Peter Parycek is Full Professor for E-Governance and Head of the Department for E-Governance and Administration at the Danube University Krems. In January 2020 he became CDO of the Danube University Krems and is responsible for the digital transformation strategy. Since 2017 he leads the Competence Centre Public IT (ÖFIT) at the Fraunhofer Fokus Institute Berlin, funded by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. In August 2018 he was appointed to the Digital Council of the German Federal Government by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The international panel of nine experts advises the German Chancellor and the German government in regular meetings and direct dialogue. Together with Prof. Dr. Gerald Steiner, he is the scientific co-leader of GovLabAustria, founded together with the Austrian Federal Chancellery and offers an interdisciplinary experimental space for administration, civil society and economy.