Marie-Emmanuelle Haas is a French Attorney at the Paris Bar, with a proven track record and practice in Intellectual Property Law and Internet matters. Until mid-2016, she was the chair of the ECTA’s Internet committee. She was also a member of the IPC (Intellectual Property Constituency) for ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization, representing the ECTA. She serves as a panelist for domain name disputes at WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre, the Czech Arbitration Court, the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre and the National Arbitration Forum. Additionally, since 2004, she has been a lecturer at the University of Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne), teaching Internet litigation. Marie-Emmanuelle has numerous publications in her name and frequently speaks at conferences about Intellectual Property Law and the Internet.

Massimo Cimoli is an Italian and European Trademark Attorney and Vice Chair of the ECTA Internet Committee. He is one of the advisors of the Italian Trademark Office and one of the three legal experts for the Italian Board of Appeal regarding trademarks. He is an arbitrator for the .eu ADR proceedings before the CAC. He is the author of several articles on trademarks and domain names, including the recent article, “Economic evaluation of domain names”, published in the 2012 ECTA Gazette. He is a co-author of the “Commentary on the IP Code” by Professor Galli, which relates to the provisions of the Community Trademark Regulation.

Maurits Bruggink began his career as a lawyer at Arthur Andersen & C°. He went on to fulfill the role of Managing Director at the Brussels’s based lobbying firm Grayling. Since 2010, he has been Executive Director of the European Direct Selling Association, where he dealt with a number of issues relating to consumer protection, the digital agenda and marketing practices. Maurits has a Masters in International Trade Law from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. He is fluent in English, French, German, Dutch and Spanish.

Luc Hendrickx has been the Director of Enterprise Policy and External Relations at UEAPME since 2000. He is responsible for SME policy, better regulation, legal affairs, internal market issues, ICT-related files, accounting, retail, tourism, trade and corporate social responsibility. Previously, he was member of cabinet of the Flemish Minister of Environment and Employment. Between 1992 and 1998 he was a professor at the Flemish Economic High School (VLEKHO) in Brussels. He started his career in 1986 as salesman in his sister’s do-it-yourself shop before joining UNIZO, Belgian SME organisation, as Legal Counsellor in 1989. Mr Hendrickx has a law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven, a diploma from the Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales of Nice and a master in European studies from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Matthias is EU Affairs Coordinator at IAB Europe where he is responsible for European data protection and privacy policy. Matthias has previously worked for public affairs consultancy Weber Shandwick and for a Member of the European Parliament. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in European law from Maastricht University, the Netherlands and speaks English, German and Italian.