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.
09:30- 09:35
Welcome Remarks
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.
Irena Bednarich
Vice President, International Government Relations, EMEA and APJ, HPE
09:35 – 10:20
Keynote Speeches: How will the European Recovery and Resilience Plans support the digitisation of Public Sector in Europe?
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
Gilles Thiebaut
SVP and Managing Director, Northern Western Europe, HPE
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.
Boštjan Koritnik
Minister of Public Administration, Republic of Slovenia
10:20 – 11:35
Panel 1: National centralisation vs European decentralisation: what architecture for public administration data spaces
The first panel will discuss if and how the creation of national clouds is compatible with the European approach of a decentralised cloud federation inspired by Gaia-X. It will focus on the future creation of Common European Data Spaces for Public Administration and how they can build the necessary trusted environments. It will analyse new data analytics models, such as Swarm Learning, which can overcome frequent challenges faced when building data spaces, e.g., connectivity and security.
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.
Moderated by: Irena Bednarich
Vice President, International Government Relations, EMEA and APJ, HPE
Francesco Bonfiglio, CEO, GAIA-X Bio coming soon
Francesco Bonfiglio
CEO, GAIA-X
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
Rui Ribeiro
General Manager, IP Telecom
11:35- 12:50
Panel 2: National clouds: towards a public sector data sovereignty?
This second panel will discuss centralized versus decentralized cloud models for cloud services of the Public Sector in Europe. What lessons can be drawn from partnerships between cloud hyper scalers and national telecom operators and/or systems integrators (SIs) seeking to deliver national clouds for public administrations on the one side, and models looking at access to the public sector market by small and medium European cloud service providers? What policies can best support the creation of a European cloud economy fostering the transformation of the European public sector?
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.
Moderated by: Irena Bednarich
Vice President, International Government Relations, EMEA and APJ, HPE
Pearse O’Donohue, Director, Directorate E “Future Networks”, DG CNECT Pearse O’Donohue
Director, Directorate E “Future Networks”, DG CNECT, European Commission
Nicolas Leroy-Fleuriot Chief Executive Officer, Cheops Technology Bio coming soon
Nicolas Leroy-Fleuriot
Chief Executive Officer, Cheops Technology
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.
Xavier Poisson Vice President, Service Providers and Cloud28+ Worldwide, HPE
12:50 – 13:00
Closing Remarks
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.
Irena Bednarich
Vice President, International Government Relations, EMEA and APJ, HPE
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.
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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