At its constituent meeting yesterday (07.10.2024), the Digital Advisory Board elected Prof. Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Professor of IT Security Law at Bremen University of Applied Sciences, as Chairman. Christine Vogler, President of the German Nursing Council, was appointed Deputy Chair.
Kipker: “I would like to thank the members for electing me as Chairman and I am delighted to lead the Council in the future. As Chairman, I would like to contribute to the success of the Digital Advisory Board. A decisive factor in this will be finding consensus among the members on the various topics. I am happy to take on this challenge - and I am very much looking forward to working with the other experts on the Digital Advisory Board and with gematik.”
During the first meeting, the new gematik management team introduced itself to the members of the Digital Advisory Board and emphasized the relevance of the committee, which will support gematik with its diverse expertise in an advisory capacity in the future. In addition, Stefan Höcherl, Head of Strategy & Standards at gematik, gave an impulse on gematik as a future digital agency. The meeting was moderated by Holm Diening, CSO of gematik.
The next meeting of the committee is planned for March 2025.
Background:
The establishment and composition of the Digital Advisory Board was decided at the shareholders' meeting on June 12, 2024. The Digital Advisory Board is made up of representatives of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) as well as other high-profile experts from the fields of medicine and ethics. The Digital Advisory Board also includes patient and research representatives. This ensures a comprehensive perspective on the focus topics of security and user-friendliness.
