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Roundtable: fundamental digital rights – do we need a separate charter?

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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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in deutscher Sprache

Based on the initiative demanding a European Union Charter of Digital Rights, this year’s roundtable focuses on the very necessity of such a proposal. For such a complex issue, an interdisciplinary examination is essential.

Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Key Note
fmr. Chief Executive Officer, NZZ Media Group, Zürich Chair
Attorney-at-Law, IT-Law, Kanzlei Auer, Berlin Comment
Professor of Internet Politics, Freie Universität Berlin Comment
Head, Austrian Data Protection Authority, Vienna Comment
President, quintessenz - Verein zur Wiederherstellung der Bürgerrechte im Informationszeitalter, Vienna Comment
Senior Partner, LGP - LANSKY, GANZGER & Partner Attorneys-at-Law GmbH, Vienna Comment
Founder, Future Law; Founder and Managing Director, Seinfeld Professionals, Vienna Comment

Dr. Alex 'Sandy' PENTLAND

Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1981-1986 Lecturer and Research Scientist, Stanford University, Stanford; SRI - Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA
since 1986 Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1995-2000 Academic Head, MIT Media Lab, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
since 2000 MIT Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program Director, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2007-2015 Co-Lead, Big Data, Privacy, Development, World Economic Forum, Cologny
since 2014 Chair, Advisory Board, AT&T Inc., Dallas, TX

Veit V. DENGLER

fmr. Chief Executive Officer, NZZ Media Group, Zürich

1987-1990 Reporter & Researcher, TIME-LIFE News Service, Vienna & New York
1993-1994 Assistant Brand Manager, Paper Products, Procter & Gamble, Vienna
1997-2003 Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company, Paris, Los Angeles, Vienna
2003-2005 Vice President for Marketing Strategy, Planning and Customer Insights, T-Mobile International, London
2005-2012 Sales Director, then General Manager ; Central and Eastern Europe, Dell Inc., Bratislava
2012 Senior Vice President, International, Groupon, Schaffhausen
2013-2017 Chief Executive Office, NZZ-Mediengruppe, Zurich
since 2016 Council Member, Google Digital News Initiative - Innovation Fund, Paris

Dr. Astrid AUER-REINSDORFF

Attorney-at-Law, IT-Law, Kanzlei Auer, Berlin

1989-1996 Studies and Intern, Regensburg; Maastricht; Luxembourg; Brussels
since 1996 Bookseller approved by the Chamber of Commerce
since 1997 Lawyer, Berlin
since 2002 Lawoffice AUER, IT- and Business Law, Berlin
since 2005 Head of the IT-Law Section, German Bar Association
since 2006 Certified Lawyer in IT Laws
since 2008 German Lawyer registered in Lisbon
since 2009 Member, Board of the German Bar Association
2011-2015 Vicepresident, Board of the German Bar Association
since 2016 Lawoffice AUER & COMPANY, Berlin

Dr. Jeanette HOFMANN

Professor of Internet Politics, Freie Universität Berlin

1995-1999 Member, Project Group "Kulturraum Internet", Research Unit "Organization and Technology", WZB - Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin
2000-2007 Fellow and Program Leader, Internet Governance, Research Units "Innovation und Organisation" & "New Forms of Governance", WZB - Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin
2003-2004 Interim professor for Politics and Communication, Department of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen
2003-2006 Member, Collaborative Research Center 597 "Transformations of the State", Subproject "Regulation and Legitimation on the Internet", University of Bremen
2007-2010 Researcher, Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London
2010-2013 Expert member, Parliamentary Enquiry Commission Internet and Digital Society, German Bundestag, Berlin
Member, Research Unit "Cultural Sources of Newness", WZB - Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin
since 2012 Director, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin
since 2013 Head of the Project Group "The Internet Policy Field" WZB - Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin
since 2014 Honorary Professor of Internet Politics, Central Institute of Further Education, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin
since 2017 Professor of Internet Politics, Freie Universität Berlin

Mag. Dr. Andrea JELINEK

Head, Austrian Data Protection Authority, Vienna

1991-1992 Legal Advisor, General Secretary, Austrian Rector's Conference, Vienna
1993-2003 Head of Unit, Foreign and Asylum law, human rights, Department of Law, Austrian Federal Ministry for the Interior, Vienna
2003-2010 Head, Police in the 3rd district, Vienna
2010-2011 Head, Foreign Police, Vienna
2011-2013 Head, Police in the 3rd district, Vienna
since 2014 Head, Austrian Data Protection Authority, Vienna

Mag. Georg Markus KAINZ

President, quintessenz - Verein zur Wiederherstellung der Bürgerrechte im Informationszeitalter, Vienna

1981-1982 Gaststudium Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
1982-1990 Studium Betriebs- und Wirtschaftsinformatik Universität Wien
1990-1991 Verlagsvolontariat, Nordwest-Zeitung, Oldenburg
1991-1992 Anzeigenleiter, Märkischen Allgemeinen Zeitung, Potsdam
1992-1995 Projektleiter Anzeigensystem, Südkurier, Konstanz
1995-1997 Projektleiter Tagesspiegel online, Der Tagesspiegel online, Berlin
1997-2000 Editorial Director, T-Online International, Darmstadt
2000-2001 Geschäftsführer; Chefredakteur, T-Online Österreich, Wien
seit 2001 Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, Sportreport net5 GmbH
seit 2006 Vorstand, Quintessenz - Verein zur Wiederherstellung der Bürgerrechte im Informationszeitalter, Wien
seit 2007 Vorstand, Linuxwochen - Verein zur Förderung der Information über Freie und Open Source Software, Wien

Dr. Gabriel LANSKY

Senior Partner, LGP - LANSKY, GANZGER & Partner Attorneys-at-Law GmbH, Vienna

1976-1979 University Assistant, Institute for Roman Law and Ancient History of Law, University of Vienna
1985 Bar Examination, Vienna
1985-1990 Partner, Rudolf Müller & Partner Attorneys-at-Law, Vienna
1991 Established his own law firm, Vienna
1997 Member, Brussels Bar Association
2001 Merger with Law firm Dr. Elisabeth Steiner
2002 Merger with Law firm Dr. Gerald Ganzger
2004 Member, Budapest Bar Association
2007 Foundation of the LGP office in Bratislava
2009 Foundation of the LGP office in Baku, Azerbaijan
2012 Foundation of the LGP office in Astana, Kazakhstan

Mag. Sophie MARTINETZ

Founder, Future Law; Founder and Managing Director, Seinfeld Professionals, Vienna

2000 Graduation from law, University of Vienna
2000-2002 Executive Production Assistant, diverse film productions
2002-2004 In-House Lawyer, Bertelsmann/ Fremantle Media, Berlin; London
2004-2007 Media Finance, Barclays Corporate Banking, London
2007-2008 Head of Global Referal Unit, Barclays Corporate Banking, London
2008-2011 Head of Corporate Business Services, Bawag PSK, Vienna
since 2012 Founder; Managing Director, Seinfeld Professionals, Vienna
since 2016 Founder, Future Law, Vienna

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