Leontina Sandu
European Commission
Head of Unit, Interoperability, DG DIGIT, European Commission
Biography
Leontina leads the Interoperability Unit at the European Commission, in charge of policy and solutions for digital government. She works towards creating an Interoperable Europe through policies and common platforms, in partnership with public administrations in Member States and an active community of experts in interoperability.
Leontina has more than 15 years of experience in the public and private sector in the digital domain. She held different roles from software engineer to leading teams developing data and AI services, mobile solutions to customer relationship management and designing digital strategies for medium-sized to large organisations.
Leontina holds a degree in Information Technology from the Faculty of Cybernetics, Statistics and Information Technology in Bucharest and a M.Sc. in Financial Economics from Goteborg University.
Organisation
European Commission
Speaker session
The workshop on “AI in digital-ready policy design and legal drafting” will explore how tools powered by AI technologies can support policymakers in their digital-ready policy journey. The workshop will highlight potential tools and features, such as the Policy Screening Prototype (SeTA) and smart functionalities for legal drafting (LEOS). It is targeted at professionals from the public sector, academia and industry working on policy design and legal drafting, and interested in identifying the role that AI technologies can play in these processes.
Moderated by Carlos Torrecilla, Head of Unit, Digital Economy, Joint Research Centre
Sven Schade
European Commission
Scientific Project Leader
Biography
Since September 2013, I am working as a scientific officer for the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), where I was already employed for three years as a post-doc (2009-2012) and six months as an intern (2005). My career focuses on multi-disciplinary interoperability, open innovation, and regulatory learning. The underlying interests include (i) research on public governance and citizen science, (ii) policy, especially digital transitions, Responsible Research and Innovation, and public sector reforms; and (iii) the uptake of emerging technologies, including virtual worlds, artificial intelligence and others.
Speaker session
The workshop on “AI in digital-ready policy design and legal drafting” will explore how tools powered by AI technologies can support policymakers in their digital-ready policy journey. The workshop will highlight potential tools and features, such as the Policy Screening Prototype (SeTA) and smart functionalities for legal drafting (LEOS). It is targeted at professionals from the public sector, academia and industry working on policy design and legal drafting, and interested in identifying the role that AI technologies can play in these processes.
Moderated by Carlos Torrecilla, Head of Unit, Digital Economy, Joint Research Centre
Sonja Schimmler
Fraunhofer FOKUS & TU Berlin
Research Group Lead
Biography
Organisation
Fraunhofer FOKUS & TU Berlin
Academia
Speaker session
The workshop on “AI in digital-ready policy design and legal drafting” will explore how tools powered by AI technologies can support policymakers in their digital-ready policy journey. The workshop will highlight potential tools and features, such as the Policy Screening Prototype (SeTA) and smart functionalities for legal drafting (LEOS). It is targeted at professionals from the public sector, academia and industry working on policy design and legal drafting, and interested in identifying the role that AI technologies can play in these processes.
Moderated by Carlos Torrecilla, Head of Unit, Digital Economy, Joint Research Centre