Jelle Hoedemaekers

Jelle Hoedemaekers is a Belgian expert in the field of digital policy, with a specific focus on artificial intelligence (AI), data, and cloud computing. He currently works as an Expert Digital at Agoria, the industry federation for the Belgian technology industry, where he is responsible for ensuring that actions at EU, federal, and regional levels suit the needs of Agoria members. Jelle works on policy topics related to AI regulation, data strategy, and standardization. Related to AI standardisation, he holds the position of secretary for the Belgian participation to the European (CEN/CENELEC) and International (ISO/IEC) standardisation efforts. Jelle is also the co-lead of AI4Belgium Ethics & Law working group where topics related to the ethical and legal development of AI are being addressed to assure we can use AI in Belgium in a trustworthy manner.

Jelle has a background in engineering, with a Master's degree in Electromechanics from the University of Leuven. He also holds a Master's degree in Management from the same university.