Speaker Biographies
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Speakers
Moderators
Speakers
Violeta Bulc
Commissioner for Transport, European Commission
Violeta Bulc is the EU Commissioner for transport, having been appointed to the office in November 2014.
Ms Bulc brings a diverse set of expertise and professional experiences to the role. As Commissioner, Ms Bulc has already placed priority on digitalisation and innovation in transport.
A noted academic, author, systems architect and entrepreneur, Ms Bulc has long had a high profile in her homeland of Slovenia. In the corporate sphere, she held various positions in the telecoms industry, including Telekom Slovenia and Telemach. She has also been the owner and CEO of Vibacom, engaged in work on sustainable and innovative business solutions. Immediately prior to her appointment to the European Commission, she was the Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, with ministerial responsibility for development, strategic projects and cohesion.
Nigel Upton
Senior Worldwide Director, IoT and Global Connectivity Platform, HPE
Nigel Upton is Worldwide Director & General Manager, IoT/GCP forCommunications & Media Solutions, Communications Solutions Business, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Communications & Media Solutions (CMS), part of the Communications Solutions Business (CSB) within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), provides an innovative portfolio of telecom industry-specific software products, solutions and professional services for demanding Communications Service Providers (CSPs) globally. The CMS industry
portfolio offering is further differentiated and strengthened by our ability to combine the full power of HPE’s broad IT portfolio.
CMS industry-leading solution innovation focuses on areas critical for CSPs, including OSS, Subscriber Data Management, Mediation Policy & Charging, Telecom Analytics, Applications & Cloud Enablement, Media &
Entertainment assets for CSPs as well as rapidly-evolving sets of Internet of Things (IoT) and Global Connectivity Platform (GCP) assets.
Nigel’s responsibilities include architecture, development, implementation, marketing, sales and support of CMS IoT and GCP solutions. The platforms and vertical solutions target the needs of large Enterprise and Telco customers with global requirements for IoT solutions who seek a
single supplier for all connectivity. Nigel’s leadership spans management of the IoT partner ecosystem for the IoT platform and for the GCP connectivity relationships globally.
Nigel returned to HP after spending three years in software startups, developing big data analytical solutions for multiple industries with a focus on mobility and drones. Prior to this, Nigel led multiple businesses with HP,
in Telco, Unified Communications, Alliances and software development.
Nigel has held multiple advisory board and industry board positions. He received his Diploma in Business Studies and Marketing from Slough College in England.
Christian Rousseau
Director and Expert Lead, Mobility & Transport, Renault Groupe
Christian Rousseau is Executive Expert Leader of the Corporate Strategic Expertise Area "Mobility & Transport Systems" in the Renault Corporate Strategy & Business Development Division and so he is managing a transversal internal network of Experts and Specialists.
He is also leading 2 groups of the French Automotive Industry Standardization Committee, on ITS and on automated driving.
He is Vice Chair of the Ertico ITS Europe Supervisory Board and Co-Chair of the Ertico Strategy Committee.
Nigel Cameron
President & CEO, Centre for Policy on Emerging Technologies
Nigel Cameron is president of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET), a nonpartisan Washington, DC, think tank on innovation, policy and the future. He has written widely at the interface of technology, business, policy, and values. and publications include Nanoscale (John Wiley, 2007) and Innovation President (Kindle ebook, 2012). His next book is focused on the problem of managing exponential change within organizations; working title: New Normal: The Fallacy that Fails the Future.
A native of the UK, he is a graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh universities and the Edinburgh Business School. He has held university appointments, most recently as a research professor and associate dean in the Illinois Institute of Technology. He combines a policy focus in Washington with corporate advisement. He writes regularly on the business impact of social media, and is a columnist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on technology and corporate social responsibility. Long resident in the United States, he maintains British and European connections; he is a director of the London think tank 2020Health, and in 2012 moderated the European Identity and Cloud conference in Munich.
He has also represented the United States at meetings of the United Nations, and is currently a commissioner of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and chair of its Social and Human Sciences Committee.
Bernard Barani
Acting Head of Unit, Future Connectivity Systems, European Commission
Bernard Barani graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne in 1982. He then worked as communications engineer in industry on military infrared systems and then with the European Space Agency on advanced satcom programmes.
In 1994, he joined the European Commission and was responsible for implementation of research and policy issues in wireless communication, Internet, audio visual systems, Software and Services. He has been Deputy head of unit for research and policy in the field of Internet of Things systems.
He is currently Acting head of unit in charge of research and innovation on Network Technologies in the CONNECT Directorate General of the European Commission. He is responsible for the definition and implementation of the research strategy related to future networks under the 5G Public Private Partnership and to systems based on connected objects (IoT) in support of EU industry competitiveness. He is also responsible for the 5G/IoT standardisation and IPR related work.
Egon Schulz
Director of Wireless Innovation Center, Huawei
Dr. Schulz has more than 30 years of experience in Mobile Communication Services, Research & Innovation, Product and Solution Creation Processes: Terminal & Infrastructure, Spectrum, Standardization, Prototyping, National and International Collaboration and Product oriented Research (PoR). In 2009 Dr. Schulz joined the Huawei European Research Centre (ERC) as Director of Wireless Innovation. Dr. Schulz is committed to the Board of 5G Infrastructure Association. He is actively engaged (Board Member) in the strategic actions of the 5G IA.
His current working area is 5G and he is strong engaged in the European 5G PPP Research Projects. He is Huawei’s representative in the Networld2020 Board and was the representative on the 5G IA Board until the end of 2016.
Dr. Egon Schulz received his diploma in theoretical physics from the University of Siegen, Germany, in 1982 and his Doctorate from the Institute of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, in 1988. From 1982 to 1988, he was employed as a research assistant for communication systems.
In 1988 he joined the Mobile Network Division at Siemens AG, Munich. He was a member of the ETSI standardization group for the GSM Half Rate Speech Codec. From 1992 to 1993 he was a professor of telecommunication at University of Applied Sciences of Darmstadt, Germany. In 1993 Dr. Schulz was a director for System Engineering for radio in the local loop and for wireless private branch exchange systems based on DECT and WB-CDMA. From 1998 he was involved in the UMTS standardization.
Since 2000 he has been serving as director for future radio concepts. Dr. Schulz has published numerous conference papers, one of which earned him the Best Paper Award at the 2002 ICCCAS, Chengdu.
He was involved in numerous national BMBF and EU research projects for the designing of future mobile communication networks. He was the project leader of the Sino-German Project Joint Research B3G (JRB3G) between German and Chinese Research Institutes funded by Siemens AG. Dr. Schulz participated in the 863 (MOST) funded research projects FuTURE and FuTURE+.
In 2005, he was elected as vice chairman of the FuTURE Forum in China. He had a strong engagement in research and prototyping for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-advanced (LTE-A) and was involved in the first real-time MIMO-OFDM 1 Gbit/s transmission, Multi-Hop field trial with 360 Mbit/s and LTE field trial.
His interest is 5G and he and his team is strongly engaged in the European 5G PPP Research Projects for Phase 1 and Phase 2 for designing, validation and verification of 5G system proposals.
Laurianne Krid
Interim Director General, FIA
At the FIA Region I office since 2009, Laurianne Krid is the Interim Director General. Her role is to represent FIA Region I and liaise between the 111 member Clubs representing 38 million mobile consumers. Laurianne holds a Masters’ degree in political sciences specialised in EU policies and a Master II in interregional cooperation. Previously she worked at the Assembly of European Regions, in charge of animating a network of 260 European members.
Timm Kellermann
Managing Director, Consulting4Drive
Timm Kellerman is a managing director of Consulting4Drive.
Consulting4Drive is an automotive consulting company and a 100% subsidiary of IAV, an engineering service provider with over 7.000 engineers serving automotive OEMs and suppliers across the globe.
IAV, with a 50% shareholder of Volkswagen, is part of the VW Group organization
Prior to joining Consulting4Drive in 2008 Mr. Kellermann has spent six years with BMW Group, where he and his teams facilitated a number of large BMW change programs.
Mr. Kellerman holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Bayreuth and has spent over six years of his life in English and Spanish speaking countries.
Marta Capelo
Director of Public Policy, ETNO
Prior to joining ETNO in 2015, Marta worked as the Transport and Communications Counsellor for the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union. Before that, she was a Member of the Cabinet of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications.
Marta has extensive experience in telecoms regulation as well as intellectual property, data protection and e-Commerce services. In the early years of her career, she worked as a lawyer for leading Portuguese and international law firms in the technology, media & telecoms practice. Her academic background includes a degree in law from the Catholic University of Lisbon and European Legal Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges.
Joost Vantomme
Smart Mobility Director, ACEA
Joost Vantomme has over 25 years’ experience in legal, regulatory and public affairs.
He served telecommunications and postal incumbent operators as legal and regulatory/public affairs director, combined with leading policy making roles in European associations such as PostEurop and FEDMA and at UN level (UPU).
He was also member of the cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Economy and Director at the EU consultancy firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies. As frequent speaker at conferences and academic audiences, he engages with stakeholders on European policy issues in the digital agenda context. Joost is author of a large number of papers on regulatory policy topics in network industries, transport and (e-) commerce.
He became director at Febiac (Belgian automotive federation) in November 2014.
Since 1 Sept 2016, he holds the position of smart mobility director at ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association where he combines his telecoms and regulatory experience with the challenges of connected and automated mobility.
Neil Pattemore
Technical Director, FIGIEFA & EGEA
Neil Pattemore has worked for over 40 years in the Automotive Aftermarket, for parts distributors, parts manufacturers and vehicle test equipment manufacturers at a senior level, both in the UK and internationally.
Neil is now the Technical Director to both FIGIEFA (Association of European parts distributors) and the EGEA (European Garage Equipment Association), working in Brussels with various European institutions in the rapidly evolving environment of the connected and autonomous vehicle to support the rights of their members to be able to continue to provide competitive choices of vehicle related services to motoring consumers throughout Europe.
Abayomi Otbushin
Corporate and Governmental Affairs, BMW Group
Abayomi started his career as a researcher at the Loughborough Accident Research Unit where he helped to develop a standardised methodology for car accident reconstruction and performed analyses for vehicle manufacturers and government bodies.
He joined the BMW Group in 1997 starting with the development of passive safety concepts. 2000-2014 he specialised in concept development for pedestrian protection systems and represented the European Industry at international level for the development of legislative and consumer pedestrian testing procedures.
In March 2014 he moved to the BMW EU Representative Office where he is responsible for all technical dossiers being worked on by the EU Institutions.
Monika Kuschewsky
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Monika Kuschewsky is a partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ global Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. She is a German Rechtsanwältin and qualified as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and Betrieblicher Datenschutzbeauftragter (company data protection officer) (GDDcert.). Having practiced in Brussels for more than fifteen years, Monika has broad experience in a wide range of data protection matters, with a particular focus on international data transfers (Binding Corporate Rules, EU standard contractual clauses, Privacy Shield), outsourcing, HR and direct marketing. She advises on the data protection implications of the use of new technologies and practices, such as the Internet of Things (including connected vehicles and wearables), BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), mobile apps, cloud computing, geolocation services, cookies and other tracking technologies. Monika helps companies prepare for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and other developments in the area of data protection.
Monika has managed numerous data protection projects, including multijurisdictional audits and compliance programs, at a pan-European level and beyond and represents clients before data protection authorities. She is the general editor of “Data Protection and Privacy” a multi-jurisdictional reference guide for companies, legal professionals and data protection officers covering 45 major jurisdictions worldwide, now in its third edition.
Antony Lagrange
Legislative Officer, Automotive and Mobility Industries, DG Grow, European Commission
Legislative Officer, Automotive and Mobility Industries, DG GROW, European Commission
Antony Lagrange is responsible for the EU vehicle approval legal framework and autonomous driving within the ‘Automotive and Mobility Industries’ Unit in Directorate General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.
Andrew Faiola
Global Network and Services Policy, ESOA
Andrew leads Intelsat's Mobility Solutions sales team in Europe and is also Co-chair of the Networks & Services Working Group at ESOA. Prior to this, Andrew led the European sales team and also led Intelsat’s Global Accounts teams on the Mobility and Broadband side of the business.
Prior to joining Intelsat, Andrew was European Sales Director at New Skies Satellites in the UK, and held various sales and marketing roles at ESATEL Communications, a small, independent teleport in the USA. In what seems like another life, he worked in the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, and at NASA, where he conducted project development and implementation work for Latin America and the Asia-Pacific involving the provision of Internet service and remote sensing for environmental purposes.
He has also authored publications about the North American DTH market, distance learning in America, U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, and Latin American economic development.
He received a BA in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis, and an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Marc Jadoul
Market Development Director, Nokia
Marc Jadoul is Market Development Director for the Internet of Things at Nokia. In this role he is evangelizing IoT technologies and applications, and promoting Nokia’s credentials as a key player in this rapidly growing market.
With more than two decades of experience in the ICT sector, he has held positions in research & innovation, strategy, marketing and communications, business development, and solutions consulting.
Marc holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Brussels. He is a passionate B2B storyteller, blogger, author or co-author of more than 150 papers, magazine articles and conference presentations, and a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events.
Over the past years Marc has published white papers, opinion pieces and blog posts, and has delivered conference presentations and public lectures about the Internet of Things and Smart City applications. He speaks Dutch, English and French.
Alessandro Coda
Chief Technical Officer, CLEPA
Alessandro Coda graduated with full marks in Electronic Engineering at the Turin Polytechnic in May 1987. He is currently Chief Technology Officer of CLEPA - The European Association of Automotive Suppliers
He has been Research Coordinator at EUCAR (European Council for Automotive R&D) in Brussels, Belgium, since January 2006 till September 2016.
Previously at Fiat Auto - Engineering & Design in Turin, Italy he held the position of General Manager for Methodologies, Intellectual Properties and Regulations Responsible (2004-2005) and for Innovation Projects (2001-2003).
Before that, he held various managerial positions at the Fiat Research Centre in Vehicle and Innovative Product Technology, Safety and Reliability Engineering, Planning and Innovation becoming responsible for the coordination of public funded projects.
He is the author of several technical papers and has chaired sessions in various Congresses and in October 2015 he got by the European Commission, during the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux the 2015 iMobility “Excellence in ITS Achievement” Award.
Christopher Burghardt
Head of Policy & Communications EMEA, Uber
‘Chris’ heads Uber’s Policy and Communications efforts across 45 countries and more than 120 cities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
After spending seven years with First Solar, leading its sales, business development and corporate affairs across the EMEA region, Chris decided in September 2016 to start applying his vast professional experience and enthusiasm for the mobility & environment sector to Uber's mission. Hereby, he is playing an instrumental role in bringing better mobility options to everyone through technological innovation. Prior to First Solar, Chris spent 12 years in a variety of operational and corporate affairs roles for AB-InBev, Daimler and H+K Strategies. He also completed an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MA from the College of Europe in Bruges as well as a BA from the University of Sussex. Christopher is a dual German-Belgian citizen and speaks five languages. He is married and a proud father of three.
Eric Gaudillat
Programme Officer, Future Connectivity Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Eric is in charge of 5G applications in the domain of transport in DG CONNECT of the European Commission. He contributes to the 5G research roadmap and the 5G Action Plan implementation. He has been a specialitst in research and innovation in telecoms for five years. Prior to joining the Commission, he was an IT consultant for the derivatives trading desks of investment banks.
He holds an Ingénieur MSc from Telecoms Bretagne in Brest, France and a Business MSc from HEC in Paris, France.
Moderators
Paul Adamson
Founder & Editor. Chairman, E!Sharp and Forum Europe
Paul Adamson is chairman of Forum Europe and founder and editor of E!Sharp, an online magazine dedicated to covering the European Union and Europe's place in the world.
He is a member of the Centre for European Reform’s advisory board, Rand Europe's Council of Advisors and the external advisory board of YouGov-Cambridge, a polling think-tank. He is a member of the board of advisors of the European Institute in Washington DC, the advisory board of the Washington European Society and the advisory committee of the EU chapter of Women in International Security (WiiS).
Paul is a Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute, King’s College London, a patron of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.
He founded the consulting firm Adamson Associates, which was sold to Weber Shandwick and The Centre, which was later sold to Edelman.
In 2012, Paul was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to promoting understanding of the European Union”, a part of the Queen's 2012 New Year Honours Diplomatic Service and Overseas List. In 2016 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite by the French government.
Stijn Hoorens
Associate Director, Head of Brussels Office, RAND Europe
Stijn Hoorens is Associate Director of RAND Europe and heads up RAND’s office in Brussels. RAND is a not-for-profit research organisation that helps to improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Before joining RAND fourteen years ago, he held research positions at Delft University of Technology and at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Stijn has led and designed numerous policy studies advising the EU and various national governments. His research interests include issues around illicit markets, labour markets and skills and he co-authored a report on the costs of reintroducing border controls in the Schengen zone.
Nigel Cameron
President & CEO, Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies
Nigel Cameron is president of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET), a nonpartisan Washington, DC, think tank on innovation, policy and the future. He has written widely at the interface of technology, business, policy, and values. and publications include Nanoscale (John Wiley, 2007) and Innovation President (Kindle ebook, 2012). His next book is focused on the problem of managing exponential change within organizations; working title: New Normal: The Fallacy that Fails the Future.
A native of the UK, he is a graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh universities and the Edinburgh Business School. He has held university appointments, most recently as a research professor and associate dean in the Illinois Institute of Technology. He combines a policy focus in Washington with corporate advisement. He writes regularly on the business impact of social media, and is a columnist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on technology and corporate social responsibility. Long resident in the United States, he maintains British and European connections; he is a director of the London think tank 2020Health, and in 2012 moderated the European Identity and Cloud conference in Munich.
He has also represented the United States at meetings of the United Nations, and is currently a commissioner of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and chair of its Social and Human Sciences Committee.
Logistics
When
Thursday 11 May, 2017
09.30 to 17.30
CET
Where
Parc du Cinquantenaire 111000, Brussels,
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 736.41.65
Fax: +32 2 736.51.36
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