
Afonso Ferreira
In a
career spanning more than 25 years, Afonso Ferreira has held European
leadership roles in institutional policy and research. As an expert in the
areas of Cybersecurity, Futures, and Policy Making, he recently spent six years
seconded to the European Commission working as a policy and programme officer.
He holds a PhD in Computer Science, is Directeur de Recherche with the French
CNRS, and is currently the Programme Manager for European Affairs at the
Toulouse Institute for Computer Sciences (IRIT), France.
Afonso
has a deep understanding of the European landscape in cybersecurity, research,
and innovation, thanks to 14 years working in Brussels and in European-related
functions. His vision and his talks are greatly appreciated for their clarity
and in 2017 he was invited around the world to explain European policy to
audiences in Brussels, Madeira Island, Rome, São Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo,
Tenerife, and Toulouse, among others.
Thanks to his large knowledge of the Digital Revolution and its widespread impacts, Afonso is advising private and public actors, which include the European Parliament and the European Commission, how to navigate the nexus of technology, futures, and policy. In addition to his Institutional experience, he worked in the areas of Communication Networks, High Performance Computing, and Algorithms, having published more than 100 papers in the forefront of scientific research. He has been member of more than 70 Technical Committees for international organisations and events and is an editorial board member for international scientific journals. For detailed information, see www.linkedin.com/in/cyberfuture.
Sessions in which Afonso Ferreira participates
- Addressing the Cybersecurity Emerging Technologies Euskalduna Jauregia Conference Center - Sala A4
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Panel
- IoT Security Challenges in Vertical Sectors Euskalduna Jauregia Conference Center - Sala A4
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
- Panel