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.

David Blanchard is currently Deputy Head of the unit in charge of the Single Digital Gateway in the Directorate-General for Industry, Single Market, Entrepreneurship and SME (DG GROW), European Commission. Prior to this, he worked in several other Commission units. A French national, Mr Blanchard has a background in academia, holding a PhD in EU law.

Raised in Venice, Eleonora is passionate about addressing governance challenges related to technology and the digital transformation of government. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Warwick, a Master's in International Public Management and Policy from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a Master's in Public Policy and Digital Technologies from Sciences Po. Her research focuses on digital government and the intersections of digitalization challenges with society and the public sector. Eleonora has worked as a Research Associate at the Hertie School of Governance and as an Advocacy and Policy Officer for an Italian civil society organization advocating for digital rights. In this role, she helped establish an Observatory for the use of AI in the public sector. She is currently a Blue Book Trainee for the Directorate-General for Digital Services at the European Commission, in the Unit focusing on Interoperability and Digital Government.