Alberto Palomo Lozano

Chief Data Officer, Government of Spain

Bio available soon.

Dr Andreas Wierse

Managing Director, SICOS BW GmbH

Bio available soon.

Luc Hendrickx

Competitiveness of Enterprises, External Relations and Legal Affairs Director, SMEUnited

Luc Hendrickx is since 2000 Director of Enterprise Policy and External Relations at SMEunited (formerly UEAPME), the European employer’s organisation representing the interests of crafts and SMEs at EU level. In this function he is responsible for SME policy, better regulation, legal affairs, internal market issues, retail, digitalisation, trade and standardisation. He is member of the board of EURid, the registry manager of the .eu and .ею country code top-level domains, Member of the Multistakeholder expert group to support the application of the GDPR, Member of the Stakeholder Consultation Group for the Fitness Check of EU Consumer and Marketing Law and other advisory groups. From 1997 until 2000 he was member of cabinet of the Flemish Minister of Environment and Employment. In 1989 he joined UNIZO, the Belgian SME organisation, as Legal Counsellor. Between 1992 and 1998 he also lectured at the Flemish Economic High School (VLEKHO) in Brussels. He started his career in 1986 as salesman in his sister’s do-it-your self shop. Luc Hendrickx has a Master of Laws from the Catholic University of Leuven (B), a Diploma from the Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales of Nice (F) and a Master in European Studies from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (S). Luc Hendrickx Competitiveness of Enterprises, External Relations and Legal Affairs Director SMEUnited Irena Bednarich Irena Bednarich Vice President, International Government Relations, EMEA and APJ HPE Session Format

Irena Bednarich

Vice President, International Government Relations, EMEA and APJ, HPE

Irena Bednarich is the Vice President of International Government Relations for EMEA and APJ at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. In this role, she leads HPE’s government relations and public policy team in the region and supports key public sector pursuits across these regions. After 14 years in Brussels, Irena has recently relocated to Dubai, UAE, to drive stronger alignment with the business in an important growth region. Irena is fluent in Italian, Slovenian, French, English and German and has working knowledge of Spanish.