End keynote speaker/workshop panellist: Dr Paul Timmers, Head of Unit of ICT for Inclusion, European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society and Media

Dr Paul Timmers is Head of Unit of ICT for Inclusion in the European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society and Media. Previously he headed the eGovernment unit (EU policy, research and promotion). He has been a member of the Cabinet of European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society Erkki Liikanen, responsible for the information society and telecommunications policy portfolios. Other activities in the European Commission included electronic commerce policy and programme development.

Paul Timmers was a manager in product marketing and head of software development in a large IT company and has co-founded a software start-up. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands and an MBA from Warwick Business School, UK. He has widely published, including a book on electronic commerce strategies and business models and has been a visiting professor and lecturer at several universities and business schools.