Privacy Cultures in the Mediterranean Area – From Private Life to AI

Jean Monnet Chair in Mediterranean Digital Societies and Law 

The Chair aims to promote Mediterranean studies in computer law through an interdisciplinary cross-fertilisation, contributing to reducing the existing gap in the field of computer law that affects Mediterranean countries, which are often underrepresented in the global arena. The Chair wants to amplify the voice and participation of Mediterranean countries in the EU regulatory and policy debate. This will enrich the discussion at EU level through a focus on digital societies, benefiting from the significant scientific output in humanities and legal studies of Mediterranean countries with a positive interdisciplinary cross-fertilisation for the development of human-centric digital societies and AI.

Programme:

- 09:30 - 12:00 Expert workshop – Part I
Presentation of the Jean Monnet Chair
Prof. Alessandro Mantelero, Politecnico di Torino
Opening address
Prof. Pasquale Stanzione, Head of the Italian DPA – Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

Digital societies and the challenges of AI
AI and the EU ethics assessment
Mihalis Kritikos, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission HRIA and AI in the UNDP strategies
Ainura Bekkoenova, Policy Specialist, UNDP *
FRIA methodologies: The Catalan project
Meritxell Borràs i Solé, Head of the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT)
Esther García, Head of the Data Protection Office, CaixaBank, S.A.
Ruben Ortiz, DPO, University of Barcelona

- 12:00 - 14:00 Light Lunch

- 14:00 - 16:30 Expert workshop – Part II
Opening address
Prof. Lorenzo Cotino Hueso, University of Valencia (Candidate Director to the Spanish DPA) *

The dimensions of digital society in the Mediterranean Space
Dr. Ayça Atabey, University of Edinburgh
Prof. Joe Cannataci, University of Malta and University of Groningen
Prof. Belén Andreu Martínez, University of Murcia
Prof. Lilian Mitrou, University of the Aegean; President of the Institute for Privacy Law, Data Protection and Technology (IPL) European Public Law Organization
Prof. Miquel Peguera Poch, Open University of Catalonia
Prof. Julián Valero Torrijos, Integra Foundation Chair on Identity and Digital Rights, University of Murcia

Discussants:
Prof. Lee A Bygrave, University of Oslo
Peter Kimpian, Secretary to the Committee of Convention 108, Council of Europe
Prof. Migle Laukyte, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Anamarija Mladinić, Head of Sector for EU, International Cooperation and Legal Affairs, Croatian Data Protection Authority; Vice Chair of the Committee of Convention 108, Council of Europe

- 16:30 - 18:00 - Room 6l - Inaugural Lecture and Book Launch – MSc Course in Law & Technology 

Speakers:
Prof. Lilian Mitrou, University of the Aegean
Prof. Belén Andreu Martínez, University of Murcia
Dr. Ayça Atabey, University of Edinburgh
Book: Mantelero, A (ed). 2025. Mediterranean Digital Societies. Law and Technology.

* Remote participation

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