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Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland, Research and Innovation Department
Renata Palen is the Counsellor in the Research and Innovation Department, responsible for AI regulation and policy implementation.

From 2017 seconded to the European Commission as a national expert, with last 4 years in the DG CNECT eHealth, Well-being and Ageing unit responsible for digital health and care policies and innovative projects management.

Senior expert in the field of EU digital policies and legislation, development as well as implementation, concerning: AI in health and care, medical devices and medtech, health data access and data management, digital identity, with an expertise gained in the government administration as well as companies operating on local, European and global markets.

Member of Digitising European Industry and Artificial Intelligence (MS Group on DEI and AI) as well as Horizon Europe Programme Shadow Committee for Digital, Industry and Space Cluster. Since 2014 she managed the Single Point of Contact for Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at the European level.