Clement Guitton is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of St. Gallen, focusing on topics around law and technology. He previously worked on cyber security, bringing together the fields of politics and technology. Has has published two books, as well as dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles. Prior to this position, he worked in counter-espionage, consulting, at the International Telecommunication Union, and as a political analyst for a large reinsurance company. He has degrees in telecommunication engineering, international affairs, and finance.

Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux is an Assistant Professor for Privacy, Security, and Computational Law at Maastricht University. She has a background in law and economics and is specialized in research at the intersection of law and digital technologies. Her doctoral research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and analyzed the application of the concept of data protection by design and default in an Internet of Things environment. Her research "Designing for Privacy and Its Legal Framework" was published by Springer and won the Issekutz and SIAF award. Aurelia is a very active member of the research community, organizing workshops and conferences, and is a member of the Social Responsibility Working Group at the H2020 Cost Action 19121 GoodBrother. She was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Pervasive Computing at ETH Zurich, the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and the Institute of Computer Science at the University of St. Gallen. Furthermore, Aurelia has taught various classes on privacy and data protection at the University of Zurich, University of St. Gallen, and Mykolas Romeris University.

Simon Mayer is a Professor at the Institute for Computer Science at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, where he heads the Chair for Interaction- and Communication-based Systems. Previously, he worked at Siemens Corporate Technology in Berkeley, USA, most recently as Senior Key Expert for Smart and Interacting Systems, and afterwards headed the Cognitive Products research group at the Austrian COMET research center Pro2Future and Graz University of Technology. He has co-authored over 100 journal, magazine, conference, and workshop publications, and is serving in the steering committee of the International Conference on the Internet of Things as well as the editorial board of the IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine.