Sebastião Barros Vale is a Legal Officer at the Policy & Consultation Unit of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). Previously he was Senior Counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum think tank, privacy specialist at Johnson & Johnson and an ICT lawyer at the Communications & Digital practice area of Vieira de Almeida e Associados (VdA. At the EDPS he has been focusing on the interplay between data protection law and the new EU Digital Rulebook, such as the DSA, the DMA, and the AI Act.

Gary Davis leads Apple’s regulatory legal work across the EMEIA region. He previously served as Ireland’s Deputy Data Protection Commissioner for seven years and, prior to that, spent a decade in the Irish Prime Minister’s Office.

Dr. Rob van Eijk is the Founder and Principal of Team Blaeu and a Senior Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF). He provides strategic privacy counsel and translates complex technology for courts and lawyers, helping organizations build secure, privacy-preserving AI systems. A technologist by training, he holds an M.Sc. from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and a Ph.D. from Leiden Law School. He previously spent nine years at the Dutch Data Protection Authority and maintains an independent, self-funded practice. He recently served as a guest professor at Leiden University, teaching Explainable AI.

Dr. Alba Ribera Martínez is a scholar of EU digital regulation whose research addresses the governance of digital platforms and data-driven markets. Lecturer in Competition Law and Digital Platform Regulation at University Villanueva and Visiting Professor in Digital Platform Regulation at the Brussels Study Center (Brussels School of Competition) and at University Carlos III of Madrid. Her work bridges academic analysis and institutional practice on different fronts and feeds from conversations with different stakeholders and disciplines. She has advised competition authorities in Spain, Catalonia, and Latin America, contributed expert input to French, Brazilian and European regulatory processes, and published in leading competition and technology law journals across multiple languages. 

Karina Nimara is the Director of EU Policy and Head of the Brussels Office for the Developers Alliance. Her career spans a long-standing European Affairs experience within the Romanian Government, including a pivotal tenure at the Permanent Representation of Romania to the EU. She also served as Director for Tech Policy at Hanbury Strategy, where she provided strategic counsel to leading technology firms. Karina holds a degree in Law and specializes in EU law and policies.