
Marina Cugurra (female), She is a lawyer specialised in the R&I projects, in particular in legal issues of new technologies and Information Society (e.g. AI, GDPR, data ownership,…), with a Ph.D. Degree at the “Telematics and Information Society” Ph.D. School in University of Florence. She is also an expert in ethical and societal themes related to ICT research and technological developments. She is serving as independent Ethical Expert in European Commission and European Defense Agency. Consolidated experience in national projects and international and European projects. Scientific collaboration with CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications) and CNR – ITTIG (Italian National Research Council, Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques). Legal Advisor in the R&I Division of multinational companies. Contribution to the activities of the legal working groups of Eu-wide initiatives (EU Blockchain Observatory Forum,…) and Chair of the Ethics, Data Protection and Privacy (EDPP) Task Force of the “Citizen’s Control of Personal Data” Initiative within Smart City Markeplace.