Speaker Biographies

Speakers

Robert Madelin

Director General for DG CONNECT, European Commission

Robert Madelin became Director-General for the DG Communications Networks, Content & Technology (formerly Information Society and Media) at the European Commission in April 2010.

Robert was educated in England at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and at Magdalen College, Oxford. He has also studied at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris.

Born in 1957, a British civil servant since 1979, Robert has served in the Commission since 1993: as Director General for Health and Consumer Policies from 2004 to 2010, as a Director in DG Trade, and in the Cabinet of Sir Leon (now Lord) Brittan, European Commission Vice-President.

Lambert Van Nistelrooij MEP

Member, European Parliament

Since 2004: Member of the European Parliament (member of the Bureau of the Group of the European People's Party). Lambert was member of the local community council and member of the 'Provinciale en Gedeputeerde Staten' in the region of Noord-Brabant.

Activities Member of the Committee on Regional Development:

July 2011: First rapporteur on EP and Council Regulation on the General regulation.

January 2011: OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Active Ageing (2012)

May 2010: REPORT Report on the implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked Funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development in cities and regions as well as in the Member States and the Union.

November 2009: REPORT Report on the proposal for a regulation (EC) No …/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund as regards the eligibility of housing interventions in favour of marginalised communities.

February 2009: REPORT Report on Green Paper on Territorial cohesion and the state for the debate on the future reform of Cohesion policy

April 2005: OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund


Lambert van Nistelrooij is:

- Vice-president and treasurer of the Dutch EPP delegation;
- Member, EPP Coordinator and EPP Speaker in the Committee on Regional Development;
- Substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Telecoms, Research and Energy;
- Substitute member of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries;
- Member of the Delegation for relations with South Asia;
- Substitute member of the Delegation in the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly;
- Co-president of the AGE and URBAN-intergroups;
- President of the Knowledge for Innovation (K4I) Forum in the European Parliament;
- Member of the Bureau of the European Internet Foundation (EIF) and the European Energy Forum (EEF).
Other experiences:
- Member of the Advisory Boards of 'Netcarity' (A NETworked multisensor system for elderly people: health CARe, safety and securITY in the home environment) and 'Soprano' (Service-Oriented Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans);
- President of the Supervisory Board 'Smart Homes' (Dutch Centre for Domotics and Innovation)

Lane Merrifield

Club Penguin Co-Founder and Executive VP, Disney Interactive Media Group

Lane Merrifield is one of three co-founders of Club Penguin, one of the largest and fastest-growing virtual worlds for children. Since Club Penguin’s inception, Lane has led the management, operations and business strategy for Club Penguin out of the company’s headquarters in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Lane also oversees development for all the Walt Disney Company’s virtual worlds.

Lane helped develop and launch Club Penguin in 2005 and played an integral role in its phenomenal growth and success. The company’s commitment to creating a safe and ad-free online playground helped propel Club Penguin to international acclaim and a partnership with the Walt Disney Company, which acquired Club Penguin in August 2007.

Prior to his work with Club Penguin and the Walt Disney Company, Lane held various technical and marketing roles with a range of companies in Canada and the United States, but his most memorable employment experience will always be his first job at Disneyland.

Lane has always nurtured a passion for using technology to connect people in new ways. He loves the fact that Club Penguin has the potential to bring kids from around the world together in a fun, creative and safety-focused environment.

Stephen Collins

Vice President Corporate Affairs EMEA, Microsoft Corporation

Stephen Collins assumed the post of Vice President Corporate Affairs for Microsoft EMEA in February 2012.
From 2005 to 2011 he ran the government and regulatory affairs worldwide for Skype Communications Sarl.
From 2000-2005, he was Director of International Public Policy at Yahoo! Inc.
In previous professional lives he worked in government (UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office), academia (University of Birmingham), the not-for-profit sector (German-British Forum) and as a freelance political consultant and writer.
At various times he has sat on the boards of the International Communications Roundtable (Brussels), the Internet Service Providers’ Association (UK), the European Digital Media Association (Brussels), the Asia Internet Coalition (Hong Kong), the German-British Forum (UK).
He holds three degrees in International Relations and Political Science including a PhD from the University of Birmingham.

James Waterworth

Vice-President Europe, Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA)

James Waterworth is Vice-President, Europe for the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) advising members and policy makers on a wide range of issues from internet regulation to international trade. He brings with him more than a decade of experience in technology policy having held government affairs posts for Nokia, Cable and Wireless and Telefonica in Brussels and London.

As Director of Government Affairs for Nokia he lead calls for the European Union to create a Digital Single Market; a unified market to the advantage of business and consumers. He took Nokia into the field of internet policy for the first time. From 2007 to 2008 he worked for the Nokia CTO on media relations.

Between 2001 and 2005 he worked in London for Cable & Wireless and then Telefonica UK on telecommunications network regulation, most notably on the regulation of the wholesale broadband market and the structural separation of the former UK telecommunications incumbent BT.

Between 2009 and 2012 he was President of the European Digital Media Association.

He has a bachelor's degree in Political Science and French from the University of Leeds and a master's degree in European Politics from the University of London

Kuno Sørensen

Chair, eNACSO

Kuno Sørensen is a psychologist with Save the Children Denmark. Since 2001 he was program coordinator with a special focus on IT-related sexual abuse of children. He was a member of the EU knowledge enhancement project ROBERT, member of the International Advisory Panel at the EU Kids Online Project and board member of eNACSO, The European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online. He has conducted research and published articles on online safety for children.

Louise Woodward

Engagement Lead - Child Internet Safety team, UK Council for Child Internet Safety - Department for Education

Louise began her career as a secondary school teacher before switching to press and PR. She then worked for global educational consultancies, local authorities and government agencies on a wide range of communications activity. She joined the Department for Education three years ago and oversees the effective running of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety and its education and awareness work. Louise is a Chartered Institute of Public Relations Accredited Practitioner.,

Simon Little

Managing Director, Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE)

After having served for 6 years as a company representative on the Board of Directors of PEGIs founder, ISFE (Interactive Software Federation of Europe), Simon is now responsible for leading both the European Federation and the PEGI age rating system. Prior to joining PEGI as MD in 2009, Simon gained more than fourteen years of experience in general management and operations roles at the US games publisher Take 2 Interactive Software.
Simon has a joint BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science and Microsystems from Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland. Simon has lived and worked in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium where he currently resides with his family.

Carolina Lorenzon

Director of International Affairs, Mediaset

Responsible for Regulatory Affairs/Public Policy and the EU Liaison Office in Brussels, Carolina Lorenzon defines policy goals relevant to Mediaset’s strategic planning priorities and reports to the Board’s Executive Committee. Prior to joining Mediaset, she worked at Benetton’s external relations department in New York City and as assistant to the Public Affairs Specialist for Italy and France at the World Bank’s Paris office. She graduated in Communication/International Affairs (Pepperdine University, Los Angeles) and holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Public Policy (Catholic University, Milan).

Clemens Mayer-Wegelin

European Legal Advisor, Nintendo

Clemens is Rechtsanwalt (lawyer) and European Legal Advisor in Nintendo of Europe's legal department. He joined Nintendo of Europe in 2010 after having worked in a Frankfurt-based law firm, where he specialized on IT law.

Clemens holds a Master of Laws from the European Legal Informatics Study Programme of the University of Hannover with a study visit in Glasgow. Prior to this, he studied laws at the University of Heidelberg and worked as a Rechtsreferendar (trainee lawyer) in Karlsruhe. He has published a number of articles in legal magazines on IT law matters.

Torgeir Waterhouse

President, IKT-Norge IPv6-forum

Mr Waterhouse's biography will appear here shortly.

Mary K. Engle

Director of Advertising Practices, Federal Trade Commission

Mary K. Engle directs the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Advertising Practices.

The Division is responsible for regulating national advertising matters, including claims about food, over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements, alcohol, tobacco, and Internet services. The Division also enforces the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, a statute regulating the online collection of personal information from children.

Ms. Engle joined the FTC as a staff attorney in 1990, has held a number of management positions in the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and has served as an advisor to a Commissioner. Before joining the FTC, Ms. Engle practiced law with a firm in Washington, D.C. She received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1983 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1986.,

Prof. Bart Preneel

Professor and Researcher, Leuven University

Prof. Bart Preneel received the Electr. Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the KU Leuven (Belgium). He is a full professor in the KU Leuven COSIC research group which has 65 members. He has authored more than 400 scientific publications and is inventor of 4 patents. His main research interests are cryptography, information security and privacy; he frequently consults on these topics. Bart Preneel is president of the IACR (International Association for Cryptologic Research). He has served as program chair of 15 international conferences and he has been invited speaker at more than 80 conferences in 40 countries.

Dr Brian O'Neill

Head of the School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology & Member, EU Kids Online Network

Brian O'Neill is a Senior Research Fellow at Dublin Institute of Technology and Head of DIT’s School of Media. He is a member of the Management Group for EU Kids Online, funded under the Safer Internet Programme and leads the work package on policy. He also currently leads an Irish government-funded project called Digital Childhoods researching children’s use of ICTs and implications for national digital strategy. This includes disseminating findings to a wide range of stakeholders in education, policy, civil society and industry. He is a member of Ireland’s Internet Safety Advisory Council and is the author of reports on media literacy for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and UNICEF.

Ross Biggam

Director-General, Association of Commercial Television

After studying law at Exeter and Saarbrücken, Ross Biggam worked as Legal Adviser to the House of Lords EU Select Committee before joining ITV, the leading television channel in the UK, where he ended up as Head of European Affairs.
In April 2000, he moved to Brussels to become Director General of the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) which represents the interests of the commercial broadcasting sector in Europe. Formed in 1989, the ACT has thirty-three member companies licensed in 30 different European countries and distributed across 45 European markets and beyond. Our members operate several hundred free-to-air and pay-tv channels and distribute many more channels and new services. The ACT members encompass several business models: free-to-air broadcasters and pay-TV players, digital platform operators and multimedia groups.

Billy Hawkes

Irish Data Protection Commissioner , Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Ireland

Billy Hawkes was appointed as Irish Data Protection Commissioner in 2005 for a five-year term. He was re-appointed in 2010 for a further 5 years.

Prior to his appointment, he worked as a Civil Servant in a number of Government Departments, including Finance, Foreign Affairs and Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Cornelia Kutterer

Director of Regulatory Policy, Microsoft Corporate Affairs Europe

Cornelia Kutterer is Director of Regulatory Policy for Microsoft EMEA, responsible for security, safety and consumer affairs. She has long standing experience in Information Society regulatory policies at EU level and represents Microsoft at various trade organisations. Recently, she has been appointed Permanent Stakeholder of Enisa. Cornelia Kutterer is a qualified German lawyer, and holds a master’s degree in information technology and communication laws. She studied law at the Universities of Passau, Porto (Portugal), Hamburg and Strathclyde (UK).

Julia Davidson

Professor of Criminology and Director of Research in Criminology, Kingston University

Julia Davidson, PhD is Professor of Criminology and Director of Research in Criminology at Kingston University and is Co-Director of a research Centre, the Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (with Prof Antonia Bifulco - www.cats-rp.org.uk), she is also Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She is one of the UKs foremost experts on child abuse and serious offending. She currently chairs the UK Council for Child Internet Safety Evidence Group and provides expert advice to international organisations such as UNICEF, the US Sentencing Commission, the US Department of Justice and the UN ITU and Interpol, she is also a Trustee of ECPAT UK. She has directed a considerable amount of research spanning 25 years in the criminal justice area and is known for her work with serious offenders, young victims of abuse, the police and the judiciary, she has focused on child Internet abuse and online safety since 2004. She has recently co-directed (with NATCEN) the first European study exploring Internet offenders’ online grooming/luring practices (funded by the European Commission Safer Internet Programme - www.europeanonlinegroomingproject.com ), the study included partners from Italy, Norway and Belgium and is currently co-directing a large study of cyberbullying in the UK and Qatar funded by the Qatar National Research Foundation (With Psychology at Kingston University and Prof Peter Smith, Goldsmiths College). Professor Davidson has also conducted research on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Crimestoppers, the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre , the Scottish Executive and the National Audit Office to explore online offending and child safety on the internet. She has recently aided the Kingdom of Bahrain to develop a National Child Internet Safety framework. Professor Davidson has worked extensively with the media and has published widely in the abuse and Internet safety area, she has written 5 books and many academic articles. She has PhD in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and was made Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London in May 2010, she is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. Professor Davidson provides regular expert advice on criminal justice issues to the media and has recently worked on documentaries for the BBC and ITN (she has worked with ITV Evening News, the ITV News Channel, BBC News Channel , BBC Radio Four Woman’s Hour, BBC Five Live Radio, BBC 2 , BBC Northern Ireland, C4 and Sky News) .

Patricia Manson

Head of Unit Inclusion, Skills and Youth, DG Connect, European Commission

Patricia Manson is Head of Unit, Inclusion, Skills and Youth, in the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission. As such she is responsible for the Commission's research and innovation projects on ICT and learning, and for those on the use of ICT for inclusion, e-accessibility and assistive technologies. The unit is also responsible for the Commission's strategy on a Better Internet for Children and for the Safer Internet Programme.
She has worked at the European Commission since the early 90s on ICT applications areas in the Community's research programmes. Prior to joining the Commission she worked in the UK on a research-funded post providing technology and market watch, as well as information and advisory services to the cultural heritage community on the adoption of ICTs.

Troels Oerting

Assistant Director and Head of the Cybercrime Centre, Europol

Present position

Assistant Director in Europol’s Operations Department.
• Head of future European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3).
• Responsible for deliverables made by 10 dedicated units covering support to the 27 EU member states by running specific units dealing with: 24/7 command and control center, analysis, knowledge, Public Private Partnership, organized crime in general, organized criminal networks, financial and economic crime, suspicious transactions, money laundering, corruption, forgery of money, payment card fraud, terrorism, extremism, illegal drugs, maritime piracy, trafficking in human beings, facilitated illegal immigration, IPR, cybercrime, intrusion, sexual abuse of children using the Internet and the terrorist finance tracking program (TFTP).
• Responsible for strategic development and International Corporation with Interpol, Frontex, FATF, FIU, Carin, ARO, US law enforcement Agencies, Russian law enforcement Agencies and other key partners.
• Responsible for budget and multiannual work program.

Previous positions

• Assistant Director, Europol, IMT Department. Responsible for Information Management and developing and IM strategy 2010-2014 for Europol.
• Assistant Commissioner, Director of Operations in Danish Security Intelligence Service. Responsible for counter terrorist and counter intelligence operations to secure Denmark utilizing corporation with external partners in the environment.
• Assistant Commissioner, Director and Head of Danish Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA). This agency is responsible for combating serious and organized crime in Denmark and to coordinate prevention and investigation on national, regional, international and global level. Responsible for Danish Police Corporation with Interpol, Europol, Schengen, Baltic Sea Task Force and other important partners. Responsible for UC agents, witness protection program and hostage negotiation teams.
• Commander, Director and Head of NCIS DK.
• Detective Chief Superintendent/Superintendent/Chief Inspector – Unit chief responsible for combating national and international cases on organized crime, financial crime, fraud, tax evasion, money laundry, corruption and internal affairs.

Miscellaneous

• Board member in various international LE entities.
• Head or member of Europol’s delegation to e.g. : SECI, Management Board, Interpol, MAOC, Baltic Sea Task Force, CATS, COSI, CTWG.
• External lecturer and assessor on Danish higher police management education for senior police officers and prosecutors.
• Writer of a thriller published in DK.

Fred Langford

President of INHOPE and Director of IWF: International, Internet Watch Foundation

Fred joined the IWF in December 2004. He is responsible for the IWF’s technical services and requirements as well as liaison with member companies and other stakeholders regarding technical and content issues. He is the IWF’s EU Safer Internet Programme project coordinator and is responsible for the IWF Hotline, systems, and information security.

Fred has been involved in projects including the blocking initiative and upgrading the Hotline report management system and was responsible for IWF becoming ISO27001 accredited in 2007. He gained Prince2 Practitioner (Project Management) status in April 2007 and continues to present to technical forums on the work, processes and success of the IWF.

In April 2012, Fred was elected as President of INHOPE, the International Association of Internet Hotlines.

Fred has worked for the Ministry of Defence, at Tier 1 internet service providers and other organisations in a technical and consultancy capacity.

Michelle Collins

VP & Director, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Ms. Collins is the Vice President of the Exploited Children Division and Assistant to the President of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). For 28 years NCMEC has operated under U.S.

Congressional authority to serve as the national resource center and clearinghouse on missing and exploited children. Ms. Collins is responsible for NCMEC’s operations related to sexual crimes against children and other instances of online child sexual exploitation.

Ms. Collins has written several articles regarding child sexual exploitation & the importance of identifying child victims seen in sexually abusive imagery. Such publications were featured in ‘Medical, Legal & Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation, Volume One’, ‘United States Attorneys’ USA Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 2’ and ‘Police Chief Magazine’, March 2007 . Ms. Collins received a B.A. in Psychology from George Mason University and an M.A. in Criminology from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Patricia Cartes

Safety Lead, Facebook

Patricia Cartes started working in the technology industry in 2006 when she joined Google's Webspam team. After building an expertise in site integrity, she joined Facebook's User Operations team in February 2009 to lead their support efforts for Southern Europe. During her time in User Operations she managed Facebook’s Intellectual Property and Safety teams in EMEA, focusing on legal issues as well as suicide prevention and the prevention of child exploitation. In 2011 she joined the Public Policy organization where she is the Safety lead responsible for maintaining relationships with online safety organizations, Law Enforcement & Military agencies, government hotlines and data protection authorities, across Europe, Middle East and Africa.