Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission
Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
As Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Henna Virkkunen is tasked with combatting the increasingly complex security threats facing the EU, whilst at the same time strengthening our external borders and our internal security. This goes hand in hand with her responsibility to ensure our freedoms, justice and democracy are strengthened too.
Digital and frontier technologies
Henna Virkkunen is also responsible for the Digital and Frontier Technologies portfolio. This entails leading Europe’s efforts in shaping a competitive, resilient and inclusive digital future and maintaining or attaining leadership in strategic digital technologies.
To achieve this, she is:
- overseeing our path towards reaching Europe's 2030 Digital Decade targets, which will include reviewing the implementation strategy and digital targets in 2026
- leading work on boosting Artificial Intelligence innovation, working with Member States, industry and civil society to develop an Apply AI Strategy (to boost new industrial uses of AI and improve delivery of public services) and helping to set up a European AI Research Council
- developing an EU Cloud and AI Development Act and a single EU-wide cloud policy to boost high performance computing and quantum. When it comes to quantum, she is also responsible for developing a long-term EU Quantum Chips plan
- working on a new Digital Networks Act to help boost secure high-speed broadband, both fixed and wireless
- ensuring the Commission takes rapid and effective enforcement actions under the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act whenever necessary
- deploying digital public infrastructure, notably by making the most of the EU wallet
- presenting a European Data Union Strategy
- ensuring an approach to the media which recognises its unique place in our democracies and culture
- focusing on making online more secure by leading the work to tackle challenges with e-commerce platforms, helping combat unethical techniques online and contributing to the EU-wide enquiry on the impact of social media and the action plan against cyber bullying
Lucilla Sioli
Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, DG CNECT European Commission
Lucilla Sioli
Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, DG CNECT European Commission
Dr Lucilla Sioli is the Director of the "EU AI Office" within Directorate-General CONNECT at the European Commission.
She is responsible for the coordination of the European AI strategy and its governance, including the AI Continent Action Plan, the Apply AI strategy, the implementation of the AI Act and international collaboration in AI and AI for good. She is also responsible for the coordination of the R&D&I activities in the field of AI and for the implementation of innovation activities in key strategic sectors such as healthcare, robotics and advanced manufacturing.
Lucilla holds a PhD in economics from the University of Southampton (UK) and one from the Catholic University of Milan (Italy) and has been a civil servant with the European Commission since 1997.
Aleida Alcaide García
Director General of Artificial Intelligence, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service, Spain
Aleida Alcaide García
Director General of Artificial Intelligence, Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service, Spain
Aleida Alcaide García assumed the position of Director General of Artificial Intelligence at the
Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service. She leads Spain's representation on AIrelated
matters and is responsible for proposing and implementing public policies in Spain
related to AI and other digital technologies, as quantum technologies. Her responsibilities
encompass the AI promotion adoption in productive sectors and public administrations, the
innovative research on AI and other digital technologies, the development and coordination of
regulations, the protection of rights in this field, as well as creating spaces for public debate on
the risks and benefits of these technologies. She is also a board member of the Spanish Agency
for the Supervision of AI.
In the public sector, she held roles such as Chief of Cabinet at the State Secretariat for
Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, was a board member of different public entities as
related to digitalization, innovation and cybersecurity and served as Deputy Director-General for
Coordination of European Funds at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation,
overseeing the execution of funds allocated to digitalization under the Recovery,
Transformation, and Resilience Plan.
Aleida holds the degree of Telecommunications Engineer from the Valladolid University, she
completed the Leadership Program for Public Management at IESE Business School, and she is
member of the Superior Body of Information Systems and Technologies and the Computer
Management of the General State Administration.
Danilo Türk
Former President of Slovenia, and President, Club of Madrid
Danilo Türk
Former President of Slovenia, and President, Club of Madrid
Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia, currently serves as President of Club de Madrid and is a member of the Board of Directors.
He graduated from the University of Ljubljana in 1975 with a degree in law and later obtained his PhD with a thesis on the principle of non-intervention in international law in 1982.
President Türk became Director of the Institute on International Law at the University of Ljubljana in 1983. Additionally, he was a member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, a UN body of independent experts. In that capacity he served, between 1986 and 1992, as the UN Special Rapporteur on the realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In 1990-1991, Türk took part in the drafting of the Constitution of Slovenia by preparing the draft chapter related to human rights and fundamental freedoms.
From 1992 to 2000, he became the first Slovene Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, and represented Slovenia on the UN Security Council in 1998 and 1999. In 2000, he was invited by Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General, to serve as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (2000-2005). In 2005, he returned to Slovenia as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana. He was elected as President in 2007 as an independent, being supported by several political parties. Dr. Türk chaired the Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace between 2015 and 2016, which published the report “A Matter of Survival” (2017). In 2016, he was one of the candidates for the post of the Secretary-General of the UN.
Since 2013, has been a Member of Club de Madrid and, in October 2019, he was elected by the General Assembly as the organization’s President for the period 2020-2022. In 2022, Türk was named one of the 12 Eminent individuals invited to be part of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism Comprises, which will be asked to build on the ideas in Our Common Agenda to make concrete suggestions for more effective multilateral arrangements across a range of key global issues.
Eva Maydell MEP
Vice President, European Parliament's delegation for relations with the United States
Eva Maydell MEP
Vice President, European Parliament's delegation for relations with the United States
Eva Maydell is a Member of the European Parliament and sits within the largest EU political group, the European People’s Party. Re-elected in 2024 for a third term, she is a member of the Parliament’s Industry Committee, Economic Affairs Committee, and Deputy Spokesperson for her political group on industry & tech related matters. Maydell was one of the lead negotiators on the EU’s Chips Act and Artificial Intelligence Act. She is the co-initiator of the Scaleup Europe Fund. Her policy priorities include the use of new technologies to support European growth and indispensability, while fostering cooperation among global trusted partners in the tech and democracy space. She serves as Vice President of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the United States. Maydell is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a member of the WEF Global Future Council of Europe. She is also the co-founder of the Council on the Future, partnered with the Munich Security Conference. Maydell has been awarded the European Parliament's MEP of the Year Award twice. She has been included in FT's own 'New Europe 100' ranking of CEE's emerging change-makers and European Forbes' 30 Under 30 list. Maydell has also been featured in POLITICO’s 40 most influential MEPs, “POLITICO 28” the list of people who shape Europe, and POLITICO’s Women who shape Brussels.
John Gordon Bernander
Board Member, Amedia and former director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
John Gordon Bernander
Board Member, Amedia and former director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
John Gordon Bernander (født 1957) is a norwegian business leader, lawyer and former politician for the norwegian conservative party, Høyre. He was Director General for the Norwegian Public Broadcaster (NRK) 2001-2007 CEO of the Norwegian Federation of Enterprises (NHO) 2009 – 2012, and has served on several Boards in industry and businesses including Finance, Maritime and Media Companies. Currently, Amediastiftelsen, owner of Amedia ASA, a leading owner/publisher of Nordic Media companies
Anu Talus
Chair, European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
Anu Talus
Chair, European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
Anu Talus has served as the Finnish Information Commissioner since autumn 2020. She is the Head of the Office of the Information Commissioner (TSV) and the Chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). Before holding these positions, she worked as Deputy Information Commissioner from August 2019 until November 2020.
Prior to her work at the IMY, Talus served as Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Justice for over ten years. At the Ministry of Justice she led the implementation of the GDPR in Finland and acted as representative of the Finnish government in the EU GDPR negotiations. Talus has also worked at the European Commission, International Data Flows and Protection Unit (DG Justice and Consumers) as Seconded National Expert (SNE).
Talus holds a Doctor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Vaasa
Wojciech Wiewiorowski
European Data Protection Supervisor
Wojciech Wiewiorowski
European Data Protection Supervisor
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) since December 2019.
Adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk. He was among others adviser in the field of e-government and information society for the Minister of Interior and Administration, the Director of the Informatisation Department at the Ministry of Interior and Administration. He also represented Poland in committee on Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (the ISA Committee) assisting the European Commission.
The Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data (Polish Data Protection Commissioner) 2010-2014 and the Vice Chair of the Working Party Art. 29 in 2014. In December 2014, he was appointed Assistant European Data Protection Supervisor. After the death of the Supervisor - Giovanni Buttarelli in August 2019 - he replaced Mr. Buttarelli as acting EDPS.
His areas of scientific activity include first of all Polish and European IT law, processing and security of information, legal information retrieval systems, informatisation of public administration, and application of new IT tools (semantic web, legal ontologies, cloud, blockchain) in legal information processing.
Lawrence Tallon
Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Lawrence Tallon
Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Lawrence Tallon is the Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). He was previously Deputy Chief Executive at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, where he led the Trust’s approach to strategy, technology, innovation and improvement. He has extensive experience across the healthcare sector in strategy and leadership roles, including within the Department of Health and Social Care alongside ministers and NHS leaders.
Lawrence is committed to patient safety and healthcare innovation, as well as life sciences and risk-proportionate regulation.
Tine A. Larsen
President, National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) – Luxembourg
Tine A. Larsen
President, National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) – Luxembourg
Tine A. Larsen was appointed one of four commissioners of Luxembourg’s Data Protection Authority as of 1st November 2014 and assumes the presidency of the collegiate body.
She holds a Master in Law with a specialisation in commercial law from the University Robert Schumann in Strasbourg, France, and an MA in International Peace and Security from King’s College London.
She took the bar exam in Luxembourg in 1999 and practised as a lawyer before joining the Luxembourg Government Administration in 2003. After two years as an attaché with the Luxembourg Army Headquarters, she joined the National Rescue Services Agency. As of 2008, she was the head of its administrative, technical and medical division.
Mrs Larsen represents Luxembourg DPA at the European Data Protection Board. She is also a member of the national “Judicial Oversight Authority” (Autorité de contrôle judiciaire), the national “Information Commission” (Commission d’Accès aux documents), as well as an advisory member of the Luxembourg Human Rights Consultative Commission.
Brando Benifei
MEP, Member and AI Act co-rapporteur, European Parliament
Brando Benifei
MEP, Member and AI Act co-rapporteur, European Parliament
Brando Benifei is an Italian MEP serving his second term and is the Head of Delegation of Partito Democratico in the European parliament. He is Rapporteur for the Artificial Intelligence Act, as a Member of the Committee for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. He also works on Employment, Legal and Constitutional Affairs. He was also shadow Rapporteur of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age. In 2016 he was included by Forbes in its 30 under 30 to watch list
Diego Solier
Member, European Parliament
Diego Solier
Member, European Parliament
Diego Solier is a Spanish Member of the European Parliament elected in 2024. He currently sits with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group and serves as a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the Committee on Petitions (PETI), and the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community, while also acting as a substitute in the delegation for relations with Southeast Asia and ASEAN. Before entering European politics, Solier built an extensive career in the private sector in information technology and digital systems leadership, with professional experience in both Spain and Ireland, including senior roles at The Walt Disney Company Iberia and Attindas. His parliamentary profile is closely linked to industrial competitiveness, digital policy, innovation, cybersecurity, and energy-related issues.
Johann Carlos S. Barcena
Privacy Commissioner and Chairman, National Privacy Commission (Philippines)
Johann Carlos S. Barcena
Privacy Commissioner and Chairman, National Privacy Commission (Philippines)
Atty. Johann Carlos S. Barcena, CESO III is a career executive service officer with extensive experience in public policy and government administration.
Prior to his appointment as Privacy Commissioner, he served as Executive Director of the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG) and was its designated Data Privacy Officer. Before his stint as Executive Director, Atty. Barcena was the Director of the GCG’s Corporate Governance Office that oversaw GOCCs in the energy, agriculture, communications, utilities, transportation, and infrastructure sectors. He was with the GCG for close to fourteen (14) years and was among the pioneers that joined the agency shortly after its creation.
Among his key roles in the GCG was ensuring the alignment of the policies governing the GOCC sector with international standards and best practices on corporate governance and competitive neutrality. On various occasions, he served as resource speaker for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Earlier in his legal career, Atty. Barcena was an Associate under the litigation department of one of the Philippines’ leading law firms, where he handled cases on corporate governance, telecommunications, competition, and corporation law.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the Ateneo de Manila University and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines - College of Law. In 2015, he earned his Master of the Science of Law degree from Stanford University, where he was a Fellow under the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies. While in Stanford Law School, he was legal assistant to Professor Jenny S. Martinez for business and human rights.
As Privacy Commissioner, he aims to advance a regulatory environment that ensures personal information is secured and protected, while also encouraging innovation and growth in information and communications technology.
Axel Voss
Member of European Parliament
Axel Voss
Member of European Parliament
Axel Voss (CDU) - born in 1963 - studied law at the Universities of Trier, Freiburg and Munich. Since 1994, he is working as a lawyer. From 1994 to 2000, he was a civil advisor at the EU Commission's representation in Germany. Afterwards, he worked for nine years as lecturer for European Affairs at the RheinAhrCampus of the College of Koblenz.
He became a Member of the European Parliament in 2009, where he represents the Mittelrhein area, which includes the cities of Cologne, Bonn and Leverkusen and the districts Rhein-Sieg and Rhein-Erft. Axel Voss is EPP-coordinator for the Committee on Legal Affairs as well as deputy member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and from 2020 to 2022 member and rapporteur in the special Committee on Artificial Intelligence. Besides questions of European Law, his main area of expertise is the digitization of our daily life. For the European People’s Party group, he was among others (shadow-)rapporteur for the new Copyright Directive, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Passenger Name Record Directive (PNR) as well as for the updated Eurojust Regulation. At the moment, he is (shadow-)rapporteur for the AI Act and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
Axel Voss is also CDU chair of the regional section Mittelrhein, regional chair of the Europe Union Bonn/Rhein-Sieg and Vice President of the Mérite Européen Friendship and Assistance Association, Germany.
Maija Celmina
Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission
Maija Celmina
Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission
Working in the Cabinet of European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, she is responsible for the Ukraine portfolio, with a particular focus on financing Ukraine through the EU and beyond, including the G7-led Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) Loans initiative. She also covers EU digital policies from an economic portfolio perspective, including the Digital Omnibus, a simplification proposal that forms part of the European Commission’s 12 simplification proposals. Previously, she worked with Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis from 2009 to 2014 during Latvia’s accession to the euro area, with a particular focus on communication strategy. Now at the Commission one of the projects with highly importance is digital euro.
Valerie Hoess
Head of European Affairs, Commerzbank
Valerie Hoess
Head of European Affairs, Commerzbank
Valérie has been Head of European Affairs for Commerzbank AG since January 2024. Before that, she held different roles in the Public Affairs team at Deutsche Bank AG, covering a variety of policy areas: from sustainability and retail financial services to innovation and anti-money laundering.
In 2021, she became Head of Digital & Anti-Money Laundering Policy for Deutsche Bank, responsible for the bank’s strategic positioning on issues including AI, cloud, data, and cybersecurity in a global capacity. Over the last years, she has been an active member of various industry associations and public-private fora on national and international level.
Before joining Deutsche Bank in 2016, Valérie was a member of the Internal Audit team at Gen Re working on German and international topics internally as well as with the External Auditors. This gave her the opportunity to develop a controls perspective with EU and U.S. focus. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in German and European Business Law, as well as a degree in Business Administration.
Philipp Räther
Group Chief Privacy and AI Trust Officer at Allianz
Philipp Räther
Group Chief Privacy and AI Trust Officer at Allianz
Dr. Philipp Räther is Group Chief Privacy and AI Trust Officer at Allianz. In this role, he advises the Allianz Group, including top management, on all matters of data protection worldwide. Philipp and his team are responsible not only for the development and implementation of the global data protection program, but also for the responsible use of artificial intelligence at Allianz. Previously, Philipp was an Executive Director and the Global Lead for Data Protection & Management of UBS based in its London office for eight years. Before joining UBS, Dr. Raether had worked for seven years with the law firm Freshfields specializing in IP/IT/Data Protection. He has studied law in Germany, Switzerland and the US, and is admitted as a German Rechtsanwalt, as well as a Solicitor in England and Wales. Philipp also served for five years as a member of the global board of the IAPP and is a regular speaker at data protection events. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of Privacy, InfoSec, Culture Change & Awareness Societal Organisation (PICCASO).
Christiane Wendehorst
Scientific Director, European Law Institute
Christiane Wendehorst
Scientific Director, European Law Institute
Christiane Wendehorst has been Professor of Civil Law at the University of Vienna since 2008. Amongst other functions, she is founding member, Immediate Past President (2017-2021) of the European Law Institute (ELI) and now Scientific Director, Chair of the Academy Council of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Co-Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, and member of the Managing Board of the Austrian Jurists' Association (ÖJT), as well as the Bioethics Committee at the Austrian Federal Chancellery. She is an elected member of the Academia Europea (AE), the International Academy for Comparative Law (IACL), and the American Law Institute (ALI). From 2018-2019 she co-chaired the Data Ethics Commission of the German Federal Government. Currently she is European leader of the transatlantic project "Principles for a Data Economy" and EU delegate to the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI). Prior to moving to Vienna, she was a professor in Göttingen (1999-2008) and Greifswald (1998-99) and Managing Director of the Sino-German Institute of Legal Studies (2000-2008).
Clarisse Girot
Head of the Division for Data Policy, Privacy, Online Safety (OECD)
Clarisse Girot
Head of the Division for Data Policy, Privacy, Online Safety (OECD)
Clarisse Girot is Head of the Data Policy, Privacy and Online Safety Division at the OECD. In this role, she leads the Organisation’s work on data policy and governance, Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT), responsible data use in innovation, and platform regulation, with a particular focus on online safety and the protection of children.
Before joining the OECD in 2022, Clarisse held several senior positions in the field of data protection and digital regulation. She was Head of European and International Affairs and Counselor to the President at the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), where she led strategic files and represented the authority in European and global negotiations.
She in the Asia‑Pacific region as a Senior Fellow at the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) in Singapore, contributing to the development of regional frameworks, cross‑border data flow initiatives, and multistakeholder cooperation on emerging digital regulations. Her experience also includes working at Rajah & Tann LLP, one of Southeast Asia’s largest law firms, and founding the Asia‑Pacific office of the Future of Privacy Forum, expanding the think tank’s international footprint and influence across the region.
A well‑known figure in the global privacy community, she brings a unique blend of European and Asia‑Pacific expertise to today’s debates on data protection, digital governance, and responsible innovation.
Maarten Daman
Data Protection Officer, European Central Bank
Maarten Daman
Data Protection Officer, European Central Bank
Maarten Daman is Data Protection Officer (DPO) of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) since September 2020. Before joining the ECB in 2016, he has worked for the International Court of Justice, the principle judicial organ of the United Nations, the European Police Office (EUROPOL) and as genocide researcher in Rwanda. Maarten has lectured at the University of Copenhagen, was a speaker a various conferences and was a reservist Legal Advisor of the Belgian Armed Forces. Maarten holds a LL.M in international public law (cum laude) from the University of Edinburgh and a Master in Law (magna cum laude) from the University of Antwerp and Cape Town
Michael McNamara
Member, European Parliament
Michael McNamara
Member, European Parliament
Michael McNamara was elected to the European Parliament to represent the Ireland South constituency in June 2024.
Michael is Co-Chair of the European Parliament’s Working Group on the Implementation and Enforcement of the AI Act. He serves as a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and is Co-Rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus on AI. Michael is also a substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Shadow Rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus.
He is also Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (DSAS), and substitute member of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly.
Before his election to the European Parliament, Michael represented the Clare constituency as a member of the Irish parliament from 2011 until 2016, and again from 2020 until 2024.
As a national politician, he was appointed Chair of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Response in 2020 and Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Drug Use in 2024.
Michael is a barrister and a farmer.
Klaus Müller
President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway, Germany
Klaus Müller
President, Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway, Germany
Klaus Müller took office as President of the Bundesnetzagentur in Bonn in March 2022. Prior to that he had been the executive director of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.) in Berlin. He held the same position at the North Rhine-Westphalia consumer organisation (Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V.) in Düsseldorf from 2006 to 2014. Klaus Müller was a member of the regional parliament of Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel for one year, where he also served as minister of the environment, nature conservation and agriculture from 2003 to 2005 and minister of the environment, nature and forestry from 2000 to 2003. He was a member of the German Bundestag in Bonn/Berlin for two years from 1998, having begun his professional career at the Schleswig-Holstein investment bank (IB.SH) in Kiel in the same year following a degree in economics.
Klaus Müller is a member of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and a German Marshall Fund fellow.
Ann-Sofie Rönnlund
Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commission
Ann-Sofie Rönnlund
Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commission
Ann-Sofie Rönnlund is a Member of the Cabinet of EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva. In the Cabinet Ann-Sofie is in charge of the regulatory aspects of innovation and the European Innovation Act. Previously she was Head of Unit in the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, in charge of fostering innovation-friendly regulations via regulatory sandboxes, and monitoring the impact of the EU research and innovation programme in contributing to EU policy objectives. She has previously worked in the Secretariat-General of the Commission and in the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, advancing the EU’s digital and cybersecurity agendas. Before joining the Commission she worked in the European Parliament and with EU affairs at telecommunications company Nokia.
Krzysztof Król
Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department, Poland’s Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Krzysztof Król
Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department, Poland’s Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department, Poland’s Personal Data Protection Office (UODO)
Krys has been with the Office since 2014, previously working in Legislation, Analysis & Strategy, Codes & Certification teams. He was instrumental in developing GDPR codes of conduct including in the health sector. Coordinator of the EDPB Social Media expert subgroup; expert for the Council of Europe and EU AI Board subgroups; ISO 27001 lead auditor. Lecturer in postgraduate programs and speaker on topics intersecting AI, data protection, digital services and emerging technologies. Gained professional experience at Philips Healthcare, the EDPS, and Polish law firms.
Dr Sabine Seggelke
Head Public Affairs EU/EMEA, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Dr Sabine Seggelke
Head Public Affairs EU/EMEA, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Sabine Seggelke is Head of Public affairs EMEA with Zurich Insurance. Based in Brussels, she leads the company’s engagement with EU institutions and governments across EU27 on a broad range of topics, including innovation and digitalization. Prior to joining Zurich Insurance in 2021, she led global public affairs for the specialized nutrition portfolio of Danone and global nutrition policy and government relations for DSM (now DSM-Firmenich), running advocacy campaigns in various geographies.
She holds a PhD in political science (Franco-German dual PhD with Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Paris and Technische Universität Dresden).
Marianne Jarlaud
Deputy Head of Innovation & Digital Finance, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France
Marianne Jarlaud
Deputy Head of Innovation & Digital Finance, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France
Marianne Jarlaud is currently Deputy Head of the Innovation and Digital Finance Division within the Regulation and International Affairs Department of the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF).
She joined the AMF in 2017.
She represents the AMF in European and international political forums dedicated to investor protection and the regulation of market intermediaries from 2017 to 2022 and, since 2022, to financial innovation.
Since 2022, she has been closely involved in regulatory developments affecting the crypto-asset industry at European level, as well as in the preparation of new regulations concerning innovation in financial markets, such as the European open finance framework and the European regulation on artificial intelligence.
Before joining the AMF, Ms Jarlaud worked for eight years as a compliance officer covering the wealth management, private equity, market and investment banking activities of French and international financial institutions. She graduated from ESSEC in 2010 and holds a Master 2 degree in financial criminal law.
Marilin Pikaro
EBA Director of Innovation, Conduct and Consumers Department, European Banking Authority
Marilin Pikaro
EBA Director of Innovation, Conduct and Consumers Department, European Banking Authority
Marilin Pikaro, Director of Innovation, Conduct and Consumers, oversees thematic and policy work on digital finance, payments, innovation monitoring, ICT and security risks, MICA supervision and consumer protection areas. She is a seasoned executive leading large regulatory and compliance programs with a robust background spanning both the public and private sectors. Marilin has held positions such as a special advisor to the European Commission, Chief Compliance Officer, and a member of executive teams and management boards within the banking industry. Her experience also includes leading Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services at a prominent audit firm, as well as working as a Senior Investigator in criminal police, specialising in economic and cyber-crimes.
Marilin holds a postgraduate degree in Financial Strategy and has completed an EMBA program at Oxford University.
Agustin Reyna
Director General, BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation
Agustin Reyna
Director General, BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation
Agustín Reyna is the Director General of BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, which serves as the umbrella group for 42 independent consumer organisations across 31 European countries. BEUC's primary mission is to act as a strong consumer voice in Brussels and to ensure that consumer interests are given their proper weight in all EU policies. Agustín joined BEUC in 2010 and has since held various positions, including Director of the Legal and Economic Department. Since 2018, he has served as a non-governmental advisor for the European Commission to the International Competition Network and represents BEUC in numerous European and international forums. Additionally, he is a member of ESMA’s Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group. Agustín holds a law degree from the National University of Córdoba in Argentina, an advanced master’s degree in ICT Law from the University of Namur in Belgium, and a PhD in Law from the University of Bremen in Germany.
Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell
European Law Institute (ELI) President; Professor of Commercial Law, University Carlos III of Madrid
Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell
European Law Institute (ELI) President; Professor of Commercial Law, University Carlos III of Madrid
Professor of Commercial Law, Carlos III University of Madrid. Currently, Sir Roy Goode Scholar at UNIDROIT, Rome, 2021-2022. Academic Visitor at University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College, 2022-2023. Chair of Excellence 2017-2018 at University of Oxford (Uc3m- Santander Program), affiliated to Harris Manchester College. Previously, James J. Coleman, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Tulane Law School; Visiting Professor at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford; Stanford Law School Fellow, TTLF, and Marie Curie Fellow at the ZERP of the University of Bremen, among other visiting professor positions and fellowships, at Columbia Law School, University of Washington, University of Tokyo or University College London. Arbitrator of Madrid Court of Arbitration. Member of ELI (European Law Institute) Council and Executive Committee. Member of the Expert Group of the European Commission on Liability and New Technologies, member of the Expert Group of the European Observatory of Platform Economy, and member of the EU Commission Expert Group on B2B Data Sharing. Member of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law. Member of the expert group of the Inclusive Global Legal Innovation Platform for Online Dispute Resolution - UNCITRAL and Hong Kong Department of Justice. Expert of the UNIDROIT Study Group on the MAC Protocol of the Cape Town Convention on International Interests. Delegate of Spain to UNIDROIT for the adoption of the Protocol, delegate of Spain in Working Group VI of UNCITRAL on secured transactions and in Working Group IV on Electronic Commerce. Member of UNIDROIT Working Groups on Enforcement and Warehouse Receipts.
Tom Reynolds
Chief Economist and Director of Economic Analysis, ICO
Tom Reynolds
Chief Economist and Director of Economic Analysis, ICO
Tom is an economist specialising in data protection and privacy issues. His background is in regulatory and competition economics, primarily in digital markets and telecommunications. Before joining the ICO in 2020 he worked for Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, and before this in economic consulting.
Based in London, he leads the ICO’s economic functions and oversees analysis across the full range of ICO activities, including the consideration of policy impacts, research into the value of data and of privacy and input to investigations, enforcement, and litigation.
Tom holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in economics from the London School of Economics, and postgraduate qualifications from King’s College London and the Harvard Kennedy School
Kate Davies
Group Director for Strategy and Research, Ofcom UK
Kate Davies
Group Director for Strategy and Research, Ofcom UK
Kate Davies is Ofcom’s Group Director for Strategy and Research, leading its strategy and research work and engagement with domestic and international policymakers.
Kate joined Ofcom in 2016 working as both Strategy Director and Public Policy Director during that time. Prior to joining Ofcom Kate worked in the Treasury for six years in a range of Public Spending roles.
Cecilia Alvarez Rigaudias
EMEA Data & Privacy Policy Director, Meta
Cecilia Alvarez Rigaudias
EMEA Data & Privacy Policy Director, Meta
Cecilia Aalvarez Rigaudias is the EMEA Privacy Policy Director at Facebook since March 2019. From 2015 to 2019, she served as European Privacy Officer Lead of Pzifer, Vice-Chair of the EFPIA Data Protection Group and Chairwoman of IPPC-Europe. For an interim period, she was also the Legal Lead of the Spanish Pfizer subsidiaries. She formerly worked 18 years in a reputed Spanish law firm, leading the data protection, IT and ecommerce areas of practice as well as the LATAM Data Protection Working Group.
Cecilia was the Chairwoman of APEP (Spanish Privacy Professional Association) until June and is currently in charge of its international affairs. She is also the Spanish member of CEDPO (Confederation of European Data Protection Organisations) and member of the Leadership Council of The Sedona Conference (W-6).
She is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation in the section of the Law on Technologies of the Information and the Knowledge as well as Arbitrator of the European Association of Arbitration (ITC Section).
She formed part of the Volunteer Group of Privacy Experts of the OECD (Working Party on information Security and Privacy; WPISP) in charge of the 2013 review of the OECD guidelines governing the protection of privacy and transborder data flows of personal data. She formerly participated in the Group of Experts selected by the Spanish DPA to prepare the Madrid Resolution on International Privacy Standards in 2009.
Cecilia has written numerous publications on data protection and regularly lectures on data protection, IT and ecommerce at different Masters Programs and seminars.
Tomas Jakimavicius
Director, European Government Affairs, Microsoft
Tomas Jakimavicius
Director, European Government Affairs, Microsoft
Tomas Jakimavicius is Director of European Government Affairs within Microsoft's Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA) group. Based in Brussels, he focuses on Digital Infrastructure, Cloud, Tech Sovereignty and Industrial policies impacting Microsoft and its customers’ use of and access to Microsoft’s products and services. Tomas has over 15 years of a wide-ranging senior level experience in both private and public sectors. In his career, he held leadership and advisory positions in trade associations and private sector companies and served as a diplomat representing Lithuania on tech policy at the Council of the European Union. He holds an MSc in Leadership & International Relations from Boston University and an MSc in Enterprise Information Systems from the University of Westminster.
Gary Davis
Senior Director, Regulatory Legal EMEA, Apple
Gary Davis
Senior Director, Regulatory Legal EMEA, Apple
Gary Davis leads Apple’s regulatory legal work across the EMEIA region. He previously served as Ireland’s Deputy Data Protection Commissioner for seven years and, prior to that, spent a decade in the Irish Prime Minister’s Office
Emir Demircan
Senior Director, Government Affairs EU, Siemens
Emir Demircan
Senior Director, Government Affairs EU, Siemens
Emir Demircan is Senior Director, Government Affairs EU at Siemens. He currently leads the company’s advocacy on the Digital Omnibus, with a primary focus on the EU Data Act. Prior to joining Siemens, Emir spent more than 15 years in the high-tech and semiconductor sectors, including at Infineon Technologies, bringing deep industry expertise to his work in European digital policy.
Thibaut L’Ortye
Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer, AmCham EU
Thibaut L’Ortye
Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer, AmCham EU
Thibaut leads AmCham EU’s advocacy and public affairs strategy. He oversees an integrated team responsible for policy development, stakeholder engagement and communications. He shapes the external positioning of the Chamber on issues impacting the European economy and transatlantic relations. Since joining AmCham EU in 2014, he has held a wide range of public affairs and communications roles. Thibaut also sits on the Executive Committee of one of Belgium’s largest non-profit organisations committed to youth empowerment (voluntary position). He holds a Master’s degree in European politics from the Institut d’études européennes (IEE-ULB). He also studied at McGill University and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Laura Lazaro Cabrera
Programme Director for Equity and Data; Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe
Laura Lazaro Cabrera
Programme Director for Equity and Data; Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe
Laura Lazaro Cabrera is the founding Programme Director for Equity and Data at the Centre for Democracy and Technology Europe, as well as its Counsel and Deputy Director. She leads the organisation's work in promoting fundamental rights in artificial intelligence policy and regulation in the European Union, with a particular focus on the AI Act.
Dick Sluimers
Dick Sluimers is the Vice-chair of the Supervisory Board, chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Governance Committee. He was appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2016. He is also the Chair of the Supervisory Board of Euronext Amsterdam N.V.
Mr Sluimers is the former CEO of APG Group. He currently is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NIBC B.V. and a member of the board of directors of FWD Holdings Group Limited. He is a senior advisor of Bank of America and member of the Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart Executive Search.
Mr Sluimers was CFO and later CEO in the management board of pension fund ABP from 2003 to 2008. Between 1991 and 2003 he held various positions at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, most recently as Director General of the Budget. Prior to that he was Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Public Health and held senior positions at the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Finance. In addition, he was a member of the Supervisory Boards of Fokker N.V., the National Investment Bank N.V., Inter Access N.V. and ABP Insurance N.V. He was also Trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS), a member of the Advisory Board of Rabobank, Chairman of the board of Governors of the Postgraduate Programme for Treasury Management at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, a member of the Advisory Board of Netspar and a Board member of Holland Financial Centre.
He studied economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and read politics at the University of Amsterdam for several years.
Dr Sachiko Scheuing
European Privacy Officer, Acxiom
Dr Sachiko Scheuing
European Privacy Officer, Acxiom
Dr Sachiko Scheuing is Author of How to Use Customer Data and the European Privacy & AI Governance Officer of Acxiom, an Omnicom company, and a global leader in marketing services. She is currently serving her fifth term as the Co-Chairwoman of the trade association Federation of European Data and Marketing (FEDMA), based in Brussels. Besides FEDMA, Sachiko is active in several European and global privacy and marketing associations as well as think tanks. She was one of the founding members of the EU DPO association, CEDPO. Sachiko is passionate about empowering women and girls. She is serving as the global co-chair of Acxiom’s gender equity programme, WomenLEAD.
In 2020, Sachiko received the DataIQ Professor Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to and leadership in the data industry. In 2024, she was recognised by Women in Data® as one of the twenty most influential women in Data and Tech.
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Nathalie Laneret
VP Government Affairs and Public Policy, Criteo
Nathalie Laneret
VP Government Affairs and Public Policy, Criteo
Nathalie Laneret is Vice-President Government Affairs and Public Policy at Criteo, the first independent global adtech provider and first European private AI Lab. She has more than 25 years of experience in digital policy and legal matters. She was previously Director of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL) in Brussels, and Group Data Protection Officer at Capgemini. She is a member of the Paris and New York Bars, a graduate from Robert Schuman University (Strasbourg, France) and Duke Law School (Durham, USA). She sits on the European Tech Alliance and La Villa Numeris boards. She teaches data protection and AI law at several universities and speaks regularly on topics related to data protection, AI and the responsible use of data.
Matti Ruotsala
Chairman of the Board, Caruna Networks Oy
Matti Ruotsala
Chairman of the Board, Caruna Networks Oy
Godefroy de Boiscuillé
Associate Professor of Law and researcher at GREDEG/CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur
Godefroy de Boiscuillé
Associate Professor of Law and researcher at GREDEG/CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur
Godefroy de Boiscuillé is an Associate Professor of Law and researcher at GREDEG/CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur (Nice Sophia Antipolis). In 2026, he was appointed a member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), where he holds a Fundamental Chair on “Competition, AI and Digital Sovereignty”.
He is also the Founding Director of the Chair in Competition and Digital Economics at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (Panthéon-Assas Foundation).
Alongside these activities, he serves as an external expert at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA, Maastricht/Luxembourg), where he regularly provides expertise to EU institutions on matters relating to the internal market and EU digital law.
John Kavanagh
Privacy and Security, Public Policy Europe, TikTok
John Kavanagh
Privacy and Security, Public Policy Europe, TikTok
John is the data protection and security expert within TikTok’s European Government Relations and Public Policy team since 2023. He covers data protection across a number of areas such as user transparency, data sovereignty and cross-border data transfers, trade, digital advertising, privacy enhancing technologies, and cybersecurity. He is active across Europe, covering both EU-level data developments and national-level initiatives.
John was previously a director at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), where he spent 10 years across a number of policy areas – including central government liaison on major data-centric projects, the drafting of the DPA2018 and the later ongoing reforms.
John has been an active international participant in regulatory forums, including representing the ICO at the Global Privacy Assembly throughout its chairmanship of the assembly, and now represents TikTok in business forums across Europe.
Natascha Gerlach
Director of Privacy and Data Policy, Center for information Policy Leadership (CIPL)
Natascha Gerlach
Director of Privacy and Data Policy, Center for information Policy Leadership (CIPL)
Natascha Gerlach is Director of Privacy and Data Policy at the Center for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), where she leads work at the intersection of technology, regulation, and responsible data use. Her areas of focus include AI and emerging technologies, privacy-enhancing technologies, children’s privacy and safety, data governance, and cross-border data flows. She also works extensively on the evolving intersection of privacy and competition law, including the complex questions arising where data protection requirements interact with digital competition and platform regulation.
Before joining CIPL, Natascha was a Senior Attorney at Cleary Gottlieb in Brussels, where she led the firm’s European eDiscovery practice—an early adopter of AI-enabled technologies—and advised multinational organisations on complex privacy and data protection matters, particularly at the intersection of international investigations, litigation, and data protection.
Natascha is Chair Emerita of the Steering Committee of The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure. She also serves on the advisory boards of Georgetown Law’s Advanced eDiscovery Institute (AEDI) and OpenAge and is a founding member of the International Data Law Forum (IDLF).
Guido Lobrano
Director General for Europe, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
Guido Lobrano
Director General for Europe, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
Guido is the Director General for Europe at ITI – the global association of the tech industry. He leads ITI’s engagement on EU activities impacting technology and innovation, in areas such as AI, cloud & data, cybersecurity & privacy, sustainability, and platform regulation. A lawyer by background, before joining ITI in 2017, Mr Lobrano was in charge of digital and Internal Market policy at BusinessEurope, the confederation of European industry.
Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli
Vice President for Europe at the Chamber of Progress
Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli
Vice President for Europe at the Chamber of Progress
Kayvan Hazemi-Jebelli (Kay) is Vice President for Europe at the Chamber of Progress, based in Brussels. Kay previously worked as Competition & Regulatory Counsel to the Computer & Communications Industry Association, and has over a decade’s experience working as a competition lawyer in private practice, in the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition, as Senior Legal Counsel at a leading UK media and communications company, and as a visiting researcher at King’s College London. Before that, he worked as a computer engineer.
Kay received his B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering from UCLA, his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, and his LL.M. in Competition Law from King’s College London. Kay enjoys teaching and knowledge sharing, and has lectured on competition law and policy in several universities, in Europe and the US. He also started a podcast on European antitrust policy, and an ongoing newsletter on European tech called "DG Progress".
Patrice Navarro
Partner, Clifford Chance, Paris
Patrice Navarro
Partner, Clifford Chance, Paris
Patrice Navarro is a Partner in Clifford Chance's Tech//Digital practice in Paris. He advises multinational organisations on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and data regulation, and on the technology and infrastructure transactions that underpin them.
His regulatory practice covers AI, cybersecurity, operational resilience, data governance and digital health, under the EU AI Act, the Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2, DORA, the GDPR and the Data Act, and extends to regulatory strategy and contentious proceedings before the CNIL. He advises boards and general counsel on how responsibility and liability are allocated across digital supply chains, and on what implementing these frameworks costs in practice at scale.
On the transactional side, he acts on AI and cloud infrastructure projects, including GPU-as-a-service, data centre and compute financing deals, and on outsourcing and technology contracting in regulated environments. He works with organisations across the technology, healthcare and life sciences, financial services, energy, aerospace and pharmaceutical sectors, and leads cross-border teams across the firm’s European and US offices.
Dr. Paul Voigt
Partner and Head of Tech, Media & Telecommunications, Taylor Wessing Germany
Dr. Paul Voigt
Partner and Head of Tech, Media & Telecommunications, Taylor Wessing Germany
Paul Voigt has been recognized as one of Germany’s leading lawyers in data protection, IT, and AI law for many years. As head of Taylor Wessing’s German Technology, Media & Telecoms practice group, he advises companies on the legal challenges of digital transformation, with a particular focus on data, cybersecurity, AI, platform regulation, and SaaS.
National and international legal rankings and independent industry directories regularly recognize him for his expertise at the intersection of technology, data, and regulation. The Legal 500 ranks him as a “Leading Partner” in data law and recommends him for AI, while Chambers Germany recognizes him as a “Notable Practitioner” in AI and data protection.
JUVE has consistently recognized him as a leading practitioner in IT and data protection law. The F.A.Z. Institute, WirtschaftsWoche, and Best Lawyers have also recognized his expertise through numerous rankings and recommendations in IT and data protection law.
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Ahmed Baladi
Partner and the co-chair of Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group, Gibson Dunn
Ahmed Baladi
Partner and the co-chair of Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group, Gibson Dunn
Ahmed Baladi is a partner in the Paris office of Gibson Dunn, Co-Chair of the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group and a member of its Artificial Intelligence and Technology Transactions Practice Groups.
He has developed renowned experience across a wide range of privacy and cyber security matters, and assists clients in navigating the intersection of privacy and other digital regulations such as the AI Act, the Data Act and the NIS 2 Directive. His practice also focuses on strategic counselling for the development and launch of data-driven products and services.
He regularly represents corporates and executives in investigations and procedures before data protection authorities and the courts.
Boniface de Champris
AI Policy Lead, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe)
Boniface de Champris
AI Policy Lead, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe)
Boniface de Champris is Policy Manager at the Computer & Communications Industry Association’s Brussels office, primarily responsible for CCIA’s advocacy in the area of artificial intelligence (AI).
Boniface came to CCIA Europe in 2023 from a public affairs agency, where he worked on both EU and French digital policy files (such as content moderation, data flows, data protection, and platform liability) for a wide range of clients. Previously he was a trainee in the WTO team of the European Commission’s Legal Service.
De Champris has a master’s degree in European interdisciplinary studies from the College of Europe, a master in French and German law from the University of Paris Nanterre, as well as an LLM from the University of Potsdam. Boniface also holds an executive master in law and artificial intelligence from the Brussels School of Competition. He is fluent in French, German, and English.
Pieter Haeck
Senior Technology Reporter, POLITICO Europe
Pieter Haeck
Senior Technology Reporter, POLITICO Europe
Dessi Savova
Partner, Clifford Chance, Paris
Dessi Savova
Partner, Clifford Chance, Paris
Dessi Savova is a Partner at Clifford Chance and leads the firm's AI Steering Group, European Tech Group and Paris Tech//Digital practice. She is a recognised authority on artificial intelligence, digital regulation and technology governance, advising leading global organisations on navigating the increasingly complex web of rules governing AI, data, digital services, platforms and cybersecurity.
Dessi helps businesses develop practical and scalable compliance strategies in response to rapidly evolving regulatory frameworks, including the EU AI Act, Digital Services Act, data governance and cybersecurity regimes, and related international requirements. Her work focuses on helping organisations manage regulatory overlap, allocate responsibility across complex business and technology ecosystems, and translate legal obligations into effective governance and operational frameworks.
She advises multinational companies on the implementation of technology and AI governance programmes, risk management, compliance and regulatory engagement across multiple jurisdictions. Her experience spans the full lifecycle of digital regulation, from the design of governance and accountability structures to regulatory investigations, enforcement risks and strategic engagement with policymakers.
Dessi has worked extensively with EU institutions, regulators, think tanks and industry stakeholders on the development of AI and digital governance frameworks and is a leading voice in discussions on the future of technology regulation. She regularly convenes dialogue between business, government, academia and the scientific community on AI, digital policy, online safety and emerging regulatory developments. Through her work with leading universities and research institutions, she also contributes to advancing innovation, education and responsible technology adoption.
Fritz-Ulli Pieper
Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
Fritz-Ulli Pieper
Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
Fritz-Ulli, LL.M. is a specialist in IT law and advises national and international clients on IT, telecommunications and data protection law. He has special experience in legal issues of digitalization and artificial intelligence.
His main areas of practice include the drafting of IT contracts and general terms and conditions of business and the support of complex data protection projects as well as advising telecommunications providers or their contractual partners on infrastructure projects and product launches. He also advises the public sector on large-volume IT and infrastructure projects, in particular the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Construction and Home Affairs and its downstream divisions.
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