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Malte Beyer-Katzenberger, Team Leader, EU Policies, DG CONNECT, European Commission Dr. Malte Beyer-Katzenberger studied law & political sciences at Trier and Aix-en-Provence universities and at the College of Europe, Bruges. He holds a Dr. jur. degree from Trier University with a doctoral thesis on the Convention on the Future of Europe.
After having worked at the Academy of European Law in Trier from 2007-2011, he joined the European Commission, DG CONNECT, in November 2011. He is desk officer working on policies relating to data-driven innovation, including open data policy and aspects of data protection. Currently, he is involved in the Free Flow of Data Initiative.
Team Leader, EU Policies, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Eva Maydell, Member, European Parliament Eva Maydell (Paunova) is a second-term Member of the European Parliament within the European People’s Party (EPP) Group, representing the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB). She is a Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee. She is also a Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Japan and substitute member in the Delegation for relations with the US. Until her election, she was Executive Coordinator of the GERB-EPP Delegation and Senior Policy Advisor in the European Parliament. MEP Maydell’s key interests include innovation & digitalisation, investments, SMEs & entrepreneurship and education.
Member
European Parliament
Jennifer Yokoyama, Deputy General Counsel, IP Group & Chief IP Counsel, Microsoft Jennifer Yokoyama is Deputy General Counsel, IP Group and Chief IP Counsel at Microsoft. Yokoyama was previously Microsoft’s head of IP litigation, but has only been with the software giant since June 2018. Before that, she was principal counsel for patent litigation at Apple. In her four years there, her focus was on the management of complex multijurisdictional patent, competition and FRAND-based disputes, with a special emphasis on Asia, where she was responsible for the APAC litigation docket. Between 2010 and 2013 Yokoyama was assistant general counsel of IP litigation and licensing strategy at Nike. She was also a partner at McDermott Will & Emery for seven years.
Deputy General Counsel, IP Group & Chief IP Counsel
Microsoft
Casper Klynge, Vice President, European Government Affairs, Microsoft Casper Klynge has been serving as Denmark’s Tech Ambassador in Silicon Valley. Prior to
this role he was Ambassador of Denmark to Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea &
ASEAN and to the Republic of Cyprus.
Prior to that, Klynge worked in several positions within the Danish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs as well as the Senior Civilian Representative / Deputy Head of NATO’s multinational Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan and as Head of the European Union’s civilian crisis management mission in Kosovo). Earlier in his diplomatic career he lived and worked in Brussels, working with the General Secretariat of the Council
of Ministers of the EU.
Klynge holds a master’s degree in political science from Copenhagen University, and is a
2009 Marshall Memorial Fellow.
Vice President, European Government Affairs
Microsoft
Jeni Tennison, Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser, Open Data Institute Jeni Tennison is Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser at the Open Data Institute. She gained a PhD in AI from the University of Nottingham, then worked as an independent consultant, specialising in open data publishing and consumption, before joining the ODI as Technical Director in 2012, becoming CEO in 2016, and Vice President in 2020.
She served on the W3C’s Technical Architecture Group from 2011 to 2015 and co-chaired the W3C’s CSV on the Web Working Group. She also sits on the Advisory Board for the Open Contracting Partnership; the Board of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data; the UK’s Health Tech Advisory Board; and advises the Board of OpenUK.
Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser
Open Data Institute
Jeremy Rollison, Director, EU Government Affairs, Microsoft Europe Jeremy Rollison is Director of EU Government Affairs within Microsoft’s Corporate, External, & Legal Affairs (CELA) group. Based in Brussels, his work focuses on policy related to the EU Digital Single Market (DSM), with a particular emphasis on data issues and corresponding public policy covering privacy, cybersecurity, cloud policy, and the cross-border provision of online services. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked in the Government Relations team at Nokia in the company’s EU representative office, and was previously Director of the European Digital Media Association (EDiMA) in Brussels. He has over a decade of experience in Brussels at the company, association, and consultancy levels, focusing and engaging with EU stakeholders on issues related to the development and delivery of online services in the Internal Market and corresponding EU regulatory policy.
Senior Director, EU Government Affairs
Microsoft Europe
Note: All session timings below are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Welcome Remarks
Casper Klynge, Vice President, European Government Affairs, Microsoft Casper Klynge has been serving as Denmark’s Tech Ambassador in Silicon Valley. Prior to
this role he was Ambassador of Denmark to Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea &
ASEAN and to the Republic of Cyprus.
Prior to that, Klynge worked in several positions within the Danish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs as well as the Senior Civilian Representative / Deputy Head of NATO’s multinational Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan and as Head of the European Union’s civilian crisis management mission in Kosovo). Earlier in his diplomatic career he lived and worked in Brussels, working with the General Secretariat of the Council
of Ministers of the EU.
Klynge holds a master’s degree in political science from Copenhagen University, and is a
2009 Marshall Memorial Fellow.
Casper Klynge
Vice President, European Government Affairs, Microsoft Europe
16:05 – 17:30
Panel Discussion
Jeremy Rollison, Director, EU Government Affairs, Microsoft Europe Jeremy Rollison is Director of EU Government Affairs within Microsoft’s Corporate, External, & Legal Affairs (CELA) group. Based in Brussels, his work focuses on policy related to the EU Digital Single Market (DSM), with a particular emphasis on data issues and corresponding public policy covering privacy, cybersecurity, cloud policy, and the cross-border provision of online services. Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked in the Government Relations team at Nokia in the company’s EU representative office, and was previously Director of the European Digital Media Association (EDiMA) in Brussels. He has over a decade of experience in Brussels at the company, association, and consultancy levels, focusing and engaging with EU stakeholders on issues related to the development and delivery of online services in the Internal Market and corresponding EU regulatory policy.
Moderator:
Jeremy Rollison
Senior Director, EU Government Affairs, Microsoft Europe
Malte Beyer-Katzenberger, Team Leader, EU Policies, DG CONNECT, European Commission Dr. Malte Beyer-Katzenberger studied law & political sciences at Trier and Aix-en-Provence universities and at the College of Europe, Bruges. He holds a Dr. jur. degree from Trier University with a doctoral thesis on the Convention on the Future of Europe.
After having worked at the Academy of European Law in Trier from 2007-2011, he joined the European Commission, DG CONNECT, in November 2011. He is desk officer working on policies relating to data-driven innovation, including open data policy and aspects of data protection. Currently, he is involved in the Free Flow of Data Initiative.
Malte Beyer-Katzenberger
Team Leader, EU Policies, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Eva Maydell, Member, European Parliament Eva Maydell (Paunova) is a second-term Member of the European Parliament within the European People’s Party (EPP) Group, representing the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB). She is a Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee. She is also a Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Japan and substitute member in the Delegation for relations with the US. Until her election, she was Executive Coordinator of the GERB-EPP Delegation and Senior Policy Advisor in the European Parliament. MEP Maydell’s key interests include innovation & digitalisation, investments, SMEs & entrepreneurship and education.
Eva Maydell
Member, European Parliament
Jule Sigall, Associate General Counsel, Open Innovation, IP Group, Microsoft Jule L. Sigall is Associate General Counsel in the Intellectual Property group of Microsoft’s Corporate, External and Legal Affairs department. He leads the Open Innovation team, which develops IP policy, counseling and programs involving patent, copyright, trade secrets, data and related issues. Before joining Microsoft, Jule served as Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs at the U.S. Copyright Office. He headed U.S. delegations to WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights and is a frequent speaker on intellectual property in both domestic and international conferences. Prior to his government service, Jule practiced at Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law and received his A.B. from Duke University.
Jule Sigall
Associate General Counsel, Open Innovation, IP Group, Microsoft
Jeni Tennison, Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser, Open Data Institute Jeni Tennison is Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser at the Open Data Institute. She gained a PhD in AI from the University of Nottingham, then worked as an independent consultant, specialising in open data publishing and consumption, before joining the ODI as Technical Director in 2012, becoming CEO in 2016, and Vice President in 2020.
She served on the W3C’s Technical Architecture Group from 2011 to 2015 and co-chaired the W3C’s CSV on the Web Working Group. She also sits on the Advisory Board for the Open Contracting Partnership; the Board of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data; the UK’s Health Tech Advisory Board; and advises the Board of OpenUK.
Jeni Tennison
Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser, Open Data Institute
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