Claudio is a semantic architect with over a decade of experience in Semantic Technologies. He funded Metagalaxy OÜ to focus on optimizing knowledge organization and enabling data-driven decision-making. As an expert for the European Commission, he leads projects on semantic interoperability and data sovereignty. Claudio has contributed to the African Development Bank's business classification scheme and the FAO's linked data initiatives for the FAO global statistics. His work spans diverse domains such as e-government, life sciences, and environmental preservation, focusing on data integration, interoperability, and advanced search capabilities. He has also driven innovation in knowledge graph management and semantic data models while working with organizations like the International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations.

Dr. Mélodie Bernaux, MD, MPH, MSc, is a medical doctor specialized in public health and serves as a Policy Officer and Seconded National Expert in the Digital Health Unit of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (SANTE C1) at the European Commission

In her current role, she is involved in negotiating the European Health Data Space regulation and overseeing the implementation of secondary use of health data including the EHDS2 pilot project, TEHDAS2 joint action and development of central services.

Before joining the European Commission, she was responsible for the European health data space regulation and European ethical principles for digital health in the Digital health delegation of the French ministry of Health.

Previously, she served as medical officer for human reproduction, embryology and genetics at the Directorate General for Health of the French ministry of health, where she led the 2021 revision and application of the French bioethics laws for all aspects related to medically assisted reproduction, genetics, the implementation of artificial intelligence in healthcare and medical care of intersex children. She was also an active member of the Council of Europe's Bioethics Committee, where she chaired the working groups on intersex children and public dialogue on genomic medicine.

She joined the French ministry of health from Greater Paris University Hospitals where she was responsible for a number of strategic projects involving the secondary use of health data, including the COVID data task force.