On Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 18:00, Speech by Mr. Karkatzounis Vassilis, Lawyer, and Zulovits Minas, Lawyer, at MSc. "Digital Culture, Smart Cities, IoT and Advanced Digital Technologies"

On Thursday, January 19, 2023, from 18:00 - 21:00, the guests of the MSc "Digital Culture, Smart Cities, IoT and Advanced Digital Technologies", of the Department of Informatics of the University of Piraeus, are Mr. Vassilis Karkatzounis, Lawyer, specializing in Internet Law and New Technologies issues and Mina Zulovits, Lawyer LL.M.

The lecture will be held for PMS students as part of the "Intellectual Property, Personal Data and Regulatory Issues" Course.


Speech Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Law (Mr. Karkatzounis)

Speech Topic: The Legal Strategy of e-commerce (Ms. Zulovich)

Brief Biography for Mr. Karkatzounis

Vassilis Karkatzounis is a lawyer specializing in New Technologies issues.He holds an LL.M. from Queen Mary University of London and a PhD candidate at the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering at the University of the Aegean.His research activity focuses on data protection, privacy and consumer issues when using Artificial Intelligence systems for profiling and tracking in the context of online advertising. He is certified in personal data protection law (CIPP/E), having served as co-chair at the Greek branch of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.He is a regular member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Justice on the effects of Artificial Intelligence in the judicial system.He systematically deals with Legal Tech and is co-founder of the legal information platform Lawspot.gr.

Brief Biography for Ms. Zulovich

Mina Zulovits is a lawyer LL.M., Partner in the law firm Zulovits – Kontogeorgou. He has long experience and specialized legal training in the digital transformation of businesses with an emphasis on e-business and personal data protection issues. Much of her professional activity includes the legal support of a demanding clientele consisting of businesses active in the field of retail and/or wholesale trade or in the import or manufacture of products and in the provision of services in Greece and abroad, such as the fashion industry, products aesthetics and beauty, transport, the tobacco industry, electrical equipment, but also modern entrepreneurs from the field of innovation, active in the management of physical and digital files, the operation of online mediation platforms in the entire spectrum of e-commerce and electronic markets (marketplaces).

He is a member of the Legislative Reforms Committee of the Hellenic-American Chamber, a member of the E-Regulation Committee of E-Commerce Europe as well as an elected member of the Advisory Committee and external legal advisor of GRECA since its foundation until today. Furthermore, he has been a legal adviser to the State in a variety of circumstances, including the provision of advisory assistance in matters of e-government, digital signature and system security.

In addition, he has participated in all the recent law-making committees related to the amendment of Law 2251/1994 (on consumer protection), including the amendments brought about by the integration of Directives 2011/83/EU and 2013/11/EU and Law 4512/2018, as well as in the drafting of the Code of Ethics for Electronic Commerce. Recently, he participated as a legal advisor of GRECA (Greek e-Commerce Association) in the law-making committee for the integration into Greek legislation of Regulation 2019/1150/EU (P2B Regulation) on transparency and equal treatment on the internet. He has taught for a number of years in undergraduate and other educational programs of Greek and foreign universities and various educational institutions (IST College under the auspices of the University of Hardfordshire, AIT under the auspices of Carnegie Mellon, Eltrun under the auspices of OPA, Excelixis etc.).

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19 Jan 2023