Ott Velsberg
Government Chief Data Officer,
Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications
Estonia
Managing data for Estonian e-citizenship, for citizen from 165 countries including e-citizenship of Barrack Obama; is now working on an ambitious plan to personalise and create seamless e-governance services leveraging AI, right from the time a baby is born, to health benefits, education admissions, car renewals etc
Biography
Ott Velsberg is the Chief Data Officer for the Estonian government. He oversees data science and data governance in Estonia, including domains like artificial intelligence and open data. He is also a Ph.D. researcher in the department of Informatics at Umeå University and Uppsala University. His research concentrates on the use of information systems in the public sector, with a special focus on the use of the Internet of Things (IoT).