Arnau Monterde
Director of Democratic Innovation
Barcelona
Biography
Arnau Monterde is an academic who holds a PhD in Information and Knowledge Society from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Since 2018, he has served as the Director of Democratic Innovation at the Barcelona City Council, where he oversees projects such as the Decidim project, being one of the co-founders. Additionally, he is responsible for Canodrom, the Center of Digital and Democratic Innovation in Barcelona, which is a public laboratory for innovation and research that focuses on the intersection between technology, democracy, and society. Previously, he coordinated the tecnopolitica.net project at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3-UOC). He is actively involved in several programs and projects related to digital rights, technological sovereignty, open-source software, and the democratisation of network society.
Speaker session
Spotlight on projects nominated for OSOR Awards
During this session, the finalists of the EU Public Services Open Source Achievement Awards and the winner of the popular vote will present their top projects on stage, telling their story from inception to success, and then discuss lessons learned, challenges they had to overcome as well as tips for others who would like to choose openness for their digital initiatives in the public sector.
Sachiko Muto
OFE Chair
Biography
Sachiko Muto is the Chair of OpenForum Europe and a senior researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. She originally joined OFE in 2007 and served for several years as Director with responsibility for government relations and then CEO. Prior to OFE, Sachiko worked for several years in public affairs. With degrees in Political Science from the University of Toronto and the LSE, she has been a guest researcher at UC Berkeley and is currently continuing her research at TU Delft on the social and political implications of technological change.
Organisation
OpenForum Europe
Speaker session
Spotlight on projects nominated for OSOR Awards
During this session, the finalists of the EU Public Services Open Source Achievement Awards and the winner of the popular vote will present their top projects on stage, telling their story from inception to success, and then discuss lessons learned, challenges they had to overcome as well as tips for others who would like to choose openness for their digital initiatives in the public sector.
Francisco Peñarrubia
Senior Software Engineer and Innovation Agent
Valencia
Biography
Speaker session
Spotlight on projects nominated for OSOR Awards
During this session, the finalists of the EU Public Services Open Source Achievement Awards and the winner of the popular vote will present their top projects on stage, telling their story from inception to success, and then discuss lessons learned, challenges they had to overcome as well as tips for others who would like to choose openness for their digital initiatives in the public sector.