Speakers 2020

Stefan Eder is a lawyer and partner at Benn-Ibler Rechtsanwälte GmbH, an Austrian law firm with clients around the globe. He focuses, among other things, on IT law and data protection and has advised corporates and private clients on IT-related issues for more than 30 years. Aside from the law… Continue reading Eder, Stefan

Hans-Georg Fill is a full professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and head of the Digitalization and Information Systems Group. Prior to his engagement at the University of Fribourg he held positions at the University of Bamberg and the University of Vienna. He holds a PhD and a habilitation… Continue reading Fill, Hans-Georg

Dr. Fotios Fitsilis has an academic background in engineering, economics and law, as well as over 20 years of professional experience in science positions within both the private and the public sectors. Since 2009, he is Head of the Department for Scientific Documentation and Supervision and Lead Researcher at the Scientific Service… Continue reading Fitsilis, Fotios

Michael Genesereth is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. He received his Sc.B. in Physics from M.I.T. and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University. Genesereth is most known for his work on Computational Logic and applications of that work in Enterprise Management, Electronic… Continue reading Genesereth, Michael

Robert Kowalski is Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London. He studied at the University of Chicago, the University of Bridgeport, Stanford University, the Univer-sity  of  Warsaw,  and  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  where  he  completed  his  PhD  in 1970. He joined Imperial College in 1975. Kowalski’s early research was in the… Continue reading Kowalski, Robert

Monica Palmirani, full professor of Computer Science and Law at Bologna University, School of Law, Italy. Graduated in Mathematic, Ph.D. in Legal Informatics and IT Law, teacher of several courses since 2001 on Legal Informatics, eGovernment, Legal drafting techniques, and Legal XML.She is member of CIRSFID, one of the main… Continue reading Palmirani, Monica

Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel (1978) is Associate Professor at the Artificial Intelligence department of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), conducting research in areas related to Semantic Web, Language Technologies and Law. He is editor of several ISO/IEC international standards for representing intellectual property righs (ISO/IEC21000-19), editor of an W3C Recommendation for representing… Continue reading Rodríguez-Doncel, Victor

Christian Sageder, is co-founder and managing director of Cybly GmbH. He has obtained his degree in computer science (Johannes Kepler University Linz). Before starting Cybly, he has been working for international IT companies, including Sony, SKIDATA, T-Mobile UK and Jamba. He has 20 years experience in computer science. He has… Continue reading Sageder, Christian

Prof. Giovanni Sartor is part-time professor in legal informatics at the University of Bologna and part-time professor in Legal informatics and Legal Theory at the European University Institute of Florence. He is currently Principal Investigator for the ERC (Europen Research Council) Advanced project COMPULAW, started on 1 November 2019, to be… Continue reading Sartor, Giovanni

Burkhard Schafer studied Theory of Science, Logic, Theoretical Linguistics, Philosophy and Law at the Universities of Mainz, Munich, Florence and Lancaster. His main field of interest is the interaction between law, science and computer technology from doctrinal, comparative and legal-theoretical perspectives. He is co-founder and currently Director of the SCRIPT… Continue reading Schafer, Burkhard

Günther Schefbeck is Head of the Austrian Parliament’s Executive Department for Parliamentary Research. He is a member of the ManyLaws team, a project that seeks to increase the accessibility of legal information by offering innovative services.He has published a number of expert papers and has moderated panels and given presentations… Continue reading Schefbeck, Günther

Prof. Erich Schweighofer is Professor of Legal Informatics, International Law and European Law and head of the Centre for Computers and Law at the University of Vienna. He leads the Centre for Computers and Law – one of the top – 10 research groups in Legal Informatics worldwide. Erich Schweighofer… Continue reading Schweighofer, Erich

Professor A Min Tjoa has been a full professor and director of the Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems at the Vienna University of Technology since 1994. He is  the  chairman  of  the  Austrian  National  Competence  Center  for  Security  Research  (Competence  Centers  for  Excellent  Technologies  Initiative  of  the  Austrian government). From… Continue reading Tjoa, A Min

Prof. Adam Wyner has PhDs in Linguistics (Cornell University, 1994) and Computer Science (King’s College London, 2008). Currently an Associate Professor at Swansea University and holding a joint position in the School of Law and Department of Computer Science, he lectures and conducts research on Artificial Intelligence and Law. He… Continue reading Wyner, Adam