Patrick Penninckx

Head of department

Strasbourg

Biography

Patrick Penninckx has spent the last 30 years of his career with the Council of Europe, contributing to the transformation processes of the Organisation and developing partnerships with international and national institutions. Currently heading the Information Society Department under the Directorate General Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Patrick coordinates standard setting and cooperation activities in the fields of media, internet governance, data protection, cybercrime and artificial intelligence. He is also responsible for projects related to public-private partnerships and cooperation with business partners. His professional focus encompasses areas such as freedom of expression, safety of journalists, sound internet governance, international standards in the data protection, action against cybercrime and the impact of AI on human rights. An outspoken public speaker promoting the Council of Europe values and achievements, he holds Political Science and Educational degrees from the University of Leuven. Previously, Patrick oversaw Human Resources policy development, transforming the administrative management of personnel into a competency based human resource policy.

Organisation

Council of Europe

Speaker session

(UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris

23/10 - Day 1

15:00 - 16:00

Session 3 : Political Ads: opportunities and challenges in the digital age

Closed session

Closed

Closed session

TOPIC: Political advertising is a critical tool for political parties and candidates to reach voters and communicate their campaign messages during electoral campaigns. This session will discuss policy tools in this area.

SPEAKERS:

Sandro Gozi, Member of the European Parliament
Giacomo Lasorella, President of the Italian regulator AGCOM and ERGA Chair
Eliska Pirkova, Senior Policy Analyst and Global Freedom of Expression Lead at Access Now
Karen Massin, Head Government Affairs & Public Policy – EU Institutions at Google

MODERATOR: Marie-Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumers

Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections

Sandro Gozi

MEP

Giacomo Lasorella

President

Eliska Pirkova

Senior policy analyst and Global freedom of expression lead

Karen Massin

Head Government Affairs & Public Policy - EU Institutions

Marie-Helene Boulanger

Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumers

Eliska Pirkova

Senior policy analyst and Global freedom of expression lead

Brussels

Biography

Eliška Pírková works as Senior Policy Analyst and the Global freedom of expression lead at Access Now, the international human rights organization that defends and extends digital rights of online users at risk around the world. As a member of the European Access Now team, she leads the work on freedom of expression, content governance and platform accountability. She is a human rights lawyer by education and training, with previous experience working for international organizations and as a legal researcher. She has acted as an independent expert for international organizations, including the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on Combating Hate Speech.

Organisation

Access Now

Speaker session

(UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris

23/10 - Day 1

15:00 - 16:00

Session 3 : Political Ads: opportunities and challenges in the digital age

Closed session

Closed

Closed session

TOPIC: Political advertising is a critical tool for political parties and candidates to reach voters and communicate their campaign messages during electoral campaigns. This session will discuss policy tools in this area.

SPEAKERS:

Sandro Gozi, Member of the European Parliament
Giacomo Lasorella, President of the Italian regulator AGCOM and ERGA Chair
Eliska Pirkova, Senior Policy Analyst and Global Freedom of Expression Lead at Access Now
Karen Massin, Head Government Affairs & Public Policy – EU Institutions at Google

MODERATOR: Marie-Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumers

Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections

Sandro Gozi

MEP

Giacomo Lasorella

President

Eliska Pirkova

Senior policy analyst and Global freedom of expression lead

Karen Massin

Head Government Affairs & Public Policy - EU Institutions

Marie-Helene Boulanger

Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumers

Barbara Prainsack

Professor of Comparative Policy Analysis

Berlin

Biography

Barbara Prainsack is a professor at the Department of Political Science at the University Vienna, where she also directs the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity (CeSCoS), and the interdisciplinary Research Platform "Governance of Digital Practices". Her work explores the social, ethical, and regulatory dimensions of genetic and data-driven practices and technologies in biomedicine and forensics. She holds honorary positions at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney, at the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at King's College London, and at the Centre for Health, Law, and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX) at the University of Oxford. Her latest books are: Personalized Medicine: Empowered Patients in the 21st Century? (New York University Press, 2017), and The Pandemic Within: Policy Making for a Better World (with H. Wagenaar, Policy Press, 2021). Barbara is also involved in policy-related work, e.g. as a member of the Austrian National Bioethics Commission, and as Chair of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies which advises the European Commission.

Organisation

University of Vienna

Speaker session

(UTC+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris

23/10 - Day 1

15:00 - 16:00

Session 3 : Political Ads: opportunities and challenges in the digital age

Closed session

Closed

Closed session

TOPIC: Political advertising is a critical tool for political parties and candidates to reach voters and communicate their campaign messages during electoral campaigns. This session will discuss policy tools in this area.

SPEAKERS:

Sandro Gozi, Member of the European Parliament
Giacomo Lasorella, President of the Italian regulator AGCOM and ERGA Chair
Eliska Pirkova, Senior Policy Analyst and Global Freedom of Expression Lead at Access Now
Karen Massin, Head Government Affairs & Public Policy – EU Institutions at Google

MODERATOR: Marie-Hélène Boulanger, Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumers

Interventions by Members of the European Cooperation Network on Elections

Sandro Gozi

MEP

Giacomo Lasorella

President

Eliska Pirkova

Senior policy analyst and Global freedom of expression lead

Karen Massin

Head Government Affairs & Public Policy - EU Institutions

Marie-Helene Boulanger

Head of Unit for Democracy, Union Citizenship and Free Movement, DG Justice and Consumers