Miguel Aradas

General Secretariat for Digital Administration, Spain

Area manager for intelligent automation

Biography

Miguel Aradas is a Telecommunications Engineer from the Universidad Politécnica in Madrid. His first professional years were in the private sector, mainly employed by tech startups. He has worked in pre-sales and product management positions, managing web and mobile apps through various fields: digital bookstores, music subscription services, educational robotics, smart lamps, or video games aimed at professional training. He entered the public sector in 2021 as a public servant at the General Secretariat for Digital Administration. He has since been involved in Intelligent Automation, managing centralized services based on RPA and BPM technologies.

Organisation

General Secretariat for Digital Administration, Spain

National Competent Authority

Speaker session

(UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris

18/10 - Main conference

10:15 - 11:15

High-level Panel on AI & IOP in the public sector

Closed

Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel

Panel discussion on the potential of AI to support interoperability and vice-versa. Panellists from different Member States present success stories and challenges regarding the deployment of AI in the public sector.

Moderated by Leontina Sandu, Head of Unit, Interoperability, DG DIGIT, European Commission

Adam Lebech

Deputy Director General

Agency for Digital Government, Denmark

Santiago Graña Dominguez

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Spain

Pamela Krzypkowska

Deputy Director of Innovation and Technology

Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland

Pilleriin Lillemets

Chief Digital Strategy Officer

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Natalia Aristimuño Perez

Director of Digital Services

European Commission

Eileen Fuchs

Head of Division

Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Community, Germany

Natalia Aristimuño Perez

European Commission

Director of Digital Services

Biography

Natalia Aristimuño Pérez is currently Director of Digital Services at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Informatics. Before her appointment as a Director, she was responsible for the Interoperability Unit. Her past experience combines different Head of Unit positions in the domains of delivering solutions for human resources, decision-making, document and knowledge management. Since she joined the European Commission in 2000, she has been involved in developing user-friendly solutions for public administrations and the European Commission itself. She graduated Deusto University (Bilbao, Spain) with IT background and has a deep knowledge of the business domains she works with.

Organisation

European Commission

EU institution

Speaker session

(UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris

18/10 - Main conference

10:15 - 11:15

High-level Panel on AI & IOP in the public sector

Closed

Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel

Panel discussion on the potential of AI to support interoperability and vice-versa. Panellists from different Member States present success stories and challenges regarding the deployment of AI in the public sector.

Moderated by Leontina Sandu, Head of Unit, Interoperability, DG DIGIT, European Commission

Adam Lebech

Deputy Director General

Agency for Digital Government, Denmark

Santiago Graña Dominguez

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Spain

Pamela Krzypkowska

Deputy Director of Innovation and Technology

Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland

Pilleriin Lillemets

Chief Digital Strategy Officer

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Natalia Aristimuño Perez

Director of Digital Services

European Commission

Eileen Fuchs

Head of Division

Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Community, Germany

Carme Artigas Brugal

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Spain

Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence

Biography

Carme Artigas is a recognized Expert in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Technology Innovation, with more than 25 years of experience the Technology sector. She co-founded and was the CEO of Synergic Partners, a Pioneer European Big Data Company, which was acquired by Telefonica group in November 2015. She continued serving as company CEO until the company’s full integration into the Telefonica Group at the en of 2018. Since 2019 until her appointment as Secretary of State, she was member of several International Advisory Boards. She was appointed by the University of Stanford (California) as Ambassador “Women in Data Science (WIDS)”. She was recognized by the American business magazine ”Insight Sucess” as the one among the 30 most influential executives with an international projection. She is among the top women in the world in the data business and she has come the public sector to make Spain a leading country in Digital transition and Technology transformation

Organisation

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Spain

National Competent Authority

Speaker session

(UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris

18/10 - Main conference

10:15 - 11:15

High-level Panel on AI & IOP in the public sector

Closed

Madrid 1-2 at RIU Hotel

Panel discussion on the potential of AI to support interoperability and vice-versa. Panellists from different Member States present success stories and challenges regarding the deployment of AI in the public sector.

Moderated by Leontina Sandu, Head of Unit, Interoperability, DG DIGIT, European Commission

Adam Lebech

Deputy Director General

Agency for Digital Government, Denmark

Santiago Graña Dominguez

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Spain

Pamela Krzypkowska

Deputy Director of Innovation and Technology

Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland

Pilleriin Lillemets

Chief Digital Strategy Officer

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Natalia Aristimuño Perez

Director of Digital Services

European Commission

Eileen Fuchs

Head of Division

Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Community, Germany