IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2022

Alessandro Acquisti is a Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, the PwC William W. Cooper Professor of Risk and Regulatory Innovation, and a Carnegie Fellow (inaugural class). He is the director of the Peex (Privacy Economics Experiments) lab at CMU, and the co-director of Carnegie Mellon’s CBDR (Center for Behavioral and Decision Research). Acquisti investigates the economics of privacy. His studies spearheaded the investigation of privacy and disclosure behaviour in online social networks, and the application of behavioural economics to the study of privacy and information security decision making. His studies have won numerous awards and have been published in journals, books and proceedings across different fields, including Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Management Science, Journal of Economic Literature, Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Psychology. Acquisti has testified before the U.S. Senate and House committees on issues related to privacy policy and consumer behaviour. His findings have been featured in national and international media outlets, including the Economist, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, Wired.com, NPR, CNN, and 60 Minutes. His TED talks on privacy and human behaviour have over 1.2 million views online. Acquisti holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and master’s degrees from UC Berkeley, the London School of Economics and Trinity College Dublin.

Eva Kaili is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), part of the Hellenic S&D Delegation since 2014.

In January 2022, she was elected as Vice President of the European Parliament for the second half of the ninth legislature. Her responsibilities include the Parliament’s ICT Innovation Strategy, Informatics & Telecommunications, European Strategy and Policy Analysis System, the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), Corporate Social Responsibility, replacing the President for business associations, Middle East , and multilateral bodies, including the UN and the WTO.

Kaili is the first woman to chair the STOA Panel and the Centre for Artificial Intelligence (C4AI). She is a Member of the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Budgets (BUDG), the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA), and the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent spyware (PEGA).

Kaili has worked intensively on promoting innovation as a driving force of the European Digital Single Market. She drafted legislation in the fields of blockchain, online platforms, big data, fintech, AI, cybersecurity, cybersurveillance, EFSI2, InvestEU, and FuelEU Maritime.

She is also a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP), the delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP), and the delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (DNAT).

Prior to her election as MEP, she was a Member of the Greek Parliament (2007-2012). Before her political career, she worked as a journalist and newscaster.

Kaili holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Civil Engineering, and a postgraduate degree in International and European Affairs.

Schick helps organisations and businesses understand and navigate the exponential technological changes of our age. She is an expert in deepfakes and synthetic media, cybersecurity and the geopolitics of technology. Nina has advised global leaders including Joe Biden and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Secretary General of NATO. She also advises private companies, government agencies and NGOs. Schick’s debut book “Deepfakes” was released in 2020. She has been published in the MIT Tech Review, The New York Times, UnHerd and TIME. Schick also appeared at TedX, CogX and WebSummit in 2021. She speaks seven languages and calls London, Berlin and Kathmandu home.