Geography: Europe

  • Julie Dawson

    Julie Dawson leads regulatory and government relations for Yoti digital age & identity platform, developing policy approaches for fraud prevention and safeguarding and liaising with national and sectoral trust frameworks, in conjunction with Yoti’s internal and external ethics boards. Julie is an authority in digital identity policy and governance, is CoChair of the Age Verification Providers Association and represents Yoti at fora including techUK Growth Council & Digital Identity working group, the Association of Digital Verification Professionals, WeProtect Global Alliance and the Online Safety Tech Industry Alliance . Yoti has a team of over 400 people, is headquartered in London and counts over 15 million instals of the Yoti app and over 800 million age checks.

  • Justyna Lisinska

    I am a tech policy consultant with experience at the intersection of emerging technologies, innovation, and government. Over the years, I have led on high-level policy events, eg roundtables with MPs, and House of Commons receptions, policy labs helping to shape conversations on critical technology issues.
    My career spans academia, government, and think tanks. I earned a PhD in Web Science from the University of Southampton, during which I worked as a Policy Associate, contributing to evidence-based policy development. I also completed a secondment at the Cabinet Office, gaining firsthand experience in government policy-making. Previously, I served as a Policy Analyst at a leading technology think tank in Washington, D.C., and as a Policy Research Fellow at King’s College London, where I developed the UK’s largest academic programme on autonomous systems.
    I have specialised expertise across both hardware and software, focusing on emerging technology challenges, for example, including AI, autonomous vehicles, semiconductors, and issues around fake news and misinformation.

  • Jessica Zucker

    Jessica Zucker is a senior technology policy leader currently serving as Director of Online Safety Policy at Ofcom, where she co-leads a 120-person team implementing the UK’s groundbreaking Online Safety Act. With over a decade of experience at the intersection of technology, policy, and safety, she has shaped global approaches to safety governance, content moderation, and platform accountability.

    At Ofcom, Jessica manages regulatory frameworks for major tech platforms, pioneered transparency reporting standards, and led crisis response during critical public safety events. Previously, as Head of Misinformation Policy for EMEA at Meta and the global Head of Health Misinformation Policy, she created global policies affecting 2+ billion users and managed high-stakes decisions during COVID-19, elections, and international conflicts.

    Her career spans leadership roles at Microsoft, where she developed cybersecurity strategies and trained over 1,000 election officials across the EU, and the U.S. State Department’s Cyber Policy Office. A Fulbright Scholar and Harvard Kennedy School graduate (M.A. Public Policy), Jessica began her career founding an education nonprofit in South Korea.

    Known for driving organizational transformation and building strategic partnerships, Jessica regularly testifies before Parliament, speaks at major conferences, and serves as a media spokesperson on safety and online harms.

  • Jessica Marcus

    Jessica Marcus is a Policy Manager in the Online Safety Team at Ofcom where she leads the development of standards and guidance to improve transparency, accountability and safety across
    online platforms. Her career bridges policy, journalism, and research, with a particular focus on misinformation, platform governance and cultural insight. Before joining Ofcom, she worked at Storyful, where she led global investigations into online harms, and at several research consultancies, specializing in cutting-edge methodologies.

  • Jessica Mills

    Jessica Mills is a digital policy specialist with expertise in data governance, cross-border data flows, and regulatory engagement. She has led global advocacy initiatives with governments and regulators, contributed to flagship policy reports, and coordinated multistakeholder forums on digital rights, child online protection, and telecom fraud prevention. Jessica has a strong track record of translating complex policy issues into actionable strategies and is passionate about building inclusive, rights-respecting digital ecosystems.

  • Jennifer Reed

    As Head of the Policy Impact Unit at UCL, based within the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) Jen oversees a broad portfolio of tech policy projects from neuromorphic computing to AI.

    Her primary area however is technology-facilitated abuse (tech abuse) in relation to domestic abuse, and gender-based violence. Jen is the policy adviser for the UCL Gender and Tech Research Lab.

    She has 15 years experience working in public policy, including roles within the UK Civil Service and Parliament.

  • Iliana Pearce

    Iliana Pearce is a Policy Advisor at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) leading on innovation and technology policy. Her work focuses on how small businesses can be equipped to adopt new technologies well, to enhance their productivity and help them do more of what they love. Previously, she has undertaken legal research on accountability for AI-assisted decision-making and on how small businesses can be supported to adopt AI responsibly.

  • Imogen Parker

    Imogen Parker is Associate Director of Social and Economic Policy at the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research and ethics body with a mission to ensure data and AI work for people and society. She led the scoping and development for the Institute, creating the founding partnership of the Nuffield Foundation, the Alan Turing Institute, the British Academy, Luminate, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Royal Society, the Royal Statistical Society, techUK and Wellcome.

    She was a Policy Fellow at Cambridge University’s Centre for Science and Policy and has first-class degrees from both the University of Oxford (BA, MAOxon) and the London Consortium (MRes).

    She has over 15 years experience working on the intersections of social justice, policy research and technology. She worked with Baroness Kidron to create 5Rights, the children’s digital rights charity. Other roles include Head of the Nuffield Foundation’s programmes on Justice, Rights and Digital Society, acting Head of Policy Research for Citizens and Democracy at Citizens Advice head office, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

  • Hollie Rose Hodgson

    Hollie Hodgson is Head of Account Management at Tussell, where she supports organisations in navigating and succeeding in public sector procurement. She also serves as Chair of techUK’s Scale-Up Council, championing government policy initiatives to enable UK tech scale-ups to thrive.

  • Hyeona Kim

    I’m a mission-driven Policy & Program Manager with a global track record across tech, public affairs, and regulatory compliance. At TikTok, I’ve led governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) efforts in monetization, streamlining policy operations while navigating complex global regulations.