Speakers
Confirmed speakers:
Dr. Vaira Vike Freiberga - President of Latvia
Viviane Reding - European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
Ina Gudele - Minister for Special Assignments for Electronic Government Affairs, Latvia
Minister José Mariano Gago - Portugal
Minister Margaret Hodge - Minister of State for Industry & the Regions at the Department for Trade & Industry, United Kingdom
Minister Jure Zupan - Slovenia
Minister Susanna Huovinen - Finland
Minister Zsolt Nagy - Communications & Information Technology, Romania
Minister Austin Gatt - Investment, Industry and Information Technology, Malta
Minister Claude Wiseler - Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform, Minister of Civil Engineering, Luxembourg
Deputy Minister Derek Hanekom - Deputy Minister for Science and Technology
Vice Minister Marianne Nganunu - Vice Minister of Communication and Research, Botswana
Ursula Haubner, President of the Council of Ministers, Federal Minister for Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection, Austria
Gerold Reichle - Director General, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
Reinhard Posch - Austrian Federal Chief Information Officer
Judy Brewer - Director Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), W3C
Rodolfo Cattani - Executive Officer, European Disability Forum
Anne-Sophie Parent - Director, AGE - European Older People's Platform
Vappu Taipale - Director General, The National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)
Claire Shewbridge - Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Indicators and Analysis Division, Directorate for Education, OECD
Jo De Boeck - CEO, IMEC
Martin Haegele - Fraunhofer IPA
Luisa Andreone - Centro Ricerche Fiat
Peter Davitt - CEO, FIT (Fasttrack to IT)
Jim Devine - Director Institute of Art Design and Technology, IADT
Yvonne von Beck Katsambi - Mewcat (Milos Educational Women’s Collaboration for Activities in Tourism), Greece
Tapio Varis - Professor and Chair, Media Education, University of Tampere, Faculty of Education
Antonio Herrera - President eSCC (e-Skills Certification Consortium)
Jan Larsson - (Mayor and municipal commissioner of the Katrineholm) A-Bard Project
Ed Brown - CEO, Adit NorthUK
Kuljit 'Kooj' Chuhan - Digital Media Artist from Virtual Migrants
Simon Robinson - Director, Empirica
Sally Wyatt - University of Amsterdam
Dr Joe Cullen - Dean of Scientific Affairs, Tavistock Institute
Javier Romaňach Cabrero - Foro de Vida Independiente
Matthew Kirk - Director External Relationships, Vodafone Group Services Lts
Nigel Hickson - Head EU ICT Policy and Regulation, Department of Trade and Industry, UK Government
Klaus Peter Wegge - Siemens Accessiblity Competence Center, Siemens & Universität Paderborn
Markus Dubielzig, Accessibility Specialist, Siemens
Josh Collett - International Liaison, AARP
Charles Lowe - Trustee, Citizens Online
Kristin Vestgren Sæterøy - Director of Vertical Segments, Ericsson
Roberto Pizzicannella - Centro Nazionale per l'Informatica nella P.A. Ministro per l'Innovazione e le Tecnologie
Patrick Vanhoudt - European Investment Bank
Paul Waller - Director, Business Operations, e-Government Unit, Cabinet Office UK
Agustin Elizegi Etxeberria - Director General de EJIE, Gobierno Vasco
Fabio Colasanti - Director General, Information Society and Media Directorate, European Commission
Andreas Disen - Director General, Ministery of Health and Care Services, Norway
Erkki Ormala - Vice President, Technology Policy, Nokia
M. Ivar Tallo - Director of e-Governance Academy, Estonia
Pierre Pécastaings - Animation des réseaux "Usagers-Citoyens", Ministère de l'Economie des Finances et de l'Industrie
Erik Aas - CEO, GrameePhone Ltd
Claudio Prado - Digital Policy Coordinator, Ministry of Culture, Brazil
Dai Davies - General Manager, DANTE
Mark MacGann - Director-General, EICTA
Frans de Bruïne - European Commission
Antti Holmroos - Government Industry Leader, NE Europe, IBM
György Csepeli - Parliamentary State Secretary, Hungary
Adrian Hosford - Director for Corporate Social Responsibility, BT
Hervé Le Guyader - eris@; user representative
Umberto Paolucci - Senior Chairman, Microsoft EMEA, Vice President for Corporate and Government Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
Mike Moore - former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former WTO Director-General
Rodolfo Cattani - Executive Officer, European Disability Forum
Angela Garabagiu - Secretary to the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Universal Design
Yves Chauvel - Director European Coordination, ETSI
Daniela Battisti - Director, Ministry for Innovation and Reform in Public Administration, Italy
Lennart Magnusson - Univ. Coll. Borås, Sweden &
Josep Roca - Univ. Hosp. Barcelona, Spain
Guus Broos - Executive Board Orbis Medical and Healthcaregroup, The Netherlands
Jeremy Millard - Senior Consultant, Danish Technological Institute
Kevin Carey - Director, humanity, Member OFCOM Content Board
Stefan Hedin - Mayor and President of the executive board, Sandvikens Kommun, Sweden
Mark Brailey - Intel
George Hall - Member of the Board of Directors, eris@ (European Regional Information Society Association)
Nicole Chandrashekara - Executive Director, UBS Group HR, Global Diversity
IIlze Brands Kehris - Director of the Latvian Centre for Human Rights
Christophe Demunter - Eurostat
Clara Centeno - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies –IPTS
John O'Flaherty, Technical Director, MAC - National Microelectronics Application Centre
Irfan Erdogan, Head of the Board of Education, Turkey
Pilar Rodriguez - Andalucia Digital Commitment
Juan Reig - Andalucía Compromiso Digital