Elena Simperl
Professor of computer science at King's College London
Elena Simperl is a Professor of Computer at King’s College London and the Director of Research for the Open Data Institute (ODI). She is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the Royal Society of Arts, and a Hans Fischer Senior Fellow. Elena’s work is at the intersection between AI and social computing. She features in the top 100 most influential scholars in knowledge engineering of the last decade and in the Women in AI 2000 ranking. She is the president of the Semantic Web Sciences Association.
SPEAKER SESSIONS
CURRENT EDITION
EBDVF 2026 Opening Plenary
Wednesday Sep 30, 2026  9:00-10:30
Data Labs: bridging Data and AI ecosystems through AI-ready foundations
Wednesday Sep 30, 2026  13:30-15:00
2024 EDITION
Deep dive on Semantic Interoperability in Data Spaces
Wednesday Oct 2, 2024  14:00-15:30
Europe for Global leadership in AI and Data – A policy and research perspective
Thursday Oct 3, 2024  9:45-10:35
Generative AI for data and knowledge engineering
Thursday Oct 3, 2024  13:30-15:00
2020 EDITION
Focus Track 3: Market uptake: Bringing AI and Data Science to Practice – Main session
Wednesday Nov 4, 2020  10:00-11:30
Big Data Value Best Success Stories 2020
Thursday Nov 5, 2020  09:00-10:00
Parallel session on Connecting Data Incubators: leveraging synergies and sharing experiences
Thursday Nov 5, 2020  10:00-11:30
2019 EDITION
Connecting Large and Small Companies around Data and AI
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019  11:00-12:30
2017 EDITION
Enhancing Open Data
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017  11:00-12:45
Big Data Value PPP networking sessions, Big Data Entrepreneurship
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017  16:30-18:00