The Covid-19 crisis has exposed shortcomings in the digital capacity of the European public sector, underlining the need to accelerate its technological transformation to enhance responsiveness to current needs and anticipate future challenges. Public sector modernisation was rightly identified as one of the flagships of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) that will help Europe emerge stronger and more resilient from the current crisis. However, for Europe’s public sector digital transformation to be impactful, it is paramount to create the right conditions, from an infrastructure and policy perspective.
Against this background, the 6th edition of the Public Sector Transformation conference will analyse cloud policies for the management of the Public Sector data recently issued by a number of European Member States. It will discuss the industrial policies for the Public Sector cloud in Europe analysing the ability of small and medium European Cloud Service providers to access these markets. It will also focus on the creation of data spaces for the Public Administration and how they can incentivize the generation of news services in Europe.
Irena Bednarich, Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa , HPE Irena Bednarich is the Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. In this role, she leads HPE’s government relations and public policy team in the region and supports key public sector pursuits across EMEA.
Irena has wide-ranging experience in representing the tech sector at the European level; she currently holds several industry leadership roles including serving in her second term on the Board of DIGITALEUROPE, the EU-wide representation body for the digital and technology sectors.
After 14 years in Brussels, Irena has recently relocated to Dubai, UAE, to drive stronger alignment with the business in an important growth region. Irena is fluent in Italian, Slovenian, French, English and German and has working knowledge of Spanish.
Vice President, International Government Relations, EMEA and APJ, HPE
Most of the Member States’ Recovery and Resilience plans have now been greenlighted by the Commission and the Council. While a minimum of 20% of expenditure on investments and reforms contained in each national plan should support the digital transition, what role are cloud and connectivity playing in this regard? And how strongly are Member States committing to projects fostering the digital transformation of their public sector?
Gilles Thiebaut SVP and Managing Director, Northern Western Europe, HPE Bio to be updated soon
Jesús Torres Carbonell, Secretary General for Digital Administration, Ministry of Digital Affairs and Economic Transformation, Government of Spain Cargos:
• Secretario General de Administración Digital del Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital
• Consejero, vocal nato del Consejo de Administración de la Entidad Pública empresarial Red.es
Títulos académicos:
• Doctor en Informática por la Universidad de Granada
• Licenciado en Informática por la Universidad de Granada
• Licenciado en Ciencias Sección Biología por la Universidad de Granada
• Grado en Derecho. UNED
• Oposición al Cuerpo Superior de Sistemas y Tecnologías de la Información de la Administración del Estado en 1997
• Máster en Dirección Pública INAP
• Curso selectivo para el desarrollo de la función inspectora. INAP
Experiencia profesional
• Vocal Asesor en la SGAD y anteriormente en la Dirección General de Racionalización y Centralización de la Contratación del Ministerio de Hacienda.
• Presidente de Correos Telecom, S.A., filial de la Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, S.A.
• Director de Tecnología, Sistemas e Innovación de la Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos, S.A.
• SGTIC del Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda
Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, Member of Cabinet, Cabinet of Commissioner Hahn, European Commission Christiane Kirketerp de Viron joined the European Commission in 2006 and is now Member of Cabinet for the Commissioner for Budget and Administration, Johannes Hahn. Her responsibilities include the digital transformation of the Commission and cybersecurity. Prior to this, she was Member of Cabinet for the Commissioner for Research and Innovation. Christiane is a political scientist and trained as a journalist.
Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, Member of Cabinet, Cabinet of Commissioner Hahn, European Commission Mr Koritnik is Minister of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia.
In 2005, he obtained a university degree at the Faculty of Law of the University in Ljubljana. He has been employed at the Faculty of Law as a teaching assistant and secretary since 2015. He has also worked as a director of several publishing houses.
He participated in numerous studies, authored or co-authored legal opinions and other scholarly texts and lectured about blockchain technology and entrepreneurship in Slovenia and abroad.
In 2019, he received special recognition – the Lawyer of the Year title awarded by the Association of Slovenian Lawyers Societies.
Minister of Public Administration, Republic of Slovenia
Irena Bednarich, Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa , HPE Irena Bednarich is the Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. In this role, she leads HPE’s government relations and public policy team in the region and supports key public sector pursuits across EMEA.
Irena has wide-ranging experience in representing the tech sector at the European level; she currently holds several industry leadership roles including serving in her second term on the Board of DIGITALEUROPE, the EU-wide representation body for the digital and technology sectors.
After 14 years in Brussels, Irena has recently relocated to Dubai, UAE, to drive stronger alignment with the business in an important growth region. Irena is fluent in Italian, Slovenian, French, English and German and has working knowledge of Spanish.
Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO, GAIA-X Bio coming soon
Rui Ribeiro General Manager, IP Telecom General Manager of IP Telecom in Portugal. More than 23 years of professional experience, and previously he was Sales Director at Infraestruturas de Portugal S.A., Information Systems Director at EP – Estradas de Portugal S.A. and Professional Services Manager of Sybase Inc. in Portugal. At the Academy, he is University professor, executive director of LISS – Lusofona Information Systems School and his researches are focused on Digital Transformation. Holds an IT Engineering graduation, an MBA and a PhD in Corporate Management applied to Information Systems
Xavier Poisson Gouyou Beauchamps, Vice President, Service Providers and Cloud28+ Worldwide Hewlett Packard Enterprise Xavier Poisson advocates economic growth through community development and
innovation. In his role as Vice President for Service Providers and Cloud28+ Worldwide, he leads global expansion of an ecosystem that creates new opportunities for partners and customers alike to accelerate their business results.
With Cloud28+, he initiated and continues to drive the growth of a unique digital business platform, which unites Service Providers, ISVs, VARs, distributors, public sector organizations, and technology vendors to offer a cloud services catalogue and knowledge-sharing center for customers who require specific business and workload solutions.
For this work, Xavier was named “Cloud Leader of the Year” by Data Cloud Europe, citing his “contribution to making Cloud28+ a mature, global success where providers, users, governments and academics can meet virtually and collaborate.”
In addition to Cloud28+, Xavier leads the overall sales development and enablement of HPE’s global network of service providers that deliver the off-premises IT element of HPE’s “Everything-as-a-Service” strategy.
A long-time proponent of open communities, sustainable IT, data sovereignty, and European cloud initiatives, Xavier is an active contributor to the GAIA-X architecture, representing HPE in the community’s working groups. He also currently serves as a board member for EuroCloud France.
Prior to his present role at HPE, Xavier ran the company’s Hybrid IT and Cloud business groups in Europe, Middle East and Africa, for which he oversaw go-to-market strategy, sales, and marketing programs.
Steadfastly dedicated to helping young companies and professionals, Xavier mentors start-ups, as well as students from the ESCP Europe business school, from which he is a graduate.
Having spent his childhood in the Ivory Coast before later moving to France, Xavier particularly supports initiatives, such as Cloud28+ and GAIA-X, which drive cross-border, cross-region cooperation and development.
János Mohácsi, Chief International R&D Officer at Governmental Agency for IT Development (KIFÜ) János Mohácsi is Chief International R&D Officer at Governmental Agency for IT Development (KIFÜ). He is responsible for the coordination of domestic and European e-infrastructure developments within KIFÜ and Trust and Identity service development at KIFÜ. He has been the leader or participant in more than 20 EU and domestic projects since 1996 related to research and e-infrastructures, e-infrastructures, information and cloud systems, computer network developments and applications, and formal descriptions of network protocols and solutions. The most important projects are Sulinet +, GEANT, SEEREN, VI-SEEM and HBONE+, in the framework of which the European standard research network e-infrastructure has been built in Hungary. In these projects, he gained extensive knowledge in the field of development of research e-infrastructures in Hungary and Europe. He is a member of the Planning Committee of International Research Networks (GPPC), e-IRG, the Hungarian representative of Governance Board of the European Open Scientific Cooperation (EOSC) and the Vice-Chair of the Hungarian IPv6 Forum.
Chief International R&D Officer at Governmental Agency for IT Development (KIFÜ)
Irena Bednarich, Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa , HPE Irena Bednarich is the Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. In this role, she leads HPE’s government relations and public policy team in the region and supports key public sector pursuits across EMEA.
Irena has wide-ranging experience in representing the tech sector at the European level; she currently holds several industry leadership roles including serving in her second term on the Board of DIGITALEUROPE, the EU-wide representation body for the digital and technology sectors.
After 14 years in Brussels, Irena has recently relocated to Dubai, UAE, to drive stronger alignment with the business in an important growth region. Irena is fluent in Italian, Slovenian, French, English and German and has working knowledge of Spanish.
Pearse O’Donohue, Director, Directorate E “Future Networks”, DG CNECT 
Nicolas Leroy-Fleuriot Chief Executive Officer, Cheops Technology Bio coming soon
Alain Melon, CEO HPE France at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Alain is the Managing Director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise France and has been in his current role since 2019.
Graduate from Supelec (Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité), he started
his carrier at EDF (Electricité de France Company) as Technical
Consultant before joining HP in 1999 as Data Analyst.
Alain has covered different management positions within the company in the Services Division France (Support & Outsourcing Business units) and driven several large transformation projects.
In 2016, he was named Indirect Sales Leader overseeing the network of resellers, distributors, alliances, SMB segments and Service Providers for HPE France.
He was born in Talence, France. He is married, father of two boys and enjoys skiing and running
Irena Bednarich, Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa , HPE Irena Bednarich is the Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. In this role, she leads HPE’s government relations and public policy team in the region and supports key public sector pursuits across EMEA.
Irena has wide-ranging experience in representing the tech sector at the European level; she currently holds several industry leadership roles including serving in her second term on the Board of DIGITALEUROPE, the EU-wide representation body for the digital and technology sectors.
After 14 years in Brussels, Irena has recently relocated to Dubai, UAE, to drive stronger alignment with the business in an important growth region. Irena is fluent in Italian, Slovenian, French, English and German and has working knowledge of Spanish.
Gilles Theibaut, SVP and Managing Director, Northern-Western Europe, HPE Bio coming soon
Pearse O’Donohue, Director, Directorate E “Future Networks”, DG CNECT, European Commission Pearse O’Donohue is Director for the Future Networks Directorate of DG CONNECT, European Commission, dealing with policy development and research as regards 5G networks, IoT, cloud and data flows, service platforms and next generation Internet
Boštjan Koritnik, Minister of Public Administration, Republic of Slovenia Mr Koritnik is Minister of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia.
In 2005, he obtained a university degree at the Faculty of Law of the University in Ljubljana. He has been employed at the Faculty of Law as a teaching assistant and secretary since 2015. He has also worked as a director of several publishing houses.
He participated in numerous studies, authored or co-authored legal opinions and other scholarly texts and lectured about blockchain technology and entrepreneurship in Slovenia and abroad.
In 2019, he received special recognition – the Lawyer of the Year title awarded by the Association of Slovenian Lawyers Societies.
Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, Member of Cabinet, Cabinet of Commissioner Hahn, European Commission
Jesús Torres Carbonell Secretary General for Digital Administration, Ministry of Digital Affairs and Economic Transformation, Government of Spain Cargos:
Títulos académicos:
Experiencia profesional
Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO, GAIA-X Bio coming soon
Xavier Poisson Gouyou Beauchamps, Vice President, Service Providers and Cloud28+ Worldwide Hewlett Packard Enterprise Xavier Poisson advocates economic growth through community development and
innovation. In his role as Vice President for Service Providers and Cloud28+ Worldwide, he leads global expansion of an ecosystem that creates new opportunities for partners and customers alike to accelerate their business results.
With Cloud28+, he initiated and continues to drive the growth of a unique digital business platform, which unites Service Providers, ISVs, VARs, distributors, public sector organizations, and technology vendors to offer a cloud services catalogue and knowledge-sharing center for customers who require specific business and workload solutions.
For this work, Xavier was named “Cloud Leader of the Year” by Data Cloud Europe, citing his “contribution to making Cloud28+ a mature, global success where providers, users, governments and academics can meet virtually and collaborate.”
In addition to Cloud28+, Xavier leads the overall sales development and enablement of HPE’s global network of service providers that deliver the off-premises IT element of HPE’s “Everything-as-a-Service” strategy.
A long-time proponent of open communities, sustainable IT, data sovereignty, and European cloud initiatives, Xavier is an active contributor to the GAIA-X architecture, representing HPE in the community’s working groups. He also currently serves as a board member for EuroCloud France.
Prior to his present role at HPE, Xavier ran the company’s Hybrid IT and Cloud business groups in Europe, Middle East and Africa, for which he oversaw go-to-market strategy, sales, and marketing programs.
Steadfastly dedicated to helping young companies and professionals, Xavier mentors start-ups, as well as students from the ESCP Europe business school, from which he is a graduate.
Having spent his childhood in the Ivory Coast before later moving to France, Xavier particularly supports initiatives, such as Cloud28+ and GAIA-X, which drive cross-border, cross-region cooperation and development.
Rui Ribeiro, General Manager, IP Telecom General Manager of IP Telecom in Portugal. More than 23 years of professional experience, and previously he was Sales Director at Infraestruturas de Portugal S.A., Information Systems Director at EP – Estradas de Portugal S.A. and Professional Services Manager of Sybase Inc. in Portugal. At the Academy, he is University professor, executive director of LISS – Lusofona Information Systems School and his researches are focused on Digital Transformation. Holds an IT Engineering graduation, an MBA and a PhD in Corporate Management applied to Information Systems.
Nicolas Leroy-Fleuriot, Chief Executive Officer, Cheops Technology Bio coming soon
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