Vision for European Security and Trust

Frank Leyman, Head of International Relations BOSA – Digital Transformation

Frank Leyman holds a Master degree in Marketing and in Applied Economics from the University of Mons in Belgium.

He started his career with IBM Belgium in the telecom division.

[expand title="Read more" swaptitle=" "]After 6 years he joined the Belgian National Telecom operator BELGACOM where he was in charge of setting up the Corporate Services Sector. After 3 years he was appointed as Distribution Channels Director for the Belgacom Group.
In 1999 he left Belgacom for a more international career by joining the company PROTON WORLD. This company is specialized in large scale smartcard based projects.

He has been in charge of business development in the Middle-East and African Region and has co-developed the complete Government offering.

Since mid-2005 he works for FEDICT (now called the Digital Transformation Office within the Federal Public Service Policy & Support (BOSA)) where he manages International Relations as well as the relations with European Commission, OECD and the World Bank. He is the Past Chairman of the International Council for IT in Government Administration (ICA), he is a member of the TEG (Technical Expert Group) of the World Bank, he is member of the OECD e-Leaders and is the Belgian representative in the eGovernment High Level Group of the European Commission. He is a regular speaker at conferences and universities around the world.[/expand]

Wim Coulier,  eIDAS Expert, Independent Consultant, Belgium

Currently active as eIDAS expert for Belgian Mobile ID (external consultant), Wim has been involved for almost 20 years in trust services and electronic signature projects. Wim started in this area at a Certificate Authority implementing specific certificate profiles for customers up to the implementation of the Belgian eID card. Later Wim was active in the implementation of a legal and standardization framework of trust services in a country outside the EU and in the implementation of several electronic signature projects. As identity expert, Wim consulted Belgian Mobile ID regarding the setup of the itsme mobile identity product ( https://www.itsme.be/en ). Currently Wim is responsible for the recognition of the itsme product as eIDAS eIdentification Means and to add a Qualified Electronic Signature solution to the itsme product. Wim represents Belgian Mobile ID in the ETSI ESI working group and actively delivers input for the new trust services standards being developed by ETSI ESI.

Steffen Schwalm, Principal Consultant, msg, Germany

Technical Head Blockchain/DLT & Trustworthy Digital Ecosystems; Thought Leadership, Sr. Manager

Blockchain, DLT, eIDAS, trust services, eID, e-signature, e-seal, PKI, timestamps, digital identities, SSI, eID, Compliance, Governance, Cryptography, Evidence Protection, Evidence Preservation, Information Security, Records Management, Legal Archiving, Long-Term Archiving, Digital Preservation, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF, TR-ESOR, RESISCAN, Information Management, Data Archiving, secure digitizing, workflow, replaced scanning, process integration Secure Electronic Communication, eDelivery, eDiscovery, Standardization, Knowledge Management, DIN 31647, OAIS, BSI, ISO-27001, ISO-22301, ISO-15489, ETSI, CEN etc.

[expand title="Read more" swaptitle=" "]IT-Consulting, Strategic Consulting, Business Development, Scientific & Applied Research; Committee Work, Partnering, Coaching

Industries: Public Sector & other high regulated industries e.g. Aerospace, Finance, Insurance, LifeScience/Pharma, HealthCare, Telecommunication, Automotive etc.
Standardization: ISO (JWG 1, Tc 46 Sc11, Tc 307), ETSI/CEN, DIN (deputy leader of Committee 15; DIN NIA 27, DIN NIA 43), BSI
Lectures and publications: national & international[/expand]

Pamela Dingle, Director of Identity Standards, Microsoft, USA

Identity geek, Integrator, Architect, strategery opinioneer, extrovert, jack-of-all-trades. 15+ years of experience spent putting Identity-related infrastructure into large organizations, seven years in the CTO office of a software vendor, meeting customers, working on strategy and vision, participating in standards efforts. Now working at Microsoft as part of their already strong commitment to open identity standards.

Heather Flanagan, Principal, Spherical Cow Consulting , USA

Heather Flanagan, Principal at Spherical Cow Consulting comes from a position that the Internet is led by people, powered by words, and inspired by technology. She has been involved in leadership roles with some of the most technical, volunteer-driven organizations on the Internet, including IDPro as Principal Editor, the IETF as RFC Series Editor, and REFEDS as Coordinator, just to name a few. If there is work going on to develop new Internet standards, or discussions around the future of digital identity, she is interested in engaging in that work. You can learn more about her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hlflanagan/

Peter Waggett, Director Emerging Technology, IBM 

Dr. Peter Waggett is the Programme Leader for IBM’s Emerging Technology Group based at the Hursley Laboratory. He manages a team of 45 professionals and, in addition, performs consultancy assignments in support of a number of high profile projects for IBM. These projects include the UK’s biometric matching system and the International Technology Alliance research programme into novel sensor networks.

Dr Waggett has extensive experience of innovative IT systems, including research into image processing at University College London and the Marconi Research Centre. He has provided consultancy to a wide range of clients in the public and private sector including serving as an advisor to the UK Governments Chief Scientific Officer. His work includes responsibility for the delivery of innovative systems for a range of government and commercial organizations and he has been the Big Data subject matter expert for a range of projects and clients including the UK’s biometric visa matching system.

David Pollington, Senior Director, GSMA, UK

David Pollington is a Senior Director at the GSMA, providing technical & strategic steer across a number of GSMA's key programmes, with extensive knowledge in identity and leading a number of projects with mobile operators and global companies on a worldwide basis.

Prior to joining the GSMA, David played a key role in the Vodafone R&D leadership, instrumental in driving many of the key technology transitions across the industry and has extensive knowledge in all aspects of mobile from device architecture and network topology through to mobile services and enablers.

David graduated from Imperial College, London with a Masters degree (MEng) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and has more than 25 years' experience in the mobile industry.

Ibrahim Kushchu, MBA, MSC., PHD, Director, theNextMinds

Ibrahim Kushchu is an expert Mobile Government with backgrounds on management systems and artificial intelligence. Combining his management studies and his expertise in artificial intelligence, Prof. Kushchu has been working for business schools in the UK and in Japan, an communication technology courses especially related to electronic business and mobile business. Prof. Kushchu is an internationally recognized and pioneering practitioner and researcher in developing the mobile government fie issues related to the use of mobile technologies in electronic government. [expand title="Read more" swaptitle=" "]His work also extends to impact of mobile technologies for economic and social development. He has edited and co-edited three books and has a numb various international journals and in the proceedings of reputable conferences. He is also very active in international community of researchers through speaking, organizing, chairing, co-chairing various international conferences, an committees. He has been working with various multi FOUNDATION, CISCO, NOKIA, HITACHI, and NTT DoCoMo at projects involving consultancy, research, and educational events. He also offers advisory services local and central government organization and their agencies. Prof. Kushchu holds a first degree (BSc) in management. He also has an MBA and a Master’s degree (MSc) in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was awarded a PhD d University of Sussex, UK. Tel : +44 1273 327876 Mail : ik@mgovernment.org Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org. is an expert Mobile Government with backgrounds on management systems and artificial intelligence. Combining his management studies and his expertise in artificial intelligence, Prof. Kushchu has been working for business schools in the UK and in Japan, and teaching various information communication technology courses especially related to electronic business and Prof. Kushchu is an internationally recognized and pioneering practitioner and researcher in developing the mobile government field by bringing into the light the issues related to the use of mobile technologies in electronic government. His work also extends to impact of mobile technologies for economic and social development. edited three books and has a number of publications in various international journals and in the proceedings of reputable conferences. He is also very active in international community of researchers through speaking, chairing various international conferences, an He has been working with various multi-national companies including GATES FOUNDATION, CISCO, NOKIA, HITACHI, and NTT DoCoMo at projects involving consultancy, research, and educational events. He also offers advisory services local and central government organization and their agencies. Prof. Kushchu holds a first degree (BSc) in management. He also has an MBA and a Master’s degree (MSc) in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was awarded a PhD degree in evolutionary artificial intelligence.[/expand]

Steve Pannifer, Director Chief Operations Officer, Consult Hyperion, UK
Security strategies and the tactical risk, A New ENISA for a New Age

Steve Pannifer is COO at Consult Hyperion, who are specialists in digital identity and digital money. At Consult Hyperion, Steve has worked with card schemes, banks, mobile operators and others developing innovative products and services exploiting new technology. Steve is a well known expert in digital identity having worked on numerous digital identity initiatives around the world.

Steve Purser, Head of Core Operations Department at European Union Agency For Cybersecurity (ENISA)

Steve Purser was born in the UK and attended the universities of Bristol and East Anglia where he obtained a BSc. in Chemistry and a PhD in Chemical Physics respectively. He started work in 1985 in the area of software development, subsequently progressing to project management and consultancy roles. From 1993 to 2008, he occupied the role of Chief Information Security Officer for a number of financial institutions. He joined ENISA in December 2008 and is currently responsible for all operational activities of the Agency.

Steve is currently a member of several Steering Boards and Advisory Committees, including notably the Steering Board of the CERT EU and the Programme Board of the EU Cyber Crime Centre. In the area of standards, he is the ENISA representative on the ISO SC 27 working group. As Head of Core Operations, he regularly represents ENISA in international conferences on information security.

He was a co-founder of the 'Club de Securité des Systèmes Informatiques au Luxembourg' (CLUSSIL) and has frequently published articles in the specialised press. He is also the author of  'A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security' (Artech House, 2004).

Dave Birch, Author, Advisor & Commentator on Digital Financial Services

David G.W Birch is an author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services. He is Global Ambassador for Consult Hyperion (the secure electronic transactions consultancy that he helped to found).

Dave is an internationally-recognised thought leader in digital identity and digital money; was named one of the global top 15 favourite sources of business information by Wired magazine and one of the top ten most influential voices in banking by Financial Brand; was found by PR Daily to be one of the top ten Twitter accounts followed by innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard Branson; was ranked in the top three most influential people in London’s FinTech community by City A.M.; was listed by Hot Topics as one of the world’s top 100 most influential FinTech leaders and was rated Europe’s most influential commentator on emerging payments by Total Payments.

[expand title="Read more" swaptitle=" "]His most recent book "Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin: From money we understand to money that understands us" was published in 2017 with a foreword by Andrew Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England. In the London School of Economics (LSE) Review of Books It was described as a timely and illuminating contribution which should be widely read by graduate students of finance, financial law and related topics, as well as policymakers involved in financial regulation.

The London Review of Books called his previous book "Identity is the New Money" (2014) fresh, original, wide-ranging and the best book on general issues around new forms of money.[/expand]

Kim Cameron - Formerly Chief Architect Microsoft, EEMA Honorary President

Kim Cameron is the former Chief Architect of Identity at Microsoft. Cameron wrote the seminal paper The Laws of Identity which aims to highlight the problem of the Internet having been built without means to know who and what we are connecting to and its possible solutions. He is described by Phil Windley, Chairman of the Sovrin Foundation as a “being from the future” as his 2005 Laws of Identity are only now being understood.