Wim Van Grembergen:
Wim Van Grembergen is professor and Chair of the Information Systems Management Department at the Economics and Management Faculty of the University of Antwerp (UA) and executive professor at the University of Antwerp Management School (UAMS). His research focuses on IT governance and its mechanisms such as the IT balanced scorecard and the COBIT control framework. Dr. Van Grembergen recently established the ITAG Research Institute (www.uams.be/itag) that aims to contribute to the understanding of IT Alignment and Governance. He has published several books and journal articles on IT governance and IT performance management and since 2002 has been the Track Chair of "IT governance and its mechanisms" at the HICSS conference.  Professor Van Grembergen is a frequent speaker at academic and professional meetings and conferences and has served in a consulting capacity to a number of firms. He is also a member of the board of directors of several IT companies.

Davy Janssen:
Davy Janssen is a PhD researcher at the political sciences department of the University of Antwerp in Belgium. For the last two and a half years, he has been doing policy relevant research on eGovernment for the Flemish government.

Davy is currently working on a PhD concerning the deliberative potentialities of online forums. His research interests include public space theory, (deliberative) democracy theory, eParticipation/eDemocracy in general and online forums in particular.

Dr Dan Remenyi:
Dr Dan Remenyi is a Visiting Professor in Information Systems Management at the School of Systems and Data Studies at Trinity College Dublin and an associated member of Faculty at Henley Management College in the United Kingdom. His original academic interests are in the field of information systems management and he has researched and been published widely in that area.

In recent years he has taken a strong interest in research methodology and the sociology of research. He now works extensively with research candidates and their supervisors at both doctoral and masters level. He conducts a number of seminars to topics related to improving effective academic research and obtaining better results. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 books and some 50 academically refereed papers. He is published in all 4 of the A rated Journals in the United Kingdom in Information Systems Management. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Acta Commercii ( a general management journal) and the Journal of Information Technology. He is the editor of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation and advisor to a number of other electronic journals.

Peter Vanvelthoven:

Since becoming Belgian State Secretary for Computerization of the State in 2003, Peter Vanvelthoven has been quite busy. Last year he initiated the e-government awards, which were presented for the first time in December 2004. Other on-going projects include email-2-all,e-working, the eID, tax-on-web, a light version of Broad band, the electronic registration of birth, and safety of children on the internet. Prior to taking the post of Secretary of State Peter was Federal MP and a lawyer. He also has a special degree in Fiscality and Accounting Research. And he is a member of the sp.a party committee.

Egon Berghout:
Egon Berghout is Professor of Information Management in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. His research interest covers the entire field of Information Management, Information Systems and philosophy in general. His specialisation concerns the economical aspects of information technology. How organisations can create and sustain superior (competitive) performance through information technology? He is a Fellow of the Research School of Systems, Organizations and Management (SOM) and is associated to the London School of Economics, City University Business School and TIAS Business School. He is also Principal Associate of M&I/PARTNERS Consultants of Management and ICT.

Bruno de Vuyst:
Bruno de Vuyst is associate professor at Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and an advisor in industrial policy at VUB as well as secretary-general of the VUB incubation and spinoff fund. He is of counsel at Lawfort Brussels, and an elected representative of the Flemish Bar Association general assembly.

Bruno de Vuyst specializes in IP-ICT law and has written extensively on legal aspects of the Internet and of virtual organizations.

Denise Leahy:
Denise Leahy is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director in the Department of Computer Science in Trinity College, Dublin. Her research interests are in the area of digital literacy and accessibility. She was a member of the Task Force which set up the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL). This standard in digital literacy is now accepted in over 130 countries world wide; outside Europe it is called the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL). Denise works with the ECDL Foundation to identify barriers to achieving certification and to ensure accessibility to all while maintaining the standard.