Conference Committees

General Chairs: 

• Zeynep Engin, Data for Policy CIC, UK
• Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge and The Alan Turing Institute, UK
• Stefaan Verhulst, New York University, USA

Conference Management: 

• Emily Gardner, Data for Policy CIC, UK
• Pinar Ozgen, Data for Policy CIC, UK
• Andrew Hyde, Cambridge University Press, UK

Standard Track Committees:

Area 1: Digital & Data-Driven Transformation in Governance

• Sarah Giest, University of Leiden, Netherlands
• Sharique Manazir, Kautilya School of Public Policy, India
• Keegan McBride, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
• Francesco Mureddu, Lisbon Council, Belgium
• Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Tartu, Estonia
• Sujit Sikder, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany
• Bonnie Buyuklieva, UCL, UK
• Austin Zwick, Syracuse University, USA

Area 2: Technology & Analytics

• Giz Gulnerman, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, Turkey
• Cigdem Gurgur, Purdue University, USA
• Jude Dzevela Kong, York University, Canada
• Emre Simsekler, Khalifa University of Science & Technology, UAE
• Roman Marchant, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
• Micheal Zimba, Malawi Institute of Technology (MIT), Malawi
• Stéphane C. K. Tékouabou, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon
• Christian Mongeau, Food Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy

Area 3: Policy & Literacy for Data

• Anushri Gupta, London School of Economics, UK
• Sherman Kong, The Digital Economist, USA
• Mihoko Sumida, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
• Gaby Umbach, European University Institute, Italy
• Itzelle Medina Perea, University of Sheffield, UK
• Johanna Walker, King’s College London, UK
• Laura Zoboli, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
• Yuan Stevens, McGill University, Canada
• Emanuela Podda, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Area 4: Ethics, Equity & Trustworthiness

• Tristan Henderson, University of St Andrews, UK
• Alexander Monea, George Mason University, USA
• Nydia Remolina Leon, Singapore Management University, Singapore
• Cigdem Gurgur, Purdue University, USA
• Zihao Li, University of Glasgow, UK
• Suneel Jethani, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Area 5: Algorithmic Governance

• Bram Klievink, Leiden University, Netherlands
• Leid Zejnilovic, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
• Ricardo Vecellio Segate, Groningen University, Netherlands
• M.Lorena Florez Rojas, Groningen University, Netherlands
• Jacqueline C. K. Lam, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Area 6: Global Challenges & Dynamic Threats

• Chris Hinnant, Florida State University, USA
• Wilson Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Marta Poblet, RMIT University, Australia
• Love Opeyemi David, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Patrick Micheal Brock, World Bank UNHCR Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, Denmark