
2022 EDITION
At the heart of the ecosystem for Data & AI
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Dates
21-23 Nov 2022
Speakers
230
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Thomas Hahn
Chief Expert Software
Siemens AG

Thomas Skordas
Deputy Director General DG CNECT
European Commission

Yvo Volman
Director
European Commission

Vit Vondrak
Director
IT4Innovations national supercomputing center ..

Tomas Mildorf
Chairman
Plan4all

Tomáš Skopal
Professor, vice-rector for IT
Charles University

Inmaculada Farfán Velasco
Project Manager
Publications Office of the European Union

Josef Sivic
Distinguished Researcher
Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and C..

Laurent Lafaye
co-CEO
Dawex

David Hurych
Research Scientist and Senior Expert
VALEO

Marek Havrda
Deputy Minister for European Affairs
Office of the Government of Czech Republic
SPEAKERS

Joshua A. Davila
Blockchain Solutions Architect & Consultant
SettleMint

Mario Adrian Acosta Ramirez
Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia ..

Mohammad Al-Rifai
Principal Data Scientist
Volkswagen AG

Ane Alberdi Aramendi
Lecturer/Researcher
Mondragon University

José F. Aldana Montes
Full Professor
University of Málaga

Daniel Alonso Román
Senior Technical Lead Big Data and AI ecosystems
BDVA

Giulia Antonucci
Researcher and Business Developer
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA.

Nuria Avalos
CEO
IndeSIA

Gianna Avgousti
eBOS Technologies

Alessandra Bagnato
Research Scientist and Research Responsible
Softeam (Docaposte Group)

Samuele Baroni
Project Manager
Maggioli s.p.a.

Andreu Belsa Pellicer
Senior Researcher
Universitat Politècnica de València

Djalel Benbouzid
Senior Machine Learning Researcher
Volkswagen AG

Arne Berre
Chief Scientist and Innovation Director
SINTEF and NorwAI

Natalie Bertels
Senior Legal researcher
CiTiP- KU Leuven -IMEC

Rut Bizkova
Consultant/Advisor for the Minister
ISFOR Science, Research and Innovattion

Anna Björk
Research Coordinator
Demos Helsinki

Johan Bodenkamp
EU Programme & Policy Officer
European Commission (DG CONNECT)

Freek Bomhof
Senior Consultant
TNO

Domenico Bonanni
EXSCALATE Drug Discovery Platform Specialist
Dompé

Susanna Bonura
Head of the "Big Data and Artificial Intelligence" Unit
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA

Fabien Brocheton
Air quality monitoring
NUMTECH

Jeroen Broekhuijsen
TNO

Håkan Burden
Senior researcher
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Monique Calisti
President
Digital for planet

Juan Carlos Perez Baun
Reserch Analyst
Atos

Iván Carrillo
Atos

Jacopo Cassina
Director
Syxis

Silvia Castellvi
Senior Consultant
IDSA

Riccardo Cevasco
Responsible of Power and Gas Metering and Dispatching.
Duferco Energia SpA

Julien Chiaroni
Director "Grand Défi" on “Trustworthy AI for Industry”
SGPI

Radim Cmar
Solution architect
SYGIC

Ana Correia
Researcher and Project Manager
Institut für angewandte Systemtechnik Bremen ..

Marina Cugurra
R&I Lawyer and Ethics Expert

Edward Curry
Professor
Insight Centre

Santiago Cáceres Elvira
Project Manager
ITI - Instituto Tecnológico de Informática

Davide Dalle Carbonare
Senior Researcher and Business Developer
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SpA

Anders Dam Jensen
Executive Director
The European High Performance Computing Joint ..

Robert David
Chief Innovation Officer
Semantic Web Company

Nuria De Lama
Consulting Director
IDC

Panagiotis Demestichas
Professor/Systems developper
University of Piraeus and WINGS ICT Solutions

Sabine Demey
Director
Flanders AI Research Program and imec Organisa..

Roberto Di Bernardo
Head of Open Government R&D group
Engineering

Anastasios Drosou
Computer Engineer and Principal Researcher
Centre for Research & Technology Hellas – In..

Amando Estela
Chief Technology Officer
Pangeanic

Inmaculada Farfán Velasco
Project Manager
Publications Office of the European Union

Claudio Feijoo
Professor
AI4Gov - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Valerio Frascolla
Director of Research and Innovation
Intel

Gianluca Fulli
Deputy Head of Unit
European Commission, Directorate General Joint..

Giovanna Galasso
Associate Partner
Intellera Consulting

Antonella Galizia
Researcher
IMATI-CNR and CIMA Foundation

Susana Garayoa
Leading the European Communication Team
Zabala

Ana García Robles
Secretary General
BDVA

Philippe Gelin
Head of Sector Multilingualism
DG-CNECT European Commission

Joost Geurts
European Affairs Manager
Inria

Ilias Gialampoukidis
Senior Researcher at CERTH-ITI
CERTH

Stefan Gindl
Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaf..

Christos-Antonios Gizelis
Principal Innovation Analyst
HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. ..

François Goupil
Growth Developer
scikit-learn

Marko Grobelnik
senior researcher
Jozef Stefan Institute

Lorenzo Gugliotta
Researcher (Centre for IT & IP Law)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Sergio Gusmeroli
Research Coordinator
Politecnico di Milano

Thomas Hahn
Chief Expert Software
Siemens AG

Jan Hajic
Professor
Charles University, Institute of Formal and Ap..

Zdeněk Hanzálek
Professor
Czech Technical University in Prague

Ahmad Hemid
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information T..

Norbert Holzknecht
Department manager
VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH

Stefan Hoppe
President & CEO
OPC Foundation

Björn Hovstadius
Manager International Partnership
AI Sweden

David Hurych
Research Scientist and Senior Expert
VALEO

Panagiotis Ilias
IT Business Analyst
ILVO (Flemish Institute for Agriculture, fishe..

Giacomo Inches
Senior Innovation Consultant
Martel Innovate

CANTAT Ioïc
Technical Coordinator
IRT SystemX

Marten Kaevats
National Digital Advisor
Govtect

Gustav Kalbe
Acting Director of DG Connect C “Digital Excellence and Science ..
European Commission

Kristina Karanikolova
Innovation Researcher
TNO

Tomas Karasek
Head of Parallel Algorithm Lab
IT4Innovations national supercomputing center

Lukáš Kačena
Consultant
PRG.AI

Harri Ketamo
Chairman
Headai

Zoltán Kiss
Head of HPC Infrastructure Department
KIFÜ

Chris Knighting
Project Development Officer
Eindhoven University of Technology

Miriam Koch
Communications and Industrial Interaction Expert
HLRS (USTUTT)

Pekka Koponen
Senior Advisor
Forum Virium Helsinki Organisation

Benedikt Kotmel
Head of Data Platform Department
Operátor ICT

Lukas Kousal
Expert manager of pressing process and automatisation
ŠKODA AUTO a.s.

Dominik Kowald
Research Area Manager FAIR-AI
Know-Center GmbH

Johan Kristiansson
Senior researcher/CTO
RISE AB and RockSigma AB

Jesper Krognos
Software Developer
2021.AI

Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
MEP
European Parliament

Antonio Kung
CEO
Trialog

Laurent Lafaye
co-CEO
Dawex

Claudio Lazo
Strategy & Policy Researcher
TNO

Laure Le Bars
Research project Director
SAP

Christophe Leroux
Manager European Affairs in robotic at CEA
CEA

Alessandro Liani
Founder/CEO
Video Systems Srl

Andreas Liebl
Managing Director and Founder
Applied AI

Erik Lindahl
Professor
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Roberta Lotti
Innovation Manager
Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)

Laura Lucaj
Master Student
Technical University of Munich

Óscar Lázaro
Managing Director
Innovalia

Sven Löffler
Tribe- and Chapter Lead for the Telekom Data Intelligence Hub (DIH..
Telekom Data Intelligence Hub

Sara Mancini
Senior Manager
Intellera Consulting

Francesca Manni
AI Scientist
Philips

Marialetizia Mari

Doris Marquardt
Program Officer
European Commission DG AGRI

Iñaki Martinez Sarriegui
Head of Research & Innovation
Optivamedia

Ieva Martinkenaite
VP, AI and IoT Business DevelopmentTelenor

Besher Massri
Researcher
Jozef Stefan Institute

Sergio Mayo Macías
Project Manager
Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón

Vladimír Mařík
Engineering, Scientific Director
CIIRC, Czech Technical University

Marco Mellia
Coordinator of the SmartData@PoliTO center
Politecnico di Torino

Ernestina Menasalvas
Profesor
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)

Giorgio Micheletti
Consulting Director
IDC

Jonathan Middleton
Director
NayaOne

Johannes Mikkonen
Policy Expert, Digital Governance
Demos Helsinki

Tomas Mildorf
Chairman
Plan4all

Victor Mireles-Chavez
Technology Researcher
Semantic Web Company

Yosef Moatti
Senior Researcher
Yosef Moatti

Tomás Morales
Chief Data Officer (CDO)
AdQuiver

Lisbeth Mosnik
Deputy Head of Department
Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, ..

Spiros Mouzakitis
Senior Research Analyst
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Joshi Mukta
Data & Innovation Program Leader
Philips

Nikolay Nikolov
Research Scientist
SINTEF

Jeanette Nilsson
AI Ecosystem Driver
Research Institutes of Sweden AB (RISE)

Atte Ojanen
Research Coordinator
Demos Helsinki

Daniel Opalka
Head of R&I
European High Performance Computing Joint Unde..

Javier Orozco-Messana
Seconded National Expert/Project Officer
European Commission DG CNECT unit C3

Gianluca Palermo
Associate Professor
Politecnico di Milano

George Pallis
Assistant Professor
the Computer Science Department (University of..

Raul Palma
Head of the Data Analytics & Semantics department
Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (P..

Jean-Pierre Panziera
Chairman
ETP4HPC

Nikos Papageorgopoulos

Tomás Pariente Lobo
AI, Data & Robotics Unit - Atos Research & Innovation
Atos

Manos Paschalakis
Relational Technology SA

Irena Pavlova
EU Programmes Manager
GATE Big Data and AI Centre of Excellence

Thomas Penzel
Professor
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Fernando Perales
Head of JOT Research Lab
JOT Internet Media

Maria S. Perez
Professor
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)

Katrina Petersen
Research Manager
Trilateral Research Organisation

Desislava Petrova-Antonova
Research Leader of the Data Management Research Unit
GATE Institute, Sofia University "St. Kliment ..

Fabio Pianesi
Chief Strategy Officer for European Affairs
Fondazione Bruno Kessler

Sébastien Picardat
Chief Executive Officer
Agdatahub

Christian Pilato
Assistant Professor
Politecnico di Milano

Lukasz Porwol
eGovernment Unit Head
Insight Centre for Data Analytics

Jorge Posada
Scientific and Associate Director
Vicomtech

Golboo Pourabdollahian
Consulting Manager
IDC

Pavel Praks
Senior Researcher
IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center,..

Radu Prodan
Professor
Institute of Information Technology, Universit..

Vasileios Psomiadis
Senior researcher
the Data and Web Science Laboratory (Aristotle..

Matthijs Punter
Researcher & Consultant
TNO

Szilvia Racz
Supercomputer infrastructure platform developer
KIFÜ

Nikhil Rajagopalan
Managing Director, Head of Delivery & Quality
Data & Applied Intelligence, Accenture

Anibal Reñones Dominguez
Industry 4.0 deputy head of unit
CARTIF Technology Center

Giovanni Rimassa
CIO
Martel Innovate GmbH

Vega Rodrigálvarez Chamarro
Senior Programmer Analyst
Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón (ITAINNOVA)

Dumitru Roman
Senior Research Scientist
SINTEF

Teemu Ropponen
Board Member
MyData Global

Gerrit Rosam
Project Manager and Business Developer
Leibniz University Hannover

Maria Rossetti
Project Manager
MADE - Competence Center Industria 4.0

Kimmo Rossi
Head of sector of the DG CONNECT
European Commission

Ioannis Routis
Project Manager
NOVA

Brendan Rowan
Managing Consultant
Bluspecs

Antonio Salis
Senior Research Project Manager
Engineering

Rita Santiago
R&I Manager & PMO
Ubiwhere

Philippe Sayegh
Chief Adoption Officer
VERSES GLOBAL BV

Olga Segou
Senior Research and Innovation Development Specialist
Netcompany – Intrasoft Industry

Robert Seidl
Researcher
Nokia Bell Labs

Sille Sepp
Director of Operations
MyData Global

Albert Seubers
Director
Martel Innovate

Josef Sivic
Distinguished Researcher
Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and C..

Tomáš Skopal
Professor, vice-rector for IT
Charles University

Katerina Slaninova
Senior researcher
IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center

Rob Smeets
Director Public-Private Partnerships
Philips

Sylvie Dijkstra Soudarissanane
Lead Scientist
TNO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Na..

Emmanouil Spanakis

Donatienne Spiteri
Lawyer
Office of the State Advocate, Malta

Mišák Stanislav
Director
CENTRE FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGI..

Sebastian Steinbuß
CTO
IDSA

Susanne Stenberg
Senior Researcher / R&D Legal
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Dan Still
Partnerships Manager
CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd

Ljiljana Stojanovic
Head of Research Group "Smart Factory Systems"
Fraunhofer IOSB

Daniel Sáez Domingo
Strategic Intelligence & Technology Transfer Director
ITI - Instituto Tecnológico de Informática

Luis Sánchez
Associate Professor
Universidad de Cantabria Organisation

Caj Södergård
Vice President and Board Member
ADRA

Carmine Talarico
Discovery Platform Senior Specialist
Dompé farmaceutici S.p.A Organisation

Evgenia Telmetidou
Lawyer/ Scientific Advisor
Municipality of Katerini

Irvette Tempelman
Senior Policy Advisor
VNO-NCW/MKB-Nederland / Confederation of Nethe..

Becker Tilman
Director
RICAIP at CIIRC/CTU

Tjerk Timan
lead Trustworthy AI, policy analyst
TNO

Sofia Tsekeridou
Senior Research and Innovation Manager
Netcompany - Intrasoft

Eirini Tserga
Project Manager
Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A.

Stavros Tsitouras
Head of Research & Development
Foodscale Hub

Tuomo Tuikka
Lead, Data Space solutions
VTT

Pieter Van Gorp
Associate Professor
Information Systems Eindhoven University of Te..

Apostolos Vasileiadis
Dissemination coordinator
ENCCS

Andrejs Vasiljevs
Executive Chairman
Tilde

Cristina Vega Martínez
Researcher and Project Manager
CARTIF Technology Center

Stefanos Venios
Project manager
Suite5 Data Intelligence Solutions

Kolarik Vladislav
Senior Scientist
Fraunhofer-Institute for Chemical Technology (..

Yvo Volman
Director
European Commission

Vit Vondrak
Director
IT4Innovations national supercomputing center ..

Nicholas (Nick) Walker
Director
LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Ray Walshe
Asst Professor of ICT Standards
ADAPT Research Centre @ DCU

Dandan Wang

Raymonde Weyzen
Data strategy Consultant
the European Commission’s Support Centre for..

Christian Wolff
Senior Scientist
ATB Institut für angewandte Systemtechnik Bre..

Katerina Yordanova
Researcher in law
KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law (CITIP)

Piotr Zaborowski
Leader and Manager programs
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

Ivan Zajačko
Associate professor and Deputy Head of Department
University of Zilina, Department of Automation..

Achille Zappa
Project Manager i3-Market Project
Insight Centre – University of Galway – DS..

Joachim de Greeff
Senior Consultant AI & Robotics
TNO

Rafael del Hoyo
ICT Group Coordinator
ITAINNOVA

Thomas van Osch
Machine Learning Advisor
SURF

Patrick van der Smagt
Head of AI Research
Volkswagen AG

Martin Úlovec
Member of the cabinet of the Minister for Education, Youth and Spo..
National Pedological Institute of Czechia

Tereza Šamanová
Member of the Board and Executive Director, Coordinator
CzechInno

Leoš Dvořák
General Manager
VALEO