Local Chairs: 

Sarah Giest, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands
Sarah Giest is a Professor of Public Policy at Leiden University, with a focus on Innovation and Sustainability at the Public Administration Institute of Leiden University. She has been developing an interdisciplinary research agenda and teaching students to use a policy lens to address technical, environmental, and social solutions that shape sustainable societies. Prof. Giest is also the Area (Digital & Data-driven Transformations in Governance) Lead Editor of the Data for Policy community and Data & Policy journal.

Bram Klievink, Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands
Bram Klievink is a Professor of Public Administration at Leiden University, with a particular focus on Digitalisation and Public Policy. He is deeply interested in the interface between digitalisation and government. His research examines how digital innovations challenge existing practices and institutions in public governance and explores how digitalisation can be integrated into novel governance arrangements for the digital age. Current research includes projects on the politics and use of big data and algorithms in the public governance context. Prof. Klievink also serves as the Area (Algorithmic Governance) Editor of the Data for Policy community and Data & Policy journal.

Regional Conference Committee :

• Iryna Susha, Utrecht University, Netherlands
• Florin Coman Kund, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Leid Zejnilovic, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
• Laura Zoboli, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
• Anastasija Nikiforova, University of Tartu, Estonia

Special Track Chairs:

Special Track 1 : Private Sector Data for Public Interest in the EU – Government-Business Data Relations

• Dr. Iryna Susha, Utrecht University
• Mag. Dr. Oskar J. Gstrein, LL.M. , University of Groningen
• Dr. jur. Heleen L. Janssen, University of Amsterdam

Special Track 2 : Bridging the Gap: The role of Data Intermediaries in the Creation of Urban Digital Twins

• Manuel Portela, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona
• Marisa Ponti, University of Gothenburg
• Giovanni Maccani, Ideas For Change

Special Track 3 : Security and Justice Policy in the Age of Algorithms and AI

• Brecht Weerheijm, Leiden University
• Ritten Roothaert, VU Amsterdam
• Sarah van Gerwen, VU Amsterdam

Special Track 4 : Data Law & Governance for the Digital and Green Transitions

• Enrique Santamaria Echeverria, Erasmus School of Law 
• Florin Coman Kund, Erasmus School of Law 
• Alberto Quintavalla, Erasmus School of Law 

All regional Data for Policy conference committees will receive dedicated support from our general conference chairs, as well as our standing advisory and editorial committees. The full list of members can be found on this page.