Peter Gábor
Budapest City Municipality, Hungary
Head of green infrastructure team
Biography
Speaker session
Opening session
Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel
High-level panel on upcoming challenges
Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel
Panel discussion on the technological, societal and policy implications of the current and upcoming developments in AI and interoperability through the lens of upcoming policy acts.
Moderated by Margarida Ribeiro, Head of Sector - Digital strategy and transformation, DG DIGIT, European Commission
Veronica Gaffey
Directorate General for Informatics, European Commission
Director-General
Biography
The European Commission nominated Veronica Gaffey Director-General for Informatics (DG DIGIT) from 1st March 2022. This is the Commission department, which delivers high-performing digital services to support the Commission’s internal administration. It also provides services to other EU institutions and agencies, and to public authorities in the Member States to enhance their interoperability. From 2019 to 2022 Veronica was Chair of the independent Regulatory Scrutiny Board. This Board, which is independent of the Commission services and has no policy-making responsibilities, examines the evidence base of all impact assessments for new policy proposals and most evaluations. Veronica was Director of the Paymaster’s Office of the Commission from 2016 to 2019 and before that was Director of Resources in the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in July 2015. Veronica Gaffey worked in the area of evaluation for 23 years of her career. She was Head of Evaluation in the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission from 2007 to 2015. She joined the Evaluation Unit in 2000 from the ESF Evaluation Unit based in the Ministry for Enterprise and Employment in Dublin, Ireland. There she managed the unit from its inception in 1992. Before that, she worked in the Ministry for Labour from 1986. Her academic background is the study of English literature.
Organisation
Directorate General for Informatics, European Commission
EU institution
Speaker session
Opening session
Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel
High-level panel on upcoming challenges
Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel
Panel discussion on the technological, societal and policy implications of the current and upcoming developments in AI and interoperability through the lens of upcoming policy acts.
Moderated by Margarida Ribeiro, Head of Sector - Digital strategy and transformation, DG DIGIT, European Commission
Antonio García
Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Spain
Deputy Subdirector Data Strategy - Oficina Digital
Biography
Speaker session
Opening session
Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel
High-level panel on upcoming challenges
Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel
Panel discussion on the technological, societal and policy implications of the current and upcoming developments in AI and interoperability through the lens of upcoming policy acts.
Moderated by Margarida Ribeiro, Head of Sector - Digital strategy and transformation, DG DIGIT, European Commission