Prateek Sibal is a Programme Specialist at the Digital Policies and Transformation Section of the Communication and Information Sector at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. In this framework, he coordinates the Sector’s work on artificial intelligence and digital transformation with a focus on the judiciary and policymakers in the executive branch. His work spans research, advocacy, policy advice and capacity building for the governance of digital technologies. He teaches digital governance at Sciences Po, Paris.

Jana Špero is CEP Secretary General from the September 2022. Prior to it, she was the Director-General for Prisons and Probation in Croatia and board member/vice-president of CEP. She is Master of Law and Master-Specialist of criminal investigation. As an International Consultant of the Council of Europe she was involved in different activities regarding the development of probation services: workshops, round tables and projects. On regular basis she is speaker/lecturer at seminars and workshops regarding probation.

Dr. Peter Stelmaszczyk is a notary in Burscheid (Germany). He studied law at the universities of Passau, Cologne and Paris 1 — Panthéon-Sorbonne. From 2008 to 2015, he worked as an attorney at the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Cologne in the field of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. In 2013, he obtained his doctorate in law from the University of Cologne (doctoral thesis on ‘Cash Capital Increase without Subscription Rights in Hostile Takeover Scenarios”). In 2015, he became candidate-notary and served until 2021 as Director of the German Federal Chamber of Notaries (Bundesnotarkammer) in Brussels. Dr. Peter Stelmaszczyk is also the author of numerous scientific publications on the topic of company law and private international law.