Sandra Hoferichter is the Secretary General of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG), the European IGF. As a board member of Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., a German non-profit organisation, she became involved in Internet Governance matters in 2006 by coordinating inter alia, the European Summer School on Internet Governance (EuroSSIG), ICANN Studienkreis, and experts meetings on the Internet of Things. Sandra holds a degree in Architecture from the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK) and was working as a self-employed Architect from 1997‐2011.

Since October 2009 at BusinessEurope, Pedro Oliveira is Director for Legal Affairs. Beyond leading the department, he deals with consumer affairs, access to justice, company law and corporate governance. Currently Pedro is also leading ad interim BusinessEurope’s Internal Market Department which amongst others, works on issues ranging from Digital Economy to Transport and Better Regulation. He has been a member of different European Commission expert/stakeholder groups on online dispute resolution, European contract law and comparison tools. Before joining BusinessEurope, he worked at the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium) as a legal researcher. Pedro is a fully qualified lawyer who worked at a law firm for three years in Lisbon. He holds a degree in law from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He also holds two masters: bank law from Universidade de Lisboa; Master in European law from ULB Brussels. Pedro’s mother tongue is Portuguese and he speaks fluent English, Dutch, Spanish and French.

Marco Pierani is a public relations specialist in the fields of telecommunications, internet, and intellectual property. He currently manages public affairs and media relations for the largest group of consumer organisations in Europe, Euroconsumers. After working as a lawyer on internet law, e-commerce, and telecommunications, he served as Head of Public Affairs for Altroconsumo, a Milan based consumer organisation, where he managed both the external and institutional relations office. In 2011, he became a board member of the organisation. Marco holds an LL.M. degree in European Business Law with a focus in Transnational Law.

Luc Hendrickx has been the Director of Enterprise Policy and External Relations at SME United since 2000. He is responsible for SME policy, better regulation, legal affairs, internal market issues, ICT-related files, accounting, retail, tourism, trade and corporate social responsibility. Previously, he was member of cabinet of the Flemish Minister of Environment and Employment. Between 1992 and 1998 he was a professor at the Flemish Economic High School (VLEKHO) in Brussels. He started his career in 1986 as salesman in his sister’s do-it-yourself shop before joining UNIZO, Belgian SME organisation, as Legal Counsellor in 1989. Mr Hendrickx has a law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven, a diploma from the Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales of Nice and a master in European studies from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Marco Conti is the director of the Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and chair of .it registry. He was scientific counselor of CNR for the ICT area and director of the CNR department of “Engineering, ICT and Technologies for Energy and Transport”, the largest CNR department with more than 900 researchers. He published more than 400 scientific articles, and five books, on computer networks, new generation Internet, social networks and pervasive systems. In November 2017, he was included in the "2017 Highly Cited Researchers" list compiled by Web of Science, which includes the most cited researchers in Computer Science.

Delia is an attorney-at-law, member of the Bucharest Bar and a Romanian and European Trade mark and Design Attorney, with strong expertise in practice areas such as Intellectual Property & IT, Data Protection & Privacy for more than 14 years. Until mid-2020, she was the chair of the ECTA’s Internet committee and a member of the IPC (Intellectual Property Constituency) for ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization, representing ECTA. She serves as an UDPR panelist with the Czech Arbitration Court.

Additionally, since 2015, Delia is a lecturer in International and European Intellectual Property Law to master students from Collège Juridique Franco-Roumain d’Etudes Européennes an institute affiliated to Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne, France.

Delia’s professional affiliations include, among others, the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) where she is a member of ECTA’s Council as a representative for Romania. 

Delia speaks at numerous events and publishes articles on Intellectual Property Law, Internet, Data Protection & Privacy.

Marie-Emmanuelle Haas is a French Attorney at the Paris Bar, with a proven track record and practice in Intellectual Property Law and Internet matters. Until mid-2016, she was the chair of the ECTA’s Internet committee. She was also a member of the IPC (Intellectual Property Constituency) for ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization, representing the ECTA. She serves as a panelist for domain name disputes at WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre, the Czech Arbitration Court, the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre and the National Arbitration Forum. Additionally, since 2004, she has been a lecturer at the University of Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne), teaching Internet litigation. Marie-Emmanuelle has numerous publications in her name and frequently speaks at conferences about Intellectual Property Law and the Internet.

Piet Spiessens has 30 years of telecommunications experience and is currently working as VP Innovation & Business Development for Telenet, a Belgian telecom operator. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Brussels where he's also a Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering. Mr Spiessens is a member and former Chairman of the Board of DNS Belgium, one of the founding members of EURid. He's also Vice-Chairman of ISPA Belgium and an Advisory Board Member of FITCE.

Mr Maršálek is an independent IT consultant and member of the CZ.NIC collegium, a body associated with CZ.NIC, the registry for the .cz top-level domain. Previously he was a chairman of CZ.NIC and the Managing Director of the Czech Neutral Internet eXchange node (NIX.CZ). After graduating from the Czech Technical University in Prague with a masters degree in radio electronic science, he began his professional career at AT&T. Mr Marsalek is a cofounder of GTS, the biggest alternative telecommunications operator in the Czech Republic. He also helped establish the IP network in Central and Eastern Europe on behalf of British Telecom.

Marko Bonac received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics (1981) and a masters in computer science (1988) from the University of Ljubljana. Between 1981 and 1992 he worked as a researcher and project leader in the field of computer networks. Since 1992 he has been the Director of Arnes, the Academic and Research Network of Slovenia, which is also the registry for the Slovenian top-level domain, .si.

Jakub Christoph is the CEPIS and ITPE Secretary General since September 2021. He coordinates the work of both organisations to promote IT professionalism by fostering professional standards and experience sharing among IT professionals; community.
He previously held the position of Regional Development Manager for Europe and MENA in ICDL Foundation. His role involved coordinating activities of ECDL/ ICDL Operators, advocacy for digital literacy and its certification in Europe and MENA region.
He is a passionate advocate of user digital skills and professional competence development. He’s a member of ET2020 Working Group DELTA, which is European Commission platform to discuss digital competence in education.
His professional interests include tackling digital social and gender gap as well as modern means of communication.

Luca Cassetti is the Director of EU Public Affairs of Ecommerce Europe, the European digital commerce association. With the support of the public affairs team, he is responsible for monitoring EU legislation and regulatory matters affecting the e-commerce sector, he advises the association with respect to policy challenges and acts accordingly at EU level, in close cooperation with the members of the association and the Secretary General. Luca’s role is developing and executing public affairs strategies in order to achieve the goals of the association in public policy as they relate to the EU. Luca speaks Italian, French and English fluently.

Franck Thomas is a telecoms engineer turned Brussels political adviser, specializing in digital advertising, social media, telecoms, and cybersecurity. With hands-on experience at the European Commission in humanitarian aid and civil protection, Franck brings a unique blend of technical expertise and policy insight. At IAB Europe, he engages with the EU digital agenda, shaping digital advertising policy and regulation to meet evolving industry needs.