Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi is the Head of the Digital Government and Data Unit and the deputy Head of Division, in the Division on Open and Innovative Governments within the OECD Public Governance Directorate. Barbara leads the work on the digital transformation of governments, which includes any policy or initiative leveraging digital technologies and data to enhance openness, efficiency and innovation in governments. She is responsible for country reviews, for monitoring the implementation of the OECD Recommendations on Digital Government Strategies, on Enhancing Access to and Sharing of Data, and on Digital Identity, as well as for the OECD OURdata Index and Digital Government Index. Barbara served for eight years as Programme Officer within the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. She gathered extensive experience working on ICT, data and knowledge management for development. A Fulbright Scholar, Barbara holds a M.S. on Public Administration from Northeastern University in Boston. Apolitical listed Barbara among the 2018 and 2019 TOP 20 most influential figures on Digital Government worldwide. www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-ubaldi-416146/@BarbaraUbaldi

Seth has spent two decades bringing experts and stakeholders together to enable a common understanding of data.

Willy Van Puymbroeck obtained a PhD in Physics from the University of Antwerp in 1981. Before joining the European Commission in 1988 he worked as a Software Engineer in the telecommunication industry. His main activity then concerned on programming languages and proof systems.

At the European Commission he held different position mainly working in DG CONNECT in various domains such as Integrated Manufacturing, Semiconductors and eGovernment. In 2018 he moved to DG DIGIT to take the responsibility for ‘IT Solutions for Legislation, Policy and HR’. Since 2020 he is an active senior in the Commission working on the LEOS – Legislation Editing Open Software – project.