Annika Östergren Pofantis is a senior expert and case handler at the European Commission, specialising in online child protection under the Digital Services Act (DSA). In this role, she led the Commission’s work on the DSA Guidelines for the protection of minors. Prior to this, she spearheaded policy development in digital skills, notably as the coordinator of EU Code Week, a grassroots initiative promoting coding and computational thinking across Europe. She has also held roles in stakeholder engagement, strategic communication and policy areas including environment and statistics at the European Commission.