Speakers & Panellists

Ian works in STFC's Scientific Computing department, leading the team managing a range of distributed computing services in the UK Tier 1 Centre, part of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). 

His main professional interest is in how we evolve a distributed petascale compute and data infrastructure to meet the needs of the LHC and other science in the coming decades.

He is also actively involved in a range of outreach and education activities.

Shaun de Witt is an expert in federated data management within the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the UK. He has previously worked on a number of federated and distributed data management projects including the Worldwide LGC Computing Grid (WLCG) and the NASA Mission To Planet Earth program. He is currently leading the EUDAT work package investigating Scalability and Data PreservationShaun de Witt is an expert in federated data management within the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in the UK.

Achille Felicetti is a senior researcher at the VAST-LAB at PIN, Prato. He has a degree in Archaeology and a diploma in computer programming. He has coordinated several work-packages and development teams for the application of semantic tools to archaeological data, such as those developed in the EPOCH COINS and 3D-COFORM project. He coordinated the development of the ARIADNE semantic platform, the portal for the interoperability of archaeological information.

Dr. Filter has a diploma in biochemistry. He has experience in bioinformatics, cheminformatics, software development, data mining and QMRA modeling. He has more than 10 years of experience as a project manager in public and private sector organizations. Dr. Filter's current position is senior research scientist, unit Epidemiology and Zoonoses, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany. His specific interest is development of community resources to increase food safety and security.