Speakers

We are thrilled to announce that the big part of the MyData 2023 conference programme is now launched.

Meet our speakers – the brightest minds in the area of personal data sharing, champions, pioneers, true innovators and people who make IT happen!

*Speaker bios are published as they are confirmed.

Invited speakers

Alexander Galt
Digital Ethics Leader, Inter IKEA Group
Andrew Strait
Associate Director, Ada Lovelace Institute
Boris Otto
Institute Director, Fraunhofer ISST
Damian Collins
MP for Folkestone & Hythe, House of Commons
Esther Huyer
Director, Capgemini Invent
Francesco Bonfiglio
CEO, Gaia-x European Association for Data and Cloud aisbl
Gavin Freeguard
Policy associate, Connected by Data
Gayan Peiris
Head of Data and Technology, Chief Digital Office / UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Henry Ajder
Generative AI Expert & Tech Broadcaster, Independent
John Bruce
CEO & Co-founder, Inrupt
Katherine Townsend
Executive Director, Open Data Collaboratives
Louise Helliksen
CEO, EYD
Maria Rautavirta
Director, Data Business Unit, Ministry of Transport and Communications
Martin Hullin
Deputy Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative
Martin Pompéry
Chairman, SINE Foundation
Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
Member of the European Parliament
Payal Arora
Professor and Author, Erasmus University
Peter Vesterbacka
Founder, Finest Future
Ruben Verborgh
Head of Data Interoperability, Inrupt
Suzan Hourieh Lindberg
CEO, Perspetivo
Teemu Roos
Professor, University of Helsinki
Ulrich Ahle
CEO, FIWARE Foundation
Yuriko Oda
CEO, WheeLog!

Guest speakers

Alan Mitchell
Chairman, Mydex Community Interest Company
Ame Elliott
Senior Fellow, Superbloom
Amrita Nanda
Manager, Aapti Institute
Andre Boorsma
Researcher-Digital Health, TNO
Andre Kudra
CIO, esatus AG
Anni Leppänen
Lead service designer, City of Helsinki
Antti ‘Jogi’ Poikola
Leading expert in data architectures, Sitra
Antti Kettunen
Digital Identity Consultant, Tietoevry
Anu Passi-Rauste
CMO, Headai Ltd.
Arno Otto
Board Member, Nederlandse Datakluis (Dutch Data Vault Foundation)
Ave Ungro
Development Manager of Skills System, Estonian Qualifications Authority
Bert Peeters
Researcher, KU Leuven – CiTiP – imec
Björn De Vidts
Acting CEO, athumi – Data Utility Company
Calum Inverarity
Senior Researcher, The Open Data Institute
Chris Lee
Team Lead, Solideo Systems
Christopher Wilson
Executive Director, MyData Global
Chuy Chavez
Engineering Manager, Google – Data Liberation Front
Crt Ahlin
COO, Datafund
Dixon Siu
Personium Chief Evangelist, Fujitsu Limited
Elfi Goesaert
R&D researcher, VITO
Ferdinand Burgersdijk
CEO, fairsfair.org
Fredrik Lindén
Coordinator MyData Sweden, MyData Sweden Hub
Gabriella Laatikainen
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Jyväskylä and MyData Global
Gaby Pereira
Agoog / Master Educational Sciences, Heder
Gefion Thuermer
Research Fellow, King’s College London
Gerard van der Hoeven
Executive Director, iSHARE Foundation
Gülşen Güler
Group Leader, MyData Literacy
Harri Honko
Customer Lead, Vastuu Group Ltd
Harri Ketamo
CEO, Headai
Henna Suomi
COO, IOXIO
Henrik Biering
CEO, Peercraft
Iain Henderson
Architect, Personal Data Solutions, JLINC Labs
Ilona Ylinampa
Deputy Managing Director, Fujitsu
Jaak Geens
Director, Geens.com NPO
Jaana Sinipuro
Senior Advisor, DataSpace Europe
Jack Hardinges
Head of Programmes, The Open Data Institute
Jack Henderson
Researcher, RadicalxChange Foundation
James Schoening
Retired Computer Engineer, US Department of Defense
Jan De Bruyne
Research expert, KU Leuven CiTiP and Assistant professor, eLaw Leiden
Jan Lindquist
SIS Standard Developer, Swedish Institute for Standards / Linaltec
Jean F. Queralt
Founder & CEO of the IO Foundation
Joana Magalhães
Senior Researcher, Science for Change
Joe Massey
Senior Researcher, The Open Data Institute
Johanna Walker
Research Associate, King’s College London
Johannes Anttila
Senior Policy Expert, Demos Helsinki
Johannes Mikkonen
Senior Policy Expert, Digital Governance, Demos Helsinki
John Flatley
Product Manager, Google
Jose Martinez-Usero
Senior Project Manager, DIGITALEUROPE
Jukka Vahti
Project Director, Sitra
Jukka Yliuntinen
Global Head of Digital Solutions, Giesecke+Devrient
Julia Palma
Innovation Manager, CeADAR
Kaarin Laaneots
Service Designer, City of Helsinki
Kai Kuikkaniemi
Senior Advisor, MyData Global
Kaisa Rissanen
Head of Legal and Operations, SomeBuddy
Katja Metsola
Vice President, Public Sector & Health, Futurice Oy
Kim Struyf
Director Early Development, Heder
Koen de Jong
Advisor – Digitital Identities & PDM at InnoValor Advies
Lars Erik Myhre
Senior adviser, Norwegian Digitalisation Agency (Digdir)
Lars Nagel
CEO, IDSA
Laura Kolinen
Senior Specialist, Ministry of Finance (Finland)
Leona King
Legal Researcher, CiTiP, KU Leuven, imec
Liisa Ketolainen
Gender Equality Specialist, HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management Ltd
Linda Oosterheert
Consultant, TNO
Lisa Talia Moretti
Digital Sociologist, AND Digital
Liza Paudel
Program Associate, Omidyar Network
Lucas Sanjuán Viñas
Resp Competitive intelligence in Health, ITI
Marcelle NGOUNOU
Cameroon Hub Contact Person, MyData Cameroon Hub
Marcello Grita
Personal Data Infrastructure Leader, Swedish Public Employment Service | Jobtech
Marie-José Hoefmans
Chief Essential Officer, Schluss
Marine Dechamp-Guillaume
Chief Project Manager, OKP4
Markku Mehtälä
Founder & CEO, Superhood
Marko Kauppinen
CEO & Founder, Health4Travel.com
Marta Pont
Senior Manager, Capgemini Invent
Martijn van Dam
Board Member, Nederlandse Datakluis (Dutch Data Vault Foundation)
Matt Prewitt
President, RadicalxChange Foundation
Mattias Ripoll
CEO, SynData AB
Michael Mulquin
MIMs Ambassador, Open & Agile Smart Cities
Michiel de Jong
Contributor, The Solid Project | Director, Ponder Source
Mika Huhtamäki
Executive Vice President, Vastuu Group
Mika Leivo
Chief Data Architect, Helsinki
Mikael Rinnetmäki
Founder, Sensotrend Oy
Mikko Sierla
International Affairs, Vastuu Group
Nils Lölfing
Lawyer (Counsel at Bird & Bird LLP)
Paul Theyskens
Digital Transformation, MyData Global
Paul-Olivier Dehaye
CEO, Hestia.ai
Paula Bello
Vice Chair, MyData Global
Pernille Tranberg
Adviser, DataEthics.eu
Peter Eikelboom
Business Developer – Yivi, SIDN
Petri Tuomela
Network Lead, Vastuu Group
Philippe Labrecque
Independent Researcher
Pirkka Frosti
Founder and CEO, IOXIO
R Sterling Snead
Chief Executive Officer, The Self Research Institute
Raf Buyle
Innovation Lead, athumi (Data Utility Company)
Riikka Lindroos-Järvitalo
Development Manager, Kela
Riitta Partala
Director, Digital Identity, Digital and Population Data Services Agency
Robert Mao
Founder & CEO, ArcBlock, Inc.
Samuel Gómez
CTO, Gataca
Sarah de Haas
Product Manager, Google Research
Sarah Nys
Marketing & communications for mIKs-it, Heder
Sarah Smits
Business Unit Lead Health, athumi

Sarven Capadisli
Chair/Editor, W3C Solid Community Group
Sebastian Steinbuss
CTO, International Data Spaces Association – IDSA
Sille Sepp
Director of operations, MyData Global
Simon Manby
Senior Product Manager, Ministry of Justice Digital UK
Sophia Worth
Researcher, The Open Data Institute
Sophie Meszaros
Project Manager, OASC
Steffen Schwalm
Senior Manager Digital Identity & Trust, msg
Stijn Debie
PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistent, KU Leuven
Tadej Fius
CTO, Datafund
Teemu Ropponen
CEO, MyData Events and Services
Tiina Härkönen
Leading Specialist, Sitra
Tobias Bräutigam
Partner, Bird & Bird and Docent, Helsinki University
Ulla Kruhse-Lehtonen
CEO, Co-founder, DAIN Studios
Valto Loikkanen
CXO, Prifina
Veera Heinonen
Director, Sitra
Velislava (Veli) Hillman
Founder, Education Data | Digital Safeguards {EDDS}
Viivi Lähteenoja
Chair of the board, MyData Global
Ville Herva
CEO, Bolt.Works Oy
Vinay Narayan
Manager, Aapti Institute
William Morland
Software Engineering Manager, Meta
Wouter Janssens
Co-Founder & CEO, use.id by Digita
Yo Ishiguro
Personium Chief Technical Engineer, Fujitsu Limited
Zaïda Rivai
Data Scientist, Danube Tech GmbH