Speakers

Mircea Abrudean

Romania

Secretary General of the Government

Toyin Akinniyi

Luminate

Vice President, Africa

https://www.linkedin.com/in/toyin-akinniyi/?originalSubdomain=ng

ALA

António Leitão Amaro

Portugal

Minister of the Presidency

https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonioleitaoamaro/?originalSubdomain=pt

Justin Arenstein

Code Africa

Co-founder and CEO

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinarenstein/

Jennifer Bachus

United States

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State

JBT

Julio Bacio Terracino

OECD

Head of the Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Division, Directorate for Public Governance

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbacioterracino/?originalSubdomain=fr

Alberto Barachini

Italy

Undersecretary of State for Information and Publishing

Thierry Beaudet

France

President, Economic, Social and Environmental Council

Elisabetta Belloni

Italy

G7 Sherpa and Director of the Department of Information for Security

Heidi Berner

Chile

Ministry of Finance, Undersecretary of Finance

Carla Bezerra

Republic of Brazil

Director of Digital Participation, General Secretariat of the Presidency

https://x.com/carla_bezerra_

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-bezerra-a15336a7/

Laura Bononcini

Director of Public Policy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-bononcini-71a3ab6/?originalSubdomain=it

Dustin Brown

United States

Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief of Staff, Social Security Administration

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-brown-052a85/

Jolita Butkevičienė

European Commission

Director for Innovation in Science & Policymaking at the Joint Research Centre

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolita-butkevi%C4%8Dien%C4%97-444786156/?originalSubdomain=be

Kevin Casas-Zamora

International IDEA

Secretary-General

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-casas-zamora-33748516/

Dan Chenok

IBM Center for the Business of Government

Executive Director

@dchenok

linkedin.com/in/chenokdan

Alicia Combaz

Make.org

CEO and Co-Founder

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciacombaz/

Mathias Cormann

OECD

Secretary-General

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathiascormann/

David Cullen

European Commission

Deputy Director

Tim Enderlin

Switzerland

Ambassador / Head of Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD) Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

https://x.com/SwissPeaceHR

https://mm.linkedin.com/in/tim-enderlin-a34528189

Nadia Ernzer

Luxembourg

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OECD

O“E

Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili

Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative

President of Human Capital Africa and Senior Economic Advisor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/obiageli-%E2%80%9Coby%E2%80%9D-ezekwesili-22961259/?originalSubdomain=ng

Diego Ferri

EY

Senior Director, EY.ai

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-ferri-91884b6a/

Attilio Fontana

Italy

President of the Lombardy Region

Caroline Ford

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada

Director for Democratic and Inclusive Governance

Ioannis Foustanakis

Greece

Secretary General of Public Administration

Francisco Gaetani

Brazil

Extraordinary Secretary for State Transformation, Ministry of Administration and Innovation in Public Services

JLG

Juanita León García

La Silla Vacía

Founder and Journalist

MBG

Mary Beth Goodman

OECD

Deputy Secretary-General

Christine Grahn

TikTok

Head of Government Relations & Public Policy

Simona Granata-Menghini

Venice Commission

Director, Secretary

Shannon Green

United States

Assistant to the Administrator, USAID

Symerre Grey-Johnson

AUDA-NEPAD

Director Human Capital Social & Institutional Development

Michelle Harrison

Verian

Global CEO

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleaharrison/?originalSubdomain=uk

Erica Hope

European Climate Foundation

Director, Climate Governance Programme

Kanbar Hossein-Bor

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdom

Deputy Director Democratic Governance and Media Freedom Co-ordinator

Věra Jourová

European Commission

Vice-President for Values and Transparency

Paul-Joel Kamtchang

ADISI-Cameroon

Executive Secretary

@kamtchang1

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-joel-kamtchang

Maria Karapetyan

Armenia

Member of Parliament

Mary Keenan

Ireland

Assistant Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-keenan-a9a4876?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

PSK

Pinky Sharon Kekana

South Africa

Deputy Minister, Ministry for the Public Service and Administration

Lubos Kuklis

European Commission

Digital Services Act Enforcement Team

https://x.com/LubosKuklis

www.linkedin.com/in/lubos-kuklis-aa2258aa

Thierry Lambert

France

Interministerial Delegate for Public Transformation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thierrylambert75/

Philippe Lefort

France

Ambassador, Ministry of Europe & Foreign Affairs

Kristin Lord

IREX

President and CEO

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-lord-0ab7415/

CAM

Calixte Aristide Mbari

African Union Commission

Head of Democracy, Election and Constitutionalism

Dace Melbārde

Latvia

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ekaterine Metreveli

Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (Rondeli Foundation)

President

https://x.com/EkaterineMetre1

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterine-metreveli-63b403181/

MOP

Manuel Olmedo Palacios

Spain

Secretary of State for Justice, Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Parliamentary Relations

Dapo Oyewole

Nigeria

Senior Special Assistant to the President on International Cooperation

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dapo-oyewole-3164885/

George Papandreou

Greece

General Rapporteur on Democracy, Council of Europe, f. PM, MP

https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-papandreou-b82605b2/

Elsa Pilichowski

OECD

Director for Public Governance

Adea Pirdeni

Albania

Minister of State for Public Administration and Anti-Corruption

Adea Pirdeni

Sanjay Pradhan

Open Government Partnership

Chief Executive Officer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-pradhan-6a6139100/

Paola Profeta

Bocconi University

Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability; Full Professor , Public Economics; Director, Axa Research Lab on Gender Equality

@paola_profeta

Paola Profeta

Franc Props

Slovenia

Minister of Public Administration

Monika Queisser

OECD

Senior Counsellor to the Director and Head of Social Policy, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs

Lucia Reisch

University of Cambridge

El-Erian Professor of Behavioural Economics and Policy

Luanna Roncaratti

Brazil

Deputy Secretary of Digital Government, Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Service

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luanna-roncaratti-272561106/

Judit Rózsa

European Commission

Acting Director General, Structural Reform Support

https://www.linkedin.com/in/judit-rozsa-b734861a/?originalSubdomain=be

Ingrid Schulerud

Norway

Special Representative on Democracy and Rule of Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jerry Sheehan

OECD

Director for Science, Technology and Innovation

Akis Skertsos

Greece

Minister of State, Presidency of the Government

Anthony Smith

Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Chief Executive

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-smith-92479a46/?originalSubdomain=uk

MOS

Mohamed Ould Soueidatt

Mauritania

Minister of Public Service and Labor

Ruslan Stefanov

Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria

Program Director & Chief Economist

@RuGeSte

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruslan-stefanov-a5a8441/

Andrei Strah

Republic of Moldova

Deputy Secretary General of the Government

Katy Thompson

UNDP

Head, Rule of Law, Security & Human Rights

Axel Threlfall

Reuters

Editor-at-large

https://x.com/axelthrelfall

https://www.linkedin.com/in/axel-threlfall-10682813/?originalSubdomain=uk

Jo Tyndall

OECD

Director of Environment Directorate

Leo Varadkar

Ireland

Former Prime-Minister of Ireland

Gregor Virant

OECD

Head of Programme, SIGMA

Rares Voicu

European Youth Forum

President

@voicu_rares

www.linkedin.com/in/raresvoicu/

Heather Watts

Canada

Deputy Assistant, Deputy Minister for the Policy Sector, Department of Justice

Jeni Whalan

Australia

First Assistant Secretary, Office of Community Cohesion, Department of Home Affairs

Oleksandr Yarema

Ukraine

State Secretary, Cabinet of Ministers

Paolo Zangrillo

Italy

Minister for Public Administration

Mircea Abrudean

Romania

Secretary General of the Government

Toyin Akinniyi

Luminate

Vice President, Africa

António Leitão Amaro

Portugal

Minister of the Presidency

Justin Arenstein

Code Africa

Co-founder and CEO

Jennifer Bachus

United States

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State

Julio Bacio Terracino

OECD

Head of the Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Division, Directorate for Public Governance

Alberto Barachini

Italy

Undersecretary of State for Information and Publishing

Thierry Beaudet

France

President, Economic, Social and Environmental Council

Elisabetta Belloni

Italy

G7 Sherpa and Director of the Department of Information for Security

Heidi Berner

Chile

Ministry of Finance, Undersecretary of Finance

Carla Bezerra

Republic of Brazil

Director of Digital Participation, General Secretariat of the Presidency

Laura Bononcini

Meta

Director of Public Policy

Dustin Brown

United States

Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief of Staff, Social Security Administration

Jolita Butkevičienė

European Commission

Director for Innovation in Science & Policymaking at the Joint Research Centre

Kevin Casas-Zamora

International IDEA

Secretary-General

Dan Chenok

IBM Center for the Business of Government

Executive Director

Alicia Combaz

Make.org

CEO and Co-Founder

Mathias Cormann

OECD

Secretary-General

David Cullen

European Commission

Deputy Director

Tim Enderlin

Switzerland

Ambassador / Head of Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD) Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

Nadia Ernzer

Luxembourg

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OECD

Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili

Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative

President of Human Capital Africa and Senior Economic Advisor

Diego Ferri

EY

Senior Director, EY.ai

Attilio Fontana

Italy

President of the Lombardy Region

Caroline Ford

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada

Director for Democratic and Inclusive Governance

Ioannis Foustanakis

Greece

Secretary General of Public Administration

Francisco Gaetani

Brazil