SEEDIG 9 Program

Speakers for this event

• Aida Mahmutović

  Aida Mahmutović

  Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)

  Digital Rights Project Manager

  Aida Mahmutović is Digital rights project manager at BIRN Kosovo and BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina. She began her career in Internet governance in 2011 at the Center for e-Governance Development in Slovenia. Her field of experience has been related to Internet governance and human rights for over twelve years now. She was a programme manager at the One World Platform (OWP) where she led Internet rights and women’s rights projects. This included international projects by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), such as “End violence: Women Rights and Safety Online”, “Local Actions to Secure Internet Rights”, and the global “Take Back The Tech” campaign. She led the Balkan School on Internet Governance, the first IG school in the region. Since 2016, she has worked on Geneva Internet Platform’s Digital Watch Observatory as a content co-creator and curator, covering global developments on privacy and data protection and cultural diversity, and later gender rights online and migration and technology.In 2014, she was selected by the UN Secretary General to serve a three-year term on the UN’s Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance Forum. She served as executive committee member of the South Eastern European Dialogue on Internet Governance (SEEDIG) and as a member of the organising committee for the Regional Internet Forum. She has been leading the organizing team of BH IGF since 2015. She co-authored the GisWatch BiH country report (2014) on digital surveillance, “End Violence: Women’s Rights and Safety Online (2015)”, and “Cybersecurity Governance and Gender in the Western Balkans” and for the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) (2021), “Online actions, offline harms: Case studies on gender and cybersecurity in the Western Balkans”. Currently at Detektor she manages projects related to misinformation and foreign malign influence, transitional justice, and digital rights all in relation to human rights and the rule of law.

  Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)

• Alena Muravska

  Alena Muravska

  RIPE NCC

  Programme Manager

  Alena Muravska is a Programme Manager at the RIPE NCC’s Community & Engagement. Previously, Alena worked on the Registration Services as a Senior Member Services Analyst. Alena has an engineering degree from the National Technical University of Ukraine and Master’s degree in Policy and Public Affairs from Leiden University. She is a multilingual speaker and is fluent in English, Dutch and Ukrainian.

  RIPE NCC

• Ana Toskić Cvetinović

  Ana Toskić Cvetinović

  Partners Serbia

  Executive Director

  Ana Toskić Cvetinović is a human rights lawyer with over 15 years of experience in the Western Balkans. In 2017, Ana was appointed the Executive Director of Partners Serbia, a Belgrade-based civil society organization, where she has specialized in privacy law and legal aspects of information management. She develops and implements training programs, research and advocacy campaigns aimed at improving privacy-related legislative framework and practices. She is specifically interested in exploring the intersection between rule of law and the use of new technologies, including the development of artificial intelligence and automation and their impact on human rights. Throughout her work, Ana has been working on building bridges and establishing coalitions among variety of stakeholders – CSOs, media, public and private sectors and academia. She authored number of studies and reports in the field of privacy and data protection, freedom of expression and digital rights, and she also advises private and public sector subjects in implementing privacy compliance programs.

  Partners Serbia

• Angela Coriz

  Angela Coriz

  Connect Europe

  Policy Officer

  Angela is a Policy Officer at Connect Europe. She is part of the regulatory and public policy team, and focuses primarily on artificial intelligence, taxation, international affairs, and naming, addressing and numbering.

  Connect Europe

• Branka Andjelkovic

  Branka Andjelkovic

  Public Policy Research Centre

  Co-Founder & Programme Director

  Branka Andjelkovic is the Co-founder and Programme Director of the Public Policy Research Center, Belgrade, Serbia. Her research interests are in labour market institutions, employment relations, non-standard forms of employment, and digitalisation and automation. She has been the principal investigator in numerous research projects and has worked as a policy expert for a range of international organizations. Branka publishes studies and papers about platform work, privacy and data protection, and digital economy. She holds MA in public administration from Harvard University (USA) and BA in comparative literature from the University of Belgrade.

  Public Policy Research Centre

• Cesare Pitea

  Cesare Pitea

  Council of Europe

  Freedom of Expression and CDMSI, Online Safety and Metaverse

  Cesare joined the Council of Europe 2021, focusing on freedom of expression and media. He is currently part of the Secretariat responsible for media and the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) and is currently the Secretary to the Committee of Experts on online safety and empowerment of content creators and users (MSI-eSEC). He was previously a Programme Manager for technical assistance cooperation projects in the area of freedom of expression and media in Southeast Europe.

  Council of Europe

• Christian Dawson

  Christian Dawson

  i2Coalition

  Executive Director

  Christian Dawson is the Co-Founder of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) where he works to make the Internet a better, safer place for the businesses that make up the Cloud. Dawson spent 16 years as an executive at web hosting provider ServInt. While there, he co-founded the Save Hosting initiative, designed to galvanize web hosting providers in their opposition of PIPA & SOPA. He went on to help found the i2Coalition to ensure that those who build the infrastructure of the Internet have a voice in all matters of public policy that affect them. He is a staunch advocate for Internet freedom as a tool for social and economic growth by fostering the growth and expansion of the Internet economy. Dawson served as the Chairman of the i2Coalition Board from 2012 to 2016. As of January 2016, Dawson has joined the i2Coalition in a full-time position as its first Executive Director.

  i2Coalition

• Daniel Cuciurianu

  Daniel Cuciurianu

  Council of Europe

  Programme Manager

  Daniel has been with the Council of Europe since 2022, as Programme Manager of the iPROCEEDS-2 and CyberSEE Projects, both dedicated to enhance the criminal justice response of South-East Europe and Turkiye to cybercrime and electronic evidence, in line with the provisions of the Convention on Cybercrime, its Second Protocol and European Union objectives. Before joining his current role, he served for 20 years as a police officer of the Romanian National Police, ultimately holding the position of head of the Bucharest Cybercrime Department, where he led joint investigation teams for cross-border operations such as RESIDENT, COLD LAKE and BRUNO, additionally acting as a consultant on capacity building in cybercrime. Daniel holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Investigation and a Bachelor’s degree in Law.

  Council of Europe

• Desiree Miloševič

  Desiree Miloševič

  RIPE

  Cooperation WG Chair

  Desiree‘s experience spans across a network of UK-based Internet start-ups, numerous national and international NGOs, as well as institutions such as the UN, where she served as a special policy adviser on Internet governance issues. She has over 20 years of non-exec board experience based in the USA, UK, and SEE, while over the last decade, she has been focusing on building open-source communities. Her latest initiative within the SEE region includes a project focused on sustainable development and climate change, while she continues to run an annual hackathon (DESCON) and advocate for user’s digital rights. She co-chairs the RIPE Cooperation Working Group.

  RIPE

• Dragan Lončarski

  Dragan Lončarski

  CIDR

  Regional Cybersecurity Advisor & Serbian Program Manager

  Dragan Lončarski is the Regional Technical Advisor for the Critical Infrastructure Digitalization and Resilience (CIDR) program, implemented by DAI and funded by USAID. With over 25 years of experience in I&T security and corporate systems, Dragan has held roles as lead engineer, systems architect, project manager, and CISO. His work spans high-profile projects such as GazpromNeft consolidation and eFiscalization implementation, PCI DSS compliance, PKI certification audits, and the development of BC/DR policies for state institutions. Certified in CISM, DPO, COBIT, Security+, PRINCE2, ISO27001, Dragan emphasizes effective communication as key to bridging business and engineering perspectives for successful project outcomes.

  CIDR

• Dušan Stojičević

  Dušan Stojičević

  Gransy

  Marketing Director

  Dušan Stojičević was for many years editor-in-chief of “Svet kompjutera” (World of Computers) magazine, a member and Chair of the RNIDS BoG, Chair of the Cyrillic Generation Panel at ICANN, a member of the SEEDIG Executive Committee and a member of the RIPE SEE Programme Committee. He has also served as Vice-Chair of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) and is now Vice-Chair of the RNIDS BoG and Marketing Director for Eastern Europe at Gransy. The focus of his activities is on IDN domains and the issues surrounding universal acceptance of all languages and scripts on the Internet.

  Gransy

• Gentjan Skara

  Gentjan Skara

  Department of Law – Epoka University

  Lecturer of EU Law and Competition Law

  Gentjan Skara holds an LLB from the University of Tirana (Albania); an MA in "European Studies" from Epoka University (Albania); an LLM for “South-East European Law and European Integration” from the University of Graz; PhD in "EU Law and National Legal System program" from the University of Ferrara. Genti has been a visiting fellow at the Institute of Corporate and International Commercial Law, University of Graz (Austria), the Department of International Law, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel (Switzerland). As of 1 August 2023, Genti is a full-time member of the Department of Law at Epoka University. In May 2022, Genti published a book in a well-known publisher, Springer Nature, titled “Europeanization of Albanian Competition Law: The Case of Albania”. His research interests relate to EU Law, competition law, the harmonisation of laws, and the interplay between online platforms and law. Besides academic engagement, Genti is a National Legal expert for the “Internal Market and Competition” of EU acquis near the Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, Republic of Albania and has provided its expertise to different organisations. His research interests relate to EU Law, competition law, the harmonisation of laws, and the interplay between online platforms and law.

  Department of Law – Epoka University

• Grant Baker

  Grant Baker

  Freedom House

  Research Analyst for Technology and Democracy

  Grant Baker is a Research Analyst for technology and democracy at Freedom House where he covers Europe and Eurasia for Freedom on the Net. Prior to joining Freedom House, he worked as the Research Manager at SMEX, where he led the Beirut-based organization's research on digital rights, contributed to the Lebanon Freedom on the Net report, and conducted grant writing on research and advocacy.

  Freedom House

• Hon. Abdelouhab Yagoubi

  Hon. Abdelouhab Yagoubi

  Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)

  PAM Special Rapporteur on Artificial Intelligence

  Hon. Abdelouahab Yagoubi, born on 22 December 1967, is a Member of the People's National Assembly of Algeria (APN) since 2021. He serves in the Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Emigration Parliamentary Committee and is Special Rapporteur on Artificial Intelligence for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM).Hon. Yagoubi’s  career spans over three decades, during which he developed a dual expertise in information technology and management. Prior to his political tenure, he held prominent positions in the private sector, including his role as Program Manager at ATOS-BULL in Paris. His work included overseeing large-scale IT projects for government ministries, international organizations, and corporations. Earlier in his career, Yagoubi worked at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and served as a design engineer at CONCIS, contributing to pioneering projects in emerging countries.Fluent in Arabic, French, and English, Hon. Yagoubi holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems Engineering from Paris-XII-Est-Créteil University, alongside a Master’s in Management of Public Policy and Organizational Dynamics, obtained from institutions such as ESCP-Europe and Ecole des Mines. His expertise spans program and project management, with international certifications and technical proficiency in SAP, Oracle, and GIS systems. His academic contributions include serving as an Associate Professor of IT Project Management at EPF-Engineering School.

  Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)

• Hon. Tijana Davidovac

  Hon. Tijana Davidovac

  Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)

  Member of the Serbian Delegation to PAM

  Hon. Tijana Davidovac, born on 19 September 1986, is a Member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016, representing the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). She serves in both the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy Parliamentary Committee and in the Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending Parliamentary Parliamentary Committee. She is Member of her National Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM). Hon. Davidovac is an economist by profession. She completed her elementary education in Lajkovac and attended high school in Valjevo. Currently, she resides in the Belgrade municipality of Lazarevac, where she continues to engage actively in public and professional endeavors.

  Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)

• Irene Kitsara

  Irene Kitsara

  Vienna Global Office of IEEE Standards Association

  European Standardisation Initiative Director

  Irene’s work at IEEE is focused on topics related to the green and digital transformation, digital governance, strategic partnerships, and issues related to sustainability, circularity and climate change as part of the core team of the IEEE Technology Center for Climate (ITCC). Before joining IEEE in 2022, Irene worked for 13 years at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized UN agency, where she led IP and innovation data-based technology trends publication in 25 technology areas, providing factual evidence to support decision-making. Irene also worked in law firms in Germany and Greece, at the European Patent Office, the European Commission (DG Grow) and the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Social law. Irene is a Greek lawyer admitted at the Athens Bar and holds a Masters in European and International Business law from LMU, Munich. 

  Vienna Global Office of IEEE Standards Association

• Isabel de Sola

  Isabel de Sola

  Office of Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology (OSET)

  Senior Advisor, Geneva Liaison

  Isabel de Sola recently joined the Office of the UNSG's Envoy on Technology as Liaison Officer based in Geneva. Originally from El Salvador, Isabel was a diplomat of her country for over ten years before joining the World Economic Forum as a Global Leadership Fellow from 2011-2016. She was a Senior Advisor to the secretariat of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation in 2018, and Director of the Martin Ennals Foundation from 2019-2024. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

  Office of Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology (OSET)

• Ivan Bošković

  Ivan Bošković

  IT Advanced Services

  CEO

  Ivan Bošković is the CEO of ITAS, a company that is part of the Čikom group, specializing in the application of artificial intelligence in business, providing innovative solutions tailored to the specific needs of clients. After gaining extensive experience in various sectors of the ICT industry, including software development, payment systems, fintech, and telecommunications, both in Montenegro and abroad, he has, in recent years, focused on researching and applying AI technologies. He leverages his accumulated experience to merge the technological innovation enabled by artificial intelligence with a strategic approach, developing advanced solutions that support business growth and digital transformation.

  IT Advanced Services

• Jan Žorž

  Jan Žorž

  6connect Labs

  VP

  Jan Žorž is a VP of 6connect Labs, working on the development of various protocols and network solutions to accelerate the global deployment of IPv6. Active in the RIPE community as a RIPE PC member, Jan is also SEE RIPE regional meeting chairman and a founder and a chair of SINOG, the Slovenian Network Operators Group. Several IETF RFCs author and one of the founders and member of the board of GNA (Global NOG Alliance). Jan is also active in its “Keep Ukraine Connected” initiative. Previously worked with the Internet Society and served as a CEO of Go6 Institute Slovenia. Jan is based in Slovenia, EU.

  6connect Labs

• Jaromir Novak

  Jaromir Novak

  EuroISPA Partner for Regulatory Affairs at CZ.NIC

  Regulatory and Policy Officer

  Jaromír graduated from the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno and the Faculty of Information Management at the University of Hradec Králové. In 2005, he joined the Ministry of Informatics of the Czech Republic (Department of Electronic Communications). After the cancellation of this department, he changed the position to Director of the Electronic Communications Department and then Director of the Digital Economy Section at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. In autumn of 2012, he was appointed a member of the Czech Telecommunication Office (CTO) by the Government of the Czech Republic. After that, he became Chairman of the CTO. Jaromír Novák resigned from the position of Chairman and Member of the CTO in January 2020. Jaromír joined the CZ.NIC Association in 2020 and his main duties comprise of monitoring changes in legislation concerning the Association, communication with state administration, local government and the European Union and searching other ways to work with public sector institutions. His hobbies include literature and modern technology.

  EuroISPA Partner for Regulatory Affairs at CZ.NIC

• Jelena Jovanović

  Jelena Jovanović

  Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia

  Advisor to the President

  Jelena Jovanović is an accomplished expert with over 20 years of experience at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, focusing on ICT development, international economic relations, and legislative frameworks. As Advisor to the President and Head of the ICT Association, she leads initiatives in ICT industry analysis, legislative collaboration, and positioning Serbia’s ICT sector globally. Her career highlights include fostering international business relations, driving eID regulations, advancing Serbia’s presence in markets like China and Kenya, and currently addressing information security topics within the Chamber of Commerce. Jelena is highly regarded for her strategic vision and expertise in connecting Serbia’s ICT sector with global opportunities.

  Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia

• Liljana Pecova

  Liljana Pecova

  CIDR North Macedonia

  Manager at Cyber Pathways for Women

  Liljana Pecova-Ilieska is a Cyber Pathways for Women Manager at DAI, a global development company that works on the frontlines of international development. More than 20 years of experience in the fields of law enforcement, data privacy protection, project management, digital skills and media, cybersecurity, innovation, good governance, RoL & development. Worked in institutional, non-governmental and private sector. Woking experience in Ministry of Interior, Data Protection Agency, NGO sector, Press Council of the Media, and International Consultancy with UNOPS, OSCE, Dev Tech Systems Inc., DCAF, Thomson Foundation, DAI Global, etc.Served as Focal point for EURODIG panning sessions, SEEDIG ExeBoard Member, ITU network. Received distinguished fellowships and alumni memberships: UK Chevening Fellowship for Cybersecurity, GCMC Alumni, Government of Canada for Executives Course fellowship “International Law in the Cyber Era: Finding Balance Between State Interests and Individual Rights”, Counterterrorism and Anti-Crime Capacity Building Programs (ICC), College of Europe in Warsaw Alumni Fellowship, Lodz Cyber Hub Fellowship on Low Earth Orbit Satellites, RIPE NCC fellowship, IGF fellowship, etc.

  CIDR North Macedonia

• Ljubivoje Radonjic

  Ljubivoje Radonjic

  State University of Novi Pazar

  Research Assistant

  Ljubivoje Radonjic is a Research Assistant at the Department of Economics at the State University of Novi Pazar. He is also a Research Associate at the Public Policy Research Centre and curently serves as the Grant Holder Manager within the project within the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (ref. No. CA21118 – Platform Work Living Lab). He holds a MSc in economics. He has pursued professional development abroad on multiple occasions (Poland). Currently, he is working on thesis titled „Interrelationship between Economic Performance and Innovation: the Case of European Regions“. His main fields of interest are regional development, innovation economics, digital economy, and platform work. Ljubivoje is author and co-author of a dozen scientific papers and policy papers with the expertise in innovation economics and digitalisation.

  State University of Novi Pazar

• Magda Irimia

  Magda Irimia

  Microsoft Corporation

  Outside Legal Counsel

  Magda started her career in 2002 and she specializes in intellectual property, cyber law and data protection, competition law, and environmental law. She is an attorney-at-law, member of the Bucharest Bar Association since 2002, and, since 2005, a certified trademark, industrial design, and patent Romanian attorney and a trademark and industrial design European attorney. She is a member of ASDPI, INTA and IAPP, as CIPP/E - Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe and represents ASPDI in the Working Group for GPAI Codes of Practice. She also holds a SANS certification in Information Security Fundamentals GIAC/GISF and got training in AI Security Essentials (2024) and Cybersecurity Fundamentals (2022). She graduated from Bucharest University Faculty of Law in 2001 and she holds a master degree in business law from the Institute for Business Law and International Cooperation Nicolae Titulescu - Henri Capitant, a jointly administered Institute by the Paris I University Pantheon-Sorbonne and the University of Bucharest Law School. She completed an annual training in Competition Law and Economics, followed by a Digital Economy Program, both at the European University Institute Florence, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. She assists Romanian and multinational companies in intellectual property matters and cyberlaw, including Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, and has extensive experience in providing legal advice and representation as regards new technologies, sector specific contracts, data protection, and anti-trust issues.

  Microsoft Corporation

• Maida Ćulahović

  Maida Ćulahović

  CA ”Why Not”

  Policy and Advocacy Coordinator

  Maida Ćulahović coordinates policy and advocacy efforts at Citizen's Association "Zašto ne/Why Not", aimed at improving the digital space with a particular focus on harmonization with the relevant EU policies and regulations in this field. Maida is an expert in media and digital policy. Previously, she had worked at the communications regulator of Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the development of regulatory framework for the audiovisual media sector and its harmonization with European standards and best practices, as well as coordinating international cooperation with other regulatory authorities and networks. She has collaborated with various other stakeholders including international organizations and CSOs and has extensive experience as a consultant, researcher and contributor. She holds an M.A. in European Studies from the University of Sarajevo in association with the University of Bologna and London School of Economics.

  CA ”Why Not”

• Maja Ćalović

  Maja Ćalović

  Mediacentar Sarajevo

  Project Coordinator

  Maja Calovic is a digital media expert and trainer at Mediacentar Sarajevo. She has over a decade of experience in writing about and analysing digital media trends, as well as developing educational programmes and materials in the field of media and digital literacy. She is also a digital rights advocate, actively involved with internet governance initiatives in the South East Europe region and currently coordinating the work of the Coalition for Freedom of Expression and Content Moderation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  Mediacentar Sarajevo

• Mila Bajic

  Mila Bajic

  SHARE Foundation

  Research Lead

  Mila Bajic is a Research Lead at the Serbian digital human rights organization SHARE Foundation, where she works on many established and emerging threats online such as the spread of conspiracy theories, hate speech and disinformation, voter manipulation and online privacy and personal data protection. She has participated in a number of advocacy efforts aimed at big technology companies in order to change their approach to users in the Western Balkans and has also been engaged in the campaign to ban biometric mass surveillance on the streets of Belgrade. She is also the co-author of the Serbia Freedom on the Net report.

  SHARE Foundation

• Nataša Kilibarda

  Nataša Kilibarda

  Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA)

  OSINT Analyst & Digital Forensics Investigator

  Nataša Kilibarda is a Science Communicator, OSINT researcher & Digital Forensics. Currently at CRTA (Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability) she is an OSINT Analyst and digital forensics investigator; fact-checker at Istinomer, and founder of NEURON. Kilibarda is also a co-founder of Women in Tech Serbia. in her earlier career she was a Foreign affairs advisor for the Ministry of Culture, Media and Information Society - Digital Agenda Administration.

  Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA)

• Nataša Šaric

  Nataša Šaric

  CIDR Serbia

  Country Director

  Nataša Šarić is the Country Director for the Critical Infrastructure Digitalization and Resilience (CIDR) program in Serbia, implemented by DAI and funded by USAID. With over 20 years of experience in international development, she has managed and led projects across Serbia, Southeast Europe, Asia, and Africa. Her work focuses on sustainable private sector development across diverse sectors, while also promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

  CIDR Serbia

• Nevena Ruzic

  Nevena Ruzic

  Privatnost i Javnost

  Data Protection Expert

  Nevena is an independent consultant in the field of information (privacy and personal data, freedom of expression and information, classified data, internet law and regulation), working with international organisations, foreign and domestic clients. She has published works on personal data protection, AI, internet regulation, and freedom of information. Amongst many, she authored or co-authored “Pravno uređenje interneta u Srbiji “ (in Eng. Internet Law in Serbia) (2023), “Nationalising General Data Protection Regulation in Western Balkans” and Challenges and opportunities at the intersection of data protection and artificial intelligence. Nevena coauthored an online course “Personal Data Protection in Publication of Judicial Decisions” available on the Council of Europe HELP Platform.  Nevena is a co-creator of series of educational videos available in Serbian only called “Soljica privatnosti sa Jelenom i Nevenom” (trans. “Cup of Privacy with Jelena and Nevena”).   She is a lawyer by profession and holds two masters - in contemporary diplomacy from the University of Malta and in law from the University of Leeds, UK.  She graduated from the School of Law University of Belgrade, Serbia. In 2019, Nevena was a candidate for Serbian Information Commissioner supported by more than 100 civil society organisations.

  Privatnost i Javnost

• Octavian Șofransky

  Octavian Șofransky

  Council of Europe

  Digital Governance Advisor

  Octavian is currently acting as a Digital Governance Advisor in the Digital Development and Governance Department of the Council of Europe. He oversees the implementation of the Council of Europe Digital Agenda, coordinates relations with technology companies and their associations, members of the Digital Partnership of the Council of Europe, and  coordinates cooperation with internet governance forums and institutions. His experience at the Council of Europe also includes cooperation activities in the field of prevention and combating corruption and money-laundering, assessment of projects financed by the Council of Europe Development Bank, preparation of the organisational Programme of Activities and monitoring the implementation of projects of the IT investment portfolio. He holds a Master in European Studies from the College of Europe in Warsaw, Poland, a Master in Peace studies from the University of Castellon, Spain, and a Diploma in Architecture from the Chișinău Technical University, Moldova. 

  Council of Europe

• Olga Kyryliuk

  Olga Kyryliuk

  Internews

  Senior Advisor, Digital Governance

  Olga Kyryliuk is Senior Advisor for Digital Governance at Internews, and SEEDIG Chair. She has a PhD in international law and over 10 years of experience in the field of digital rights and internet governance. She is also serving on the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) and Freedom Online Coalition Advisory Network (FOC AN). In 2020-2023, she served as a Europe Representative at ICANN NCUC Executive Committee.

  Internews

• Pablo Barrionuevo Huélamo

  Pablo Barrionuevo Huélamo

  Telefónica S.A.

  Head of Public Policy and Internet

  Lawyer with a Degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and a Master’s Degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from the Diplomatic School of Madrid, Pablo specialises in the Regulation of the Telecommunications Sector, with extensive international experience in the development of Institutional Relations and Public Policies. He has collaborated as a speaker on topics of Regulation of Telecommunications with different academic institutions such as the Universidad Panamericana, Universidad Anáhuac, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México or the International University Menéndez Pelayo. Since December 2019, he has been responsible at Telefónica for the development of the European Green Deal regulatory package issued by the European Commission. He has recently been designated has Telefonica´s focal point to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

  Telefónica S.A.

• Ram Mohan

  Ram Mohan

  Identity Digital

  Chief Strategy Officer

  A seasoned executive with a strong strategy orientation, Ram works closely with the CEO, board members, and executives to achieve Identity Digital’s long-term vision. Ram served as COO and co-founder at Afilias, acquired by Donuts in 2020, where he launched the .INFO, .ORG and .IO registries, building the world’s second-largest domain name registry. Ram’s previous positions include Co-Founder of TurnTide (acquired by Symantec 2001) and COO of Infonautics (publicly traded Ed-Tech company). His board positions include Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) and ICANN (2008-2018). Ram also co-founded ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC). He is an inventor of nineteen U.S. patents in Internet technology, recipient of InfoWorld's 'Premier 100 Technology Leaders' award, a CIO100 honoree, and Guinness World Record holder (2018).

  Identity Digital

• Regina Filipová Fuchsová

  Regina Filipová Fuchsová

  EURid

  Industry Relations Manager

  Regina Filipová Fuchsová has joined EURid, the .eu, .ею and .ευ registry, in 2007. She went through different roles in regional, registrar relations and business development management and last year she was appointed as the Industry Relations Manager. She is based in Prague. She holds a PhD in International Economic Relations from the University of Economics in Prague and a master degree in Law from the Palacky University in Olomouc, CZ. She completed a post-graduate master programme in European studies in Krems an der Donau, AT.

  EURid

• Samvel Martirosyan

  Samvel Martirosyan

  CyberHUB

  Co-Founder

  Samvel Martirosyan is a media expert and cyber security specialist. He is a co-founder of  CyberHUB, an Armenia-based organization that helps civil society address digital threats. He is a director of ArmSec Foundation. Martirosyan’s work focuses primarily on information security and hybrid threats. He is also the author of the Armenia Freedom on the Net report.

  CyberHUB

• Snežana Nikčević

  Snežana Nikčević

  NGO 35mm

  Project Manager

  Snežana Nikčević currently leads civic involvement in digital transformation at NGO 35mm, and it is actively engaged in national and regional efforts related to the digital policies. As a producer with a background in media studies, she produced two features and one short film. Coordinated over a 100 A/V projects, including major production services for clients like BBC's Top Gear, Toyota, Samsung, and Endemol Shine. A facilitator and an educator in the fields of culture and digital development, Snežana is also a Research group member at the Center for AI and Digital Policy, and an alumna of several skills development programs, including Swedish Institute’s Collaborative Governance in the Digital Era Program, British Council's Creative Producers Program, etc.

  NGO 35mm

• Svetlana Rakic

  Svetlana Rakic

  AI & Discrimination

  Senior Project Officer

  As part of the Council of Europe's Inclusion and Anti-discrimination Programmes Division, Svetlana is coordinating project on “Combating discrimination and promoting diversity in Serbia” focused on providing continuous support to the legislative and policy reforms aimed at combating discrimination and protecting the rights of national/ethnic/linguistic minorities and other vulnerable social groups, including youth, Roma, and LGBTI persons. Before joining current role, Svetlana was with the United Nations, working on reconciliation, social cohesion and community development. Holder of Master’s degree in Cultural Policy and Management (Interculturalism and Mediation in the Balkans) / UNESCO chair.

  AI & Discrimination

• Tanja Jakobi

  Tanja Jakobi

  Public Policy Research Centre

  Executive Director

  Tanja Jakobi is the executive director of the Public Policy Research Center. She is currently focused on the impact on new technologies on the labour market, labour contracts, and unionization. Tanja writes about the digital economy and new forms of work such as online and on-location platform work, and remote work and related questions of privacy of data in the era of the rise of the artificial intelligence at work.  She holds MAs in business journalism from Baruch College (US) and BA in philosophy from the University of Belgrade (Serbia).

  Public Policy Research Centre

• Teona Turashvili

  Teona Turashvili

  Independent Researcher

  Teona Turashvili is the Head of Local Government, Civic Tech and Innovations Directions for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), a Georgian organization that supports the development of an informed and empowered society for democratic governance. She is also the author of the Georgia Freedom on the Net report.

  Independent Researcher

• Vasja Križmančič

  Vasja Križmančič

  2S Computers / Karsolink

  CTO

  Formerly a sound engineer with a degree from the SAE School of Ljubljana, Vasja has worked in IT and networking for more than twenty years. In 2018, Vasja helped to rebuild the Karsolink network, running it as a CTO and company co-owner.

  2S Computers / Karsolink

• Vladan Ivanović

  Vladan Ivanović

  GigmetarTM

  Analysts Team Leader

  Vladan Ivanović is a professor of economics at the University of Kragujevac (Serbia), a fellow at CERGE-EI Foundation (Prague, Czech Republic), and holds PhD degrees in economics from the University of Kragujevac, Serbia, and the University of Hohenheim, Germany. He is a chief research analyst by the Center for Society and Technology, Belgrade, and one of the co-creators of the Gigmetar. Vladan Ivanovic served as an Erasmus Plus Ambassador (2022-2024) and Vice-Dean for International Cooperation at the Faculty of Economics University of Kragujevac (2016-2018). He was a scholar and winner of numerous national and international rewards (Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany), Foundation “Mihailo Pupin” (USA), Foundation „Studenica“ (USA), European Movement in Serbia and Austrian Embassy, Found „Academic Dragoslav Srejovic”, Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden, the University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics the University of Kragujevac), while furthering his research at the University of Harvard, MIT and the University of Oslo. He is the author of more than 90 scientific papers and technical reports, on issues related to (international political) economy, institutional economics, the economics of innovation and technological change with strong expertise in applied economic analysis. During his career, he was a guest professor at several European universities (Krakow University of Economics, Poland; ILIA State University, Georgia; Mendel University, Czech Republic), and lecturer and trainee in numerous seminars and schools in Serbia and abroad. He was a consultant on many domestic and international projects supported and/or implemented by various institutions (World Bank, USAID, European Union, Olaf Palme, WeGlobal, Western Balkan Found, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Center for Public Policy Research, ICT HUB, Foundation Center for Democracy, Open Society Fund, COST Action, Erasmus Foundation).

  GigmetarTM

• Yana Ghahramanyan

  Yana Ghahramanyan

  CyberHUB

  Threat Researcher

  Yana Ghahramanyan  works with CyberHUB as a Penetration Tester and DevOps engineer. She has 14 years of experience in network and system administration, including as part of her work as a Network Administrator for the American University of Armenia, UWC school in Dilijan, DevOps engeneer at Converse Bank. As part of her work with CyberHUB Ms Ghahramanyan has become increasingly interested in developing malware research and cyber security training curricula.

  CyberHUB

• Zoran Kalinic

  Zoran Kalinic

  University of Kragujevac

  Professor at Faculty of Economics

  Zoran Kalinic is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac, Serbia and holds a PhD degree in Software Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac. He has been involved in several, both national and international, projects related to the different aspects of information-communication technologies. Also, he has taught as a Guest Lecturer at Cracow University of Economics, Poland; University of Maribor, Slovenia; University of Evora, Portugal; Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Finland; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania; University of Economics in Katowice, Poland; University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, etc. Zoran Kalinic is the author/co-author of more than 120 scientific papers and monograph chapters, of which more than 20 papers were published in highly important scientific journals with impact factor. From 2019 he is with Center for Society and Technology, Belgrade (previously Public Policy Research Center), where he is mainly working on Gigmetar - the instrument developed to describe the characteristics of freelancers in Serbia and South East Europe. His current research interests include digital transformation, digital labor market, e-business, mobile and e-commerce, and the application of artificial intelligence techniques in business and management.

  University of Kragujevac