Mark Boris
Andrijanic
Mark Boris Andrijanic
Governing Board Member
Ljubljana | Slovenia
Biography
Mark Boris Andrijanič serves as the Vice President of Kumo.AI, a deep learning venture based in California and backed by Sequoia Capital. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), the EU's innovation agency.
In 2021 and 2022, he served as Slovenia's first-ever Minister of Digital Transformation. During Slovenia's EU presidency in 2021, he led negotiations on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and other European tech regulations. In 2022, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy awarded him the Peace Prize for supporting Ukraine's digital resilience.
Before entering public office, Mark Boris headed Uber's public policy in Central & Eastern Europe. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels, where he focused on the EU's digital and economic policies. He received a law degree from the University of Ljubljana and a Master's in public policy from the University of Oxford, where he also serves on the Alumni Board.
Speaker session
Parallel Track 6 (Strategic and Technical): Innovation in public services
THE ARC
Pillar of the IEA , supporting the development of next generation digital public services and innovative solutions for cross-border interoperability
Moderator:
- Paula Rodriguez Müller, Scientific project officer, JRC, European Commission
- Stefanos Kotoglou, Interoperability and Digital Government, DG DIGIT, European Commission
Ibon Arechalde
CEO
Bilbao | Spain
Biography
Speaker session
Parallel Track 6 (Strategic and Technical): Innovation in public services
THE ARC
Pillar of the IEA , supporting the development of next generation digital public services and innovative solutions for cross-border interoperability
Moderator:
- Paula Rodriguez Müller, Scientific project officer, JRC, European Commission
- Stefanos Kotoglou, Interoperability and Digital Government, DG DIGIT, European Commission
Hans Arents
senior advisor digital government
Brussel | Belgium
Biography
Hans C. Arents is senior advisor digital government in the Flanders Digital Agency, the agency tasked with the transformation of the Flemish regional government and local governments into a radically digital, data-driven and AI-enabled government. He is responsible for formulating forward-looking e-government policy and stimulating transformative innovation in digital public service delivery. He has more than 20 years of experience in the drafting, implementation and evaluation of public policies in the fields of digital transformation and innovation in government. Lately he has been assisting the newly created AI Expertise Center of the Flemish government in drafting a far-reaching AI strategy and designing a comprehensive AI governance structure for the Flemish administration.
Speaker session
Parallel Track 6 (Strategic and Technical): Innovation in public services
THE ARC
Pillar of the IEA , supporting the development of next generation digital public services and innovative solutions for cross-border interoperability
Moderator:
- Paula Rodriguez Müller, Scientific project officer, JRC, European Commission
- Stefanos Kotoglou, Interoperability and Digital Government, DG DIGIT, European Commission