speakers

President of BADIATA and Managing Director of Inetum. He also currently has the honour and the opportunity to chair the Basque cluster of knowledge industries and applied technology, GAIA. This cluster, in which some 311 companies participate, has the mission of promoting the development and growth of Basque companies in the Engineering-Consulting, Electronics-Computing and Telecommunications sectors.

Lars Nagel is CEO of the International Data Spaces Association with 140+ global members since its foundation in 2016. He is also a member of the Executive Board of Digital Hub Management GmbH, where he manages innovation and technology transfer. He has been a member of the first board of directors of Gaia-X AISBL and held the role as COO in the first year, furthermore, he is a member of various advisory boards of European research projects. Previously, Lars founded and led GlobalGate, a provider of corporate education programs with blended learning courses for industrial and economic content based on a digital learning platform. Lars graduated at the Technical University of Dortmund with a diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Lars’ main fields of work are innovation management, network engagement and technology transfer – always with a focus on digital, complex systems and data economy.

Javier Valiño graduated in Telecommunications Engineering with a double major (Telematics and Radiocommunications) from the University of Cantabria in 2007. He developed his Final Project in the field of point source detection in collaboration with the Plank project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the physics department of the University of Cantabria. He also holds an MBA with a focus on Project Management from IEBS. He worked as a network and systems engineer leading commercial innovation projects related to IoT and 4G/5G (FP7 projects such as EARTH, EXALTED, TALOS or MiWaveS; H2020 projects such as Flex5GWare and Celtic Plus projects such as SHARING and TILAS, acting as project coordinator and obtaining the Celtic Plus Excellence Award,

Driven by a passion for innovation and digital transformation, he leads cutting-edge projects in the field of IDS-based data spaces. As the head of the Spanish Hub of the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) and director of the technical secretariat of BAIDATA, he promotes collaboration and the development of innovative solutions in this field.

Marta Rodríguez Arciniega, is a professional with more than 10 years of experience in the world of data. She currently works at Telefónica advising clients on projects related to advanced technologies such as IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance, leading the identification of use cases and defining their implementation adapted to the specific needs of each client. She holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from Deusto Business School, an MBA in Management Development, a Master in AI and Innovation, and the Data Space Fundamentals certification from IDSA.

As an expert in new technologies and digital ecosystems, Natalia has more than 20 years of experience working with public and private sector organisations in the design and evaluation of public policies and as a digital transformation advisor to governments. Natalia's role at Microsoft as Director of Innovation and Business Development for the Public Sector includes working with governments, universities, companies and start-ups to disseminate business development and capacity building opportunities related to technologies in various sectors.

Alberto Román is a technology entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience leading innovative projects in artificial intelligence. He is currently CEO and co-founder of Acuratio, where he develops federated learning solutions that allow organisations to collaborate without compromising their data privacy. These innovations have earned Acuratio the Ángela Ruiz Robles Award from the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) in the category of Entrepreneurship in personal data protection. Previously, she founded Mapplas, an app recommendation engine based on location and natural language processing. She is an industrial engineer from the University of Navarra and has extensive experience leading technical teams and developing technological products with global impact.

Graduated in Computer Engineering, Emilio Martín-González is Director of the Tech&Data team at NWorld, with an extensive background in Data&Analytics where he has led business development, strategy and data governance teams in various fields such as the energy sector, industry and hospitality. Previously he was responsible for Big Data, Data Architecture, Business Intelligence and Data Management development teams in both on-premise and cloud-based installations, with end-to-end responsibility from proposal development to proposal management and collaboration with technology partners.

Head of Innovation Projects at LKS Next, coordinating LKS Next's participation in research projects in both national and European consortia in areas such as AI, IoT, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Edge-Cloud and Data Spaces. Responsible for the Data Spaces Area at LKS Next, he leads the dialogue with Catena-X and manages LKS Next's participation in the development of Eclipse Tractus-X.

Senior Innovation and Technology Manager with more than 20 years of experience leading digital transformation and technological innovation in the industrial and R&D sectors (TECNALIA, VIRTUALWARE, MONDRAGON). Experience in aligning technology strategies with business objectives, managing multidisciplinary teams and driving the adoption of emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Edge-Cloud and Data Spaces (MONDRAGON-X). Member of the IEC TC65-JWG21, WG 23, WG24 standardisation groups related to reference architectures in manufacturing and the Asset Administration Shell standard, as well as the Spanish Catena-X Hub. Ability to collaborate with senior executives and integrate technology solutions into long-term corporate strategy.

Arkaitz Carbajo is Director of Innovation and Emerging Technologies at LKS Next GobTech, where he leads digital transformation initiatives aimed at modernising and optimising public services. His work focuses on process automation, the use of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, and the deployment of digital platforms (cloud, low/no code), as well as the governance and strategic use of data. It develops projects focused on operational efficiency, improving citizen experience and environmental sustainability. He also promotes public-private collaboration and governance models connected with technology centres, universities and training institutions, where it contributes to the transfer of knowledge and the development of specialised talent in the field of the digital public sector.

Telecommunications Engineer from the University of Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain), MsC in Business Consulting from ICADE (Madrid, Spain) and Certified Data Management Professional (DAMA International). Mario is co-founder and CEO of Anjana Data, a company he founded in 2019 to launch a new Data & AI Governance solution to the market based on an innovative, disruptive and differential approach and that as of today is the only Spanish and Basque company to appear in a Gartner Magic Quadrant for the Data & Analytics categories. In addition, he has been part of the Board of Directors of DAMA Spain for several years and collaborates regularly with several Business Schools, Universities and Startup Acceleration

Antonio J. Jara is CSO and member of the Board of Directors of Libelium. He received his PhD Cum Laude from the University of Murcia, focusing on secure and scalable connection of objects to Internet platforms, and an MBA. He has received awards for his IoT innovation, including the IPSO Alliance Award sponsored by Google. As part of Libelium, he specialises in disruptive and innovative solutions, participating in numerous international projects and events as a speaker, with more than 100 publications and several patents in the IoT domain.

Dr. Oscar Lazaro is Director of Innovalia. He supported the EC DIH I4MS Programme set up and leads the WEF Advanced Manufacturing HUB (AMHUB), IDSA Hub in Spain. He is board member of the BAIDATA, EIT Digital Spanish CLC and actively engaged with the Data Space Support Centre (DSSC) and Digital Factory Alliance (DFA) activities, from where he led the set-up of the Data Space 4.0 initiative. He is representative of Innovalia in EFFRA, GAIA-X and BDVA. He led EU OpenDEI Think Tank on multilateral Digital Value Chains (DVC).