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Sakari Saarinen
Project Coordinator, Union of the Baltic Cities. Commission on Environment
Finland
Dr Antti Saaristo
Development Manager, Leadership Support Services, Aalto University
Finland
Massimo Sabatini
Director of Department for Regional Policy and Territorial Cohesion, Confindustria,
Italy (Member of High Level Group Monitoring Simplification for Beneficiaries of ESI Funds)
Dr Luciana Sacchetti
Quality and International Academic Rankings Officer, Research and Technology Area Division (ARIC), University of Bologna
Italy
Pilar Sáenz de Ormijana
Counselor in the Permanent Representation of Spain at the EU; Responsible for the EU budget and Fight Against Fraud
Víctor Sáez
Group Leader of the Market Intelligence Group, European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (F4E)
Ioannis Sagias
Programme Manager of EU Policies, Interoperability Solutions for Public Administrations (ISA), DG Informatics (DIGIT), European Commission
Greece
Pierre-Eric Saint Andre
President, Axione Infrastructure and Deputy Managing Director, Bouygues Energies & Services
France
Sofia Sakali
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Corporate Performance Department, European Training Foundation (EU Agency ETF)
Patric Salize
Global Hubs & Comms Support Coordinator, Greenpeace International
Germany
Dr Christian Salletmeier
Head of Regional Development and EU Regional Policy Unit, Government Office of Land Salzburg
Austria
Jussi Salmi
Director of Communications, Ministry of the Environment
Finland
Erika Saltarelli
Connecting Europe Facility Department, Deputy State Secretariat for Transport Operational Programmes, Ministry of National Development, Hungary
Matthew Saltmarsh
Senior External Relations Officer UNHCR
Claudia Salvi
Communication Officer in the International Acitivities Department with Formez PA
Italy
Patrice Sam
Head of Investigations, Internal Oversight, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Dr Anna Samsel van Haasteren
Policy Officer in the State Aid Case Support Unit at DG Competition, European Commission
Belgium
Preben Sandberg Pettersson
Head of the State Aid Division, Ministry of Business and Growth
Denmark
Marjut Santoni
Head of Unit 3 DDG.L.3, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Germany
Filipe Santos Fernandes da Costa
Head of the European Funding Managing Unit, Ministry of Home Affairs
Portugal
Rachael Sara-Kennedy
Head of International Partnerships, Universities UK International (UUKi)
Maria-Gabriella Sarah
Agency Risk Coordinator, European Space Agency (ESA)
Marta Sargánková
Director of the Regional Council of the Cohesion Region South East
Czech Republic
Dr. Ingo Sartorius
Managing Director Consumer and Environmental Affairs, Consumer and Environmental Affairs,
PlasticsEurope Central Region
Dr. Leena Sarvaranta
Vice President EU Affairs, Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Finland
Fatima Sator
Communication Specialist at UNOCHA, Liaison Office Geneva
Zafrul Sattar
Head of IT Security with the Competition Commission, London
United Kingdom
Pierre Sauvé
Senior Specialist, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group (WB)
Antoine Savary
Deputy Head of Internal Security Fund Unit in DG Home Affairs, European Commission
Belgium
Friedrich Schabauer
Deputy Head of Unit, Audit of EU Agricultural Funds and Internal Audit, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Austria
Mathias Schaef
Deputy Head of Department for International Relations, Head of Unit EU and Frontex Cooperation and Head of the Responsible Authority EBF in the Federal Police Headquarters
Germany
Georg Schäfer
Head of Department of IT Technology – Strategic Planning and Co-ordination (off duty) with the Ministry of Interior of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
René Schäfer
Senior Counsel, Global Intellectual Property Department, BASF SE
Germany
Judith Schallnau
Legal Staff, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, World Intellectual Property Organization
Switzerland
Bettina Scheer
Responsible Officer of the Return Fund, Responsible Authority EU Funds, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Germany
Karin Scheffel
Head of Division Coordination of EU Cohesion Policy, ERDF Interventions and Trans-European Networks at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Germany
Doris Scheffler
Advisor to ZENIT – Centre for Innovation and Technology of North Rhine Westphalia
Germany
Mark Schelfhout
Head of Unit Shared Management in the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Belgium
Sandra Schillemans
Director General for Recruitment and Development, Federal Public Service (FPS) Policy and
Support (BOSA), Belgium
Dr. Maria Schinke
Senior Officer, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture
Belgium
Jos Schipper
Senior Investigator, Dutch National Police Internal Investigations Department, Ministry of Security and Justice
the Netherlands
Professor Dr Marcus Schladebach LL.M.
Head of Chair for Public Law, European Law, Public International Law and Media Law, Faculty of Law, University of Potsdam
Germany
Dr Andre Schlochtermeier
Head of Office, European Research Programme, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Germany
Andreas Schmidt
Deputy Head of IT, Office of the Federal President, Germany
Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidt
Professor, Head of Department of Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU)
Germany
Hajo Schmidt-Horix
Senior Adviser for Public Procurement, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway
Michelle Schmitt
Project Finance Manager, Public Sector Partnerships, Project Finance Unit,
WWF International
Alexander Schmitt-Geiger
Liaison Officer, PPP Public Affairs, C.R.E.A.M. with the Europe PPP Alliance
Germany
Helmut Schmitz
Head of Public Affairs, Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH
Germany
Jörg Schmolinski
Managing Director of skyDSL Technologies
Germany
Carmen Schmudlach
Advisor to the Responsible Authority ERF, EIF and RF under the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Germany
Michael Schneider
Manager, REMONDIS AG & Co KG
Germany
Dr. Michael Schneider
Staatssekretär und Bevollmächtigter des Landes Sachsen-Anahalt beim Bund
Germany
Dr. Robin Schneider
Division Chief General Matters, Office of the Commissioner for Integration and Migration of the Berlin Senate, Senate Administration for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs
Germany
Joachim Schneider
Transport Sector Expert, JASPERS Vienna office
Germany
Beat Schneiter
Abteilungsleiter Finanzdienstleistungen der ETH Zürich
Switzerland
André Schoder
Manager, Ernst & Young Real Estate GmbH
Germany
Tanja Schöpke
Legal Counsel, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Germany
Leo Schreuders
Chief Executive Auditor & Head of AIS and Audit, University of Utrecht
the Netherlands
Bernd Schuh
Evaluation Expert and Member of the Board of Directors, Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning
Austria
Dr Claudia Schulte
Head of ERDF Secretariat with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal State North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Antonella Schulte-Braucks
Head of Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit in the DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
Belgium
Angela Schultz-Zehden
Founder and Managing Director of s.Pro -sustainable-projects GmbH
Germany
Felix Schulyok
Case Handler State Aid, State aid Policy and Case support, DG Competition, European Commission
Roland Schulze
Senior Engineer, Transport and Energy Department: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, European Investment Bank
Germany
Bernd Schumacher
Head of Division ESF-support
Germany
Johanna Schumacher
Senior Legal Advisor in the Department EU Coordination and Law, Strategy and Legal Affairs under the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)
Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Schuster
Senior Advisor, Pfisterer Kontaktsysteme GmbH
Dr Andreas Schwarz
Managing Director, International Research Group on Crisis Communication
(IRGoCC), European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Germany
Josef Schwarz
Case handler int the State Aids Unit (,Communication and Media Directorate'), within the Directorate General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission
Belgium
Dr Friederike Schwarzendorfer
Deputy Director General, Department Budget, Federal Ministry of Finance
Austria
Dr Marc Schweda
Partner, Lovells LLP
Germany
Dr Rosa Scoble
Acting Director Planning, Planning and Policy Department, Brunel University
United Kingdom
Stuart Scott
Senior EU Programmes Manager, Greater London Authority (Managing Authority)
United Kingdom
Adam Scriven
Chief Engineer, TI-Signals, Traffic Operations, Surface Transport, Transport for London (TfL)
Gediminas Šečkus
Legal advisor, Head of Legal Unit, Plačiajuostis internetas
Lithuania
Maria J. Segura Catalán
former Deputy Director, State Aid and Competition Directorate, EFTA Surveillance Authority
Belgium
Kristi Sell
Head of Ex-post Control Department, Estonian Registers and Information Board
Estonia
Laurent Sens
Policy Officer, ESF Coordination Unit, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
Belgium
Teemu Seppä
Senior Adviser, Forestry and Bioenergy, Natural Resources Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Finland
Nicole Seyring
Head of Department, Waste and Resource Management, BiPRO GmbH appointed by the European Commission for the Project: Assessment of separate collection schemes in the 28 capitals of EU
Germany
Lorraine Shepherd
Deputy Director ERDF and NDC Closure Division in the Department for Communities and Local Government
United Kingdom
Dr Regan Shercliffe
Chief, Staff Counselling Unit, United Nations World Food Programme
John Shewell
Founding Director of coLab and former Head of Communications, Brighton & Hove City Council
United Kingdom
Lois Shield
Contracts and Procurement Specialist in the Managing Authority of the ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-2013
United Kingdom
Meredith Shirey
Head of Supply, Procurement & Logistics Division, European Spallation Source (ESS)
Susan Shutter
Pro Vice-Chancellor (HR), Regent’s University London,
United Kingdom
Jorge Sierralta
PhD Clinical Psychologist, Staff Welfare Officer, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – UN OCHA
Jasper Sijbrandij
Senior Advisor, Directorate-General for Immigration, Management and Coordination Section, Ministry of Security and Justice (Responsible Authority)
the Netherlands
Konstantinos Simitsis
Member of the Committee of the Regions and the Commission for Territorial Cohesion
Greece
Shruti Singh
Labour Market Economist, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Sujata Sinha
Head of Monitoring and Evaluation, Rural Development Programme for England, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
United Kingdom
Lilijana Šipec
Senior Police Superintendent, Service of the Director General of the Police, Ministry of the Interior
Slovenia
Yordan Sirakov
Adviser to Kosovo Judicial Council, EULEX Mission in Kosovo
Kaur Siruli
Head of Financial Control Department, Ministry of Finance
Estonia
Björn Skarp
Legal Officer, Operational Development and Analysis Division, Vinnova – Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
Gregor Skender
Consultant for public sector and EU affairs and former Head of Project Unit for Internal Security and Migrations Funds at the Slovenian Ministry of Interior
Slovenia
Piotr Skiba
Fund and Structuring Officer, Baltic Sea Department, European Investment Bank
Poland
Ken Sloan
Registrar and Chief Operating Officer at the Registrar's Office of the University of Warwick
United Kingdom
Florens Slob
Manager Sustainable Solutions with Van Gansewinkel Groep BV
the Netherlands
Gerard Slotema
Senior Consultant, Managing Authority, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, The Netherlands
Milan Smid
Auditor, ERDF/CF, Transport and Energy – Financial Audit, European Court of Auditors
Czech Republic
Evgeny Smirnov
Senior Procurement Specialist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
United Kingdom
Dr Gavin Smith
Director, Lancaster University Business Enterprises Ltd. & Intellectual Property Manager, Lancaster University
United Kingdom
Dan Smith
Marketing Communication Manager, Arts Council England
Dan Smith
ACMA, ERDF Certifying Authority Team Leader (2007-13 and 2014-20 programmes), Department for Communities and Local Government
United Kingdom
Teresa Smith
Project Leader, ERDF-funded ACTIS Project, Medilink East Midlands, former Business Manager ERDF Projects, University of Leicester
United Kingdom
Duncan Smith
Deputy Head of Fraud Investigations, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Tomasz Smolarek
Head, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Edmunds Snikeris
Deputy Director of the Audit Department, Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government – Lithuania Cross Border Cooperation Programme Audit Authority
Latvia
Dan Sobovitz
Speechwriter and Digital Communication Strategist, Office of European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission
Ralf-Marin Soe
Project Manager, Living Lab, NGO ICT Demo Center
Estonia
Alexandra Soezer
Climate Change Technical Advisor, Low Emission Capacity Building Programme, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme – UNDP
Konstantinos Soldatos
Police Lt. Colonel, Head of Department Managing the External Borders Fund, Responsible Authority of Greece, Hellenic Police HQ, Ministry of Citizen’s Protection
Greece
Dr Ulrich Soltész
Lawyer and Partner at Gleiss Lutz Lawyers, Brussels Office
Belgium
Gisela Sommer
Waste Management Technician, Information Area, Department of Citizen Services,
Waste Agency of Catalonia
Spain
Gregory Soneff
Procurement Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Kai Sostmann
Head of eLearning and Medical Didactics, Dieter Scheffner Center for Medical Research and Education, Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Germany
Peter Špalek
Project Manager, Division of Railway Infrastructure Projects Preparation, Management Department, Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications
Slovakia
Ilias Spanos
IT-Coordinator, Monitoring Information System (MIS) of European Union co-funded projects in Greece, Ministry of Development and Competitiveness
Greece
Nick Sparrow
Director Trinity Foundation, Trinity College, Dublin
Ireland
Dr M.H. Thijs Spigt
Director, Technology Transfer Office, Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam
the Netherlands
Georges Spyrou
Programme Manager - EU policies - Desk Officer (Greece, Cyprus) at DG MARE, Structural actions: Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Romania, Slovenia, European Commission
Greece
Tracy Staines
Head of Audit, Global Fund – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Steve Stanbury
Director of Internal Audit, City, University of London
United Kingdom
Biljana Stanković
Director of the Regional Development Agency “Centre for the Development of Jablanica and Pcinja Districts”
Serbia
Peter Staviczky
Fiscal Attaché - Responsible for State aid at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union
Hungary
Eleftherios Stavropoulos
Special Secretary for Competitiveness, Ministry of Development
Greece
Kristin Stechemesser
Contact Person for EU Ecolabelling, Department of Eco-design, Environmental Labelling and Green Procurement, Federal Environmental Agency
Germany
John Steel
Head of Internal Audit Service, CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Anda Štegmane
Senior Expert, European Union Funds Audit Department (Audit Authority) under the Ministry of Finance
Latvia
Dr. Oliver Stehmann
Deputy Head of Unit, State Aids Unit, Information, Communication and Media Directorate, Directorate General for Competition (DG Competition), European
Commission
Åsa Stenmarck
Manager, Waste Group, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Sweden
Rachel Stephens
European Structural and Investment Funds Programme Manager, Welsh Government
United Kingdom
Katarzyna Stepinska
Head of Disaster Preparedness Division at the Polish Red Cross
Poland
Johann Steszgal
President of the Pan European ICT & eBusiness Network For SMEs
Austria
Ed Stevens
Deputy Head of Public Engagement, Department of Marketing & Communications, University of Bath
United Kingdom
Linda Stewart
Director of European & International Development, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
United Kingdom
Juha Stjärnstedt
Digital Communications Manager, Communications and Sustainability, Finnish Transport Agency
Finland
Samuel Stollman
Policy Officer, Waste Policy Advisor and Account Manager,
Royal Dutch Association for Solid Waste Management (NVRD)
the Netherlands
Piotr Stolowski
Head of Region, Regional Business Development, European Investment Fund
Luxemburg
Wouter Stolwijk
Director, PIANOo – Expertise Centre Public Procurement, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands
Dr. Gerrit Stratmann
Coordinator, Technology Transfer Network Hessen within the HA Hessen Agentur GmbH
Germany
Kathrin Stratmann
National Contact Point, Deputy Head of Officefor the European Research Programme, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Germany
Dag Strømsnes
Chief Procurement Officer, Difi – Agency for Public Management and eGovernment, Norway
Michael Stubbs
Rural Payments Agency
United Kingdom
Dr. Margareta Stubenrauch
National Contact Point for LIFE Environment, EU-Coordination, Federal Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Austria
Marcel Stuijts
Chief Executive Officer of BIZOB - Bureau Inkoop en Aanbestedingen Zuidoost-Brabant
the Netherlands
Daniel Stürzebecher
Head of Team International Cluster Programmes, MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Ümit Sucu
Deputy Head of Audit Authority, Undersecretariat of Treasury
Turkey
Steffen Sühnel
Senior Manager, Global Incentives Advisory – State aid, Ernst & Young GmbH
Germany
Irfha Suleyman
European Funding Team, Responsible Authority for ERF, EIF and RF, UK Border Agency
United Kingdom
Sibylle Summer
Deputy Head of State Aid Law Unit under the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
Austria
James Summers
Senior Commercial Manager, Transport for London (TfL)
United Kingdom
Dubravka Suzic
Chief Staff Welfare Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR
Mikkel Svane-Petersen
Head of Communications, Danish Energy Agency
Denmark
Emma Svensson
Coordination Office European Funds, Swedish Board of Agriculture
Sweden
Dr Carol Sweetenham
Head of Policy, Strategy and Coordination in the Department for Communities and Local Government
United Kingdom
Kim Swerts
Co-founder of the International Institute for Capacity Building (IICB), Certified Internal Auditor
Dr. Piotr Swiatek
German National Contact Point for Energy in H2020
Germany
Bartłomiej Świderek
Project Facilitator in the Euro-Centrum Technology Park Katowice
Poland
Stephen Sykes
Head of European Funding Team and UK Responsible Authority, Finance and Estates Directorate, Corporate Services, Home Office
United Kingdom
László Szabó
Head of Unit, Internal Control and Evaluation, Publications Office of the European Union
Hungary
Dawid Szaransky
Project Manager, Euro-Centrum Technology Park Katowice
Poland
Orsolya Szarka
Senior Auditor in the Department ERDF/CF, Transport and Energy at the European Court of Auditors
Hungary
Klara Szatkiewicz
President of EUREAU (European Federation of National Associations of Water and Waste Water Services) and Deputy Director of Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Company
Poland
Nicholas Széchényi
Managing Director of Europa InterCluster
Hungary
Dávid Szeverényi
Head of OLAF Coordination Bureau (AFCOS), National Tax and Customs Administration
Hungary
Rikke Sørensen
Independent Communications Expert, Transnational Interreg Programme
