Past Speakers
Some of the most influential academics, as well as key industry, government and learned societies leaders have been among the keynote speakers and panellists. They have helped to establish ECSS as one of the most prominent meetings of the European Information and Computer Science community.
Academy
- Ewan Birney - European Bioinformatics Institute (UK)
- Manfred Broy - TU München (Germany)
- Marie-Paule Cani - Ecole Polytechnique (France)
- Stefano Ceri - Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Robert L. Constable - Cornell University (USA)
- Roberto Di Cosmo - INRIA (France)
- Anna Cox - University College London (UK)
- Hannes Federrath - University of Hamburg / German Informatics Society (Germany)
- Anthony Finkelstein - Alan Turing Institute, UK government (UK)
- Carlo Ghezzi - Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Georg Gottlob - University of Oxford (UK)
- Thomas Gross - ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
- Wendy Hall - University of Southampton (UK)
- Lynda Hardman, CWI / Utrecht University (the Netherlands)
- Mark Harman, Meta Platforms Inc. and UCL (UK)
- Monika Henzinger - Univerity of Vienna (Austria)
- Manuel Hermenegildo - IMDEA / UPM (Spain)
- Yannis Ioannidis - ACM / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)
- Marina Jirotka - University of Oxford (UK)
- Elham Kashefi - UK National Quantum Computing Centre (UK)
- Maarja Kruusmaa - Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
- Mirella Lapata - University of Edinburgh (UK)
- Friedemann Mattern - ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
- Kurt Mehlhorn - Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik (Germany)
- Bertrand Meyer - ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
- John Mylopoulos - Univerity of Trento (Italy)
- Enrico Nardelli, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' (Italy)
- Bart Preneel - KU Leuven (Belgium)
- Walter Quattrociocchi - Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy)
- Wilhelm Schäfer - University of Paderborn (Germany)
- Joseph Sifakis - University of Grenoble (France)
- Judith Simon - University of Hamburg (Germany)
- Eugene Spafford - Purdue University (USA)
- Maarten Steinbuch - Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands)
- Moshe Vardi - Rice University (USA)
- Jochen Viehoff - Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (Germany)
- Manuel Wimmer - Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria)
- Alexander Wolf - University of California at Santa Cruz (USA)
- Andreas Zeller - Saarland University (Germany)
Associations
- Ed Lazowska - CRA
- J Strother Moore - CRA
- Jon Oberlander - SICSA
- John White - ACM
Government/ Policy/ Funding
- Franco Acordino - EU/EC
- Isidro Laso Ballesteros - EU/EC
- Jean-Pierre Bourguignon - ERC
- Janice Cuny - NSF
- Georgi Dimitrov - EU/EC
- Danny Dolev - ERC
- Farnam Jahanian - NSF
- Willem Jonker - EIT Digital KIC
- Arthur Lupia - NSF
- André Richier - EU/EC
- Sonia Piedrafita Tremosa - European Education and Culture Executive Agency
- Anne-Marie Sassen - Head of Unit "Programme Managers Office" at European Innovation Council and SME Executive Agency
- Jeannette Wing - NSF
Industry
- Sailesh Chutani - Microsoft
- John Crowley - PHGD Group
- Mark Harris - Intel
- Andrew Herbert – Microsoft
- Roland Jakab - Ericsson
- Leslie Lamport - Microsoft Research
- Michael Müller-Wünsch - Otto GmbH & Co KG
- Africa Real - HP
- Alfred Spector - Google
- Liba Svobodova - IBM
- Pamela Zave - AT&T Labs
- Ruoyi Zhou - IBM
Entrepreneurs
- François Bancilhon - Data Publica
- Jaan Tallinn - Skype
**Note that the affiliation indicated was the one at the time of their participation in the respective ECSS. Some speakers have changed affiliation since then.
18th European Computer Science Summit
ECSS 2022 was held from 24 to 26 October 2022 in Hamburg, with the main theme "Workforce for the Digital Transformation". The conference was hosted by the University of Hamburg and co-organised by GI - Gesellschaft für Informatik and SICP - Software Innovation Campus Paderborn.
The annual European Computer Science Summit is the only place, where leaders and decision-makers in Informatics/Computer Science in Europe gather to debate strategic themes and trends related to research, education, and policies.
Why attend
Speakers
ECSS speakers are always among the world`s most distinguished academics, industry leaders, and decision-makers in the field. The event never fails to inspire and stimulate the audience.
Workshops
Learn directly from your peers. Share best practices, common challenges, and proven strategies for improving the quality of research and education in Informatics at the ECSS workshops.
Network
Meet some of the leading decision makers in Informatics research and education and discuss the critical issues of the discipline. Build valuable relationships with department heads, deans, policy makers, industry, and other leaders in the field.
ECSS 2022 in a Nutshell
Digital Leadership: Workplace Culture and Digital Dexterity
Professional Development for Early Career Researchers
Early Career Researchers Workshop
Social Activities
Networking and exchange time during coffee breaks, welcome cocktail, and official dinner
Workforce for the Digital Transformation
Attracting and Retaining Female Students from Bachelor and Master to PhD
Open Science and the Future of Research Dissemination in Informatics
Workshop co-organized with National Informatics Associations
Education
IE Working Groups - Workshop 1
Societal Impact of Digital Transformation
IE Working Groups - Workshop 2
Informatics Europe Sessions
The above mentioned workshops and sessions were open to all ECSS participants.
19th European Computer Science Summit
ECSS 2023 was held from 23 to 25 October 2023 in Edinburgh, UK, with the main theme "Informatics: Shaping the Future". The conference was hosted and co-organised by the School of Informatics of the University of Edinburgh.
ECSS is the flagship summit for the leadership of the Informatics research community in Europe.
The only summit devoted to crucial and timely strategic issues and trends regarding all aspects of informatics in Europe. It covers subjects such as education, research, funding, entrepreneurship, management, and career development. The high calibre of the speakers, since the very first Summit in 2005, has established ECSS as one of the most prominent meetings of the European informatics community. A must-go event for research and education leaders and change-makers at all levels, in informatics and related disciplines.
ECSS 2023: activities organised by our Summit Committee:
Why attend
Speakers
ECSS speakers are always among the world`s most distinguished academics, industry leaders, and decision-makers in the field. The event never fails to inspire and stimulate the audience.
Workshops
Learn directly from your peers. Share best practices, common challenges, and proven strategies for improving the quality of research and education in Informatics at the ECSS workshops.
Network
Meet some of the leading decision makers in Informatics research and education and discuss the critical issues of the discipline. Build valuable relationships with department heads, deans, policy makers, industry, and other leaders in the field.
ECSS 2023 in a Nutshell
Diversity and Inclusion in a Multicultural World
Professional Development for Early Career Researchers
Early Career Researchers Workshop
Social Activities
Networking and exchange time during coffee breaks, welcome cocktail, and official dinner
Informatics: Shaping the Future
Plugging the Informatics Skills Gap & The Journey from Higher Education to Entrepreneurship
AI and the Future of Informatics Education
Workshop co-organized with National Informatics Associations
Green ICT and ICT for Green Workshop
Analysis of Data in European Informatics Higher Education Landscape
Data Analysis and Reporting WG Workshop
Informatics Europe Sessions
The above mentioned workshops and sessions are open to all ECSS participants.
Thank you for your support at ECSS 2023. We look forward to meeting you at our next Summit in Malta on 28-30 Oct, 2024!
ECSS, from 2005 to date
The European Computer Science Summit has been organised annually by Informatics Europe since 2005. In fact, the origins of Informatics Europe date back to the first ECSS held at ETH Zurich in 2005, when for the first time, heads of Informatics departments throughout Europe met to discuss critical issues and common concerns related to their discipline. Informatics Europe continues to organize the summit since then.
Today, ECSS still gathers deans, department chairs, and heads of research groups of leading European Computer Science and Informatics faculties, departments as well as public and private research institutes. Additional workshops and sessions in recent years have broadened the scope of the discussions to include all leaders and decision-makers in Informatics in Europe, both from academia and industrial research labs.
The Summit is devoted to all aspects of Informatics: education, research, funding, entrepreneurship, management, career development, and policies.
The high calibre of the speakers, since the very first Summit in 2005, has established the ECSS as one of the most prominent meetings of the European Informatics community.
Purpose of ECSS
- Debate the future of informatics, its role and influence in both academy and society.
- Expand the international network of deans, heads of departments, and group-leading researchers in informatics.
- Provide a forum for discussion and exchange of solutions and best practices on common issues.
- Examine ways in which deans, department heads, and group-leading researchers in informatics can work together to improve teaching and research, implement the Bologna process, can influence the policies of their universities, governments, and the EU, and take joint initiatives on common issues.
- Provide opportunities for liaisons with other groups pursuing common interests.
Subcategories
ECSS 2019
European Computer Science Summit 2019
ECSS 2017
European Computer Science Summit 2017
ECSS 2016
European Computer Science Summit 2016
ECSS 2015
European Computer Science Summit 2015
ECSS 2014
European Computer Science Summit 2014
ECSS 2013
European Computer Science Summit 2013
ECSS 2012
European Computer Science Summit 2012
ECSS 2011
European Computer Science Summit 2011
- Location: Milano (Italy)
- Date: November 07-09, 2011
- Theme: Informatics Transforming Society
- Conference co-chairs: Letizia Tanca, Politecnico di Milano; Bertrand Meyer, ETH
ECSS 2010
The 2010 European Computer Science Summit with the theme "Informatics: The Changing Landscape" was held in Prague, Czech Republic on October 12 and 13, 2010 with two pre-summit workshops on October 11. A pictorial highlight is also now available.
ECSS 2009
The 2009 European Computer Science Summit , the yearly Informatics Europe conference took place in Paris on October 8 to 9, 2009, with a pre-summit workshop on October 7. A pictorial highlight is also now available.
ECSS 2008
The 2008 European Computer Science Summit , the yearly Informatics Europe conference took place in Zurich on 8-10 October 2008, including a pre-Summit workshop for Department Chairs and Research Directors.
ECSS 2006
The 2006 European Computer Science Summit took place in Zurich on 16-17 October 2006, including the first Executive Board meeting and plenary session of Informatics Europe
ECSS 2007
The 2007 European Computer Science Summit , the yearly Informatics Europe conference took place in Berlin on October 8 to 9, 2007, with a pre-summit workshop on October 7.
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