Detlef Eckert
Adviser to the Director General, Information Society and Media
Directorate-General, European Commission

Detlef Eckert is Senior Advisor to the Director General in the Directorate General “Information Society and Media” of the European Commission in Brussels (Belgium). In this function he deals with strategic issues, research co-operation, and the future of the Internet.

From 2002 to 2006 he took personal leave to work for Microsoft as Director responsible for the implementation of the Trustworthy Computing (TWC) initiative in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Before 2002, Detlef Eckert was Head of Division responsible for analysis and policy planning in the Directorate General Information Society; he launched a number of key policy initiatives that contributed to the full liberalisation of the European telecommunications markets in 1998. Other activities included the launch of the eEurope2002 and 2005 Action Plan, the basis for the EU's new economy strategy, which in the meantime has become the i2010 initiative. He was also responsible for a new network and information security policy at EU level.

Born in Germany, Detlef Eckert graduated from the University of Siegen with a degree in Economics. He also obtained a Doctorate in Economics from the same university where he was assistant professor from 1979 until 1985.

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