Luca Bolognini – President of Italian Institute for Privacy. Luca Bolognini is a lawyer admitted at the Bar in Rome, managing partner of ICT Legal Consulting Balboni Bolognini & Partners, and works throughout Italy as a consultant and trainer in matters of personal data protection (D.Lgs. 196/2003), information/communication and new technologies law and compliance models for corporate accountability and responsibility (D.Lgs. 231/2001). He deals in particular with legal and privacy aspects of cloud computing, marketing, e-Health, telecommunications, software industry, defensive investigations, energy, copyright and intellectual property rights. Luca Bolognini provides assistance to companies in administrative litigation matters by the Italian independent administrative authorities. Furthermore, he writes books, documents and legal analysis of new technologies. He is a co-founder and a Member of Scientific Committee of European Privacy Association. He has been writing editorials for Italian and international newspapers and magazines (such as Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore, The Wall Street Journal, Affari Italiani, European Voice) for many years and participating regularly in conferences and radio/TV broadcasts on privacy, ICT law and policies of innovation matters. He wrote and edited with Diego Fulco first Italian commentary on “Privacy Code for lawyers and private investigators”, published by Giuffrè (2009). He was also the co-author and editor with Paganini and Fulco of the book “Next Privacy”, published by RCS Etas (2010), which contains essays on e-Health and cloud computing. Early in his career, Luca Bolognini worked directly as a hi-tech and publishing entrepreneur. Among various activities, he was founding partner and president of the Gullivertown multimedia book company from 2000 to 2005. He obtained his Law degree from the University of Bologna. He speaks fluent Italian and English, and has a good knowledge of Spanish. Website: www.lucabolognini.it

Diego Fulco – Director - Attorney, born in Naples in 1970, works and resides in Milan. Diego is managing partner of NETFORLEGAL, a legal network specializing in data protection consulting for large corporations. He is called in as a speaker in seminars and conferences held by ASSOLOMBARDA, ANIE, IPSOA, LEARNING RESOURCES ASSOCIATES and by FORMAFUTURA to discuss distance control, privacy in the health and pharmaceutical sector, information security, and corporate penal responsibility. He has collaborated in a Legal Technology master plan for the Milan Chamber of Commerce, dealing with e-commerce and “all inclusive” travels. He is published on Giuffrè and Giappichelli magazines and law books.

Pietro Paganini – Secretary – Pietro serves as Adjunct Professor at John Cabot University (Rome, Italy). He held a Researcher position at LUMSA University of Rome (Rome, Italy). He also served as Researcher and Visiting Lecturer at Karlstad University (Sweden). He holds a Doctorate in Communication and Complex Organizations. He is co-founder and partner at Competere. He is Board Member of the Novum Institute (CO) and Baia-Network (Italian Chapter).