The theme of this year’s EDF is Scaling up the European data economy EDF2016 will take place on June 29 and 30 in Eindhoven.
We are proud to announce the following programme which we will update regularly when more speakers are confirmed.
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Day 1
Opening EDF 2016
Jan Mengelers
9:00
CEO Eindhoven University of Technology
Jan Mengelers has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Eindhoven University of Technology since 2014. He gained his engineer’s title in mechanical engineering at TU/e in 1979. After his studies he became a scientific researcher at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). From 1982 to 1984 he carried out scientific research at the Philips ‘NatLab’ – the Philips Research Laboratories. From 1984 to 1997 he held a numbgrer of management positions at Nedcar, the last your years as Managing Director, Product Design & Engineering. From 1997 to 2001 Mengelers was President & CEO of Neways Electronics International. From 2001 until 2014 he was with TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), where he was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Management on 1 April 2008.
Keynotes
Frans van Houten
CEO Philips
9:15
Transforming global healthcare through data-driven innovation
Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips, discusses the opportunities, challenges and barriers involved in data driven innovation in the digital era… Read more
Keynote
Ralf Wagner
Senior Vice President for Plant Data Services, Digital Factory Division at Siemens AG
10:00
The (R)Evolution of Digital Business Models
Digitalization is changing our world faster than ever before. Technology enables companies to develop the next (r)evolution of business models, where the… Read more
Keynote
Emile Aarts
Rector Magnificus Tilburg University
11:15
Professor Emile Aarts has been rector magnificus of Tilburg University since June 1, 2015. As part of this position, he is responsible for the university’s education policy, including issues relating to the transition from higher secondary to academic education and the cooperation with the universities of applied sciences; the research policy, including indirectly funded and contract research; internationalization; the professorship policy; and academic representation (Doctorate Board)… Read more
Video Message
Günther H. Oettinger
European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society
11:45
Günther H. Oettinger is European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society since 1st November 2014. On 10th February 2010 he became European Commissioner for Energy and from 1st July – 31st October 2014, he was Vice-president of the European Commission. From 2005-2010, he was Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and, since 1984, a member of the regional Parliament (“Landtag”). He was the leader of the CDU Landtag group from January 1991 to April 2005.
A lawyer by training, Günther H. Oettinger became actively involved in politics during his adolescence. He is a member of the Federal Executive Committee and of the Steering Committee of the CDU in Germany.
Keynote
Katharina Morik
TU Dortmund University
12:00
Data streams from cyber-physical systems are logging a variety of processes, ranging from traffic, logistics and production to human self-measurements and health data, to name just a few… Read more
Parallel Tracks
(Between 14:00 and 16:00)
Automotive (Ring 3)
Michael Bültmann
MD, HERE Deutschland GmbH
14:15
Relevance of Location Intelligence for the Mobility of the Future
Peter Bräutigam
NOERR
14:45
Connected Cars – Data protection aspects
Connected cars, as yet another sign of the advance of digital technologies, face legal challenges especially regarding IT-Security and data protection Law… Read more
Adrian Zarcula
Programmanager car2enterprise & Fahrzeug-EKG telemetry platform Volkswagen AG
15:15
Data Driven Government (Philips Hall)
Barteld Braaksma & Albrecht Wirthmann
14:15
Data for society: From Official Statistics to Data Science
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Matti Schneider
Core Team Member
14:45
The French Digital Services Incubator
Ben Kaner
Head of Digital Strategy, North Tyneside Council
15:05
Data Driven Government
Why government at all? What is it for – and whose is the data that is used? This session works through the approach that… Read more
Johann Höchtl
Key Researcher at Donau-Universität Krems
15:25
Performance-indicator based policy-making in Austria
Agrifood (Jupiter Hall)
Tobias Menne
Global Head Digital Farming, Bayer
14:15
CropScience: Turning data into food
It is not about data, algorithms or satellites. It is all about how we can improve farming, produce better food and protect our environment… Read more
Sijne van der Beek
Manager Innovation CRCVCV
14:45
Next generation precision dairy farming
Heike Bach
CEO VISTA
15:05
Big Data technologies as success factor for smart farming services
Earth Observation, environmental data, digital maps of land surface properties, meteo station data, farm management and machine data are all ingredients of a big data stream that… Read more
Jacob Van Den Borne
CEO Van Den Borne Precision Farming
15:25
Precision agriculture on a potato farm
Parallel Tracks
(Between 16:00 and 18:00)
Urban Smart Living (Ring 3)
Manfred Hauswirth
Direktor Fraunhofer FOKUS
16:15
Connecting public data sources for smarter urban living
Smart Cities concept aims to improve many aspects of modern cities and urban living. Optimizing the management of public infrastructures, better usage of… Read more
Photo Copyright: Matthias Heyde / Fraunhofer FOKUS
Enrico Motta
Director of the MK:Smart Project
16:45
MK:Smart – A data-centric approach to open innovation
Milton Keynes is the fastest growing city in UK and an economic success story. However, such rapid growth is itself creating… Read more
Lluis Sanz Marco
Corporate Information Director City of Barcelona – IMI
17:05
Barcelona: Data Strategy for a Sustainable City
A city is the place where citizens develop an increasing number of interactions, between them and also with… Read more
Norbert Koppenhagen
VP Research & Innovation, SAP SE
17:25
Digital Value Creation for Urban Living
Urban is the way we live, and urbanization is perceived as one of the greatest opportunities and challenges the planet has faced since… Read more
Smart Industry (Philips Hall)
Grete Håkonsen Coldevin
Norwegian Smart Grid Centre
16:15
Data transforming the energy system of Europe
Better access to and utilization of existing and new types of data is key in transforming the energy system of Europe. A transformation in which the… Read more
Sören Auer
Fraunhofer IAIS
16:45
Industrial Data Space: Digital Sovereignity Over Data
The Industrial Data Space is a virtual data space using standards and common governance models to facilitate the secure exchange and easy linkage of… Read more
Elena Simperl
ODINE Project Leader
17:15
The Business of Open Data
Open Data has emerged as a strong asset for transparency and citizen empowerment, but also, as a business opportunity to… Read more
Novel Emerging Areas (Jupiter Hall)
Stef Oud
Deloitte
16:15
Connect for Purpose – Data and the European Refugee Crisis
The current Refugee Crisis in Europe can be regarded as the most significant humanitarian challenge Europe has faced since… Read more
Fabrice Tocco
President Dawex Systems
16:45
The European data economy: how to create a market by accelerating the data flow
The data economy is a major factor for European economic development. By treating this new data economy as a market… Read more
Peter Scheer
Business Developer, Amsterdam ArenA
17:05
Amsterdam ArenA, Smart Stadium, Complete Control Turf Grass Management!
The Amsterdam ArenA will be the first stadium in the world where HighTech solutions are used to monitor… Read more
Wesley Goatley
Sound Artist and Researcher in Critical Data Aesthetics
17:25
Critical Data Aesthetics – New Approaches to Data Through Critical Artistic Practice
The data economy is a major factor for European economic development. By treating this new data economy as a market… Read more
Plenary Event
17:50
Refreshments / Networking Koepel downstairs
18:15
Eccenca European Data Innovator Award 2016
Malte Bayer – Katzenberger
18:30
EDF 2016 Pub Quiz organized by Number 42
19:30
Walking dinner / Networking
22:15
Closing Day 1
Day 2
Opening Keynotes
Keynotes
Harold Goddijn
CEO TomTom
9:00
Mr. Harold C. A. Goddijn has been the Chief Executive Officer of Tomtom International B.V., since 2001 and serves as its Member of Management Board. Mr. Goddijn has been the Chief Executive Officer at TomTom NV since 2001. He Co-Founded TomTom NV in 1991. Mr. Goddijn also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of TomTom Blue tooth of Sarantel Group PLC. He served as the Chairman of the Management Board of TomTom NV.
Marta Nagy-Rothgengass
DG CNECT G3
9:30
Building a data-driven economy – The perspective of the European Commission
BDVA’s President
Big Data Value Association
9:00
Transforming the European Data Economy: A Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
Parallel Tracks
(Between 11:00 and 13:00)
Education and Skills (Ring 3)
Karsten Simons
Regional Manager Corporate Affairs Europe Cisco Systems
11:00
Digital Transformation – Work and Operations Reinvented
René Jäkel
Technische Universität Dresden
11:30
Enabling methods transfer for domain scientists in the big data era
To deal with increasing amounts of data and its complexity domain scientists need to get access to sophisticated methods for data analysis while still being able to focus on their… Read more
Elena Simperl
European Data Science Academy
11:50
Training the next generation of Data Scientists
The European Data Science Academy is designing curricula for data science training and education across the European Union. We have… Read more
Zdenek Zdrahal
KMi, The Open University
12:10
Predictive data analytics in Higher Education
Student data are analyzed to identify students at risk of failing. Early analysis of student data and… Read more
Healthcare (Philips Hall)
Jorgen Behrens
Business leader of Personal Health solutions, Philips
11:00
Population Health Management
Healthcare systems are struggling to improve quality, manage the increased demand for care while keeping costs under control… Read more
Philipp Daumke
CEO at Averbis GmbH
11:30
Smart Data Analysis for Better Healthcare
Service providers in the health sector are faced with the enormous challenge of improving the quality of treatment in the health sector, increasing… Read more
Luk Vervenne
CEO Synergetics NV
11:50
Towards a ‘Digital Utility’ for Personal Data Management
Olaf Lodbrok
Managing Director of Healthcare Analytics EMEA, RELX
12:10
Data Management to Enable Research for Precision Medicine
Other industries are far ahead of healthcare in using data and advanced analytics to drive processes, improve quality and costs. In healthcare… Read more
Media (Jupiter Hall)
Guillaume Klossa
EBU Big Data Initiative Leader, EBU Director
11:00
Paul Groth
Director Disruptive technology, Elsevier
11:30
Data for Science: How Elsevier is using data science to empower researchers
Each month 12 million people use Elsevier’s ScienceDirect platform. The Mendeley social network has 4.6 million registered users… Read more
Jem Rayfield
Head of Solution Architecture Technology, Financial Times
11:50
Phil Fearnley
Director Homepage & myBBC
12:10
Transforming the BBC’s relationship with it’s audience through Data
The BBC has embarked on transforming its relationship with its audience. Making our online product portfolio… Read more
Plenary Event
Keynotes
Anders Arpteg
Head of Analytics Spotify
14:00
Scaling up Data Science at Spotify
As a data scientist, working at a data-first company leads to many interesting opportunities and challenges. Providing relevant music recommendations is important, but even more essential is to have… Read more
Alexander Rinnooy Kan
Professor Economics and Industrial Engineering UvA
14:45
Scaling up the Big Data Economy
The emergence of Big Data represents a new economic reality; the promise of the Internet of Things adds a new quantitative and qualitative dimension to this perspective… Read more
15:30
Closing of day 2 and closing of EDF 2016
Marta Nagy-Rothengass and Wil van der Aalst
15:50
Conference Ends
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