Matrix in Public Sector - Panel Discussion
This panel discussion will gather several public sector organisations who have deployed Matrix at scale to discuss about the relevance of Matrix in public sector, the importance of cross-border collaboration / cross-border interoperability, supporting the ecosystem (and challenges thereof) and benefits of using Matrix over proprietary solutions.
I have been discussing and designing IT infrastructures in the public sector for several years now, both from a civic tech/FOSS perspective as well as within the public administration at the German Federal IT Cooperation (FITKO).
When it comes to the design of modern IT infrastructures, my focus is on privacy- and security-by-design principles and the social impact of technology design. Cryptography and openness are our friends on the way to achieving these goals.
Lead it-architect for SAFOS, a secure collaboration solution for the publict sector of Sweden, delivered by Försäkringskassan (Social Insurance Agency)
Amandine is a co-founder and Guardian of the Matrix.org Foundation. The Foundation is the custodian for the Matrix open standard, a unique initiative aiming to democratise secure online communication and solve the problem of fragmentation in current Chat, VoIP, VR and IoT technologies. Matrix makes open real-time-communication as universal and interoperable as email, and brings the power back to the user on choosing who they trust with their data and how they want to communicate.
Amandine is also COO and co-founder for Element, the company building the eponym open source, secure and interoperable collaboration tool built on Matrix. Element delivers Matrix solutions to millions of users, including the French Government, the German Armed Forces, and private companies like Mozilla or Red Hat.
Amandine heads the Business and Impact section of the European Open Source Academy and previously set up and led product management for the Unified Communications line of business within Amdocs. Amandine has a degree in telecommunications engineering from Ecole Supérieure de Chimie, Physique et Electronique de Lyon as well as an EMBA from ESC Rennes.
Mathieu is a long time advocate and contributor to Matrix, first as an amateur and then professionally, for Element then Tchap French deployment. He is currently working to open the French federation to third trusted parties.