EC-3^rd Countries Trust Services Forum

Lorena Boix Alonso is Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity in the Directorate General for Communications Networks Content and Technology (DG CONNECT), at the European Commission. She is a member of the Executive and Management Board of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and as well as the Commission representative in the Governing Board of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) and a member of the Management Board of the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions (CERT EU).

She joined the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition in 2003. Prior to that, she has worked for Judge Rafael García Valdecasas, at the European Court of Justice, as well as Deputy Director and Legal Coordinator of the IPR-Helpdesk Project and in private practice in Brussels.

Today Director of Digital Services with her past experience that combines different Head of Unit positions in the domains of interoperability policy, delivering solutions for human resources, decision-making, document and knowledge management. Since she joined the European Commission in 2000, she has been involved in developing user-friendly solutions for public administrations and the European Commission itself. She graduated from Deusto University (Bilbao, Spain) with IT background and has a deep knowledge of the business domains she works with.

Gudrun has more than 30 years of experience in the private sector and EU Institutions, in a wide variety of fields ranging from audit, law, human resources and statistics to digital cultural heritage, digital inclusion, digital government and digital identity. Currently, Gudrun is Deputy Head of Unit of the eGovernment and Trust unit at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT). Her ambition is to foster the implementation of the European Digital Identity Framework.

He is currently assigned as a Policy Officer to Unit “eGovernment and Trust” of DG CNECT where he works in electronic signatures and in international aspects of the eIDAS regulation.He qualified as a Computer Engineer at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and obtained a master’s degree in Information and Knowledge Society at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Before joining the European Institutions in 2019, he had developed a career in Spain as a civil servant in the information and communication technology areas, mainly on IT security, data protection, electronic government and IT governance.

With his expertise in digital transformation, Tolis is always seeking opportunities, to transform the way European citizens interact with the services offered by the EU Institutes, Bodies and Agencies (EUIBAs) as well as to assist the private and public sector within EU and beyond, to establish citizens-centric, interoperable services of great value.

Background

Tolis graduated as an Electrical and Electronics Engineer from the University of Patras, Greece and following a successful career in Greece and Germany, he started working for the European Commission and specifically in DG DIGIT, in 2011.

Since then, Tolis has managed several projects in Research and Education domains and lately he is the Solution Owner of the electronic identities and digital signing services in the European Commission. The past 4 years, Tolis and his teams are working intensively to boost the penetration of Trust Services inside the EUIBAs, as well as in the EU Member States. He is also a key contributor to the efforts of the European Commission in the technical field of international recognition of Trust Services between the EU and 3rd countries.

Oleksandr is an expert on eID at EU4DigitalUA, e-Governance Academy in Ukraine. He worked on harmonization of Ukrainian regulations with the EU requirements in several governmental institutions in Ukraine. 

He was always an active contributor in implementation of eIDAS Regulation in Ukraine with an aim to mobilize effortless and trustworthy cross border transactions. Being a part of eGovernance Academy they assist public sector in making digital transformation happen through consultancy, training, networking, research and assisting in the implementation of various e-government technical solutions.

Oleksandr has actively contributed to the advancements and developments in the EU's collaboration with Ukraine. He has supported Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in aligning with eIDAS Requirements and integration with EC TC AdES LOTL.  During this cooperation valuable insights into the technical design, practical challenges, and best practices in recognizing Third Countries' trust services were identified.

Olivier is an eSignature expert with an extensive experience of 25 years in IT, in particular regarding digital transformation in eGovernment and finance.

He is providing consulting and auditing services to public and private stakeholders in trust services ecosystems, in Europe and MENA, and has contributed to various standards and guidelines around (Q)TSP security requirements and electronic signature validation. Among others, since 2014 he is providing support to eIDAS initiatives at the European Commission and has been involved in the technical field of international recognition of Trust Services between the EU and 3rd countries.

Ermela graduated in Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania. In 2016 started working in the Accreditation Unit in National Authority on Electronic Certification.

Since then,  she has been working for National Authority on Electronic Certification and Cyber Security and the main job duties consist of adopting international legislation and standards in the field of trust services and cyber security (such as eIDAS Regulation, NIS Directive, ENISA best practices). Previously she has participated in FESA and ENISA Meetings where she has represented the Authority.

Viky Manaila is an international expert in the field of electronic signatures, digital identity and digital transformation processes, who has successfully promoted the electronic business globally. Viky has successfully contributed to standardization work for the global acceptance of European Trust Services, a study of existing trust services that operate in different regions of the world and their possible mutual recognition or global acceptance. 

The eIDAS Regulation and corresponding standards go beyond EU boundaries, proving that interoperability and cross-border legal recognition are the keys for global electronic commerce and transactions.

Viky has detailed in-depth knowledge of regulations, technologies and policies in digitisation and digital identities in the EU and third countries. She is member of different high level working groups set up by the European Commission, ETSI (www.etsi.org ), World Economic Forum,  aimed at aligning policy and operations around trust identity, digital signatures and cross-recognition.

Viky Manaila is also President for Cloud Signature Consortium.

Sylvie Lacroix is an eSecurity consultant with +25 years of experience. With a Master from the Ecole Polytechnique de Louvain as technical background, Sylvie started her career as researcher in cryptography at the UCL University.  She acquired a significant experience in business representation and exploitation of security, cryptography and PKI topics through participations to the implementation of major projects within Europe and beyond, such as national eID cards and ePassports deployment, or the integration of eSignature within diverse ecosystems. 

Sylvie is expert for several European projects in the framework of the eIDAS Regulation. She worked for prestigious organisations such as European Governments, ENISA, the European Commission, large enterprises and CEN and ETSI, the two major European standardisation bodies.

Dr Evgenia Nikolouzou joined ENISA in 2016 and her main focus was to support the implementation of the eIDAS Regulation and contribute to policy related issues in the area of electronic communications sector. Evgenia is successfully contributing to many ENISA reports on Trust Services and Digital Identities and actively supporting the eIDAS community.

Background

She received a Dipl.-Ing. and a Ph.D iin Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and was for years performing research in internet architectures and related security and performance evaluation aspects.

She has participated in several European Union projects and was a lecturer on many postgraduate courses.

She has published a number of international papers and journals and since 2007 she is contributing as evaluator and reviewer to EU Commission.