Speaker details

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Posch
CIO for the Austrian Federal Government
Republic of Austria
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Posch is member of many professional societies: IEEE, ACM, OCG (member of the board of the Austrian Computer Society), OGI (Oesterreichische Gesellschaft für Informatik), ACONET, OeMG (Oesterreichische Mathematische Gesellschaft), GME (Microelectronic society) etc. He was the Austrian representative in IFIP TC6 (Communication) as well as IFIP TC11 (Computer Security).
Besides this Reinhard Posch is member of the Working group on Security of payment systems with chip cards of the Austrian National Bank. He worked with the OECD group of experts on cryptography in preparing the OECD guidelines for cryptographic policies. At the national level he was consulting the Federal Chancellery, the Ministry of the Interior and other public institutions on matters of security and cryptography.
He was participating in the negotiations for the “Directive on a common framework for electronic signatures” of the European Union. Reinhard Posch is also participating in the Working Party on the authenticity of legal data and electronic signature in the justice sector of the Council of Europe.
Within the i2010 framework Reinhard Posch participated in the eGovernment subgroup taking the lead in eIdentities and interoperability of electronic documents. Prof. Dr. Posch acts as the Austrian member of the ENISA Management Board. At the 10th meeting on 23rd of March 2007 he got elected Chairmen of the management board.
Reinhard Posch was appointed coordinator for the electronic citizen card, a signature based smart card, by the Austrian government. As Chief Information Officer Reinhard Posch is heading the platform “Digital Austria”, the coordination body for ICT in public administration and E-Government in Austria .
Reinhard Posch has received several awards among those the IFIP Silver Core, and the ID Peoples Award 2006.
Sessions
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European Identity & Cloud Conference 2014 |
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May 13, 2014 15:00‑15:20 |
Keynote NSA and Snowden - a Useful Contribution to Information Security Awareness? Session Details |
European Identity & Cloud Conference 2013 |
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May 15, 2013 09:00‑09:30 |
Keynote European Cloud Partnership - Shaping a Competitive Strategy Session Details |
May 15, 2013 11:30‑12:30 |
The new EU Data Protection Strategy EU´s General Data Protection Regulation: 10 uneasy Truths for any Business Session Details |
European Identity & Cloud Conference 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 15:00‑15:20 |
Keynote eID new challenges with Digital Agenda and Cloud Computing Session Details |
Apr 18, 2012 17:00‑18:00 |
EU Citizen Privacy Panel: The Future of Citizen Privacy Session Details |
European Identity Conference 2011 |
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May 10, 2011 17:30‑18:00 |
Keynote eID and the Cloud - Challenges we Face Session Details |
European Identity Conference 2008 |
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Apr 24, 2008 09:30‑10:00 |
eGovernment Leadership EC Services Directive - Pushing eGovernment in Europe to a New Level Session Details |
Apr 24, 2008 11:30‑12:30 |
eGovernment Standards eGovernment Standards Panel Session Details |
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