions. In this role, he also served as policy and regulatory adviser for both EU and US telecom operators. Prior to that Boué worked for the EU office of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry where he was responsible for the lobbying activities towards the EU Institutions in the areas of trade, education, and labor, as well as for the organization and running of seminars on EU affairs for SMEs and business professionals.

Boué holds a Master of Business Administration from the Europa-Insitut (Saarbrücken, Germany), a Certificate of Integrated Legal Studies (trilateral and trilingual Master’s degree in French, English, German and European Law, from the Universities of Warwick (UK), Saarland (Germany) and Lille II (France) as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Law from the University of Lille II, France. He is based in BSA’s Brussels office.

Dirk Jendroska

Head of Machine Learning Strategy, SAP

Dr. Dirk Jendroska is Head of Strategy and Operations Machine Learning at SAP. He supports the vision of SAP Leonardo Machine Learning to enable the intelligent enterprise by making enterprise applications intelligent. He leads a team working on machine learning strategy and portfolio management. Previously, Dirk served in the COO HR and as a Business Transformation Consultant at SAP SE. Before joining SAP, Dirk was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Muenster.

Andre Richier

Policy Officer, DG GROW, European Commission

André Richier is responsible for policy issues concerning new technologies and skills within the Directorate-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). He played a leading role in the EU e-skills (2007-2016), e-economy (2001-2006) and e-learning (1997-2000) initiatives and the launch of the European Schoolnet in 1997. He was the 2002-2003 EU Fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs (University of Texas) at Austin. He was in charge of IT research projects (1991-1996) within the European Strategic Programme for Research in Information Technology (ESPRIT). Prior to joining the Commission in 1991, he worked in the IT industry and started his career at IBM in 1985.

In March 2012 he became Head of Defence, Aeronautics and Maritime industries in DG Enterprise.

Since February 2016 Mr Tokarski became Director, Dir F "Innovation and Advanced manufacturing" (DG GROW).

Olivier Thereaux

Head of Technology, Open Data Institute (ODI)

Olivier Thereaux is the Head of Technology at the Open Data Institute (ODI), a global, independent, non-profit organisation based in London that aims to create a more open and trustworthy data ecosystem by connecting, equipping and inspiring people around the world to innovate with data.

A graduate of École Centrale Paris, Olivier has worked as a technologist in France, Japan, Canada and the UK for nearly 20 years, focusing on the various facets of open technology: open standards, open source, open data and open innovation.

In the 2000s he was part of Tim Berners-Lee’s W3C team which stewarded the creation of the standards that enabled the explosion of the internet. He later headed the BBC’s innovation efforts on content discovery, and led the adoption of AI and machine learning for content analysis and recommendations. He is now in charge of the ODI’s research on open data and emerging technology.

Edmondo Orlotti

Business Development for High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Edmondo Orlotti runs Business Development for High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Southern Europe. He has been addressing advanced analytics and visualization needs of industrial and academic environments in order to close the gap between numerical simulation and data interpretation. Prior to HPE, he’s been covering several roles in sales and marketing for the Professional Division of NVIDIA. He’s also a professional journalist since 2001.

Max Craglia

Lead Scientist, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Dr. Max Craglia is a Lead Scientist at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). He coordinates an exploratory research project on the future governance of digitally transformed societies, and is main editor of a JRC Flagship Report on Artificial Intelligence to be published by the end of 2018.

Estelle Massé

Senior Policy Analyst and Global Data Protection Lead , Access Now

Estelle Masse is Senior Policy Analyst and Global Data Protection Lead at Access Now. Her work focuses on data protection, privacy, surveillance and telecoms policies. In particular, Estelle leads the work of the organisation on data protection in the EU and around the world. She is a member of the Multistakeholder Expert Group of the European Commission to support the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). She graduated with a Master in European Law from the University of Granada, Spain.

Michaela Jamelska

Global Business Operations Director, Unmanned Life

Michaela Jamelska, Director of Global Business Operations, is a part of Unmanned Life’s founding team. Michaela holds a Master of International Relations and International Human Rights Law. She also studied Technology & Innovation Management at Stanford University. In addition, Michaela has been awarded a Diploma from Silicon Valley Innovation Academy. She also holds diplomas in Technology and Human Rights from European Center for Democratization, Diploma in Politics and Foreign Affairs from French University ULCO. Michaela conducted multiple types of research and case studies on technology (AI, autonomous, ICT), society and the environment.

Previous to her presence at Unmanned Life, Michaela worked at European Innovation Summit, worked on the innovation, cyber-security projects in European Strategy Council and in Technology Consulting Company in Lonodon.

In 2018, after the extensive work produced in innovation and human rights field, Michaela became a youth delegate representing the United Kingdom at Annual International Human Rights Summit in the UN addressing the topic of technology and global development

Marco Pistore

Project Coordinator, SIMPATICO Project

Marco Pistore is senior researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, where he directs the Smart Cities and Community research line, a multidisciplinary group of 80 researchers and technologists working in different areas related to sustainability and quality of life in cities and rural areas. His expertise is in the fields of artificial intelligence, software technologies, e-government, open government, smart cities. He is the coordinator of EU H2020 project SIMPATICO on open government, is responsible of the ICT theme in H2020 Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse project STARDUST, and has been scientific coordinator of FP7 project STREETLIFE and EIT Digital project SMALL on sustainable mobility.

Ségolène Martin

Founder and CEO, Kantify

Ségolène Martin is the CEO of Kantify, a startup that helps other companies increase their sales and revenue thanks to artificial intelligence applications and data science. Kantify’s team is composed of business and artificial intelligence experts who identify untapped sources of growth and develop custom software to generate revenue from – for instance – pricing and individualised marketing solutions. Its clients include major retail, wholesale, chemical and insurance companies.

Before founding Kantify, Ségolène held various management positions in the public sector and industry where she helped companies and research organisations create research & innovation ventures and networks.

Loulou van Ravensteijn

Ambassador & Business Development, Robovision

Loulou van Ravensteijn is managing the strategy & sales at Robovision. The Robovision AI platform democratizes AI by enabling organisations to manage the entire pipeline of deep learning. 4 years ago, Loulou has set up one of the first deep learning companies in Europe and is working on improving society with AI and deep learning ever since. She has an educational background in political sciences, future planet studies, environmental engineering and business administration.

Paul Adamson

Chairman, Forum Europe

Paul Adamson is chairman of Forum Europe and founder and editor of E!Sharp, an online magazine dedicated to covering the European Union and Europe's place in the world.

He is a member of the Centre for European Reform’s advisory board, Rand Europe's Council of Advisors and the external advisory board of YouGov-Cambridge, a polling think-tank. He is a member of the board of advisors of the European Institute in Washington DC, the advisory board of the Washington European Society and the advisory committee of the EU chapter of Women in International Security (WiiS).

Paul is a Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute, King’s College London, a patron of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.

He founded the consulting firm Adamson Associates, which was sold to Weber Shandwick and The Centre, which was later sold to Edelman.

In 2012, Paul was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to promoting understanding of the European Union”, a part of the Queen's 2012 New Year Honours Diplomatic Service and Overseas List. In 2016 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite by the French government.

Dan Michaels

Brussels Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal

Daniel Michaels is the European Aerospace and Aviation Editor of The Wall Street Journal, based in Brussels. He writes about and oversees coverage of airlines, aviation and aerospace industries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He has been covering these industries since 1999. He also frequently writes aheds, about almost any subject.

From 1993 to 1999, Daniel covered Central & Eastern Europe for the WSJ, based in Warsaw, focusing on business, politics and society. He previously worked as a management consultant on privatization in Poland and Russia. Before that, he was a management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York City, working across a range of industries in the U.S. and Canada.

Daniel is a graduate of Princeton University, where he studied China and East Asia. He speaks French, Polish and rusty Mandarin Chinese.

Emma Martinho-Truswell

Co-Founder and COO, Oxford Insights

Emma Martinho-Truswell is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Oxford Insights, an international consulting firm based in Oxford, UK which specialises in helping governments to prepare for artificial intelligence. With a background in policy, economics and law, she speaks and writes on the implications of artificial intelligence for leaders, including as a regular contributor for the Harvard Business Review. Governments Emma has advised on technology policy and artificial intelligence include the UK, Australia, Mexico, Malaysia, Ukraine and Israel. In 2018, Emma has been working with the Governments of Mexico and of Stockton, California on their AI strategies.

Alea Fairchild

Research Fellow, The Constantia Institute

Dr. Alea Fairchild is a Research Fellow at The Constantia Institute, which is a Brussels-based technology policy think-tank, focusing on innovation and technological advances and their impact on industry and society. As a technology commentator she has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Alea covers the convergence of technology in the cloud, mobile and social spaces and she helps global enterprises understand the competitive marketplace and to profit from digital process redesign.

Alea is passionate about commercial marketing and innovation, and as an entrepreneur, has started several companies of her own. She loves working with start-ups and actively supports VCs in due diligence work. She also assists governmental institutions on technology policy issues.