Marcel Kolaja-member of the Czech Pirate Party-was elected as a Member of the European parliament in 2019. Until 2022 he served as a Vice-president of the European Parliament, afterwards he became a Quaestor. His work is mainly focused on topics related to the functioning of society in the digital age. Kolaja stands for open technologies, freedom on the Internet, independence of media, transparency, and a united Europe. Kolaja graduated from the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University in Brno.

Stefanos is currently Programme Officer at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Digital Services. He is actively involved in initiatives and activities aimed at modernising public administrations by developing and deploying interoperable and innovative public services. Over the past decade, he has worked extensively with European public administrations to enhance ICT skills, advance eGovernance, and bolster their resilience and progress.

Passionate about data-driven innovation, Alex is a researcher with a track record of projects and research interests spanning across multiple domains, such as IoT, citizen science, data interoperability, spatio-temporal data and GIScience. Alex joined the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in 2012. He leads a multidisciplinary team, which investigates the organisational and technological enablers for data sharing across multiple domains and levels of governance. His practical knowledge encompasses the use of open source and proprietary data processing and analysis tools, including digital mapping, spatial databases, APIs. He has a firm understanding and contributes to the development and uptake of data sharing standards. Holding a PhD in GISCience and having completed a post-doctoral fellowship as Fulbright senior scholar, Alex continues to apply his expertise to advance the field.