IT LawCamp

As of 2015, Janneke is working as a company lawyer for the Bosch Group. In 2020, she took the chance switching to Bosch’s Open Source Expert Team, which exists of two lawyers and two developers.

The four head the Robert Bosch Center of Competence for Open Source Software, providing legal and technical advice, ensuring adequate training for the Bosch employees depending on level of knowledge and field of expertise and safeguarding Bosch’s governance related for open source.

Dr. Stefan Brink is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg since January 1, 2017. He was elected by the Baden-Württemberg state parliament for a term of six years. From 2008 to 2016, he was Head of Private Data Protection at the State Commissioner for Data Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate, and since 2012 he has also been Deputy State Commissioner for Freedom of Information of Rhineland-Palatinate.

After receiving his doctorate under Prof. Dr. Hans Herbert von Arnim (German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer), Stefan Brink worked for the Scientific Service of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament, then as a judge at the Koblenz Administrative Court and as a research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court (1st Senate, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Gaier).

Rachel Muchmore Chaudhary is the Head of the Integrated Regulatory Office at SAP. In her time with SAP, Rachel has also held positions focusing on AI and machine learning, data protection & privacy, product counseling, and mergers & acquisitions.

Prior to SAP, Rachel worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in Palo Alto, California. She holds a J.D. and LL.M. in International & Comparative Law from Duke University School of Law.

Dr. Aljoscha Burchardt is deputy site spokesman for the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) in Berlin. He is an expert in language technology and artificial intelligence.

Aljoscha is a senior research fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and vice chairman of the Berlin Scientific Society. He was also an expert member of the Enquete Commission on Artificial Intelligence of the German Bundestag.

Karen M. Sandler is the executive director of Conservancy. Karen is known as a cyborg lawyer for her advocacy for free software, particularly in relation to the software on medical devices. Prior to joining Conservancy, she was executive director of the GNOME Foundation. Before that, she was general counsel of the Software Freedom Law Center. Karen co-organizes Outreachy, the award-winning outreach program for women globally and for people of color who are underrepresented in US tech. Karen is a recipient of the O’Reilly Open Source Award and cohost of the oggcast Free as in Freedom.

Karen received her law degree from Columbia Law School in 2000, where she was a James Kent Scholar and co-founder of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Karen received her bachelor’s degree in engineering from The Cooper Union.

Markus Schröder is a Global Data Privacy Professional at Allianz Global Investors GmbH. He is a CIPP/E and Data Protection Risk Manager (FOM). He regularly publishes articles in ZD, K&R and DSB.

James is a partner based in Beijing and leads the China data protection and cybersecurity team of Bird & Bird. He has extensive experience in advising cyber security and data protection and regulatory and transactional issues in technology, media, telecommunications (TMT).

His clients include multinationals and local companies in a broad range of industries and is particularly skilled in solving complicated legal issues. James is frequently quoted in the media for his views and a recognised author of articles on TMT and privacy matters.

Michelle is a technology, telecoms and media lawyer, providing strategic, corporate and commercial advice to major players in the Asia Pacific region. She is Of Counsel at the Bird & Bird Corporate & Commercial team, based in London. With over 20 years’ experience on her side, she works on commercial, corporate and regulatory matters in the technology, media and telecoms sectors across Asia.

She also has considerable experience advising clients on data protection issues and non-contentious IP projects, including helping clients with data protection investigations, in conjunction with Bird & Bird’s investigation and dispute practice.