Saskia
Van Uffelen
Saskia Van Uffelen
Belgian Digital Skills Lead - Manager Digital
Brussels | Belgium
Biography
Saskia Van Uffelen has been working in the sector of information and communication technology (ICT) for over 25 years. She has held national and international sales and marketing functions in leading companies such as Xerox, Compaq, HP, Arinso, Bull, Ericsson and the French ICT group Inetum.
Since 2012, the federal government appointed Saskia Van Uffelen as 'Digital Skills Leader' for Belgium representing the European Commission. Saskia leads the National Coalition for Digital Skills & Jobs for Belgium. In this role she focus to skill/re-skill all talents to maximize the activation of everybody in the changing employment market going forward (DigiSkills Belgium).
For Agoria (Federation representing the technology companies in Belgium) she leads Digital team managing all the members of the technology, Digital and Telecom sector.
Besides she is also actively promoting BeTheChange program leading to a talent transition in a sustainable world.
Speaker session
Workshop for early-career researchers - part 1
STUDIO 213+215
In this workshop, we will explore the forefront of digital government and interoperability research at our workshop dedicated to early-career researchers. Co-organized by the Belgian Presidency, Digital Flanders, the Joint Research Centre (JRC)’s FreshMind initiative, and the Interoperable Europe Academy, this workshop offers a platform for PhD candidates and early post-docs to showcase their research, receive valuable feedback, and engage in discussions with leading experts and peers.
Participants will explore topics such as cross-border interoperability, digital governance, data-driven policymaking, and emerging technologies in the public sector.
The event includes expert panel discussions, and interactive sessions aimed at advancing interoperable public services and digital-ready administrations.
Moderators:
- Reinhard Laroy, Digital Vlaanderen
- Alina Maria BREBENEL, Programme Manager, Interoperability and Digital Government, DIGIT, EC
- JRC
- Paula Rodriguez Mueller - Scientific project officer, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
- Sven Schade - Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
Workshop for early-career researchers - part 2
STUDIO 213+215
In this workshop, we will explore the forefront of digital government and interoperability research at our workshop dedicated to early-career researchers. Co-organized by the Belgian Presidency, Digital Flanders, the Joint Research Centre (JRC)’s FreshMind initiative, and the Interoperable Europe Academy, this workshop offers a platform for PhD candidates and early post-docs to showcase their research, receive valuable feedback, and engage in discussions with leading experts and peers.
Participants will explore topics such as cross-border interoperability, digital governance, data-driven policymaking, and emerging technologies in the public sector.
The event includes expert panel discussions, and interactive sessions aimed at advancing interoperable public services and digital-ready administrations.
Moderators:
- Reinhard Laroy, Digital Vlaanderen
- Alina Maria BREBENEL, Programme Manager, Interoperability and Digital Government, DIGIT, EC
- JRC
- Paula Rodriguez Mueller - Scientific project officer, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
- Sven Schade - Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
Yves Vanderbeken
PhD Candidate
Stekene | Belgium
Biography
Professionally active in government digital transformations. PhD Candidate in business platform models and self-directed services. Following the rise of commercial business platform models (BPMo), governments are also starting to deploy them for certain citizen services, such as employment, education, social services, (health) care, etc. Governments mostly operate in a model where citizens must request each service and wait for approval before enjoying benefits like money or assistance. With the platform model emerging and governments looking to adopt it, this established way of working is challenged. Today's digital citizens demand personalized and proactive services with immediate ratification from governments, much like commercial platforms already provide today. In other words, citizens' expectations are changing. My research involves designing a governance framework to become a platform organization. This means implementing new technologies while simultaneously introducing a different way of serving digital citizens, using industry partners to deliver the actual services.
Speaker session
Workshop for early-career researchers - part 1
STUDIO 213+215
In this workshop, we will explore the forefront of digital government and interoperability research at our workshop dedicated to early-career researchers. Co-organized by the Belgian Presidency, Digital Flanders, the Joint Research Centre (JRC)’s FreshMind initiative, and the Interoperable Europe Academy, this workshop offers a platform for PhD candidates and early post-docs to showcase their research, receive valuable feedback, and engage in discussions with leading experts and peers.
Participants will explore topics such as cross-border interoperability, digital governance, data-driven policymaking, and emerging technologies in the public sector.
The event includes expert panel discussions, and interactive sessions aimed at advancing interoperable public services and digital-ready administrations.
Moderators:
- Reinhard Laroy, Digital Vlaanderen
- Alina Maria BREBENEL, Programme Manager, Interoperability and Digital Government, DIGIT, EC
- JRC
- Paula Rodriguez Mueller - Scientific project officer, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
- Sven Schade - Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
Workshop for early-career researchers - part 2
STUDIO 213+215
In this workshop, we will explore the forefront of digital government and interoperability research at our workshop dedicated to early-career researchers. Co-organized by the Belgian Presidency, Digital Flanders, the Joint Research Centre (JRC)’s FreshMind initiative, and the Interoperable Europe Academy, this workshop offers a platform for PhD candidates and early post-docs to showcase their research, receive valuable feedback, and engage in discussions with leading experts and peers.
Participants will explore topics such as cross-border interoperability, digital governance, data-driven policymaking, and emerging technologies in the public sector.
The event includes expert panel discussions, and interactive sessions aimed at advancing interoperable public services and digital-ready administrations.
Moderators:
- Reinhard Laroy, Digital Vlaanderen
- Alina Maria BREBENEL, Programme Manager, Interoperability and Digital Government, DIGIT, EC
- JRC
- Paula Rodriguez Mueller - Scientific project officer, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
- Sven Schade - Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
Jorge Velasco
Deputy Assistant Director
Madrid | Spain
Biography
After completing my degree in Business Administration and working for a while in consulting, I became interested in this world and began to prepare myself through various studies, such as a Master's Degree in Applied Statistics and Data Mining and finally I took the competitive exams for Senior State Statisticians, my first and only destination to date being the National Institute of Statistics, where I have performed various tasks related to the management and handling of data. After a while I started a research phase in the field of Data Science, a discipline that was gaining increasing recognition, studying for a PhD in Data Science. During my PhD years, I have been involved in research projects related to the world of official statistics and Data Science, tackling complex challenges in data analysis, machine learning and data visualisation.
Speaker session
Workshop for early-career researchers - part 1
STUDIO 213+215
In this workshop, we will explore the forefront of digital government and interoperability research at our workshop dedicated to early-career researchers. Co-organized by the Belgian Presidency, Digital Flanders, the Joint Research Centre (JRC)’s FreshMind initiative, and the Interoperable Europe Academy, this workshop offers a platform for PhD candidates and early post-docs to showcase their research, receive valuable feedback, and engage in discussions with leading experts and peers.
Participants will explore topics such as cross-border interoperability, digital governance, data-driven policymaking, and emerging technologies in the public sector.
The event includes expert panel discussions, and interactive sessions aimed at advancing interoperable public services and digital-ready administrations.
Moderators:
- Reinhard Laroy, Digital Vlaanderen
- Alina Maria BREBENEL, Programme Manager, Interoperability and Digital Government, DIGIT, EC
- JRC
- Paula Rodriguez Mueller - Scientific project officer, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
- Sven Schade - Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
Workshop for early-career researchers - part 2
STUDIO 213+215
In this workshop, we will explore the forefront of digital government and interoperability research at our workshop dedicated to early-career researchers. Co-organized by the Belgian Presidency, Digital Flanders, the Joint Research Centre (JRC)’s FreshMind initiative, and the Interoperable Europe Academy, this workshop offers a platform for PhD candidates and early post-docs to showcase their research, receive valuable feedback, and engage in discussions with leading experts and peers.
Participants will explore topics such as cross-border interoperability, digital governance, data-driven policymaking, and emerging technologies in the public sector.
The event includes expert panel discussions, and interactive sessions aimed at advancing interoperable public services and digital-ready administrations.
Moderators:
- Reinhard Laroy, Digital Vlaanderen
- Alina Maria BREBENEL, Programme Manager, Interoperability and Digital Government, DIGIT, EC
- JRC
- Paula Rodriguez Mueller - Scientific project officer, Digital economy JRC, European Commission
- Sven Schade - Scientific project leader, Digital economy, Digital economy JRC, European Commission