Kieron O’Hara is an associate professor in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He is a director of the Web Science Institute with responsibility for policy, and is a visiting professor of Law at the University of Winchester. He is one of the leads of the UKAN network of anonymisation professionals, co-wrote the UKAN anonymisation framework, and recently helped adapt it for Australian law. He wrote the Cabinet Office’s report on transparency, open data and privacy in 2011 that anchored the UK’s open data policy, and chaired the Transparency Sector Panel for crime and criminal justice data from 2011-15.

Dumitru Roman works as a Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF (Norway) – the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia. He has wide experience with initiating, leading, and carrying out data-driven and research-intensive projects. He is active in the area of data sharing ecosystems, focusing on innovation projects enabling data-driven business products and services for data management and data exchange. He holds an adjunct associate professorship at the University of Oslo (Norway).

Johanna is a Senior Research Assistant at the University of Southampton and works on the Data Pitch, Smart City Innovation Framework Implementation and European Data Portal projects. In her role in Data Pitch she led the negotiation of data sharing agreements and managed the governance arrangements. Along with Elena Simperl she authored a report on alternative models for data trusts to support the AI industry for the Office of AI. Johanna holds a MBA with Distinction from London Business School. Her PhD thesis is on the intersection of innovation, open data and data sharing.

Gefion is a Research Fellow in the Web and Internet Science group at the University of Southampton. She works on the Data Pitch project, where she is responsible for producing reports about the key lessons learned from the experience of data sharing. She holds a PhD in Web Science, and has previously focused on online participation.

Johanna is a Senior Research Assistant at the University of Southampton and works on the Data Pitch, Smart City Innovation Framework Implementation and European Data Portal projects. In her role in Data Pitch she led the negotiation of data sharing agreements and managed the governance arrangements. Along with Elena Simperl she authored a report on alternative models for data trusts to support the AI industry for the Office of AI. Johanna holds a MBA with Distinction from London Business School. Her PhD thesis is on the intersection of innovation, open data and data sharing.