Since July 2017 Head of the Competence Centre Public IT(ÖFIT) in Berlin. University Professor for E-Governance and Head of the Department for E-Governance and Administration at the Danube University Krems. In January 2020 Peter Parycek became the CDO of the Danube University Krems and is responsible for the digitalization strategy. In August 2018 he became a member of the Digital Council to advise the German government on strategic questions of digital transformation. He is founder of the e-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM) conference, co-founder of the E-Journal For Democracy (JeDEM), and scientific co-lead of the GovLabAustria. As a lawyer and graduate of the Master’s program Telematics, his work is at the intersection of legal, organizational and technological developments.