Since April 2022, Pedro Tavares is the Portuguese Secretary of State for Justice.

Previously, he worked as General Coordinator at eBUPi - Simplified Land Digital Registry Mission Unit, the Portuguese public agency responsible for the expansion of a new cadaster and registry initiative, using a digital approach (Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Environment). BUPi won several projects, namely Cities and Territories of the Future by APDC; Best Digital Transformation APDSI; Apolitical Global Public Service Team of the Year - Runner-Up; and OECD innovation best practice mention.

From 2015 to 2020, he was a Senior Advisor at the cabinets of the Minister of Justice and of the Secretary of State for Justice, where he managed different innovation and transformative projects and policies, including a Justice Innovation Lab, transparency and participation projects, or new digital Citizen-centric services. He acted as the Ministry’s contact point for the OECD report on Justice Innovation in Portugal and for several international projects with the European Commission.

In the public sector, Pedro worked on innovation projects such as the new concept for the citizens’ one-stop shops (Lojas de Cidadão), or the Citizens’ Portal. He has had different positions focused on digital transformation and innovation, including roles managing digital services, communication, transparency and participation initiatives. Pedro also worked in the private sector as marketing & innovation director at different IT companies, including Vision-Box, PHC Software and Inetum. Moreover, he was a digital marketing & communications trainer at INA and Lisbon Digital School, and a guest lecturer at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Instituto Politécnico de Santarém.

Pedro holds a master’s degree in Digital by Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a post-graduation in Business Administration by ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, a BA in Communication Studies by Universidade Nova de Lisboa and an advanced course in Digital Innovation by The University of Chicago.

Carlos Torrecilla Salinas is the Head of the “Digital Economy” Unit of the Joint Research Centre. Carlos holds two Master Degrees (in Physics and Electronic Engineering) from the University of Granada and a PhD in Software Engineering from the University of Sevilla. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of digital technologies, in particular in the public sector, and more than 9 years in the European Commission, where he has been Head of Sector, deputy Head of Unit and Head of Unit in several Directorates-General.

The Spanish Chief Information Officer, as Secretary General of Digital Administration, leads the digitalization of Public Administrations in Spain in collaboration with the other ministerial departments and public administrations. Since 1997, he has been part of the Higher Body of Information Technology Systems of the General State Administration and held several positions in the Directorate-General of Telecommunications and Information Technologies. He was also the President of Correos Telecom, subsidiary public company of the Spanish Post Office. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, a Master in Public Management and degrees on Informatics and Biology Science.