Bozhidar Bozhanov
Chairman of the Committee on Electronic Governance and Information Technologies
Sofia
Biography
Former minister of electronic governance of Bulgaria, currently head of the e-gov and IT committee in Bulgarian parliament. Software engineer and IT entrepreneur.
Organisation
Bulgarian Parliament
Public administration
Speaker session
Keynote Speech: Europe's way to innovation in public interest: open, sovereign, democratic
Francesca Bria will explore Europe's unique approach to establishing a digital economy based on digital sovereignty, values, and human rights. The speech will delve into the EU's progressive tech regulations, advocating for open-source technology, interoperability and shared governance, data sharing and portability, and privacy standards.
The session will highlight European initiatives demonstrating how open-source technology and equitable technology governance can forge a democratic, inclusive, and sustainable digital society and will conclude with key recommendations to achieve EU digital sovereignty through democratic digitization processes.
High level panel: Open Source and Digital Opportunities for European Public Services
This high-level panel with representatives of the leading EU public sector organisations will focus on the diverse paths taken by Member States to reach the ambitious goals of digital sovereignty and twin transition. What are the ways to support open source at the highest policy level? Are there institutional tools to speed up the uptake and reuse of open source solutions? What is the promise of open technologies that has attracted policymakers to place it higher on their agendas?
Francesca Bria
Innovation Economist and Digital Policy Expert
Rome
Biography
Francesca Bria is an Innovation Economist and Digital Policy Expert. She is Honorary Professor in the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at UCL in London, a member of the European Commission New European Bauhaus High-level Roundtable set up by the President of the European Commission, and former President of the Italian National Innovation Fund, CDP Venture Capital. She is also a member of the European Commission High level Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research and Innovation (ESIR). Francesca Bria is leading the DECODE project on data sovereignty in Europe, she is a Senior Adviser to the United Nations (UN-Habitat) on digital cities and digital rights and she is the former Chief Digital Technology and Innovation Officer for the City of Barcelona in Spain
Organisation
Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Other
Speaker session
Keynote Speech: Europe's way to innovation in public interest: open, sovereign, democratic
Francesca Bria will explore Europe's unique approach to establishing a digital economy based on digital sovereignty, values, and human rights. The speech will delve into the EU's progressive tech regulations, advocating for open-source technology, interoperability and shared governance, data sharing and portability, and privacy standards.
The session will highlight European initiatives demonstrating how open-source technology and equitable technology governance can forge a democratic, inclusive, and sustainable digital society and will conclude with key recommendations to achieve EU digital sovereignty through democratic digitization processes.
High level panel: Open Source and Digital Opportunities for European Public Services
This high-level panel with representatives of the leading EU public sector organisations will focus on the diverse paths taken by Member States to reach the ambitious goals of digital sovereignty and twin transition. What are the ways to support open source at the highest policy level? Are there institutional tools to speed up the uptake and reuse of open source solutions? What is the promise of open technologies that has attracted policymakers to place it higher on their agendas?
Jacco Brouwer
Initiation&scaling public collaborations on OSS
Amsterdam
Biography
Speaker session
Keynote Speech: Europe's way to innovation in public interest: open, sovereign, democratic
Francesca Bria will explore Europe's unique approach to establishing a digital economy based on digital sovereignty, values, and human rights. The speech will delve into the EU's progressive tech regulations, advocating for open-source technology, interoperability and shared governance, data sharing and portability, and privacy standards.
The session will highlight European initiatives demonstrating how open-source technology and equitable technology governance can forge a democratic, inclusive, and sustainable digital society and will conclude with key recommendations to achieve EU digital sovereignty through democratic digitization processes.
High level panel: Open Source and Digital Opportunities for European Public Services
This high-level panel with representatives of the leading EU public sector organisations will focus on the diverse paths taken by Member States to reach the ambitious goals of digital sovereignty and twin transition. What are the ways to support open source at the highest policy level? Are there institutional tools to speed up the uptake and reuse of open source solutions? What is the promise of open technologies that has attracted policymakers to place it higher on their agendas?