Francesca Palmiotto is an Assistant Professor of Law at IE University, Madrid. Her research explores the intersection of law and technology, focusing on Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence, the Governance of New Technologies and Corporate Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence. Francesca earned her PhD in 2023 from the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, following a magna cum laude graduation from the Law Faculty of the University of Turin and obtaining an LL.M. in Comparative, European and International Laws from the EUI. Before joining IE University, Francesca was a postdoctoral researcher at Hertie School, Berlin, co-leading the “Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees” project. Francesca is also the co-founder and chief editor of “The Digital Constitutionalist” (DigiCon). Alongside her research, Francesca is a passionate and innovative teacher with experience designing and delivering courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Her research and teaching interests include Human Rights and New Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Criminal Law and Technological Advancements. Her work has been featured in journals such as the German Law Journal and the Computer Law & Security Review. She co-edited the book “Sovereignty, Technology and Governance after COVID: Legal Challenges in a Post-Pandemic” (Hart Publishing, 2022) and is currently working on her first monograph.

Derya Ozkul is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Warwick. She also serves as the Co-director of the Social Theory Centre at the University of Warwick’s Department of Sociology and as a Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre. Derya Ozkul is an Executive Committee member of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration. She is a Co-Investigator of the Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) project, and a Principal Investigator of the Digitising Identity: navigating the digital immigration system and migrant experiences project. She is the author of various journal articles and book chapters related to the politics of migration and displacement, including a comprehensive research report titled Automating Immigration and Asylum.

Joanna Parkin is a Legal Officer in the Supervision and Enforcement Unit of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). She specialises in data protection in the fields of law enforcement, migration and borders, and supervises data protection compliance of EU JHA agencies (Frontex, Europol) and EU Large Scale IT Systems in the context of the EU JHA interoperability framework. Prior to joining the EDPS she held roles working on the ethics of new technologies at the European Commission and as a Researcher on Justice and Home Affairs Policy at the Centre for European Policy Studies.

Eleftherios is a data protection lawyer admitted to practice in Greece and serves as the Executive Director of the Greek civil society organisation "Homo Digitalis", which is a member at the European Digital Rights (EDRi) network. He holds a LLB from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a LLM on Law and Technology from Tilburg University Law School and a MSc in Digital Humanities from the Computer Science School of KU Leuven. Eleftherios represents Homo Digitalis in various international observatories and advisory boards related to AI and human rights, while he is a Fellow of Information Privacy at IAPP holding CIPP/E, CIPT, CIPM certifications.