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Speakers
Summit 2026 Speakers – Following the Agenda Sequence
Cornelia Ertl
Summit Moderator
Cornelia Ertl has been self-employed in the field of communication and public speaking since 2012 and is now one of the top event moderators in Austria. The Viennese native focuses on German and English-language business events in the areas of business, science, research, new technologies, innovation and sustainability, but her repertoire also includes major events in the Austrian art and culture landscape.
In addition, Cornelia Ertl is the founder of Moderatoren Connection, a platform for moderation services through which she has supported and managed colleagues – both professionals and newcomers – for more than ten years. Clients and event organizers continue to benefit from her expertise and extensive network.
Catherine Jestin
BoD Chairwoman, Gaia-X; Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management, Airbus
Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management at Airbus since 1 July 2021 and member of the Company’s Executive Committee. Catherine has previously held the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Airbus since March 2020. In this role, she drove state-of-the-art Information Technology systems and solutions supporting Airbus employees, customers and suppliers. Prior to this position, Catherine was Chief Information Officer at Airbus Helicopters, a role she held from July 2013 to February 2020. Before joining Airbus, Catherine held various positions, between 2007 and 2013, at Rio Tinto in Montreal, Canada, in Information Systems & Technology (IS&T). Catherine also spent 17 years at Accenture and was nominated Partner in 2002, a position she held for five years.
Ulrich Ahle
Gaia-X, CEO
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 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 organisation until April 2018. After an apprenticeship as toolmaker at Hella KG, he studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Paderborn. In his career, Ahle held several positions, including 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.
Helmut Leopold
Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Helmut Leopold has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry. After acting CTO at Telekom Austria, he has established AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) a globally leading RTO. He also led international efforts such as the Broadband Services Forum in San Francisco, and supports international organisations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Austrian society for Electronics and Software Based Systems, and is member of the supervisory board of the Austrian telecommunication regulator.
Peter Hanke
Austrian Minister for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Federal Minister Peter Hanke was born in Vienna in 1964. He worked at Wien Holding starting in 1993, and became an authorized signatory in 2001. In 2002, Hanke was appointed as one of two managing directors of Wien Holding. He was responsible for the business areas of “Finance”, “Culture and Event Management”, and “Logistics & Mobility”.From May 2018, he served as Executive City Councilor and State Councilor. Since the start of the Vienna Progress Coalition in November 2020, he has been responsible for Finance, Business, Labor, International Affairs, and the Wiener Stadtwerke (Vienna Public Utilities).Since March 2025, he has been the Federal Minister for Innovation, Mobility, and Infrastructure.Hanke is also active in the humanitarian field. For instance, he serves on the extended state board of the Kinderfreunde Wien and as a board member of the “Wirtschaft und Integration” (Business and Integration) association.In 2015, he was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria.
Alexander Pröll
Austrian State Secretary for Digitalisation in the Federal Chancellery
He has been State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery since March 2025. Previously, he was Secretary General of the People’s Party and Federal Managing Director from 2021 to 2025. He holds an LL.M. in Business Law from 2017 and an LL.B. from 2015, both from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Véronique Lacour
Group Senior Executive Vice-President, Transformation and Operational Effectiveness, EDF
Véronique Lacour, started her career at Thales in 1987, where she gained solid experience in Information Systems, before taking up the position of Chief Information Officer for the new Services business unit in 2004. Between 2007 and 2009, she managed the Group HRIS Shared Services. She moved to Safran in 2009 where she held the position of Chief Information Officer for Safran Aircraft Engines (formerly Snecma). In 2013, she becomes Vice-President Improvement Initiatives, and manages continuous improvement and transformation initiatives. She went on to become Vice-President Programs for Safran Analytics, and was involved in the creation of this new Big Data-focused entity as part of the Group’s digital transformation strategy. She joined EDF on 1 December 2016 as Group Senior Executive Vice-President, Transformation and Operational Efficiency and is a member of the Executive Committee. She is tasked with directing the Group’s activities in the areas of information systems, purchasing, property, consultancy, tertiary and IT shared services.
Kai Meinke
Co-Founder & Business Lead, deltaDAO AG
Kai is the Co-Founder and Business Lead of deltaDAO AG and the Lead of the Gaia-X Open-Source Software (OSS) community. With a background in IT and Economics. deltaDAO is the orchestrator of the Pontus-X digital service ecosystem, the largest publicly available X-ecosystem, which is now the home of four Gaia-X lighthouse projects and operated by European federators.
Anne Sophie Taillandier
Director Nuclear Data Space (Data4NuclearX), EDF
Data Science, Algorithm are the heart of my education as an Engineer and PHD. Innovation, new skills, Data and AI, Interdisciplinarity, building bridges between different lines of business , development of ecosystems
Philippe Grosbois
General Manager, DECADE-X; Head of Program Data Space for Aerospace & Defence, Airbus
Philippe comes with more than 20 years international experience mostly in Aerospace working both at Airbus and Satair in France and Germany with operational positions in supply chain, and leadership roles for new A350 aircraft programme development and transformation programmes leveraging digital from strategy to implementation (industrial footprint evolution, procurement cost reduction programme, operations digitalisation).
Frédéric Bellaiche
VP Technology & Research, Dawex
Frédéric Bellaiche is a PhD and Vice President of Technology and Research at Dawex. He is responsible for the strategic development and integration of most advanced technologies within the Dawex organization and product architecture.
Prior to joining Dawex, Frédéric served for 14 years as Technical Expert for a leading digital services company where he led innovation in the areas of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, Blockchain, Security and Quantum Computing. Prior to that, Frédéric also served as CTO and co-founder of a start-up specialized in securing financial flows for 7 years.
During his career, Frédéric has conducted research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the field of high energy physics, at CERN and at the Université Claude Bernard. Holding a PhD. in particle physics and a DEA in nuclear and particle physics, Frédéric is a member of the Blockchain working group at Numeum and contributes to the OWASP project.
Bert Verdonck
CEO, LNDS
Bert Verdonck is the CEO of LNDS, a governmental organisation created to solve the hard problems in public sector data sharing. He has a background at Philips, where he worked on health data sharing and data & AI strategy. He has expertise in business, marketing, sales, product management, clinical informatics, cloud, data spaces, data and AI, population health, and medical image processing. He explores the adoption of the Gaia-X framework, scouting for European initiatives with a potential to scale.
Sukumar Munshi
Senior Advisor Business & Strategy, MicelioData
Innovating leader with experience across multiple business sectors such as international business, digitalization, software and healthcare.
Dominique Pon
DG La Poste Santé & Autonomie, La Poste Groupe
Dominique Pon has been the Director General of La Poste Santé & Autonomie since May 2, 2023, and is also the Deputy CEO of Docaposte. He oversees the development of digital trust services, particularly in the healthcare sector.
At 54 years old, Dominique Pon holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Télécom SudParis (computer science track). He spent the first part of his career in the industrial sector (1992 to 2001), starting as an engineer at TEAM (embedded systems for aeronautics). In 1994, he joined Schlumberger as Technical Director, where he developed X-ray baggage screening algorithms for airport security. In 1998, he moved to Vinci Energies as Managing Director, developing computerized management solutions for telecom, electricity, and gas infrastructures.
In 2001, he joined the Pasteur Clinic in Toulouse as CIO, then became Technical Director, before taking over as Chief Executive Officer in 2011. Under his leadership, the clinic became a hub for innovation in the healthcare sector. He notably initiated the creation of an incubator (Hi-Lab) and several startups, including CP-SYS, MH-COMM, Medinbox, and Yooli.
He also created DOPASYS, one of the leading electronic patient record software solutions for private clinics, as well as Clinavenir (2012), and served as President of SantéCité (2016–2018), cooperative alliances of independent French clinics.
From 2019 to 2022, he served as the “Ministerial Strategic Lead for Digital Health.”
Dominique Pon is a staunch advocate for healthcare innovation, particularly regarding patient-practitioner relationships, and new human-centric management styles based on trust.
On a personal note, he is the founder and manager of the EternesiA association, which campaigns to include the digital memory of all human beings in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Michael Mossal
Senior Digital Transformation Director Luxembourg, NTT Luxembourg
Michael is a Senior Digital Transformation Director and a local Executive Committee Member with a strong focus on innovation. In 2019, he was appointed to represent the region in the CTO Office of NTT Ltd. This role became a key success factor for NTT Luxembourg, to evolve from an already very successful country in Europe, into an innovation lab for the region fostering innovative leading European projects in the areas of Healthcare, Sports, Automotive, Aeronautics and Space. Michael is one of the key figures driving the Dataspace4Health project.
Alberto Borrego Díez
Head of Healthcare, Partner at NTT DATA
Christoph Strnadl
Chief Technology Officer, Gaia-X
Educated as a research scientist in Theoretical Physics, Dr Strnadl has over 30 years of consulting and management experience in IT and how to leverage it for businesses. After 10 years as a strategy consultant and business manager at Atos, he joined Software AG in 2005, where he held various technical leadership positions in Austria, central and eastern Europe, and finally, at the global level as Deputy CTO. His accountabilities centred around aligning technology solutions and products with business requirements and strategies with a pronounced focus on innovation and evangelisation. In this capacity, he has been responsible for Software AG’s ecosystem engagements, such as Gaia-X or dataspaces, since 2019. Before joining the Gaia-X AISBL as CTO, he led the efforts of the IOTA Foundation, a Berlin blockchain/DLT association, to define and implement a technology adoption department in 2024. He is a recognised public speaker with over 300 appearances, a university lecturer for BPM technologies, and a co-author of/contributor to six books.
Roland Fadrany
Chief Operating Officer, 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.
Marco-Alexander Breit
Director General Digital Policy and Economic Affairs, German Federal Ministry of Digital Transformation and Government Modernization
From 2008 until 2014 I held various positions in the State Chancellery of Saarland, including head of the office of the Head of the State Chancellery and Minister for Federal Affairs, Culture and Media (2010-2011), and from 2011 I was head of the office of Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
In April 2014 I was appointed personal advisor to the Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Peter Altmaier, in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. Starting February 2022 until May 2024 I was Deputy Director-General for Artificial Intelligence, Data and Digital Technologies in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. There, Gaming and Culture & Creativity as industries were part of my portfolio, too. From June 2024 until Summer 2025 I was Deputy Director General for Aerospace, Maritime Industry and Security and Defence Industries.
Now, I am back working on digital policy: when Karsten Wildberger became Minister I joined the merry adventurers and founding fathers and mothers of the very first German Ministry of Digital Transformation. Quite a ride, but the best is yet to come. Opinions stated don’t necessarily reflect those of the Federal Ministry.
Ander Caneda
Area Coordinator at the General Directorate of Data, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, Spain
Michael Wiesmüller
Head of Department: Key Technologies for Industrial Innovation, Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Initially stemming from the humanities and holding a degree in philosophy of science, working several years with various humanities related Institutes and later as Management Consultant with A.T. Kearney he joined the Federal Ministry in late nineties. He is currently Head of Department for Key Enabling Technologies for Industrial Innovation. Main responsibility of this department includes Tech-Policies for High-Tech, preparation of national R&D strategies and programs as well as areas of International R&D Policy and Coordination. Th scope of technologies covers Chips and Electronic Systems, Quantum and Photonics, Manufacturing and Robotics, AI and Data-Innovation and Advanced Materials. Over the years he acted as Lead Delegate to various European ICT anf Tech Programs. in recent years, his department has spearheaded key initiatives, including the launch of Silicon Austria Labs, the establishment of the Austrian Industry 4.0 Pilot Factories, the BMK-Endowment Professorships, the Austrian AI Strategy and the Key Technology Initiative as part of the Austria Industrial Strategy.
Mark Kuehner
VP, AP Industries and Experience
Mark Kuehner has been a key force in Europe’s enterprise cloud transformation for over two decades. At SAP since 2001, he has played a foundational role in building SAP Cloud and Enterprise Cloud Services. After supporting the cloud strategy of Amadeus’ CTO Office in 2018, he returned to SAP to lead sovereign cloud and AI initiatives across industries.
Currently VP for SAP Industries and Experience, Mark drives innovation at the intersection of AI, edge; and sovereign infrastructure. As a Board Member of Gaia-X, he contributes to shaping European data spaces, and represents SAP at the Industry Alliance for Data, Edge and Cloud as well as BITKOM’s Gaia-X & Cloud Policy group.
Mark initiated and is leading voice behind the “Open Reference Architecture” for Europe’s next-gen cloud stack.
Ernst Stöckl-Pukall
Head of Division, Digitization and Industrie 4.0, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
As Head of Division “Digitization and Industrie 4.0″ in the Department for Industrial Policy in the Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate Action Ernst Stoeckl-Pukall focuses on topics regarding a successful digitalization of the manufacturing sector in Germany. He focuses on setting up the federated and globally interoperable industrial data ecosystem Manufacturing-X. In that role he is also responsible for the “Plattform Industrie 4.0” and he takes care of Germany’s various bilateral and multilateral cooperation activities in the field of Industrie 4.0. The Plattform Industrie 4.0 is headed by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Federal Minister for Education and Research. The platform is a central player in the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector in Germany and includes all relevant stakeholders such as industry, academia, trade unions and politics. It also initiated the project GAIA-X which aims at building a sovereign data infrastructure. Ernst Stoeckl-Pukall is also in charge of various research and support funding schemes addressing in particular the automotive sector and topics like autonomous driving and the digital transformation of the sector. He is also responsible for the “Important Project of Common European Interest” designed to set up the next generation cloud-edge structures in Europe. The project is also known as “8ra-cloud edge continuum”. Before his current post Ernst Stoeckl-Pukall was in charge of the maritime sector after having returned from his post at the German Embassy of New Delhi where he served as economic and commercial counsellor. He graduated in Economics at Ludwig Maximilians-University in Munich.
Hubert Tardieu
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.
Jakob Rehof
Professor of Computer Science, TU Dortmund University
Since 2006 Jakob Rehof is full professor of Computer Science at the TU Dortmund University, where he is chair of Software Engineering, and as of April 2024 director of the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Dortmund. By joint appointment, Rehof was director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software- and System Engineering (ISST) in Dortmund 2006-2021, and since 2021 he is director of Research Strategy at the Fraunhofer-ISST. Jakob Rehof studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen and got his Ph.D. in Computer Science at DIKU, Department of Computer Science , University of Copenhagen. In 1997 Rehof was a visiting Researcher at the University of Stanford, CA, USA. From 1998 until 2006 he was a researcher at Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA. Prior to all of the above he studied Classical Philology (Latin & Greek) and Philosophy at the University of Aarhus and the University of Copenhagen and was a DAAD scholar at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tubingen. In 2003 Jakob Rehof received the CAV Award in Computer Aided Verification. Rehof is a member, of the editorial board of the Communications of the ACM.
Joëlle Toledano
Professor Emeritus associated with the Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris Dauphine-PSL University, Member of the French National Digital Council
Joëlle Toledano is an emeritus professor of economics and a member of the “Governance and Regulation” Chair at Paris-Dauphine University. Furthermore, she serves as a member of the National Academy of Technologies of France and as board member of digital companies. She holds a PhD in mathematics and economics and has pursued a dual career in academia and business before becoming involved in public policy issues. From 2005 to 2011, she served on the board of the French regulatory authority for electronic communications and posts (Arcep), and from 2013 to 2022, on the board of the French national frequencies agency (Anfr). Joelle has published extensively on industrial economics and the economics and regulation of digital and postal services, including several books, numerous articles, and a series of public reports and research papers. Her latest book, GAFA: reprenons le pouvoir (Odile Jacob, 2020), has been the recipient of three awards, including the prize for the best economics book.
Eric Brousseau
Professor of Economics and Management, Paris Dauphine-PSL University
Eric Brousseau’s research focuses on economic governance and market regulation. He is interested in how the strategies of actors influence the organization and evolution of institutions shaping economic activities; hence detailed researches on how regulatory frameworks emerge, evolve and perform in various contemporary or historical, national or transnational contexts; as well as on the interactions between self- and public regulations.
He has published nearly a hundred scientific papers and has edited about fifteen books and symposia.
He has been involved in researches funded by the French Government, the European Commission, the US National Science Foundation, the UN, and the OECD
He also consulted for various firms and governmental or intergovernental agencies.
Specialties:
- Economics of Institutions, Contracts and Organizations
- Economics of the Digital Economy
- Public and Self-Regulation
- Global/Multilevel Governance
- Business, Law and Politics
Boris Otto
Professor for Industrial Information Management, TU Dortmund University: Director, Fraunhofer ISST
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST and Professor of Industrial Information Management at the Technical University of Dortmund Professor Boris Otto (born 1971 in Hamburg) is an industrial engineer and business information scientist and has been Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST in Dortmund since 2017. He has also been Professor of Industrial Information Management at the Technical University of Dortmund since 2013. Boris Otto received his doctorate in engineering from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart and habilitated at the School of Management at the University of St. Gallen. His research and teaching focus on industrial data ecosystems, data spaces and data management in industrial companies. He is Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Catena-X Automotive Network e. V., a member of the Board of the Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA), a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Health Data Alliance (EDHA) and Coordinator of the EU Data Spaces Support Center (DSSC). Boris Otto is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fraunhofer ICT Group and thus a member of the Executive Board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. He is a founding partner and member of the board of directors of CDQ AG in St. Gallen and a member of the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Board, the Supervisory Board of SICK AG in Waldkirch, the Advisory Board for Mobility Data of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport, the Bosch Data Strategy Advisory Board, and the Advisory Board for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig and Berlin.
Francisca Rubio
General Manager, Gaia-X Hub Spain
Francisca is electronic engineer with master in Photovoltaic Energy (PV) and Business (MBA). She has always worked as R&D and Innovation director of different companies in different sectors.
Mario Drobics
Head of Competence Unit for Cooperative Digital Technologies at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Mario Drobics is Head of Competence Unit for Cooperative Digital Technologies at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH. He received his PhD in applied mathematics in 2005 at the Johannes Kepler University Linz in Austria. Since 2007 he is working in the Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT. His research addresses various aspects of digitalization, focusing on digital sovereignty, resilience and sustainability. Dr. Drobics is past president of PSC-Europe, member of the management board of the Gaia-X Hub Austria and member of the AIOTI Alliance.
Hermund Arntzen Dale
Project Manager / Head of Gaia-X Hub Norway, Smart Innovation Norway
Hermund Arntzen Dale is a Partner Manager and Innovation Advisor at Smart Innovation Norway. As Partner Manager, he is responsible for the follow-up and further development of the organization’s partner program. He plays a central role in work related to sovereign data sharing, data markets, and data-driven value creation. Hermund works with the mobilization and development of data spaces, assisting companies in developing and commercializing business models for data sharing within sovereign and open ecosystems. In this context, he leads Gaia-X Hub Norway and the Center for Data-Driven Innovation, a collaborative platform for actors driving the development of open, sovereign data-sharing infrastructure. He also works on establishing flagship and infrastructure projects, including those associated with Norsk katapult (Norwegian Catapult).
Hermund holds a bachelor’s degree in innovation and project management from Østfold University College, as well as leadership training from the Norwegian Armed Forces’ officer candidate school. He has several years of experience from the Norwegian Army, where he was responsible for planning and executing tactical operations at the platoon level. Following his military career, he gained entrepreneurial experience by founding a SaaS startup, and has also worked as a project manager and commercial manager at the green-tech company Becour. Hermund is deeply committed to sustainable innovation and digital value creation, describing himself as a team player with strong execution capabilities, high attention to detail, and a creative approach to complex problem-solving.
Jarek Kowalski
Expert, PKN, Vice-Chair of the Gaia-X Hub Poland at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Jarek is involved in standardization for dataspace domain since 2020. Working with European and global leaders, and in cooperation with IDSA, Gaia-X, Eclipse Foundation and BDVA, Jarek is engaged in the development of data exchange standards at ISO/IEC, CEN-CENELEC, and ETSI. As an entrepreneur he provides independent consulting services to support cross-border data exchange projects for global supply chains based on European and international standards, and in compliance with local regulations. From 2018 to 2021 he served as Director of the Competence and Qualifications Centre of the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI). From 2012 to 2018, he was responsible for the development of digital content and cloud/SaaS tools compliant with education industry and technology standards at the UK company Pearson. Between 1994 and 2012, he worked at Novell and SUSE, a US networking and identity management software company, and acquired German Linux provider. Jarek was amongst founders of the Coalition for Open Standards (KROS) in Poland, which aimed to promote adoption of open technology standards (with contribution to ISO/IEC 26300 Open Document Format for Office Applications) and open source software by public institutions. He was involved in the EU’s Interoperable Europe initiative (formerly Join.up and OSOR), and provided support to the development, localization/globalization, and implementation of open-source software. As an editor Jarek has contributed to reports, articles, white papers and monograph on standardisation and interoperability. Since 2023 Jarek is supporting new standardisation work, including ISO/IEC 20151 and EU Trusted Data Framework.
Antonio Salvado
Consultant, TICE.PT, Gaia-X Hub Portugal, BoD Gaia-X
With a degree in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering, former senior manager at the research and development centre for the one of major telecom operators in Portugal. Joined TICE.PT in the last quarter of 2022 as a senior consultant and project manager, and since then is involved in promoting Gaia-X Hub Portugal, and also IDSA Competence Centre Portugal the latter one, since the beginning of 2024. Since early 2025, represents TICE.PT Association at the Strategic Stakeholders Forum of the Data Spaces Support Centre, and since June he has been an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Gaia-X Association.
Mario Campolargo
Independent Board Member, Gaia-X
Government of Portugal:
Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Administrative Modernisation of Portugal – March 2022 – April 2024 (2 years 2 months)
European Commission
Director General DG Informatics DIGIT – March 2021 – March 2022 (1 year 1 month)
Deputy Director General – DIGIT – September 2016 – March 2021 (4 years 7 months)
Su-Jung Kim
Assistant Secretary for AI and Future Planning,
Office of President of the Republic of Korea
Su-Jung Kim is currently serving as the Assistant Secretary for AI and Future Planning at the Office of President of the Republic of Korea, where she orchestrates and oversees comprehensive national policies across AI and emerging technology sectors. Prior to this role, she worked as the Director of the Data Promotion Division under the AI Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) from March 2024 to June 2025. With over 20 years of public service in ICT-related fields, she has led the development and implementation of national policies in areas such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and digital governance. Her previous roles include Director of Digital Society Planning, Team Lead for AI Innovation & Convergence, and Policy Officer for AI and Software Promotion. Ms. Kim has led strategic public-private initiatives to foster Korea’s data and AI industries, enhance national data capabilities, and promote policies for a responsible and trustworthy AI ecosystem. She holds a Ph.D. in Data Knowledge Service Engineering from Dankook University (2025), an M.A. in Mass Communication from Nanyang Technological University (2012), and an LL.M. from Yonsei University (2005). Beyond domestic policy work, Ms. Kim is actively engaged in international cooperation, contributing to Korea’s participation in multilateral initiatives with organizations such as the OECD and the United Nations. Her interdisciplinary academic background—spanning law, media, and data science—combined with extensive government experience, enables her to design and lead digital policies that balance innovation, trust, and inclusion.
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Hiroshi Mano
CEO, EverySense,Inc./EverySense Japan K.K. Secretary General, Data Society Alliance
In 1993, he was one of the first to commercialize wireless LAN systems. He became the IEEE802.11 TGai Chair in 2010, and received the Telecommunication Technology Commitee Award (Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Commendation) in recognition of his contribution to standardization activities in 2017. In the same year, he contributed to the proposal of big data strategy as a member of the Advisory Board of the Turin G7 ICT Ministerial Meeting.
In 2018, he was appointed as AI Hospital SubPD for the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP.) He joined IEEE P3800 Data Trading System WG Chair in 2020, and participated in the establishment of this organization to promote data distribution beyond industry, academia, and government.
He assumed his current position in May 2018. He is a specially-appointed professor at Keio University SFC.
Giovanni King
CEO, Blue NAP Americas
Since 2024, serves as Chairman of the Caribbean Datacenter Association (CDA), providing regional leadership on data sovereignty, digital infrastructure development, sustainability, and interconnectivity. Since 2022, serves as Chief Executive Officer of Blue NAP Americas, leading the strategic growth and operations of a Tier IV and ANSI/TIA 942 Rated-4 data center, with a focus on sovereign cloud services, AI-ready infrastructure, and regional partnerships. Also serves as Advisory Board Chairman of TELBO N.V. (since 2022) and has been a Member of the Ministry of Education’s Digitalization Working Group (since 2020).
Previously served as COO of the Bureau Telecommunications & Post (BT&P) Curaçao and BT&P St. Maarten, overseeing telecommunications regulation, cybersecurity, policy implementation, and infrastructure development. Earlier roles include Policy Advisor / Manager Technical Affairs & International Relations at BT&P Netherlands Antilles and Business Development & Operations Director at Antillean Network Management N.V. / Scarlet N.V.. Also chaired Curaçao’s National Consultation Committee, leading national socio-economic recovery and public engagement initiatives.
Michelle Robitaille
CEO, Digital Trust Canada (DTC)
Michelle Robitaille is Chief Executive Officer of Digital Trust Canada (DTC), where she works to strengthen the foundations of digital trust across the country and advance the development of a federated and secure data infrastructure that benefits all sectors. With more than 25 years of experience in organizational transformation, innovation, and public private partnerships, she is recognized for her ability to bring together diverse sectors and reinforce Canada’s presence in global innovation. She plays an active role in advancing economic and innovation initiatives across sectors through advisory work and strategic collaboration in the Ottawa Gatineau region and beyond, contributing to efforts that connect local strengths with broader national and international opportunities. Michelle holds an Executive MBA from the University of Ottawa and a degree in communications and information technology from the Université du Québec en Outaouais.
Anne Le Hénanff
Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, France
Anne Le Hénanff is the Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, attached to the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty.
Education:
• Graduate of the EM Normandie Business School.
Professional Background:
• Deputy Mayor of Vannes (Morbihan), in charge of digital affairs, information systems, and institutional communication (March 2008 – May 2020).
• Independent Digital Consultant (Anne le Hénanff Conseils et Communication) (April 2015 – September 2022).
• Chair of Cybersecurity for Major Public Events at the UBS Foundation, University of Southern Brittany (January 2018 – September 2022).
• Senior Project Manager, Morbihan Énergies (December 2018 – September 2020).
• First Deputy Mayor of Vannes (Morbihan) (May 2020 – July 2022).
• Regional Councilor of Brittany (Morbihan section) (2021 – 2022).
• Member of Parliament (Députée) for Morbihan (1st constituency: Vannes) (since June 2022, re-elected in July 2024).
• President of the France-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group (January 2022 – June 2024 and since January 2025).
• Co-rapporteur of the National Assembly’s mission on the cyber transformation of the Ministry of the Armed Forces (March 2023 – January 2024).
• Rapporteur for the National Assembly’s special committee responsible for examining the bill aimed at securing and regulating the digital space (August 2023).
• Rapporteur on the budget for the Environment and Defense Policy Forecasting program of the Defense mission (since September 2024).
• Second Vice-President of the Higher Commission for Digital Affairs and Posts (CSNP) (since January 2025).
• Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty, in charge of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs (since October 2025).