Victor de Graaff began his career as a software engineer, but during his PhD research on Geosocial Recommender Systems, he discovered that learning from patterns is the most effective approach for generating quality recommendations. This insight led him into data science, where he developed impactful solutions for clients such as ING (fraud models), Heineken and Unilever (predictive models and promo optimizations), and Rijkswaterstaat (forecasting for asset management).

Suzanne Kraaij has almost 15 years of testing experience for a wide variety of clients and industries. Within Sogeti she is the guild leader of the BI & Testing Guild, and she is also a member of the testing community’s Core Team where she is responsible for the BI & Data testing portfolio.

Linda Terlouw is a versatile computer scientist with both technical and legal expertise. She obtained her degrees in Computer Science and Business Information Technology at the University of Twente. In 2009, she founded the company Icris, where she focuses on IT architecture, artificial intelligence, and data science.

Thomas is currently working in the Innovation Lab of the CJIB, where he studies the role of architecture in combination with social issues. As a partially self-employed entrepreneur, he enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others. His technical background, combined with the experience in BI and his commitment to social issues, resulted in the development of more and more architectural solutions.

Jos is the director of the Erasmus Data Collaboratory – House of AI, where data & AI come to life. The EDC is part of the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics, in which Jos serves as a member of the management team.

Ron Tolido is an Executive Vice President, CTO and Master Architect of Capgemini’s Insights & Data global business line. He is the lead author of Capgemini’s ‘TechnoVision’ yearly trend series and the editor-in-chief of the ‘Data-powered Innovation Review’ magazine publications. He has served for a decade at The Open Group’s governance board.

Winfried is an accomplished professional with nearly 15 years of expertise in Data and Information Management. His career focuses on various critical areas such as Document & Content Management, Metadata Management, Data Governance, Organizational design for data teams, and Data & AI Strategy.

Panos Alexopoulos has been working since 2006 at the intersection of data, semantics and software, contributing in building intelligent systems that deliver value to business and society. He currently works as Head of Ontology at Textkernel BV, in Amsterdam, leading a team of data professionals in developing and delivering a large cross-lingual Knowledge Graph in the HR and Recruitment domain.

Herman Bennema is CEO of Vektis, the leading healthcare information provider in the Netherlands.

Matthijs Stel holds the position of manager Data Management & Analytics at Evides Water Company. In his current role of Manager Data Management & Analytics he is responsible for developing and executing the data strategy and leads the department Data Management & Analytics.