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Frank Duckwitz Leiter, Brandenburgischer Landesbetrieb für Liegenschaften und Bauen (BLB)

Volljurist Frank Duckwitz ist seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren bei der öffentlichen Hand im Bereich Liegen-schaftsmanagement tätig. Zunächst arbeitete er bei der Treuhandanstalt, seit 1994 in der Verwaltung des Landes Brandenburg. Im Ministerium der Finanzen hat er aktiv die Gründung des BLB mitgestaltet. Seit dessen Gründung im Jahre 2006 ist er dort für die strategische Ausrichtung des Portfolio- und Liegenschaftsmanagements sowie für die Gestaltung der operativen Arbeitsabläufe verantwortlich gewesen. Seit 2014 leitet er den Geschäftsbereich Facilitymanagement des BLB.
Volljurist Frank Duckwitz ist seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren bei der öffentlichen Hand im Bereich Liegen-schaftsmanagement tätig. Zunächst arbeitete er bei der Treuhandanstalt, seit 1994 in der Verwaltung des Landes Brandenburg. Im Ministerium der Finanzen hat er aktiv die Gründung des BLB mitgestaltet. Seit dessen Gründung im Jahre 2006 ist er dort für die strategische Ausrichtung des Portfolio- und Liegenschaftsmanagements sowie für die Gestaltung der operativen Arbeitsabläufe verantwortlich gewesen. Seit 2014 leitet er den Geschäftsbereich Facilitymanagement des BLB.
Volljurist Frank Duckwitz ist seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren bei der öffentlichen Hand im Bereich Liegen-schaftsmanagement tätig. Zunächst arbeitete er bei der Treuhandanstalt, seit 1994 in der Verwaltung des Landes Brandenburg. Im Ministerium der Finanzen hat er aktiv die Gründung des BLB mitgestaltet. Seit dessen Gründung im Jahre 2006 ist er dort für die strategische Ausrichtung des Portfolio- und Liegenschaftsmanagements sowie für die Gestaltung der operativen Arbeitsabläufe verantwortlich gewesen. Seit 2014 leitet er den Geschäftsbereich Facilitymanagement des BLB.

Dr Balázs Dencső Director General, Ministry of National Economy, Hungary

Dr Balázs Dencső has been Head of the Directorate General for Audit of European Funds (DGAEF), which is the Audit Authority for structural funds in Hungary since the establishing of the authority in 2010. The DGAEF is responsible for preparing the strategy and planning, performing auditing as well as preparing control reports and closure declarations. Between 2003 and 2010, Balázs Dencső was working at the Ministry of Finance in the Central Harmonisation Unit which was responsible for the coordination and harmonisation of the European and national funds’ control and audit.

Prof. Dr. Alexiei Dingli Head of AI Department, University of Malta and Malta.Ai Task-Force

Prof Alexiei Dingli is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Head of the Department of AI at the University of Malta. He has been conducting research and working in the field of AI for the past two decades. His work was rated World Class by international experts and won various prizes including the Semantic Web Challenge, the first prize by the European Space Agency, the e-Excellence Gold Seal award, the first Prize in the Malta Innovation Awards, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) award for Creativity and the first prize of the Energy Globe award by the UN amongst others. He has published several peer reviewed papers and books in the field. He is also involved in various AI projects with local and international organisations. The Government of Malta appointed him on the Malta.AI task-force aimed at making Malta one of the top AI countries in the world.

Christian Dahoui Director of Human Resoures, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Mr Dahoui joined the WTO as Director of the Human Resources Division in March 2015 following a career of more than 32 years in the United Nations system. He started his career with the UN Secretariat in New York in 1982 where he occupied a number of positions primarily in Human Resources. In 1998, he moved to the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile, as Head of Human Resources and, in 2007 to the International Maritime Organization in London as Head of Human Resources. Mr Dahoui has an undergraduate degree in Management from the FGV in Sao Paulo, Brazil, an MBA from Fordham University in New York and an MA in Applied Social Psychology from the USACH in Santiago, Chile. Mr Dahoui was born in Brazil, he is married and has two daughters.

Daniel Durango Internal Audit Team Leader, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) (UN Programme) - Headquarters Rome

Daniel Durango is a Senior Team Leader Internal Audit at the United Nations World Food Programme. Over the past six years he has been responsible for audits in over 21 countries, operational and performance audits, IT audits as well as advisory services including cybersecurity and fraud risk assessments. Before joining the UN WFP Daniel Durango was based in Canada where he was a Senior Internal Auditor with ATCO Ltd. (2011), supporting the establishment of the internal audit and internal controls function, and was an Internal and IT auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (2008-2011) working with clients in the public and private sectors. Daniel Durango is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Internal Auditor.

Marlon Domingus Data Protection Officer, CIPP/e, CIPM, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Marlon Domingus is Data Protection Officer at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also co-chair of the legal working group at the National Coordination Point Research Data Management in the Netherlands. Marlon Domingus is, furthermore, one of the authors of the new VSNU Code of Conduct (Use of Personal Data in Research). He is embedded RDM expert in EUR research projects, addressing the various aspects of research data (policy, technical, legal), from proposal to archiving of research data.

Dr Sascha Demarmels Expert and Coach, Agile Communication, Kommunikation 3.0 & Now.New.Next

Dr. Sascha Demarmels worked for over ten years at different institutions of higher education as a senior lecturer and senior researcher as well as in functional roles like diversity and quality representative. She is an expert in human interaction and business communication, specialized in agile communication. She now works as communication coach for miscellaneous industries as well as for administrations, with individuals, teams and leaders. Her main topics are communication in agile environments, conflict communication and diversity.

Marina Dafova Art Director and Journalist

Marina Dafova is Designer and Author, based in Berlin. She is involved in Art Direction for Der Theaterverlag, tanz, European Journal on Contemporary Dance and Ballet, Universität der Künste Berlin, Juve-Verlag, Akademie der Künste, Deutsche Oper, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Deutsche Welle TV, SAT1, sophiensæle, Institut Français, Media Consulta, DOM Publishers, Karsten Witt Musikmanagement, Goethe-Institut and Freie Universität Berlin. Marina Dafiva studied MA in Cultural Studies and Art History in Leipzig, Graphic Design in Berlin and San Francisco.

Giuseppe De Simone Strategic Planning Officer, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Giuseppe De Simone is a Strategic Planning Officer at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Since 2017 he has been pivotal in a process of revamping from a strategic planning perspective the organizational results orientation. This has included internal policies, performance indicators and other guidance documents. He holds an MSc in Economics of International Organizations from the University of Ferrara (Italy), a Master’s degree in International Business Management at the Center for Economic and Trade studies in Madrid (Spain) and an MSc. in Environmental Economics at the University of London (SOAS – United Kingdom). Prior to his work in strategic planning, he worked mostly on sustainable energy issues, from project management to research and policy perspectives, both in UNIDO and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Audrey Depeige Analytics and Organisational Development Advisor, OECD - OCDE

Audrey Depeige works as Analytics and Organisational Advisor at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In this capacity, she manages the implementation of the OECD’s People Development Strategy, oversees the development of learning portfolios while constantly seeking out cutting-edge analytical solutions. Audrey previously held various positions in global companies in the area of Knowledge and Innovation management. She has been the Customer Insights & Knowledge Strategy Manager at world leader in 3D software Dassault Systèmes and at the world leader in ophthalmic optics Essilor Group as Innovation and Knowledge Management Coordinator. She holds a doctorate degree in Management from Paris Saclay University, a Ph.D. in Knowledge and Innovation Management from the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation South-East Asia, a Masters Degree in Management & Organisations from Paris Dauphine University as well as a Masters Degree in Social & Organisational Psychology.

Axel Darut EU affairs & Data advisor, CITEO

Axel DARUT is the european affairs & data advisor for Citeo, the company in charge of the Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for household packaging and for graphic & printed paper in France, working with 20 000 packers and fillers, 900 local municipalities and 300 recyclers. He joined the public policy affairs department of Citeo in 2018, after experiences in the high administration and advisory firm for the public sector. He works very closely with all the actors of the packaging value chain in particular on the Circular Economy Package, the Plastics Strategy and the voluntary commitments at the european and international scales. He graduated from the University Paris Dauphine (Master in Law and Regulatory Markets) and from the College of Europe (LL.M in EU law).

George Drivas Head of National Cyber Security Authority,, Ministry of Digital Governance, Greece

George Drivas is Head of the Greek National Cyber Security Authority and since 2017 is working towards reforming the national cybersecurity framework, bringing Greece at the top scores of the NCSI index. He is experienced both in the private and the public sector and he has worked in the Banking, Telecommunications, Research & Development, Healthcare and Central Public Administration sectors, with active involvement in issues related to information security management, ICT security auditing as well as managing large ICT projects. He serves as a national representative to European and international committees (e.g. EU NIS Cooperation Group, OSCE, OECD), participates in national and European projects on Cybersecurity issues (e.g. CONCORDIA) and conducts research in the area of Cybersecurity Governance.

Nena Dokuzov Head of Project group for New Economy and Blockchain Technology and National Representative at European Blockchain Partnership, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Slovenia

Nena Dokuzov is Head of Project group for New Economy and Blockchain Technology at the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology in Slovenia. She encouraged and led the preparation of Action plan for Blockchain Technology, a strategic and implementation framework, with the purpose to identify relevant areas for blockchain (vertical and horizontal), and to define regulatory framework and steps necessary for the development of new regulation for Blockchain. Action Plan was adopted by the Government of Slovenia in 2018. She is also a national representative at the European Blockchain Partnership. In 2019 she became Head of Delegation of Slovenia at UNECE and was a member of the expert team at UN/CEFACT during the preparation of the Whitepaper on Blockchain and implications of Blockchain Technology for the achievement of SDGs 2030. She is also a member of OECD BEPAB and a Vice-Chair of Advisory Group for Advanced Technologies at UNECE.