Paul Timmers is professor at KU Leuven, focusing on geopolitics and technology. He authored studies on digital industrial policy, cybersecurity strategic autonomy, resilience/ security of telecoms and digital supply chains, AI governance. He is co-author of the recent EuroStack report on digital sovereignty for Europe. He is member of the advisory council of the Netherlands’ National Digitalisation Strategy.

Paul Timmers was Director at the European Commission responsible for legislation and funding for cybersecurity, e-ID, digital privacy, digital health, smart cities, and e-government. He was cabinet member of European Commissioner Liikanen. He is former research associate at the University of Oxford and Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian eGovernance Academy.