Jack Hamande
FPS Policy and Support, Belgium
Director-General of the Simplification and Digital Transformation Division for the federal Belgian state
Biography
Jack Hamande acquired sound experience in public and private international business management. His managerial responsibilities have grown and increased over the years, especially as regards international strategy, regulation, innovation and business development. He worked for companies like Walt Disney, Verizon and Cisco focusing on the new technologies applied to all sectors.
In 2009, Jack Hamande joined the Belgian public sector as Director General for personnel and organization development for the Federal Government. There, he initiated several programs applying to the whole Belgian federal public service in areas such as governance, ethics, diversity, efficiency, customer orientation, leadership development, performance management and culture change. In September 2013 he joined the ranks of the Belgian Regulator i.e. the Institute for Postal services & Telecommunications where he was Chairman of the Council.
Jack held several international board positions at Body of European Regulators (BEREC), Universal Postal Union (UPU) and European regulators for postal services (ERGP). He also act as head of delegation towards the ITU and UPU.
In the summer of 2021 Jack Hamande joined the Belgian Federal Public Service BOSA as Director-General of the Simplification and Digital Transformation Division for the federal Belgian state providing digital services to millions of citizens everyday.
Organisation
FPS Policy and Support, Belgium
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
Javier Hernández Díez
Ministerio de Justicia, Spain
Subdirector General de Impulso e Innovación de los Servicios Digitales
Biography
Organisation
Ministerio de Justicia, Spain
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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
Thomas Hildebrandt
University of Copenhagen
Professor
Biography
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