Stefan Woltran reminds of the DigHum Lecture today:

Tuesday, May 13, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Topic: “International Data Transfer and Sovereignty from a European Perspective”
(scroll down for abstract and CV)

Speaker: Christof Tschohl (Research Institute – Digital Human Rights Center, Austria)
Moderator: George Metakides (Digital Enlightenment Forum)

To participate in the talks via Zoom go to: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmdoWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09
(Password: 0dzqxqiy)

The talk will be live streamed and recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/digitalhumanism

For further announcements and information about the speakers in the Lecture Series, see https://dighum.org/#latest-news. Please note that you can access the slides and recordings of our past events via that link.

In case you missed the last panel with Hans Akkermans, George Metakides, Marc Rotenberg, moderated by Christiane Wendehorst you can watch the recording of “Regulating the Digital Space – Challenges in a Changing World Order”.

ABSTRACT “International Data Transfer and Sovereignty from a European Perspective”:

The talk will tackle the legal and technical aspects of digital sovereignty within EU memberstates. Human Rights activist, engineer and lawyer Christof Tschohl will provide an overview of new relevant EU regulations and directives, regarding cyber resilience (DORA, NIS2, CRA, CSA), artificial intelligence (AI Act) data protection (GDPR) including an outlook for the pending procedure at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case “Schrems III”. The talk shall open the discussion to what extend EU law is producing pressure on the member states and the EU itself to establish scalable digital (cloud) services under complete European control.

Short Bio of Christof Tschohl:

Dr. Christof Tschohl is the scientific director and shareholder of the Research Institute – Digital Human Rights Center. After completing the HTL for communications engineering and several years of technical professional practice, he studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate on data protection, IT security, telecommunications, criminal law and “Privacy by Design”. After 5 years at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights and a post doc position at the University of Vienna he started his own business in 2012. He is a board member of the data protection NGO “noyb”, head of the working group in the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) and member of the fundamental rights expert group of the Austrian Judges’ Association. He is also a member of the CERT-Advisory Board of the Republic of Austria as well as a board member of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) and co-leader of the OCG Forum Privacy. 

Short Bio of George Metakides:

George Metakides is visiting professor at the University of Southampton, Adjunct Professor at the European University of Cyprus, President of the Digital Enlightenment Forum, and Advisor to several international organizations. He is involved in the analysis of the economic, political and social impact of digitization, related cybersecurity, data protection and regulatory issues and the promotion of international cooperation towards a digital ecosystem respecting shared human values. With a Ph.D. in Mathematical Logic earned from Cornell University in 1971, he pursued an academic career at MIT, Cornell and Rochester University before returning to Greece as Chair of Logic at the University of Patras. Since 1984 he has held senior positions with responsibility for Research & Development policy, funding and international co-operation in European institutions including the Directorship of the ESPRIT program He has contributed to the establishment of international institutions (including the launch of the World Wide Web consortium in 1993), has received a number of awards and honorary degrees and is a corresponding member of several National Academies.