EDAA Summit 2021

Luca Bertuzzi is a journalist and editor at EURACTIV, specialised on European affairs and digital policy. Luca’s coverage includes AI, platform regulation, data protection, cybersecurity, disinformation and telecoms. Luca oversees an international team based in Brussels, Paris and Berlin. He holds a first-class honours master degree from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE).

Ruth is co-head of Bird & Bird's International Privacy and Data Protection Group.

Ruth has extensive experience advising a broad range of organisations on data privacy matters. Ruth advises on the data protection aspects of new products or services and on commercial arrangements involving personal data. Ruth also assists when there has been a personal data breach. Ruth advises clients on their dealings with data protection authorities, with the European Data Protection Board and with those involved in passing new data protection legislation.

Ruth works with clients in many sectors - including online providers and ad-tech, new technology and electronics, life sciences, financial services including payments, creative industries (such as music and film), automotive and sports.

Ruth has co-written Data Protection Strategy (Sweet & Maxwell), which has just been re-published to take account of the GDPR and UK legislation. Ruth has also edited the Encyclopedia of Data Protection (Sweet & Maxwell) and sits on the editorial board of professional journal Data Protection Leader. Ruth is on the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Ruth assists the Global Alliance on Responsible Genome and Clinical Data Sharing, where she is a member of its Regulatory and Legal Group.

Alan Chapell is an attorney and industry analyst focusing on privacy within the digital media and technology landscape. Chapell founded Chapell & Associates in 2003. Since then, his firm has helped hundreds of brands, advertising, technology and media companies create value and monetize the Internet in a privacy safe way. Chapell is currently outside counsel and chief privacy officer to a number of premium VC funded adtech and martech companies and advises a number of the agency holding companies on privacy and competition challenges raised by the current digital media business. 

Chapell is widely recognized as a thought leader on interactive ecosystems and is regularly quoted and an oft-requested speaker on these topics. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Network Advertising Initiative, leads the privacy committee of the Mobile Marketing Association and is active in the IAB EU and similar industry groups. Chapell’s practice goes beyond digital privacy. In fact, Mr. Chapell was appointed by the U.S. Trustee’s Office to serve as privacy ombudsman in almost twenty different bankruptcy proceedings, including: the Chrysler, General Motors, St. Vincent’s and Eddie Bauer bankruptcy cases.

Alan currently resides in New York City with his wife Maria and daughter Rose and enjoys yoga and making music.

Starting out as a strategic planner, Dietmar soon became a highly decorated creative.  

He was Creative Director with DDB, Executive Creative Director with Ogilvy, Chief Creative Officer and Managing Director with BBDO, working in Hamburg, New York, Munich, Los Angeles and Vienna.

Today, Dietmar works independently as a professional speaker, author, executive coach, and trainer & consultant for transformation, adaptation, innovation and disruptive market strategies. 

HE OWNs and runs „BRAINKICKS GMBH“, which provides INFORMATION (BRAIN) AND INSPIRATION (KICKS) VIA KEYNOTES, WORKSHOPS, PUBLICATIONS.

Julie Ford is the Executive Director of the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, the Canadian arm of the AdChoices self-regulatory program. Julie handles all administration and advocacy for the program. Previous to the DAAC, Ford worked ad network-side, agency-side and association-side throughout her digital career, which started in 2000.

Peter is a recognized thought leader in data privacy and digital media with 20 years of international experience as a former marketer, technologist, lobbyist and association leader and as a current consultant, educator and keynote speaker.

Peter helped to grow the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as its first Assistant Director and then as Vice President. He led the creation of the first professional certification in privacy, the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) in 2004. He followed this with the CIPP-Europe and four more credentials beginning in 2006. He was the first managing director of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA-US) and led the expansion of the Ad Choices program. Peter has served in leadership roles at CMGI, dataxu (now Roku), the 4As and the NAI and as a senior executive at ad agencies, Wells Rich Greene BDDP and MVBMS Partners/EURO RSCG (Havas). He has represented industry in policy working groups and in technical standards bodies.

Beginning in 2020, Peter served as program advisor, content developer and course instructor for the privacy programme at York University in Toronto ON where he currently teaches two of the three courses in the programme.

Angela Mills Wade has been the Executive Director of the European Publishers Council (EPC) since 1991, a high level lobby group of Chairmen and CEOs of leading European media groups. Angela holds a number of industry positions including the Chairmanship of the EDAA (European Digital Advertising Alliance). She is a member of the Boards of EASA (European Advertising Standards Alliance) the UK Copyright Hub, News Media Coalition and Reporters without Borders UK.  In 1999 Angela founded Europe Analytica, an independent public affairs consultancy in Brussels specialising in the media, advertising and creative industries - working with companies, leading associations and supporting EU innovation and technology projects.

Angela is married with two children, and lives in Oxford.

Conor has been Director of Regulatory and Public Affairs at egta, the association of television and radio sales houses since 2011. He sits on the board of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance and the European Advertising Standards Alliance. Conor previously spent five years working at the European Commission and has been living and working in Brussels since 2004.

Ionel Naftanaila is EDAA's Director of Programme Development. He worked for the EDAA since before its incorporation in 2012 and has played a key role in setting up and shaping the European Self-Regulatory Programme. Prior to working with the EDAA, Ionel ran a number of technology businesses active in the CEE, and he has a PhD in Management, having studied the Bucharest Unisversity of Economic Studies and HEC Montreal.

Cristina Onosé leads teams at PwC Canada in Privacy Advocacy and Thought Leadership and Cyber Threat Intelligence. She works with organizations to optimize their privacy and security programs, enhance consumer trust, ensure compliance with applicable privacy and security requirements, and intelligently assess cyber threats.

Prior to joining PwC, Cristina was the Director of Government Relations and Privacy at the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA). She has also served in roles in the government of Ontario, an EU Parliament think tank in Belgium, and a foreign diplomatic office.

Cristina is a member of the Certification Training Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Cristina also serves as board director of the Public Affairs Association of Canada (PAAC), the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC) and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN). She is a frequent speaker and author on privacy and security-related issues, including government regulation (PIPEDA, GDPR), data strategies, and emerging technologies (IoT, smart cities, automated vehicles, etc.).

Cristina is a faculty instructor at York University’s School of Continuing Studies Certificate in Information Privacy (teaching the ‘Privacy in Technology’ course).

Vincent is the founder of London Digital Ventures Limited, a digital consultancy, advising companies on data protection, privacy, GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and “privacy by design” data strategies etc. He is also the co-founder of Klever Programmatic Inc., a programmatic solutions company, and of Privacy Products Ltd, a privacy tech company, developing tech compliance solutions. He has been an active member of the IAB Regulatory affairs and Public policy council for the past 10 years and is on the NAI CCPA group; he was an active participant to the IAB Europe consent working group prior to GDPR implementation. He is a regular contributor and speaker in the industry.

Prior to Klever, Privacy products and London Digital Ventures, he was the COO of Captify.

He is a renowned digital and data protection expert and has an in-depth knowledge of the digital industry. His experience in the sector has meant he is a much sought after advisor for digital businesses (ad tech companies, agencies, advertisers).

Formerly a lawyer and founding partner of the E-Lex Law Firm, Guido Scorza is a member of the Italian Data Protection Authority. Prior to joining the Italian DPA, he was a Legal Advisor to the Minister for Innovation, and he is currently a representative of the Italian Government at the Advisory Board of ICANN, as well as a member of the policy subgroup at the ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe. A PhD in IT Law at the University of Bologna, Guido runs the module on IT contract and is also an adjunct professor of the Master in Privacy at the University of Roma Tre. He gives lectures on privacy, law and new technologies at other Universities and training institutions, and he speaks at numerous seminars, conferences, and conventions in Italy and abroad.

Hanne has 20+ years of experience in digital marketing, transformation and go-to-market strategy in EMEA. She leads the product partnerships team for Chrome and Web, whose mission is to enable a healthy web ecosystem in EMEA with a focus on privacy and user experience. Previous to product partnerships, Hanne spent eight years working as part of the senior management team leading the Google UK sales organisation with expertise ranging from B2B to tech and finance. Before Google, she spent 12 years in European publisher and media agency digital leadership roles.

Hanne is passionate about D&I and the mission to create an equitable and inclusive culture for. She chairs the Women@Google organisation for the UK, amplifying the voice of 2,000+ women across orgs.