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Kramse

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Dion Wiggins

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About the Author

About the Author Dion Wiggins is Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Omniscien Technologies, where he leads the development of Language Studio—a secure, regionally hosted AI platform for digital sovereignty. It powers translation, generative AI, and media workflows for governments and enterprises needing data control and computational autonomy. The platform is trusted by public sector institutions worldwide.

A pioneer of Asia’s Internet economy, Dion founded Asia Online, one of the region’s first ISPs in the early 1990's, and has since advised over 100 multinational firms, including LVMH, Intuit, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Cisco.

With 30+ years at the crossroads of technology, geopolitics, and infrastructure, Dion is a global expert on AI governance, cybersecurity, and cross-border data policy. He coined the term “Great Firewall of China”, and contributed to national ICT strategies—including China’s 11th Five-Year Plan.

He has advised governments and ministries across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, shaping national tech agendas at the ministerial and intergovernmental level.

As Vice President and Research Director at Gartner, Dion led global research on outsourcing, cybersecurity, open-source, localization, and e-government, influencing top-level public and private sector strategies.

He received the Chairman’s Commendation Award from Bill Gates for software innovation and holds the U.S. O-1 Visa for Extraordinary Ability—awarded to the top 5% in their field globally.

A frequent keynote speaker and trusted advisor, Dion has delivered insights at over 1,000 global forums, including UN summits, Gartner Symposium/Xpo, and government briefings. His work has been cited in The Economist, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bloomberg, BBC, and over 100,000 media reports.

At the core of his mission:

"The future will not be open by default—it will be sovereign by design, or not at all."

Dion Wiggins (linkedin)

Morten Kjærsgaard

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Stifter, Magenta
Før: fuldmægtig, Socialministeriet, kommunikationsrådgiver, Geelmuyden Kiese
Uddannet: cand.scient.adm. (RUC 1996)
Fødested: Thy

Aura Salla

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Aura Salla

Member of the European Parliament, Doctor of Social Sciences

aura.salla@europarl.europa.eu

A Pragmatic EU Expert. Member of the European Parliament, National Coalition Party, the EPP Group.

I am a passionate traveler, a voracious reader of good literature, especially biographies, and an avid consumer of quality TV series and films. Happiness for me comes from my family and friends and from the chance to continuously learn new things and pursue my dream of building a better Finland and a sensibly united Europe. My goal is to work in the development of Finnish society and European policy, striving to create a well-functioning Finnish welfare society and a strong Europe for the benefit of all Finns. I relax by running or doing pilates with an audiobook or good music as my company.

I was born in Lappeenranta, where my family included my mother, father, and my sister, six years younger than me. My mother worked as an education planner in the field of adult education, while my father had his own civil engineering office. In my childhood and youth, I spent my free time on the Finnish baseball field and dancing. Today, my family consists of my husband, who works in international politics, our son born in 2021, and our daughter born in 2023.

See more about Aura : About Aura – Aura Salla

Bart Preneel

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Full Professor at University of Leuven, Belgium

Bart Preneel received the Electrical Engineering degree and the Doctorate in Applied Sciences from the KU Leuven (Belgium). He is currently full professor (gewoon hoogleraar) at the KU Leuven and he is heading the COSIC group. He has been visiting professor at the DTU in Denmark (2007), TU Graz in Austria (1997-2006), Univ. of Bergen in Norway (1997-2001), Ruhr-Univ.t in Bochum (Germany) (2001-2002) and at the Univ. of Ghent (1994-2002). He has been a scientific advisor of Philips Research (the Netherlands). During the academic year 1993-1994, he was a research fellow of the EECS Department at UC Berkeley. His main research interests are cryptology, cybersecurity and privacy.

He has authored and co-authored more than 400 scientific publications and is an inventor of five patents. He is has served as a member of the Editorial Board of five journals and has served as program chair of 20 conferences including Eurocrypt, CHES, FSE, ESORICS, and Financial Cryptology. He has been invited speaker at more than 120 conferences in more than 40 countries. He has testified multiple times for the European Parliament. In 2014 he received the RSA Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics, in 2016 he received the Kristian Beckman Award from IFIP TC11 and in 2018 he received the ESORICS Award for Outstanding Research.

He has been project manager of the European CSA ECRYPT and the Marie-Curie Integrated Training Network ECRYPT (http://www.ecrypt.eu.org). He has been active in standardization since 1989; he has edited five international standards.

He is president of LSEC and has been president of the IACR (International Association for Cryptologic Research). He is a fellow of the IACR, a member of the Permanent Stakeholders group of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) and of the Academia Europaea.
He frequently consults for the technology and financial sectors and is involved with several start-ups in the area of e-security.

Robin Haug

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I'm an old-school philosopher, so open-source tech has a natural appeal to me. Let's talk and work together, openly, to make the best possible solutions, available to all. It's openness that makes possible optimal growth, true transparency and clear responsibility. Data, ethics and democracy are intertwined. So let's actualize it!

Volla is a cutting-edge tech company that spearheads these time-tested values. These are values that simultaneously benefit the individual and the community. Volla offers a technological infrastructure upon which open talk and collaboration take place unhindered and unforced. To this end, efficiency, convenience and happiness are keywords.

In my work, I seek to grow this tech wherever possible: I focus on projects that benefit all three parties: Volla, our partners and everyone that makes use of this tech.

Volla seeks also to build a European alternative to American and Chinese competitors. More and more production is now made in Germany/Europe. We strive hard to greenify all levels of production and usage. And we do everything open-source so as to maximize security and privacy.

We work for a European alternative! Do you want to know more, or join the effort? Contact me, any time.

We're busting open Denmark, and then the Nordics, to powerful open source solutions for the most urgent challenges. Smartphones, tablets/laptops, and software solutions from our own R&D and our many partners. We worship: European production, privacy by design, cutting-edge security, open source and transparency, ethical tech, & being way more eco-friendly than our competitors.

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