SPEAKERS at
The Hague Summit for
Accountability
in the
Digital Age
November 6-7th 2019 – Peace Palace – The Hague
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Speakers 2019
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Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is the Minister for Communications of the Republic of Ghana and a Member of Parliament. As the Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusus-Ekuful has oversight over the government’s…
Cédric Wachholz
Cédric Wachholz heads UNESCO’s ICT in Education, Science and Culture section, which works also on Artificial Intelligence (AI). UNESCO’s AI work focuses on the ethical dimension of AI, on AI…
Vint Cerf
Vinton G. Cerf is vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He contributes to global policy development and continued spread of the Internet. Widely known as one of the…
Jeff Bullwinkel
Jeff Bullwinkel serves as Microsoft’s Associate General Counsel and Regional Director of Corporate, External & Legal Affairs for Europe. He is based in Amsterdam and oversees the company’s legal and…
Marija Pejčinovič Burič
Marija Pejčinović Burič has worked as the 14th Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia and Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from 19 June 2017 to 19 July 2019.…
Stuart Campo
Stuart Campo is the Team Lead for Data Policy and a Senior Fellow at the UNOCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data in The Hague. He has over twelve years of experience…
Jaroslaw Ponder
Mr Jaroslaw Ponder is Head of the ITU Office for Europe at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Geneva, Switzerland), representing ITU in Europe and directing actions, projects, initiatives and experts…
Arthur van der Wees
Arthur van der Wees, LLM studied and obtained his doctorate degree in computer, privacy, intellectual property rights and business law and human rights at Leiden University. He is founder and…
Kathalijne Buitenweg
Member of Parliament in the Netherlands in the subcommittees for Justice, Security, Police and Intelligence Service. Kathalijne Buitenweg is member of the national parliament, and deputy leader of the Dutch…
John Higgins CBE
Chair of DIGITALEUROPE’s Brexit Advisory Council John Higgins has been the public face of the digital sector in Europe since November 2011 and speaks regularly on platforms and at conferences…
Helen Brown
Helen Brown is Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), an intergovernmental organisation established by treaty in 1899 which provides services for the resolution of disputes involving various…
Mike Hinchey
Professor Mike Hinchey is Chair of IEEE UK & Ireland Section for 2018-2019. He is President of IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing (www.ifip.org) and is Emeritus Director of…
Nanjira Sambuli
Panel member of the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation (2018-19) Nanjira Sambuli is a researcher, policy analyst and advocacy strategist interested in and working on understanding…
Sivaaji De Zoysa
Sivaaji De Zoysa comes from two highly respected and established families (4th generation) of leaders, entrepreneurs, doctors and architects who have been responsible for pioneering various Industries, professions and sectors…
Freerk Teunnissen
Freerk Teunissen M.A. (1970) is (psycholinguistic) advisor He analyzed psycholinguistic techniques employed by journalists in de United States of America and the Netherlands and analyzed their effect on readers. Purpose: analyse…
Charles Groenhuijsen
Charles Groenhuijsen (1954) has been the US Correspondent for the main public news program in the Netherlands, the NOS Journaal and the daily current affairs program NOVA (1996 – 2006).…
Andrew Taussig
Andrew Taussig worked for 30 years in the BBC where he held the post of Director of Foreign Language Services in the BBC World Service [1996-2000]. Earlier in his BBC…
Urška Umek
Urška Umek is Secretary of the Committee of experts on quality journalism in the digital age and works on standard setting within the area of freedom of expression and media…
Dr. Nad’a Kovalcikova
Dr. Nad’a Kovalcikova is a program manager and fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy in GMF’s Brussels office. While working on ASD’s European outreach, she focuses also on transatlantic…
Vincent Evers
As a serial enterpreneur he started multiple IT companies in networking, document management & internet video. He has been a trendwatcher and talked about the way technical innovations influences and…
Joelle Casteix
Spokesperson for survivors of child sexual assault Joelle Casteix is a leading global advocate and spokesperson for survivors of child sexual assault and cover-up. No one else has her depth…
Oleg Volkosh
President of Media Arts Group holding and head and a partner of Mediaplus Group Russia – the part of SERVICEPLAN international network media holding. In 2002 Oleg accepted a proposal…
Cyril Pereira
Malaysian Cyril Pereira has lived 35 years in Hong Kong. He coaches Data Journalism for insights into society and policy review. Cyril was publisher of Asia Magazine, senior executive with the South China Morning…
Dr Berenice Boutin
Dr Berenice Boutin is a researcher in international law at the Asser Institute. Her work focuses on international responsibility, security, and new technologies. Berenice is currently leading a research project…
Evert Haasdijk
I’ve been active as researcher, consultant and entrepreneur in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data mining for over 25 years. I was one of the founders of the data mining…
Peter Batt
Director General for Digital Society, Digitization of the Administration and Information Technology at the Federal Ministry of Interior, Building and Community, Germany. Peter Batt was born in 1955 in Dusseldorf.…
Lucas Roffel
Lukas Roffel is CTO of Thales Nederland, the Dutch branch of the international Thales Group. The company has about 2,000 employees working at branches in Hengelo (HQ), Huizen, Delft, Enschede…
Dr. Tatjana Welzer
Dr. Tatjana Welzer is a a full Professor at University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Her research work covers many research areas, ranging from database technology…
Christina Caljé
Christina is CEO & Co-founder of Autheos, a technology platform that applies machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to optimize the video experience for consumers. The innovation of her technology…
Holger H. Hoos
Holger H. Hoos is Professor of Machine Learning at Universiteit Leiden (the Netherlands) and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia (Canada), where he also holds an appointment as…
Clementina Barbaro
Clementina Barbaro is the Co-Secretary of the newly established Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe (CoE). The mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial…
Irakli Beridze
Head UNICRI – United Nations Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics More than 20 years of experience in leading multilateral negotiations, developing stakeholder engagement programmes with governments, UN agencies, international…
Stephen Ibaraki
Stephen K. Ibaraki is a past teacher, an industry analyst, writer and consultant in the IT industry, and the past president of the Canadian Information Processing Society. Currently, Ibaraki is…
Jacques Kruse Brandao
Jacques Kruse Brandao is Global Head of Advocacy at SGS Digital Trust Services. Jacques is in the identification industry for more than 15y. Today Jacques advocates on how to trust…
Prabhat Agarwal
Prabhat Agarwal is currently working on the European Commission’s policies and regulation in the field of online platforms and electronic Commerce. He comes from a background of academic and industrial…
Dr. Pavan Duggal
Dr. Pavan Duggal is an advocate specialized in the field of Cyberlaw, E-Commerce law. He is also a member of NOMCOM Committee on Multilingual Internet Names Consortium (MINC). Pavan’s was…
Paul Timmers
Paul Timmers has held multiple high-level cyber security positions within the EU, and is a visiting fellow at the University of Oxford. Paul Timmers is a visiting fellow at the…
Catherine Garcia-van Hoogstraten
She is Advisory Board Member to the Global Forum of Cyber Expertise(GFCE), as well as, Lecturer and Researcher in Data Governance, Cybersecurity and Technology at the Cybersecurity in the SME sector Research…
Arda Gerkens
Arda Gerkens is Vice-Chairman and member of the Senate. Before that she was a member of the House of Representatives with, among other things, ICT as a focus area. In…
Christopher Painter
Chris Painter is a globally recognized leader and expert on cyber policy, Cyber Diplomacy and combatting cybercrime. He has been on the vanguard of US and international cyber issues for…
Chang-ho Chung
Judge CHUNG (1967) came to the ICC from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where he had served as a United Nations International…
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