Simona Demková is an Assistant Professor in European Law at the Europa Institute of Leiden University. Her research focuses on EU digital regulation, particularly the evolving enforcement architecture of the EU digital acquis and the constitutional and administrative challenges arising from the design of new enforcement authorities at EU and Member State level. More broadly, her work explores the intersection of European administrative and constitutional law, fundamental rights protection, and the regulation of emerging digital technologies. She currently leads a collaborative research project on the EU’s human-centred digital transformation, funded by a Leiden University starter grant, and is the author of the monograph Automated Decision-Making and Effective Remedies (Edward Elgar, 2023). Before joining Leiden University, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg in the interdisciplinary project DILLAN (Digitalisation, Law and Innovation). She completed her PhD at the University of Luxembourg under the supervision of Professor Herwig Hofmann. She was a visiting scholar at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa (2024) and the European University Institute (2020). For the list of publications, see here.

Dr. Angelica Fernández is a Legal Advisor specialized in AI at the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD), the Luxembourgish data protection authority. Prior to this role, she served as a project coordinator and expert at the UNESCO Ethics of AI Unit, where she coordinated the international project Supervising AI by Competent Authorities — an initiative focused on the implementation of the EU AI Act and the capacity building of supervisory authorities and launched the UNESCO Global Network of AI Supervision.

Lubos is expert on media regulation and internet governance. He is also member of the Digital Services Act Enforcement Team at the European Commission (DG Connect). In his previous roles he served as the Director of the Slovak Media Authority, Chair of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) and Chair of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA).

Bianca-Ioana Marcu is the Managing Director for Europe at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), where she advances thought leadership on data protection, privacy, and AI regulation from a global perspective. Leading a team of legal and policy experts in Brussels, Bianca’s work at FPF focuses on finding pathways for continued cooperation and dialogue on digital regulation, ensuring that strong respect for fundamental rights coexists alongside technology development. Prior to joining FPF, Bianca was the Managing Director of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference, served as co-Director of the Belgian NGO Privacy Salon, as well as a Researcher in Law at the LSTS Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. With an LLM in International Law, Globalisation and Human Rights from Maastricht University, Bianca’s research and publications have previously focused on Data Protection as the Last Line of Defence (Springer Nature), the legal challenges of Biometrics, Facial Recognition and the Fundamental Rights of Minors (European Law Blog), and on AI regulation from the perspective of international law (FPF).