Michael Lutz
European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Italy

Biography
Michael Lutz holds a MSc degree in landscape ecology and a PhD in geoinformatics from the University of Münster, Germany. He has 15 years of experience in the areas of semantic modelling of data and processes to support the discovery, access, (re-)use and integration of geographic information. Michael is the technical coordinator of the implementation and maintenance of the "Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE)". In the framework of Action 1.17 ARE3NA (“A reusable INSPIRE reference platform”) of the EU ISA (“Interoperability Solutions for European public administrations”) programme, he is also working on how INSPIRE principles, tools and guidelines can be used in other sectors, in particular e-government.