The 6th Annual Future of Transport Conference

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

Paul is a member of the Centre for European Reform’s advisory board and Rand Europe’s Council of Advisors. He is also 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.

In 2012, Paul was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) “for services to promoting understanding of the European Union” and in 2016 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite by the French government.

Dario Nardella is Mayor of Florence and President of Eurocities. He began working for the City Council of Florence in 2014 and in 2009 was re-elected as Councillor. He was a member of Mayor Matteo Renzi’s cabinet, with responsibility for Economic Development and Sports. He was briefly Deputy-Mayor in the months before taking office as Mayor in 2014. In 2012 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. He holds a Degree in Law and a PhD in Public Law and Environmental Law from the University of Florence.

Mr Hartog has Dutch nationality and was born and raised in Utrecht (the Netherlands). He obtained a degree in political economics at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam) and subsequently a post-graduate degree at the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium).

He has worked in the European Commission since 1989, first in Trade policy, then in Regional policy and in Maritime policy and lately in Information Society and Media policy. He is a Head of Unit since 2003. His present responsibility (since July 2016) is Head of Unit for Smart Mobility and Living in DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology. Mr Hartog is married and has two daughters.

Theo was appointed in 2017 as London’s first Chief Digital Officer to lead on London-wide digital transformation, data and smart city initiatives at City Hall.  Since then he has developed the Smart London Together Roadmap (2018) and initiated a series of programmes to build London’s collective capability for innovation including the establishment of the London Office of Technology and Innovation, the Mayor’s Civic Innovation Challenges and the Connected London Programme for fibre infrastructure.  Theo is currently supporting the city’s Recovery programme, developing a new London Datastore and a city-wide Charter for Emerging Technology.

Mikko Rusama is the first Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at the City of Helsinki and Chairman of the Board at Forum Virium Helsinki, the City’s innovation company.

Helsinki’s vision is to be the world’s most functional city that makes the best use of digitalisation. Mikko is heading Helsinki’s digital transformation. His task is to advance utilisation of digitalisation in the City organisation, produce digital reforms essential to the implementation of the City Strategy and manage the related processes of change.

Mikko has more than 20 years versatile experience within the development of digital services and products, mainly in the media, games and public sectors. Earlier he held the position of CDO at Finland’s national broadcasting company Yle. In addition to Yle, Mikko has worked for companies such as Sanoma, Sulake, European Game and Entertainment Technology and Codetoys.
Mikko has MSc in Computer Science and MBA from the Henley Business School.

With over 30 years leadership experience in the tech sector, with large enterprise, start-up and midsize companies, such as Boeing, Cap Gemini, Teradata and Enlighted (acquired by Siemens), Eamonn is responsible for the growth and deployment of OpenBlue (JCI’s Digital portfolio) in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and LATAM regions for Johnson Controls. In addition, he is GM for Ireland and site leader for JCI’s global HQ office in Cork City, Ireland. Eamonn holds a BA in Mathematics and English and a HDip in Education from University College Cork.

Jeremy Rollison is Director of EU Government Affairs within Microsoft’s Corporate, External, & Legal Affairs (CELA) group. Based in Brussels, his work focuses on policy related to the EU Digital Single Market (DSM), with a particular emphasis on data issues and corresponding public policy covering privacy, cybersecurity, cloud policy, and the cross-border provision of online services. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked in the Government Relations team at Nokia in the company’s EU representative office, and was previously Director of the European Digital Media Association (EDiMA) in Brussels. He has over a decade of experience in Brussels at the company, association, and consultancy levels, focusing and engaging with EU stakeholders on issues related to the development and delivery of online services in the Internal Market and corresponding EU regulatory policy.

Elisar is a Senior Policy and Regulatory Analyst at Cullen International. She follows EU regulation shaping the digital economy with a particular focus on AI and data-related technologies. She has previous experience working for a tech company and the European External Action Service, among others. Elisar has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Oxford and holds a Master in International Relations and Law of the European Union from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Cristina Martinez studied Science Philosophy, Communication (Major) and has an MSc in Telematics (Cum Laude) from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

She started her career in the United Nations Office headquarters working for an IT track and trace software project for Africa, Asia and Latin-America. She then joined the Andersen Consulting company in 1998 to work for the eCommerce group of the Technology department as a solutions engineer.

She became a member of the staff of the European Commission in 2002 first, as communication officer, then as a senior administrator for research in the ‘Enterprise Networking’ Unit of the Information Society Directorate-General where she lead the ‘Enterprise Interoperability’ area.

In 2013, Cristina became Head of Sector and then Deputy Head of Unit of the ‘Knowledge-Management’ unit, and then Deputy Head of Unit for the ‘eInfrastructure and Open Science Cloud’ unit. Since January 2019, she is the Deputy Head of Unit of the ‘Smart Mobility and Living’ unit in DG CONNECT dealing with the Smart Cities topic.

Cristina Martinez is married and has three children.

Michael Donaldson is the Commissioner of Technological Innovation, Electronic Administration and Good Governance of the Barcelona City Council.

He has a law degree and a master’s degree in public management. He has worked as director of strategic planning and central services in the municipalities of Rubí and Gavà. He is a trainer in open government and transparency issues and has published several articles and chapters of public management.

Sander van Lingen is an information technology professional who leads Dell Technologies’ digital cities division for Europe, helping companies & ‘smart’ cities on how Systems of Systems can provide more intelligence and better solutions. In his work Sander is responsible for building strong partnerships to innovate, integrate and accelerate the delivery of end-to-end smart city solutions that scale and drive a positive contribution to our environment. His focus lies on the data and how the latest innovative technologies like IoT, 5G, Edge computing & Artificial Intelligence can help create smarter and sustainable solutions, supporting public policy objectives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Vida Rozite is leading the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Efficiency Division work on digitalisation, including the cross-agency multi-year Digital Demand-Driven Electricity Networks (3DEN) initiative. She is also leading the work on the forthcoming IEA G20 report on Empowering Cities Towards Net Zero (to be launched in July 2021). She has worked as an independent consultant focusing on energy efficiency and digital technologies. She led the IEA’s work on industrial energy efficiency and energy impacts of digitalisation from 2011 – 2016. Other positions include – Associate Expert for UNIDO on cleaner production and green industry, senior advisor for Nordic Energy Research, Secretary of the Nordic Working Group on Renewable Energy, Deputy Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia. She holds a MSc. Degree from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics.

Claire-Marie Healy is Senior Project Manager at CERRE, leading, planning and overseeing the delivery of our research projects in the Tech, Media, Telecom and Mobility sectors. Before joining CERRE, she worked for GSMA, the industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide, where she held various positions including EU Public Policy Manager following regulations on mobile telecommunication in Brussels, and Project Manager for Mobile Connect, the online authentication and identification service provided by mobile operators globally.

Earlier in her career, Claire-Marie worked at the OECD in Paris, following ICT policies for the Business and Industry Advisory Committee. Claire-Marie received her MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics (LSE), after completing her studies in International Relations with German at the University of Kent and the Freie Universitaet Berlin (FUB).

Jürgen Pruss works at Dell Technologies as an Chief Technology Officer – Government. After various stages in the industry and process automation, Jürgen went through his “digital transformation” in the mid-nineties. As a system engineer, IT consultant and architect, Jürgen has been able to build up an extensive knowledge spectrum at various IT system solution provider and international IT manufacturers. Jürgen combines his IT knowledge with the special requirements of the Operational Technology (OT) for Smart Cities, IoT and public sector. Jürgen’s responsibilities include developing strategic solutions and providing comprehensive advice to public customers on all aspects of eGovernment, digital administration, smart cities, education (K12), and the digital transformation of IT infrastructures. Jürgen has more than 35 years of experience in the OT and IT environment.

Wolf joined Dimension Data in 2000, after a career of 7 years as a Professional Consulting Engineer focusing on building automation and energy management. Wolf has held positions as Business Analyst, Technology Strategy Consultant and Applications Business Manager. Since October 2007 he combines his engineering and MBA degrees with the varied ICT experience in the role of Solutions Architect in Converged Real Estate for the Middle East and Africa regions. In this capacity he works with Dimension Data teams globally regarding sustainability in ICT and Bright Green Buildings, optimally combining his passions for technological advancement and the environment.

Since 2021 he focuses on Digital City transformation for metros, harnessing the enabling power of data in Smart World Solutions to achieve sustainable urban outcomes.

Matthew Baldwin has been Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Transport and Mobility since 2016 and was appointed as European Coordinator for Road Safety and related aspects of Sustainable Mobility on 1 October 2018. His interest in road safety goes back to 1985, when he worked for the UK Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety on issues such as compulsory front seat belt legislation in the UK. Previously he worked in the Cabinets of Commissioner Pascal Lamy, President Jose Manuel Barroso and Commissioner Jonathan Hill.

He is 55 years old, has two children and is a keen cyclist but semi retired runner.

‘My name is Ana Oregi Bastarrika and I am an urban architect (UNAV)
and the current Deputy Mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz where I am responsible
for land, climate action, mobility, and public space. My work history in
positions of responsibility in the Basque Country includes:
• Basque Minister for the Environment and Land Policy, with
responsibility for Climate, Water, Mobility and Land Planning Policies.
• Vice-Minister for Land Policy and Water.
• Director of the Water Bureau.
• Council Delegate for Housing of the Basque Government, member of
the Council of the Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarra Euroregion.
• President of the Network of Basque Municipalities for Sustainability,
Udalsarea.

I have also served as MP for Alava in the Basque Parliament, where I held
numerous roles, including: President of the Commission on Human Rights
and Equality and Coordinator of the Parliamentary Task Force for the
monitoring and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Also I have collaborated on the development of many projects like
Vitoria-Gasteiz Urban Green Infrastructure Strategy and the Sustainable
Urban Mobility and Public Space Plan and leadershiped the
SmartenCity: Coronación Project and the Future Master Plan for the
Regeneration of Vitoria-Gasteiz´s Golden Neighborhoods; and also our
future strategy for the refurbishment of our industrial sites.

All these positions have given me a wide range of experience on
leadership and teamwork as part of different task forces. I am a reliable,
methodical, enthusiastic, kind and empathic person.

Besides, the contacts that I have made in University Research and
Technology and Investigation Centres such as BC3 Basque Centre for
Climate Change, CICEnergigune and many more would prove a
valuable set of resources for a successful development of my functions.’

The city of Gothenburg is growing, and the number of tourists and other visitors is set to double by 2030. This will bring a steady increase in demand for transportation, while at the same time Gothenburg has committed to reducing its climate footprint to close to zero by 2030 and to providing local residents with a healthy living environment. Gothenburg has a long record of triple helix collaborations on various issues such as smart city logistics, autonomous driving, connected infrastructure, electric vehicles, virtual testbeds, geofencing and more.

Aurélien is Head of public policy for Western Europe and EU at Bolt, the leading European multi-modal transport platform, since 2018. At Bolt, Aurélien has been in charge of the dialog with public authorities in close to 15 countries, in addition to EU institutions. His role is to make sure the expansion of Bolt’s ride-hailing, electric bike and scooter rental and delivery activities is carried out in full coordination with the local authorities. Aurélien was elected chair of Move EU, the European Association of On-Demand Mobility, in 2021. He strongly believes that ride-hailing has a role to play in offering European citizens a flexible, safe and efficient transport service in addition to the other shared mobility options, contributing to the decrease of the individual car ownership. As such, Move EU advocates for a better regulatory level playing field for the ride-hailing sector in the EU.

Jeroen Borst M.Sc. is Cluster manager “Societal Impact for Accessibility and Liveability” in the unit Traffic and Transport of TNO: Netherlands Organization for Applied Research.

The mission of his cluster is to support public and private sector to manage the transitions in mobility (Digitalization; Automation; Energy Transition) to meet societal goals: Accessibility, Liveability, Sustainability and Inclusiveness.

With his background in Environmental Physics, he supervised the development of the Urban Strategy, a platform to build Digital City Twins to manage urban planning, mobility planning, energy and environmental impact.
With the ambition to make the complexity of urban planning manageable for all stakeholders, he combined the domain knowledge of the different fields, with state-of-the-art enabling technologies such as HPC and distributed data storage.

With Urban Strategy, TNO and partners help cities to get real time insight in the effects of urban developments, such as new Urban developments, adjustments in the road infrastructure and public transport, on accessibility, environment and liveability. Moreover, the impact of new mobility concepts such as Mobility-as-a-Service and the impact of large scale electrification can be assessed with the same instrumentation.

Jeroen and his team applied Digital City Twins in many different cities in the Netherlands, e.g. Amsterdam, Rotterdam in Europe e.g. Belgium, Sweden and Germany and outside of Europe: New Delhi, Singapore and Portland. With the Digital Twin, TNO supports the island of Curacao in the transition of Mobility as well as Energy toward a sustainable economy.

Anna Lisa Boni has been secretary general of EUROCITIES since June 2014. She has 25 years of professional experience in EU public affairs in the field of local and regional government and has successfully worked for a stronger recognition of cities’ challenges within the European agenda.

Her aim is to act in a way that best serves European cities as key players in the European project and centres for generating renewal and growth. Anna Lisa has a Masters degree from the University of Bologna in political science, and from the University of Leuven in European studies.

Virginijus Sinkevičius is the present Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries at the European Commission. Mr Sinkevičius was Minister of Economy from 2017 to 2019, and before he led the Committee of Economy at the Parliament of Lithuania. Mr. Sinkevičius was elected to the Parliament in October 2016. Prior, he was a Team Lead for Regulatory Affairs at Invest Lithuania. Mr. Sinkevičius holds BA in International Relations and Affairs from Aberystwyth University and Master‘s degree in European International Affairs from Maastricht University.

Mrs Lilyana Pavlova is currently Vice-President of the European Investment Bank responsible for Cohesion policy; Transport financing; Advisory, Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions (JASPERS) and European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH); IT and data governance; Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas (JESSICA); Relations with the Vienna Initiative; Strategy for the Danube region. She is also responsible for the activities of the Bank in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Western Balkans.

Before that Mrs Pavlova has been a Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. In the period May 2017 – December 2018 Mrs Pavlova was Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2018. Lilyana Pavlova was Minister of Regional Development and Public Works for two mandates (2014 – January 2017 and 2011 – 2013) and a Deputy Minister in the same Ministry (2009 – 2011).

She has a long experience in the field of management of European funds and projects since 1997. In the period 2002 – 2009 she was Head of Department at Ministry of Finance, National Fund Directorate (Financial Management, Control and Certification of the Structural and Cohesion Funds of the European Union and pre-accession funds and programs).

Lilyana Pavlova has a PhD in Economics, a Master’s degree in Public Administration and European Integration and a bachelor degree in International Economic Relations.

She is fluent in English and Russian.

Barbara Kauffmann is Director for employment and social governance at the European Commission (DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) since 2015. Her current responsibilities include analysis and the coordination of EU country surveillance in employment and social matters (European Semester, European Pillar of Social Rights), Social Dialogue as well as the EU legislative initiatives including on minimum wages. She is also in charge of the support of Greece and Cyprus notably through the European Social Fund. Barbara Kauffmann studied economics at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Florida (Ph.D.). After working at the Kiel Institute of World Economics and the German Ministry of Finance, she joined the Commission (DG for Economic and Financial Affairs), where she worked for over 20 years (macro programmes, coordination of EU economic and fiscal policy surveillance, etc.).

Pedro Siza Vieira was born on 14 July 1964.

He has read Law in the Law School of the University of Lisbon (1987).

Pedro Siza Vieira was teaching assistant at the Law School of the University of Lisbon, assistant professor at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa and visiting professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Universidade  Nova de Lisboa.

He was also a lecturer in post-graduate studies and courses promoted by several institutions, including Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oporto Law School of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and Law School of Coimbra University, in subjects such as public procurement, administrative litigation, arbitration, banking law, project finance and insolvency.

As a lawyer, he was a partner at Morais Leitão, J. Galvão Teles e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados and a partner at Linklaters LLP between 2002 and October 2017, and as served as the Managing Partner of the firm’s Lisbon office between 2006 and 2016.

He was in the arbitrations panel of the Centre for Commercial Arbitration of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Commercial Arbitration Institute of the Oporto Commercial Association, Concórdia (Conciliation, Conflicts Mediation and Arbitration Centre), the Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil and CREL (Extrajudicial Dispute Resolution Centre of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Angola).

He was a member of the board of directors of the Portuguese Association of Law Firms and president of the Portuguese Arbitration Association.

Pedro Siza Vieira has been a member of several working groups for the elaboration of legislative proposals, including the Law of Urban Planning and Building, the Civil Liability of the State and Other Public Bodies and the Portuguese Arbitration Law.

He was a member of the High Counsel of the Administrative and Fiscal Courts and member of the Executive Committee of the Task Force for the Capitalization of Companies.

From October 2017 to October 2018 he was Minister Assistant to the Prime-Minister, and he is currently, since that date, Minister Assistant to the Prime-Minister and for the Economy of the Portuguese Government.

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

Paul is a member of the Centre for European Reform’s advisory board and Rand Europe’s Council of Advisors. He is also 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.

In 2012, Paul was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) “for services to promoting understanding of the European Union” and in 2016 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite by the French government.

Dr.techn. Anna-Vera Deinhammer invented and leads the DoTank Circular City Wien 2020-2030 in Vienna. She holds a diploma in architecture (Vienna University of Technology VUT) and a PhD in civil engineering (VUT in coop. with UNSW Sydney) – her research as well as practical activities has always dealt with providing a healthy, liveable, healthy built environment. She highly intends to combine the best out of three worlds: the academic world, the construction industry, as well as the municipality fostering an integral approach.

Since 2016 she is employed at EGCT to shift her expertise on a strategic level and is responsible for coordinating the Circular Economy activities of the City of Vienna. Her work focuses Circular City, Integral Building Research and Engineering Science. Therefor she represents the City of Vienna in many working groups, such as chairing the Working Group Circular Construction Materials of ICLEI´s Big Buyers Initiative; EUROCITIES Environmental Forum; Circular Economy Club; COST RESTORE – REthink Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy.

Stefan Moser was born in Munich in 1971 and trained as an economist and a lawyer. He joined the Commission in 2000 in DG Competition to work on control of state aid to public undertakings and services, notably financial institutions. From 2005 to 2009, he worked in DG Environment on climate and environment policy, notably greenhouse gas emissions trading, transport emissions and air quality. From 2009 to 2015, he dealt with policy coordination in the Secretariat-General, in particular on climate, energy, environment, transport, agriculture and maritime policies. From 2015 onwards, he has served as head of unit in DG Energy, first on energy security and safety, and then on energy efficiency of buildings and products.

Robert is the Dutch Envoy Sustainable Building, a position created after the presentation of the European Green Deal. His focus is on the interaction between the forthcoming plans of the European Commission on the Green Deal, the fit-for-55 package and the Renovation Wave and the Dutch climate policy with regards to the built environment. Previously he was managing the Spatial Policy department at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, where he was among other responsible for urbanization policy, smart cities, finding space for the energy transition and territorial cohesion. Before joining this ministry he was the director for International Development at the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. He started his career in 1991 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he held a number of positions, ranging from urban poverty reduction to promoting entrepreneurship and business development and to international gender policy.

Stephen Richardson is Director of the Europe Regional Network, coordinating the work and collaboration of 20+ Green Building Councils and eight regional partners.

He is also WorldGBC’s representative in the EU Sustainable Finance Platform, helping lead the development of the EU’s Green Taxonomy.

Previously, Stephen was Head of Projects and has also led WorldGBC Europe Network’s Energy Efficient Mortgages project. This ground breaking EU funded project has launched a pilot with 60+ of Europe’s largest banks to leverage mortgages as a tool to finance energy efficiency improvements in buildings.

Stephen is a building services engineer and has worked in consultancy, local government and industrial research. He has expertise in energy and carbon reduction in buildings. Prior to joining WorldGBC, he completed an industry based doctorate (EngD) with Sainsbury’s and the University of Reading, focusing on embodied carbon and uncertainty in carbon based design and investment decisions for buildings.

Stephen is based in Germany.

Dominik Campanella is the co-founder of restado & Concular.  Restado is the largest marketplace for reclaimed construction materials in Europe. Concular facilitates the reuse of construction materials for professional actors with it’s digital platform. Before founding these startups, Dominik worked for several years at Google in various positions and locations. Before that, he studied Computer Science in Germany and Management in France.

Felice Simonelli is an Associate Senior Research Fellow at CEPS, where he performs research activities in the fields of digital economy, industrial competitiveness, research and innovation, energy and energy-intensive industries. With over 10 years of experience, Felice has managed research and consultancy projects on better regulation and analysis of public policies for the European Commission and the European Parliament. He has extensive experience in data collection and analysis across EU countries, including conducting interviews and surveys and arranging stakeholder consultations on behalf of the European Commission. He holds a Ph.D. in Law and Economics from LUISS University. Native Italian speaker, he is fluent in English.

Claire Bury is currently Deputy Director-General in DG Health and Food Safety with responsibility for food safety and sustainability. She is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges.

She was previously Deputy Director-General for the Digital Single Market in DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology and Director of Modernisation of the Single Market in Directorate General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.

Before that, she was Head of Unit for Company Law, Corporate Governance and Financial Crime in Directorate General Internal Market and Services, and Deputy Head of Cabinet to Internal Market Commissioners Charlie McCreevy and Frits Bolkestein.

An English barrister by training, she worked in the Commission’s Legal Service and, before coming to Brussels, in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Vice Mayor of Milan and deputy mayor for public safety. From 2017 she is in charge for the Food Policy. Within an innovative framework of the food system governance, she is developing actions in several fields: reducing food waste, circular economy for food, local public procurement, facilitating joint efforts of thematic deputy mayors and municipal departments.

As former deputy mayor for education, she worked closely with the municipal agency for school canteens (85.000 meals per day) and she promoted policies for a more organic local procurement. As city councillor, in the mandate 2011-2016, Ms Scavuzzo focused her attention on the rural-urban linkages, becoming also metropolitan councillor and member of the board of the Agricultural Southern Milan Park.

With a Masters in Physics, she worked on data analytics and learning tools.

Matthieu is a FoodTech expert and has been an entrepreneur for 10 years.

After exiting from his first venture (WeCook), he co-founded DigitalFoodLab with the aim to grow FoodTech in Europe. DigitalFoodLab operates as a consultancy and works with major food corporates and startups to help them understand and act on FoodTech opportunities.

Since he sold his first startup, WeCook, in early 2017, Matthieu is developing DigitalFoodLab in order to grow the European FoodTech ecosystem. DigitalFoodLab delivers talks, expertise and business intelligence to entrepreneurs, investors and food corporates. It aims to help them identify and act on FoodTech opportunities with a unique mix of data (with the most comprehensive database on FoodTech startups) and insights (coming from FoodTech entrepreneurs).

Matthieu is M.Eng from Telecom SudParis and MSc. in e-commerce from Dublin City university.

Jorrit Kiewik (he/him) is the executive director of Slow Food Youth Network, a global movement of food activist striving for a more good, clean & fair food system. Jorrit was born and raised on a small-scale dairy farm in Lonneker, in the east of The Netherlands. He has a bachelor in Agricultural Entrepreneurship and is finishing a master’s in communication, Health & Life Sciences at Wageningen University. In the past Jorrit has been building online communities in order to open the debate around a more sustainable food system, as well as supporting marketing for different medium-sized festivals across The Netherlands.

Currently Jorrit is responsible for the development of the global Slow Food Youth Network, the long-term sustainability of the coordinating office and is the political spokesperson for the movement. Next to that he advocates for sustainable food systems within different political bodies and supports the development of the international Slow Food movement. Jorrit is still involved with the family farm, where he and his family are transforming the place into a truly sustainable farm while working on societal and ecological challenges.
Jorrit is part of YPARD’s steering committee, and both secretary and cyclist at The AMANI Project, an international cycling team which brings together initiatives aimed at enhancing inclusivity in (professional) cycling and creating opportunities for riders based in Africa.

Ivo Banek is currently Communications Director at Eurocities.
A journalist by origin, Ivo previously worked as political spokesperson in the city parliament of Hamburg and as communications director for the Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall. In recent years, he has been a consultant, supporting organisations in their dialogue with the public and digital outreach.

Ivo holds a master’s degree in communications management and a diploma in social sciences.

Harriet Teare is a research leader focusing on science and emerging technologies at RAND Europe, with a specific interest in emerging technologies in health. Her multidisciplinary training—spanning lab-based research, science policy, and empirical (ethical, legal and governance focused) research—contributes a valuable perspective to help shape the future of healthcare. She has direct experience working across different disciplines and with industry, public and not-for-profit partners, and understands the different motivations and expectations of stakeholders will be crucial in developing a health system that is fit for purpose.

As the deputy director for the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies at the University of Oxford, Teare developed a research programme in healthcare and policy to tackle crucial questions relating to access to medicines, the changing roles and responsibilities of patients in research and clinical care and the implementation of digital health and genomics. She participated in a number of large-scale European partnerships, including working closely with EFPIA partners Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Servier, and Boehringer Ingelheim in an Innovative Medicines Initiative-funded project to consider stratification of type-2 diabetes patients.

As a senior policy advisor at Cancer Research UK, Teare worked alongside the ABPI and BIA to consider implications of UK-wide policy for science and research infrastructure, including relating to the life sciences strategy and immigration policy.

Teare obtained a D.Phil. in organic and medicinal chemistry from Merton College, University of Oxford, developing radiotracers for medical imaging in collaboration with GE Healthcare, and funded by the BBSRC.

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Christoph Luykx (@christophluykx) joined Orgalim in June 2019 and is Policy Director. In this capacity, Mr. Luykx leads a policy team with a focus on a wide range of topics, impacting Orgalim’s membership. He speaks externally on behalf of its members and engages with a wide range of stakeholders across Europe.

Before joining Orgalim, Mr. Luykx spent 5 years at CA Technologies as Chief Privacy Strategist and Senior Director for government relations. He provided advice and support on key issues to CA growth, such as cybersecurity and privacy, and represented the company in various external activities. Between 2007 – 2014, Mr. Luykx worked in the European government affairs team of Intel Corporation. He also worked for the US Department of State as an economic specialist at the United States Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Luykx was born in Hasselt, Belgium in 1978. He received his Law degree from the University of Leuven in 2002. He works from Orgalim’s office in Brussels, Belgium.

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Hannah Abdullah is a Senior Research Fellow with the Global Cities Programme at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). Her current research focuses on city diplomacy in the areas of climate change and culture, with a focus on the Euro-Mediterranean region. Recent publications include work on the role of cities in global and European governance and the transition towards sustainable development. Before joining CIDOB she held the position of Programme Curator at the Goethe-Institut New York (Germany’s cultural institute), where she developed and managed programmes on architecture and urban issues, among others. Hannah holds a PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE) and has taught and lectured at the LSE, the University of Leipzig and Pompeu Fabra University. She is a member of the advisory board of Barcelona City Council’s 2030 Agenda.

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Since 2011, Normunds Popens is the Deputy Director General for Implementation in the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission and in charge of overseeing the implementation of structural and cohesion fund programmes in EU member states and candidate countries.

Before joining the European Commission in March 2011 he has occupied several posts in the Latvian diplomatic services.
Notably from 2007 until 2011, he was a Permanent Representative of Latvia to the EU.

Before that he dealt with European affairs as Undersecretary of State of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has been also responsible for the issues of foreign trade and transatlantic relations and has worked as an Ambassador in Norway, Iceland and in the USA as a diplomat.

Mihhail Kõlvart is the Mayor of Tallinn since April 11, 2019. Previously he has served as the Chairman of Tallinn City Council (2017-2019) and Deputy Mayor of Tallinn (2011-2017), responsible for the education, culture, sport and youth topics.

As a Mayor, Mr Kõlvart’s priority is a green, just and sustainable urban development, he is a strong spokesperson for increasing the role of cities in the European Union decision-making process.

Mr Kõlvart has a degree in law and business, and he is the deputy Chairman of the Estonian Center Party.

Mr Kõlvart has a black belt in Taekwondo and he has won a silver medal from the International Martial Arts Games. He is also a member of board of the Estonian Olympic Committee.

Alice Charles leads the Cities and Real Estate workstreams at the World Economic Forum. This includes the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, the Future of Real Estate, co-leading the Net Zero Carbon Cities: An integrated approach initiative and the Biodiverse Cities initiative, the production of all cities and real estate related content and events at World Economic Forum Summits (including Davos).

She is also a Member of the European Commission Intelligent Cities Advisory Board, a Member of the UN Habitat Stakeholder Advisory Group, a Member of the Commission for Innovation and Inclusive Growth for the City of Belfast, a Member of the Mayors’ Global Council for the City of Buenos Aires, a member of the Visiting Committee of the Senseable City Lab, MIT, a Member of the Urban Leadership Council (ULC) for the Coalition for Urban Transitions, Jury Member of the WWF One Planet City Challenge and a Jury Member of the Real Play City Challenge.

She has nineteen years’ experience working in the areas of cities, urban development, town planning, real estate, infrastructure, environment, climate change and public policy globally. She was previously an External Board Member of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), Ireland Planning Advisory Committee from 2010 to November 2020. In addition, she previously worked for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (now called the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government), Ireland, Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament), Ireland, Jacobs Engineering (formerly SKM Colin Buchanan) and Avison Young (formerly GVA), London, UK.

She has a Masters in Global Leadership through the World Economic Forum, in conjunction with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Cornell Tech, INSEAD, London Business School and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), a Master’s in Business Administration from University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, a Postgraduate Diploma in Town and Country Planning from Queens University Belfast and a 1st Class Honours Degree in Environmental Planning from Queen’s University Belfast. She is a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Member of the Irish Planning Institute. In 2017 she was awarded the Irish Echo 40 under 40 Award, which recognizes outstanding global contributions of Irish and Irish Americans, before reaching the age of 40.