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CEO, Gaia-X Ulrich is a reputed executive in the IT sector, formerly Vice President and leader of the Manufacturing and Industrie 4.0 System Integration business at Atos in Germany. He is also the founder and member of the Board of the International Data Spaces Association in Germany and served 16 years on the Board of the Prostep IVIP organization until April 2018. After an apprenticeship as a toolmaker at Hella KG, he studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Paderborn. In his career, Ahle held several positions as a development engineer, Director of PLM services, sales director and Vice President. He has been part of Nixdorf Computer AG, Siemens and Atos. From January 2017 to November 2023, Ulrich Ahle was Chief Executive Officer of the FIWARE Foundation headquartered in Berlin, Germany. CEO, FIWARE Global Director Sales & Product Management, Guntermann & Drunck GmbH My name is Jochen Bauer. I studied nutritional science and computer science. Afterwards, I worked at the Technical University Munich and at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). I have been the head of the home automation research sector at the Institute of Factory Automation and Production Systems at FAU. Since 2024 I am working at C&S Computer and Software GmbH in Augsburg / Germany as Head of Research and Development. We are trying to create solutions for the elderly (Ambient Assisted Living) and the care sector. CTO, VISIONS Based in Bordeaux, France, Felix is a versatile professional with a diverse skill set spanning full-stack development, sound design, and music composition. As the CTO of Visions, specializing in consent management, contractualization, and data sharing, Felix plays a role in shaping the future of Data Spaces. His contributions focus on integrating personal data sharing and consent mechanisms, driving forward the evolution of this aspect of modern data management. Founder and CEO, VISIONS Matthias founded Visions in 2017 after working for the French State’s open data department.He was and is convinced a more human-centric management of data will lead to incredible innovations in all sectors. Matthias united, through aNewGovernance and PrivacyTech, from 2018 more than 100 organisations across EU to advocate for a human-centric data sharing infrastructure plan which he presented at the French Parliament and at the European Commission. Dauphine Researcher in charge of the study on Economics of data sharing Lucas Eustache is a researcher with the Governance and Regulation Chair at Paris-Dauphine University. His thesis, directed by Eric Brousseau, focuses on the business models of data-sharing intermediaries COO, Gaia-X Roland is the COO of Gaia-X from May 2022 onwards. He establishes effective policies, processes and organisations that promote the Gaia-X vision and mission. With over 20 years of international management and consulting experience in the IT industry, he brings strong leadership and digitalisation knowledge to the team. He has led a global service line, successfully delivered complex, critical programs, and managed multinational development-, delivery- and partner organisations at companies like EDS, HP, A1 Telekom Austria, Microsoft and Detecon. Roland oversaw comprehensive innovation and transformation initiatives in various industries in Europe and the USA. He holds a master’s degree in “Engineering Management” from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. He speaks English and German and lives in Vienna. Hub Coordinator, Gaia-X Hub Germany. Jan Fischer studied politics and technology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) before starting as a project manager for the Gaia-X Hub Germany at acatech – the National Academy of Science and Engineering. He has been the project coordinator of the Gaia-X Hub Germany since summer 2023. Secretary General, BDVA CT Professional with a strong background in engineering, network design, service design, and technology strategy with working knowledge in Telecommunications, Mobile Technologies, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, and Living Labs. Experience in Research to Market implementation and technology application in several business sectors including Urban Innovation, Healthcare, Smart Manufacturing, AgriFood, Mobility, Education, Public Sector, etc. The professional experience developed over 20 years partly in the Telecom Industry and partly managing research and innovation communities, projects, and programmes as well as technology roadmaps with industry, research and policy makers at the European level. Experience both in the private sector and in public-private environments. Over 15 years working in international and multicultural environments, with experience managing technical, multidisciplinary and distributed teams. Extensive experience building strategic alliances with technology vendors and providers, SMEs, research institutions and public authorities (mainly municipal and regional governments) and policymakers. Speaker at public events and conferences. The impact and value of ICT technologies (in particular Data, AI and Mobile technologies) in business and society and innovation ecosystems are strong interests of mine. I would define myself as a Connector and an Implementer. Technology Strategy is my professional passion. Head of AI & Dataspaces, itemis Andreas is the Head of AI & Dataspaces. Having 20 years of experiences of building bespoke engineering tools in the automotive and aerospace industries he is excited about the increasing adoption of dataspaces as an enabler to improve cross-company collaboration as well as about the emergence of new business models. Within the GAIA-X lighthouse project COOPERANTS he CTO, Gaia-X Pierre Gronlier has been working in the IT industry for the last twelve years, with a particular focus on operationalising and scaling systems in the field of real-time communication and cloud services. With a penchant for science and an academic background in embedded real-time systems and applied mathematics in signal processing and machine learning, he started as a research engineer in video compression before joining Skype and Microsoft in Estonia. He then moved to OVHcloud in France as a Cloud Solution Architect. CTO, NIIS Petteri Kivimäki is one of Europe’s leading technical experts in digital government and interoperability solutions. His career spans from software development to crafting complex cloud and technology architectures for both companies and public administrations. Petteri has worked as the technical lead responsible for implementing the X-Road data exchange layer as the national interoperability solution in Finland. He also coordinated the joint open-source software development of X-Road between Finland and Estonia. Before joining the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS) as its Chief Technology Officer in 2018, Petteri worked as a technology architect in a leading global consultancy. Petteri earned a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He is also a certified cloud and technology architect, holding multiple certificates from renowned entities like AWS, Microsoft, and Google. An active participant in the tech community, Petteri has authored several articles on topics such as open-source software and APIs. He is also a regular contributor to technical working groups and a sought-after speaker at software conferences. Cloud Product Manager, Aruba S.p.A. With over 14 years of experience in ICT, cloud and telecom sectors and a M. Sc. Degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Pisa, Enrico La Vela is a seasoned professional currently holding the role of Product Manager at Aruba S.p.A. He has spearheaded pivotal initiatives within Aruba’s Cloud and Data Center Services business line. As the driving force behind Aruba’s involvement in the Sovereign-X consortium’s SIMPL tender, he also led the birth of the first Aruba’s GXDCH node and it is responsible of the Aruba Digital Clearing House Solution project. Head of Dataspaces & Data Products, T-Systems International Sven Löffler is a high-level expert in business intelligence and the data economy, with over 25 years of experience in the field. He currently serves as Head of Dataspaces & Data Products for the Telekom Data Intelligence Hub, where he is pioneering the development of sovereign, trustful, and user-friendly end-to-end data sharing services to enable real-life usage of dataspace technologies. Operations Manager, Gaia-X She is the Operation Manager in the COO Team. She has 20 year’s experience in Organisation Development, Portfolio Management and Program Management. Since 2009 she is running her own company delivering various Transformation Projects for clients in different Industries. CEO, IDSA Lars Nagel is CEO of the International Data Spaces Association since its foundation in 2016. He is also a member of the Executive Board of Digital Hub Management GmbH, where he manages innovation and technology transfer. He has been a member of the first board of directors of Gaia-X and held the role of COO of Gaia-X AISBL in the first year. Previously, Lars founded and led GlobalGate, a provider of learning environments for industrial and research institutions. Lars studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund and graduated with a diploma in Engineering. Senior Market Adoption Manager, Gaia-X Alessandra Perna is Senior Market Adoption Manager Gaia-X. She has joined Gaia-X since its beginning, heading the coordination of Gaia-X communities, including Gaia-X Hubs and industry ecosystems. She leads Gaia-X Endorsement Program, supporting projects and business initiatives to advance Gaia-X adoption in the market. She also oversees the Gaia-X Data Spaces Business Committee and manages the operations of the Data Spaces Business Alliance. Alessandra previously worked on program management in International Associations of different sectors. She holds a degree cum laude in Philosophy, a master’s degree cum laude in Neuroethics and a Master’s in European Project Management. Scientific Expert, Fraunhofer As a scientific expert at Fraunhofer, I specialize in the research and development of digital ecosystems and data spaces, with a particular emphasis on technical IT architecture. My educational background is in business informatics and my work is driven by a passion for accelerating the transformation of the energy sector, leveraging innovative technologies to enable sustainable and efficient energy systems. Managing Director & CTO, Mobility Data Space Michael Schäfer has been Managing Director and CTO of Mobility Data Space (MDS) since January 2022. His colleague Dr. Tobias Miethaner is Speaker of the Management Board and Manfred Rauhmeier serves as Founding Managing Director. Mr. Rauhmeier is also Managing Director of acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering. After the Mobility Data Space was successfully completed as a research project in 2021, it has been transferred to the DRM Datenraum Mobilität Ltd. in 2022 and has been given a new, scalable platform. Under the leadership of Michael Schäfer, this laid the foundation for the expansion of the innovative data marketplace. Since November 2022, he oversees the continuous development of the MDS together with Dr. Tobias Miethaner. The qualified electrical engineer looks back on more than 30 years in the IT industry and brings experience in the areas of industrial automation, image processing, Internet of Things and Industry 4.0. During his career, he has managed numerous major international projects and most recently headed the “IIoT Application Factory” and “Business & IT Transformation” areas of the Global Competency Center at Software AG in Darmstadt. Michael Schäfer wants to generate social benefits through his work at MDS, because “the Mobility Data Space creates the conditions for society and companies to develop the mobility of the future.” IT Architect, Bundesdruckerei GmbH Professional history: Independent Board Member, Gaia-X After 27 years in Sema then SchlumbergerSema then Atos in various positions on Executive Committee including EVP for Global Telecom, Global Finance, Global Consulting& Systems Integration, Hubert Tardieu has been the advisor of Atos CEO helping him to form the vision of what will be our world in 5 years ahead. To help him in this task he formed the Atos Scientific Community in June 2009 which he chaired until October 2020. He is now consultant with his own company. Hubert Tardieu is the author of several books on Information System Design Methodology Merise and in March 2020: “Deliberately Digital: Rewriting Enterprise DNA for enduring success” Tardieu and all. Springer ed Hubert Tardieu has been successively, in 2020 the Interim CEO then in 2021 the Chairman of the Board of the Gaia-X AISBL until June 7. He is currently Independent Board Member in charge of relationships with governments. General Manager Central Europe of OVHcloud Falk Weinreich is, since December 2019, General Manager Central Europe of OVHcloud, the European leading cloud provider. In his position, he oversees the business and development of OVHcloud in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Falk was previously Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing at Colt Data Centre Services. Overall, he can look back on more than 20 years of experience in the ICT sector. Falk is graduate in Business and Economics from the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.
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Market-X 2024 Speakers
Ulrich Ahle
Andrea Battaglia
Jochen Bauer
Felix Bole
Matthias De Bièvre
He developed the first version of the VisionsTrust tool.
In 2020, He united a community of 40 skills and education organisations to start building the european skills data space and lobbied the EC to ensure funds were allocated to it.
He co-founded and is elected president of Prometheus-X in 2021 the leading non profit developing the personal data space and uniting all the personal data industry as well as major public and private organisations.
In 2022, he united a consortium to win the skills data space funds and become an official expert of the Data Space Support Centre (the EU body defining the standards for data spaces).
In 2023, he united a consortium of 40 EU players to develop the main EU data sharing infrastructure “Simpl” and won 20m€ project to do it.
He is considered across EU as the leading expert on personal data spaces and the person that can bring human-centric data sharing to life at scale.
Lucas Eustache
Roland Fadrany
Jan Fischer
Ana García Robles
Andreas Graf
acts as the project-lead for the deliverable “Semantic Collaboration Service” and as a co-lead for the workpackage “Smart Services”. Andreas combines strong technical expertise with a focus on developing new business opportunities. As such, he is also responsible for the development of a business model for itemis in the context of COOPERANTS.
Pierre Gronlier
Petteri Kivimäki
Enrico La Vela
Since the end of 2022, Enrico has been an active contributor to Gaia-X, playing a vital role in key working groups. Additionally, he holds positions in both the Policy Rules Committee and Technical Committee, while concurrently serving as Ambassador for the Lighthouse project Structura-X.
Sven Löffler
Petra Makovec
Lars Nagel
Alessandra Perna
Linda Rülicke
Michael Schäfer
Ronny Stritzke
• Lead Architect of the Bundesdruckerei for the Health-X dataLOFT Project
• IT Architect for medical products and IOT solutions at Fresenius SE &Co KGaA
• Product Engineer at Accenture
• 17 years architect for different projects e.g. the State of Hesse, Fresenius SE &Co KGaA, Siemens, vbw – Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e.V., Volkswagen and many others
Hubert Tardieu
Falk Weinreich