Nad'a Kovalcikova
Senior Analyst and CFI Director
Biography
Organisation
EU Institute for Security Studies
Speaker session
Session 3 : Political Ads: opportunities and challenges in the digital age
- Closed session
- 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
Giacomo Lasorella
President
ROME
Biography
Giacomo Lasorella is, since October 2, 2020, President of Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the independent Italian regulatory Authority in charge of electronic communications, media and postal services. Lawyer and expert in legislation and in parliamentary procedure, he has been Deputy Secretary General of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, and he has held for many years the responsibility to assist the President and the vice Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies in conducting the work of the Assembly. In his long career as parliamentary officer (to which he was appointed after an official public contest), he was also Secretary of the Communication Parliamentary Commission and responsible of the staff to the Parliamentary Commission on radio and television services. He is a contract Professor of parliamentary law at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, and he is author of many publications on parliamentary and constitutional law published in relevant academic journals.
Organisation
AGCOM
Speaker session
Session 3 : Political Ads: opportunities and challenges in the digital age
- Closed session
- 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
Christophe Lefèvre
President of the Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights
Bruxelles - Belgique
Biography
Member of the EESC - Section ECO, INT (Member of the Bureau) - Since 2015, Member and President of the Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights, Member of the Communication Committee (COCOM), Member and Former President of the European Citizen Initiative Ad-hoc Group - Member of the Future of Europe Ad-hoc Group - Representative of the Union CFE-CGC France to the EESC -
Member of the Board of Directors of "Confrontations Europe" (Think tank) - Member of the Board of Directors of "Europe & Entreprises" Think tank. Former CFE-CGC Confederal Secretary (2010-2019) in charge of Europe and international affairs, and member of the OECD Advisory Committee in charge of G20, and G7 issues, Member of the Strategic Monitoring Committee for Trade Policy (French Ministry of Business Foreign Affairs) -
Organisation
EESC - European Economic & Social Committee
Speaker session
Session 3 : Political Ads: opportunities and challenges in the digital age
- Closed session
- 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