Winter School: Programme

Welcome words (10:00 - 10:30) 

Welcome session in which the context, objectives and programme are introduced from both the European Commission and KU Leuven perspective.

ISA²

• Gertrud Ingestad | Director-General of DG DIGIT, European Commission
• Natalia Aristimuño Pérez | Head of Unit - Interoperability, DG DIGIT, European Commission

KU Leuven

• Bart Raymaekers | Vice-rector, KU Leuven 
• Steven Eggermont | Dean of the Faculty of Social Science, KU Leuven

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41

• Joep Crompvoets | Professor at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute 
• Georges Lobo | Programme Manager, Interoperability Unit, European Commission

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41

Plenary session: European Interoperability and the EIF (11:30 - 12:55) 

The rationale and latest developments regarding European Interoperability (including EIF and ISA² programme), and relevant EU policies for public administrations are introduced and explained from a European Commission perspective.

EIF and ISA² programme 

• Natalia Aristimuño Pérez | Head of Unit - Interoperability, DG DIGIT, European Commission 
  

EU Policies for Public Administration 

• Norbert Sagstetter | acting Head of Unit - eGovernment and Trust, European Commission 
  
• Marian Grubben  | Head of Unit - Digitalisation of the Single Market, European Commission 
  

Moderator: Victoria Kalogirou | Programme Manager, Interoperability Unit, European Commission

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41

Workshops Session 1 (14:20 - 15:30) 

Registration required in advance. Please note that EIRA workshop is divided in two parts, while other workshops are composed of sessions which will be repeated twice. 

• Interoperability Academy Workshop session I
• Evolution of EIF session I
• EIRA (part I)

Coffee on the spot 

Location: KU Leuven AGORA Learning Centre – Edward Van Evenstraat 4

Workshops Session 2 (15:45 - 17:00) 

Registration required in advance. Please note that EIRA workshop is divided in two parts, while other workshops are composed of sessions which will be repeated twice. 

• Interoperability Academy Workshop session II
• Evolution of EIF session II
• EIRA (part II)

Coffee on the spot 

Location: KU Leuven AGORA Learning Centre – Edward Van Evenstraat 4

Plenary session: Public Sector Innovation from an Institutional Perspective (09:30 - 11:00) 

Public Sector Innovation is considered as the process of generating new ideas in the public sector and implementing them to create value for society.  

The first part of this plenary session will focus on the views from the European Commission that will present its current activities supporting Public Sector Innovation and the plans foreseen in the future Digital Europe programme. This will be complemented national perspectives from Slovenia Portugal and Belgium.

• Natalia Aristimuño Pérez | Head of Unit - Interoperability, European Commission 
  
• Karmen Kern Pipan | Head of Data Management Department, Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia 
  
• Pedro Viana | Director of Digital Transformation, AMA, Portuguese Administrative Modernization Agency, Portugal 
  
• Frank Leyman | Manager of International Relations, Belgian Federal Public service Strategy and Support 
  

Moderators: Georges Lobo | Programme Managers, Interoperability Unit, European Commission

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41

Plenary session: Public Sector Innovation from an Academic Perspective (11:30 - 12:55) 

The second part of this plenary session will focus on the views from internationally renowned academic scholars regarding the current and future of public sector innovation.

• Marijn Janssen | Full Professor in Policy and Management Faculty of TU Delft, The Netherlands 
  
• Ines Mergel | Full Professor in Department of Politics and Public Administration of Universität Konstanz, Germany 
  
• Vassilis Kouliolas | executive Director eGovlab in Stockholm University, Sweden 

Moderator: Joep Crompvoets | Professor at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute 

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41

Workshops Session 3 (14:20 - 17:00) 

Registration required in advance.

• Digital Europe supporting Public Administrations
• Future of Digital Transformation

Coffee on the spot

Location: KU Leuven AGORA Learning Centre – Edward Van Evenstraat 4

Dinner (Optional)

Location: Hotel Martin’s Klooster - Onze-Lieve-Vrouwstraat 4

Registration required in advance - Kloosterhotel

General presentation (09:30 - 10:30) 

In this session, different views are presented. First by the European Commission’s director of Data Services will present his views to lead the European Commission to become a leading Data Driven organisation. Secondly an internationally respected academic scholar of KU Leuven will explain his views to the processes of using digital technologies to create new — or modify existing — business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet the changing societal requirements.

• Emanuele Baldacci | Director of Digital Services at European Commission 
  
• Geert Bouckaert | Full Professor of public management at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute 
  

Moderator: To be announced

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41

General session on Workshops by Workshop Leaders (11:00 - 13:00) 

This session will summarise the main findings of the different parallel session of day 1 and 2.

• Wrap-up Workshop Interoperability Academy Workshop (Georges Lobo & Victoria Kalogirou) 
  
• Wrap-up Evolution of EIF (Miguel Alvarez Rodriguez)
• Wrap-up EIRA (Raul M Abril)
• Wrap-up Digital Europe supporting Public Administrations (To be announced)
• Wrap-up Future of Digital Transformation (Maxim Chantillon)

Moderator: Victoria Kalogirou | Programme Manager, Interoperability Unit, European Commission

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41

Panel Discussion (14:00 - 15:30)  

On the basis of a set of challenging propositions, a panel of experts will present their views and will debate about the future of digital transformation. The audience will be actively involved in the discussions.   

• Emanuele Baldacci | Director of Digital Services at European Commission
• Steven Van de Walle | Professor of public administration and public management at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute
• Robert Krimmer | Professor of e-Governance at Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance in the School of Business and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology
• Gianluca Misuraca | Senior Scientist, European Commission's Joint Research Centre 
  

Moderator: Joep Crompvoets | Professor at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute

With participation from the audience.

Location: Auditorium ‘Zeger Van Hee’ – Tiensestraat 41