Speakers

Alec Sharp, a senior consultant and acclaimed teacher with Clariteq Systems Consulting, has deep expertise in a rare combination of fields – business analysis and requirements specification, data modelling, strategy development, facilitation, and, of course, business process modelling, analysis and design.

Eevamaija Virtanen is a lead data engineer and founding partner at Invinite, a health data company. Eevamaija has spent the past few years designing and implementing modern cloud data platforms, focusing on scalable pipelines, clean data modeling and DataOps practices. She’s delivered projects in the healthcare, energy, e-commerce and digital services industries. Her talks cut through hype and focus on what organizations actually need to connect data work with humans and business outcomes.

Rick van der Lans is an independent analyst, consultant, author and internationally acclaimed lecturer specializing in data warehousing, business intelligence, and database technology. Rick helps clients worldwide to design their data warehouse, big data and BI architectures.

Juha Korpela is an experienced data professional from Helsinki, Finland. For many years, he has been working in high-profile data leadership positions in a variety of industries. He is founder of Datakor Consulting, advising large enterprises on data modeling and data product management at scale.

Mathias Vercauteren is a global leader in data and AI governance, known for transforming complex challenges into practical, lasting solutions. Mathias partners with C-level leaders and executive teams to implement governance strategies that drive performance, compliance, and trust in data. He is also helping organizations prepare for the future through AI governance, ensuring that innovation is matched with ethics, accountability, and value creation.

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.

Rutger Rienks is the author of "Predictive Policing: Taking a Chance for a Safer Future". He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Twente in The Netherlands and is a well-known enthusiastic speaker.

Dennis van Gelder works at Deltiq as an expert in the field of data, data management, analytics and digital transformations. He is an experienced consultant who enjoys helping organisations become smarter.

Huub Meertens works at Eviden and has over 30 years of experience as an IT and data expert in both the public and private sectors. He combines strategic leadership with a passion for innovation, improving business processes, and solving complex data challenges.

Tanja Ubert is Lecturer at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences at the CMI department, regarding all sorts of methodology, Design, Data engineering and Business Intelligence. She is co-author of the new Bachelor Applied Datascience & Artificial Intelligence and Researcher in the Research team for Education and Learning Technology.