Digital safety for women - the role of tech and policy

Ph.D. in law, legal counselor, Member of the European Parliament (since 2019), and Vice-President of the FEMM Committee. Deputy Polish Ombudsman in the years 2015 - 2019. Author of the first Polish legal draft of the Act on Counteracting Domestic Violence (2003). As the deputy director of the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment, she coordinated the ratification process of the Istanbul Convention (2014). Academician and author of several dozen publications on equal treatment. Member of the Board of Experts of the European Fem Institute Feminist and vegan.

Nikolas Ott is a Government Affairs Manager for Cybersecurity Policy and Digital Diplomacy at Microsoft European Government Affairs. His portfolio includes cyber diplomacy, cyber threat intelligence, cyber defense policy, foreign and security policy and cyber capacity building. Previously, he worked in the cyber/ICT security team of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). He is an alumnus of the Mercator Fellowship of International Affairs and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. He holds a M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) and B.A. in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin.

Nadja is a Human Resilience Expert and former NATO senior executive who is passionate about strengthening leadership in STEM fields. She leverages her expertise in crisis management, strategic stakeholder engagement, and emotional intelligence to provide a holistic approach to addressing the human factor of working in the increasingly digitized world.

Nadja's mission is to help STEM leaders develop emotional intelligence strategies that will enable them to manage change and lead their teams through digital disruptions. She designs and facilitates resilience and readiness strategies, drawing on the tested scientific emotional intelligence model EQ-i 2.0 and the universally applied character strengths surveyed by the Values in Action Character Institute. Fluent in several languages, Nadja has worked closely with people from over 40 countries and is uniquely skilled in fostering trust and understanding among diverse global stakeholders. She has led several flagship projects, including regional cyber leadership approach webinars for the World Savings Banking Institute, which were part of a global initiative with partners such as Global Cyber Alliance and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Cyber Fin Project.

Nadja is also an alumna of the German Marshall Fund Marshall Memorial Fellowship program and a postgraduate from the University of Cambridge in International Relations, and she co-chaired the largest side event of the GLOBSEC 2019 Bratislava Forum.

Laura Kaun is the Policy and Campaigns Director at the European Women’s Lobby. She is responsible for coordinating and providing strategic direction to EWL’s policy and campaigns work. She works to ensure that EWL’s policies are sound, its advocacy sharp and its campaigns loud so that, together with its members all over Europe, EWL brings progress to women’s rights with a specific focus on combating all violence against women and girls including cyber violence and gender-mainstreaming of digital policies. Laura holds Master’s Degree in Gender, Intersectionality and Politics from the Free University of Berlin, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and English Language and Linguistics from the University of Trier.