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Hans Schaffers is an independent researcher and advisor, focusing on human and societal implications of technological innovations. He received his PhD in Engineering Sciences at University of Twente, The Netherlands, specializing in computer-assisted decision-making in large-scale water systems. He worked as assistant professor in finance at Erasmus University Rotterdam; as senior researcher in technology and policy studies at TNO; as chief scientific consultant & international affairs manager at the Telematica Instituut; as a visiting professor and research director at the Centre for Knowledge and Innovation Research at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland; as research professor in digital business innovation at Saxion University of Applied Sciences; and currently as coordinator for Science, Management and Innovation projects at Radboud University Nijmegen. Matti A. Vartiainen is a senior advisor and professor emeritus of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University School of Science. His research focuses on organizational innovations, digital work, new ways of working (remote work, mobile and multi-locational work, distributed teams and organizations), collaborative working platforms, knowledge building, future competencies and reward management systems. Jacques Bus received his PhD in Science and Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. From 1988 he worked at the European Commission in leading positions in various parts of the Research programmes ESPRIT and ICT, including IT infrastructure, program management, software engineering, and since 2004 in trust and security, as well as the establishment of the Security Theme in the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission. Since 2010 he works as an independent advisor in various projects and on Trust, Security, Privacy and Identity in the digital environment. Since 2011, he is cofounder and Secretary General of Digital Enlightenment Forum, a non-profit association in the field of Digitization and Society (https://digitalenlightenment.org/).