Philippe Compere is currently Smart Territory Ambassador at the Agence du Numérique (Digital Wallonia) of the Walloon Region in Belgium, in charge of Broadband projects and closely involved in the Smart Region strategy of Digital Wallonia, since 1st October 2016. Prior to that, he has been in charge of the REMOURBAN project SCC 01 H2020 project for the follower city of Seraing from May 2015 to September 2016. Architect by training, he previously spent 27 years in technical, marketing and international sales at a private GIS vendor in Belgium, STAR-APIC group, today part of 1Spatial group with many events and travelling around the globe.