Claudio Baldassarre is a seasoned creative technologist in Semantic Technologies development and application. Started is career with academic research in the field of Semantic Web and soon after moved to work as international consultant for various agencies of the United Nations looking to harmonize global statistical records with definition of Thesauri, Ontologies and Linked Data Networks. He dedicated his effort to solve the problem of sustainable and cost-effectiveness maintenance of large linked data assets lifecycle within the collaboration with the United Nations as well as with the Italian National Council of Research. Active in the Pharmaceutical R&D proving the value of working with consolidated scientific knowledge base to significantly reduce the time to identify novel drug targets. Currently active with the DIGIT DG and SEMIC initiative overseeing the activities to promote and adopt solutions that makes cross-boarder interoperability an even more tangible and executable reality.

Cláudia Gonçalves Barroso works in the field of digital transformation of the public sector for over a decade. She is currently Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) of Portugal and previously led the International Affairs Unit of the agency for 7 years. During these, she worked daily with the EU, OECD, Digital Nations, Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), International Financial Institutions (IFIs), among other international organizations, to promote innovation and cooperation on areas such as digital strategy, digital identity, interoperability, AI, open data, UX, cocreation and other digital government-related areas. Cláudia started her career in the ICT private sector, collaborating directly or providing communication and marketing consulting services to companies such as IBM, SAS, market analyst IDC, and other IT Portuguese multinational players. She has also worked as appointed Portuguese Advisor to the World Bank Group, the European Investment Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Cláudia Barroso holds a Master in Strategic Communication (Nova University of Lisbon), focused on digital government and the impact of the Internet and social media as communication tools to citizens.