Steven
Latre
Steven Latre
VP R&D Machine Learning & AI
Lokeren | Belgium
Biography
Prof. Steven Latré, is VP R&D Machine Learning and AI and is leading the artificial intelligence and software research at imec, the R&D hub for nano-electronics and digital technologies. He leads an interdisciplinary team which focuses on combining sensor and chip technology with AI to provide end-to-end solutions in sectors such as health, automotive, greentech and smart industries. He also leads imec's activities that translate imec technology to large digital transformation projects with Flemish industry. Finally he's responsible for imec's embedded university groups in the field of AI and social science. Next to this, he is also a part-time professor at the University of Antwerp.
Speaker session
Parallel Track 1 (Strategic): Next generation digital government: Towards digital-ready policy making
COPPER HALL
This parallel session will focus on digital-ready policymaking as an enabler of digital government and how it could minimize compliance costs for administrations under the Interoperable Europe Act. It will present the current approaches taken by the European Commission and some Member States to implement innovative policymaking practices in the legislative process to enable digital government.
The session is targeted at professionals from the public sector, academia, and industry who are involved in digital government, policy design, and interoperability policy.
Moderation: Sven Schade, Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
Frank Leyman
Head International Relations
Brussel | Belgium
Biography
Frank Leyman holds a Master degree in Marketing and in Applied Economics from the University of Mons in Belgium. He spent half of his career in private sector (IBM Belgium, the Belgian Telecom operator Belgacom and a smart card company Proton World) before joining public sector. Since mid 2005 he works for the Digital Transformation Office within the Federal Public Service Policy & Support (BOSA) where he heads International Relations as well as the relations with European Commission, OECD and the World Bank. He is the Chair of the OECD e-Leaders and is the Belgian representative at the Government CIO group of the European Commission. He is a guest lecturer at the KULeuven university (Institute of the Public Sector).
Speaker session
Parallel Track 1 (Strategic): Next generation digital government: Towards digital-ready policy making
COPPER HALL
This parallel session will focus on digital-ready policymaking as an enabler of digital government and how it could minimize compliance costs for administrations under the Interoperable Europe Act. It will present the current approaches taken by the European Commission and some Member States to implement innovative policymaking practices in the legislative process to enable digital government.
The session is targeted at professionals from the public sector, academia, and industry who are involved in digital government, policy design, and interoperability policy.
Moderation: Sven Schade, Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
Benedikt Liebig
Product Manager
Berlin | Germany
Biography
Since being introduced to the public sector by the Tech4Germany Fellowship back in 2020, I strive to empower the government to think and act digital, data-driven, service oriented, and human-centric. I do this by facilitating interdisciplinary teams and empowering public servants as a product manager.
My team and I spent the last two years creating and iterating the German government's "Digitalcheck" to create an environment that enables the drafting of digital-ready policy.
Speaker session
Parallel Track 1 (Strategic): Next generation digital government: Towards digital-ready policy making
COPPER HALL
This parallel session will focus on digital-ready policymaking as an enabler of digital government and how it could minimize compliance costs for administrations under the Interoperable Europe Act. It will present the current approaches taken by the European Commission and some Member States to implement innovative policymaking practices in the legislative process to enable digital government.
The session is targeted at professionals from the public sector, academia, and industry who are involved in digital government, policy design, and interoperability policy.
Moderation: Sven Schade, Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission