“The cloud” is changing the way the world uses digital tools and technologies.
As the EU system moves toward a more formal and focused assessment of the policy implications of “cloud” computing, this special EIF event under the chairmanship of EIF political members features workshops bearing directly on three core cloud policy themes: interoperability including data portability, security and data privacy, and public sector and cloud computing. Each will offer EIF guest panellists and participating members the opportunity to share views and experience, followed by a round table during which Workshop chairs will report to Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes on conclusions and recommendations.
Pilar del Castillo, MEP and EIF Chair
Chair: Malcolm Harbour MEP and EIF Governor
Guest speakers:
Mark Skilton, Global Director Strategy, Capgemini Infrastructure Services and Co-Chair Cloud Computing Work Group, The Open Group
Stephen McGibbon, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Europe, Middle East & Africa
Peter Dickman, Engineering Manager, Google
Guillermo Beltrà, Legal Officer, The European Consumers Organisation (BEUC)
Comments by Dr. Abdellatif Benjelloun, Standards Manager, Huawei
Chair: Ivailo Kalfin MEP
Guest speakers:
Thomas Endres, CIO of Lufthansa and Board member of EuroCIO
Gerold Hübner, Chief Product Security Officer, SAP
Jeff Bruggemann, Vice President Public Policy and Chief Privacy officer at AT&T
Paul Nemitz, Director - Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, DG Justice, European Commission
Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor
Chair: Edit Herczog MEP and EIF Governor
Guest speakers:
Linda Strick, Fraunhofer FOKUS - Institute for Open Communication Systems
Andrus Aaslaid, Counselor of State IT Infrastructure at Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication, Estonia
Markus Lennartz, Vice-President Public Sector & Healthcare, T-System
Rainer Zimmermann, Head of Unit, Software & Service Architectures & Infrastructures, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Introduction: Pilar del Castillo MEP and EIF Chair
Keynote speaker: European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes
Comments from the workshop sessions:
Malcolm Harbour MEP and EIF Governor
Ivailo Kalfin MEP
Edit Herczog MEP and EIF Governor