Field of activity: Digital Government
In recent years, many AI experiments and pilots have been launched within the government. It is becoming increasingly clear that the next step is not about more experiments, but about moving towards sustainable, scalable, and responsible applications that create public value.
This shifts the focus from experimentation to transition: from individual projects to coherence in organization, infrastructure, and collaboration. The central question is how AI can evolve from an experimental tool to a structural part of the public sector. This requires a European-oriented, nationally scalable, and knowledge-driven approach, with room for different routes and paces. This transition has three interrelated perspectives that we will discuss during the session:
- European direction: policy frameworks surrounding digital sovereignty need to be translated into concrete choices in infrastructure and implementation.
- Scaling up within the government: developing successful pilots into reusable and reliable applications, with a focus on governance and alignment with existing digital foundations.
- Organizing knowledge more intelligently: less fragmentation, more shared learning and cohesion, without losing innovative power.
Who is this for?
Policymakers, executives, and staff members of government agencies and research institutions.
Speakers:
– Paul Bessems
CEO & Co-founder – Weconomics Technologies BV
– Matthijs van Dijk
Professor at TU Delft
– Mildo van Staden
Senior Policy Officer – Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
– Jasper Munnichs
Policy Officer for Digitalization – Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
