"FREEDOM AND RIGHTS ON THE WEB:
prevention of crimes and legal perspective"

Speakers' Bios
(alphabetical order)

Dino BORTOLOTTO, a graduate engineer from the University of Padua, is the CEO of Infotech and the President of Assoprovider, an independent association of 200 Internet service providers companies (ISP) which contributed to the "Libro Bianco su copyright e tutela dei diritti fondamentali sulla rete internet" (2011).

Francesco CAJANI is an Italian Deputy Public Prosecutor. He is presently working at the High Tech Crime Unit of Milan Law Court. He has published a number of articles about cybercrime in legal periodicals. He is a member of the technical and scientific Committee of the International Information Systems Forensic Association (IISFA) and frequently lectures to prosecutors, judges and lawyers on subjects related to cybercrime.

Guido COLUMBA worked as a journalist at national news agency "Ansa" for more than 20 years. He has been President of Unci (National Association of Italian Reporters, counting more than 1500 members) since 1993. He is a frequent guest speaker at conferences on media freedom and journalism ethics and has been on the forefront of national campaigns for the independence of the press.

Elena FALLETTI is a Research Fellow in Comparative Private Law at Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University, Castellanza (Italy), She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Law from Milan University (Italy) and is Post - doc Fellow at Max Planck Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (München, D), DAAD Stipendiatin e Marie Curie Fellow at Westfälische Wilhelm-Universität (Münster, D). Her interests cover Human Rights Law and Internet Law.

Matteo FORNARA, Director of European Commission representation offices in Milan, is a journalist, and has been an official of the European Commission since 1995. His interests cover social affairs, industrial and commercial policies. He has represented the European Commission in 34 countries in Europe and abroad.

Rita GUMA is an electronic engineer and an expert in planning and managing web-sites, from both the technical and the legal point of view. She is President of 'Osservatorio sulla legalità e sui diritti Onlus' and a consultant to the European Experts Chambers Union, an NGO based in Brussels. She is an author and a guest speaker on uman rights at universities.

Hiroshi MAESO is a lawyer practising at the Tokyo bar and an associate in The Tokyo-Marunouchi Law Offices. He specialized at The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan Supreme Court. His practice covers Business Law, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, Criminal Law and Information Technology and he is also an author of essays on this issues.

Jane MORI is a lawyer and a business counsel practising in Milan and Bergamo. She has frequently been a guest speaker at seminars, focusing on labour law, cybercrime and institutions' liability, particularly in the light of D. Lgs 231/01. She was also a teacher of Corporate governance at the University of Hangzhou (China).

Vinicio NARDO, a lawyer, has a long experience in practising Criminal Law and is a former president of Camera Penale in Milan. He is currently a member of the national board of Unione Camere Penali Italiane (one of the Italian lawyers associations). He is a partner in the Studio Saponara e Nardo in Milan.

Antonio NOTO is a sociologist. He was the founder, and is still the CEO, of IPR Marketing, a leading company in opinion polling, providing analysis on public opinion on political issues. He has contributed to a wide range of national newspapers, magazines and tv programs commenting on polls.

Davide PINARDI is an essay writer and a scriptwriter. He has worked for a number of national tv stations in Italy and abroad. He is also a creative writing teacher at Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and a professor of Communications at Politecnico. He has been a scientific adviser to Osservatorio sulla Legalità e sui Diritti for more than ten years.

Francesco PIZZETTI, President of the Italian Data Protection Authority since 2005, is Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Turin and has been Chairman of the European Working Party on Police and Justice (WPPJ) for five years, advising the legislative authorities in matters relating to data protection, exposing the risks the legislator's initiatives imply for civil freedoms, and proposing alternatives that are more respectful of individuals' rights when it comes to the processing of their personal data.

Daniel ROBERTS is Director Risk Services at Crowe Horwath Global Risk Consulting in London. He brings over 30 years experience in Innovation, Internal Audit and Risk Management, Information Systems Audit. Before moving to Europe, he was the National Director of Assurance Innovation at Grant Thornton LLP in the United States. Before that, he had his own practice providing Risk Management and Internal Audit outsourcing services in New Zealand, and has served clients in Australia, United States, Thailand, Malaysia and the United Kingdom.

Uri SADEH joined INTERPOL’s Human Trafficking Sub-Directorate in 2007. At INTERPOL he currently serves as project manager in the crimes against children team, focusing his work on the international child sexual exploitation. He holds a Law degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Master degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences. As a lawyer, he has worked with NGOs and administration in Israel.

Marietje SCHAAKE, MEP, is a sociologist. Before joining the European Parliament, she worked as an independent advisor to governments, diplomats, businesses and NGO's, on issues of transatlantic relations, diversity and pluralism, civil and human rights and integration. As a MEP, she serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), where she focuses on neighborhood policy, human rights and Iran. In the Committee on Culture, Media, Education, Youth and Sports she works on Europe's Digital Agenda and is rapporteur of a Report on the role of culture and new media in the EU´s external actions. She is the current chairperson of the PGA (Parliamentarians for Global Action) EP Group and is also a founder of the European Parliament Intergroup on New Media and Technology.

Giuseppe SINISCALCHI is a lawyer in Milan. His key qualifications cover civil, commercial and criminal law. He is interested in matters of privacy and data protection. He has published several articles in legal periodicals and has been a guest speaker at seminars for lawyers on several occasions. He is a member of the Legal and Technical Committee of the Osservatorio sulla Legalità e sui Diritti.

Matteo M. WINKLER is a lawyer specialized in intellectual property and information technology law. He holds a Ph.D. in International Economic Law from Bocconi Commercial University and an LL.M. degree from Yale Law School. He is widely published in major Italian and U.S. law reviews and regularly lectures at Bocconi Commercial University and at Catholic University of Milan on private and public international law, international civil procedure, international economic law and European law.

Mario ZANCHETTI is Dean of the Faculty of Law at Università Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), in Castellanza (VA), where he is Full Professor of Criminal Law, Professor of Criminology and Co-Director of the 2nd-level Master's Degree in Forensic Criminology. He authored several publications on economic criminal law. He is a criminal lawyer and a partner of Studio Legale Pulitanò Zanchetti, in Milan. He is a member of several national and international scientific associations.