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Helen Köpman

Deputy Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good | European Commission Brussels, Belgium

Biography

Deputy Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good, the European Commission in the Artificial Intelligence Office at the Directorate-General for Communications, Networks, Content and Technology. I now focus on AI-driven innovation for Smart Cities and Communities. Prior, I was driving innovation actions across digital policies and programmes with particular focus on measures to help scale up European deep tech startups. My current focus is to develop an EU-based innovative ecosystem of public authorities, cities and tech companies that develop services that benefit the citizens.

Sessions

14:40h

Thematic Roundtable | SMART CITY EXPO

Digital Twins & AI: matching Innovation and Challenges

Cristina Garrido Anteverti CEO of Anteverti & Curatorial Advisor of the Smart City Expo World Congress Chair

Daisuke Kawakami Government of Japan Deputy Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office Speaker

Fernando Cucchietti Barcelona Supercomputing Center Head of Data Analytics and Visualization Speaker

Helen Köpman European Commission Deputy Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good Speaker

Michael Donaldson Barcelona City Council Chief Innovation Officer-Director for the BIT Habitat Foundation-City Speaker

#SCEWC

2025-11-06 14:40 2025-11-06 15:25 Europe/Madrid Digital Twins & AI: matching Innovation and Challenges

Today, as cities face their challenges, Digital Twins & AI are everywhere. Digital Twins deliver better prescriptions and greater efficiency and sustainability. AI brings data-driven decisions and uncovers hidden patterns, but also raises challenges in ethics, bias, and transparency. How can we ethically and sustainably combine Digital Twins & AI to maximize their synergies?

Stage: Impact Tech

Thu 6 14:40h - 15:25h Stage: Impact Tech All Passes