European policy developments around the Green Deal data space

Jordi Escriu (European Comission)

Vita

MSc. in GIS. Geodesy and Cartography Engineer and Surveying Engineer.

Working as Scientific Project Officer in the Digital Economy Unit, at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra (Italy), since August 2021. Participating in the activities for the modernisation of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure for Europe (INSPIRE), the research and implementation activities for its evolution into a digital data ecosystem, the Green Deal Data Space.

Background:

• Collaborating as INSPIRE Expert and Facilitator from 2008.

• Past member of the EuroGeographics Quality and INSPIRE KENs.

• Experience of more than 17 years in the Regional Mapping Agency of Catalonia (Spain) – ICGC (2003-2021). Technical Manager of the Regional SDI of Catalonia (Spain) - IDEC (2016-2021).

• European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) – Digital Economy Unit (B6) - INSPIRE Team (2021-Today).

European strategies for biodiversity protection

Dr. Néstor Fernández (idiv)

Technical concepts, options and challenges to achieve Green Deal

Dr. Ingo Simonis (OGC)

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Dr. Ingo Simonis, Chief Technology Innovation Officer, leads the the development and execution of the OGC-wide technology and innovation strategy that will achieve objectives in the short, medium and long-term while enabling sustainable growth of OGC’s impact in society and markets. As OGC’s CTIO, Ingo is responsible for driving innovation through R&D and leveraging emerging technologies to bring the newest innovations to the organization, its members, and clients globally. Dr. Ingo Simonis is the head of the OGC Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program and responsible for planning, managing and execution of OGC’s R&D initiatives. With his outstanding background in enterprise system design and developmenet of standards-based software architectures for large scale distributed systems, he supports member organizations in their adoption process of state-of-the-art open, distributed, standards-based enterprise architectures.

Geospatially enabled ecosystem for Europe (GEOE3)

Dr. Antti Jakobsson (National Land Survey)

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Dr. Antti Jakobsson works as a chief engineer at the National Land Survey of Finland. He has a long experience in development of SDIs and data quality. Currently he is leading the GeoE3 project.

Data spaces for a joint development of climate-adapted cities

Dr. Ingo Simonis (OGC)

Vita

Dr. Ingo Simonis, Chief Technology Innovation Officer, leads the the development and execution of the OGC-wide technology and innovation strategy that will achieve objectives in the short, medium and long-term while enabling sustainable growth of OGC’s impact in society and markets. As OGC’s CTIO, Ingo is responsible for driving innovation through R&D and leveraging emerging technologies to bring the newest innovations to the organization, its members, and clients globally. Dr. Ingo Simonis is the head of the OGC Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program and responsible for planning, managing and execution of OGC’s R&D initiatives. With his outstanding background in enterprise system design and developmenet of standards-based software architectures for large scale distributed systems, he supports member organizations in their adoption process of state-of-the-art open, distributed, standards-based enterprise architectures.

Big Data, Digital Twins and Artificial Intelligence in Energy Generation - A Contribution to Sustainable Urban Development?"

Matthias Zeller (METROSCOPE)

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Matthias Zeller hat Politische Wissenschaften und Verwaltungswissenschaften an der Universität Potsdam und an der Hertie School of Governance in Berlin studiert und war bis 2017 als Büroleiter und Referent im Deutschen Bundestag tätig. Nach seinem Wechsel in die Privatwirtschaft verantwortete er zunächst die Geschäftsentwicklung für verschiedene Start-ups im Softwarebereich und Energiesektor, während er seit 2022 für das französische Unternehmen Metroscope als Senior Business Developer tätig ist. Dort leitet er für das Tochterunternehmen der EDF Group die Markterschließung in Europa und Afrika. Metroscope bietet digitale Lösungen für die Diagnostik von Kraftwerken und Industrieanlagen an und setzt dabei auf die Analyse von Big Data mittels digitaler Zwillinge und künstlicher Intelligenz.“

Keynote: Large language models, data and knowledge: a virtuous circle

Prof. Dr. Felix Sasaki (SAP SE)

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From 1993 until 1999, Felix studied Japanese and Linguistics in Berlin, Nagoya (Japan) and Tokyo. He then finished his PhD about XML and RDF based linguist modeling at the University of Bielefeld (Germany). His major workplaces include the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the DFKI (German research center for artificial intelligence), the educational publisher Cornelsen and the Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences. In October 2021, he joined SAP to work on in the realm of AI knowledge graphs and semantic technologies.

Shaping the future with artificial intelligence? On the role of AI in resilience and sustainability.

Dr. Christian Zinke-Wehlmann (Institute for Applied Informatics)

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Dr. Christian Zinke-Wehlmann is a sociologist with a doctorate in Computer Science. He serves as the Director of the KMI Competence Center (Artificial, Human, Intelligent). His work and research reside at the fascinating intersections of digital technology, education, work, and services. Employing his multi-disciplinary expertise, he investigates complex sociotechnical problems that occur within these realms. His work aims not only to understand these intersections but also to develop innovative solutions that harness the power of digital technology to enhance education, optimize work processes, and improve service delivery in our increasingly interconnected world. Accordingly, his commitment is geared towards creating intelligent, human-centered solutions powered by artificial intelligence and other emerging digital technologies.

Organizational mindshift for sustainable AI. For an integrated sustainability perspective across the entire ML lifecycle.

Dr. Anne Mollen (AW AlgorithmWatch gGmbH)

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Dr. Anne Mollen is a Senior Research Associate at AlgorithmWatch. There she leads the project “SustAIn: The Sustainability Index for Artificial Intelligence”. In addition to the sustainability of AI, she is dedicated to the topics of automation and public opinion formation as well as the use of automated decision-making systems in the workplace. She also conducts research on sustainability and digitalization at the University of Münster.