Elena is a policy advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, where she supports developments around digitalization and robotization in relation to national and EU innovation programs (such as Horizon Europe and Digital Europe). Elena focuses on the impact that (new) laws and regulations on data and AI have on digital innovation in agri-food domains, and how to support compliance and high ethical standards in the innovation process. Elena holds an Integrated Master of Arts in Law from Bocconi University, is an Italian lawyer, and is specialized in the regulation and social aspects of digital technologies (L.L.M. in Law and Technology at Tilburg University). Before joining the Ministry, Elena worked as privacy officer for a Dutch consultancy firm.