Rob Bryan Equity partner and Head of Science and Technology at BPE Solicitors Rob is an equity partner and Head of Science and Technology at BPE Solicitors. He is a Commercial Contracts and Corporate Governance Lawyer who advises learned societies, leading STEM universities and other research based organisations. He co-authored the leading text on Data […]
Jennifer Pougnet Global Data Policy Strategy Lead, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd OR Roche Jennifer has served in large-scale public health systems in Canada implementing Electronic Medical Records as well as developing and implementing both operational and legislative health policy and strategy. She has been with Roche since 2015 and serves as the Global Data Policy
Alex Butler Digital and data transformation leader, NED Alex Butler is a champion for digital and data technologies, innovation and culture. She was one of the original architects of data and digital transformation in UK government and previously, in consumer technology and telecommunication. She started Directgov, the UK Government’s original citizen website, she also established
Volker Buscher CEO ds30 Volker is the founder and CEO of ds30 – Data Changes Everything. He is experienced in developing and implementing data strategies for businesses and ventures. He was the Global Chief Data Officer, Arup and a Group Board Digital Executive member. Leading the firm’s data strategy across Arup’s £1.7bn revenue and 16,000
Louise Burke ODI Managing Director Louise is the ODI’s Chief Executive Officer and leads the team to deliver on the organisation’s mission and vision. Having joined the ODI in 2012 Louise previously held roles as chief finance officer and chief operating officer. She has expertise in data governance, data literacy, data institutions, data assurance and
Frank Karltischek Nextcloud Founder Frank Karlitschek studied computer science at the University of Tübingen. He founded several startups in Germany and the US. He is a long time open source developer and former board member of the KDE e.V. In 2016 he founded Nextcloud to create a fully open source and decentralised alternative to big
William Wardrope With 32 years of experience in the delivery of special communications projects, management of information systems and the provision of information assurance and security advice in cyber environments across UK Government Departments as well as leading aerospace companies like Airbus and Leonardo and latterly the UK financial sector, William has a unique background
Andreas Kurth Andreas Kurth, PhD (he/him) is senior hardware/software engineer at lowRISC, where he works on the OpenTitan project, including hardware architecture and design, security analysis and hardening, and hardware/software interfaces. Prior to joining lowRISC, he obtained his PhD from ETH Zurich where he architected and led the development of the first open-source research platform
Rochelle Farmer Head of Legal for EMEA at Cloudreach Rochelle is Head of Legal for EMEA at Cloudreach, a cloud native cloud technology and services provider. Rochelle has extensive experience dealing with commercial, intellectual property, and corporate legal matters relating to online platforms, IT infrastructure, and software in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Europe. She has worked both in specialist private
