Paolo Guarda

Member

Research Ethics Committee

Associate professor

Faculty of Law

Via Verdi, 53 - 38122 Trento

tel. 0461 283515

paolo.guarda[at]unitn [dot] it

Expertise:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and law

Comparative law

Intellectual property

Law and technology

Legal informatics

Personality rights

	Education
	Ph.D. in Comparative and European Legal Studies – Comparative Private Law, Faculty of Law - University of Trento, March 22, 2007. Title of the thesis: “Privacy and security measures in a comparative perspective” Degree in Law (Magna cum Laude), Faculty of Law, University of Trento, June 12, 2002; title of the thesis: “Immissioni e tort of nuisance”
	Academic career and teaching activities
	Academic Carreer: Associate Professor in Comparative Private Law at the Faculty of Law - University of Trento (February 2023) National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) as Associate Professor in Comparative Law (12/E2) (7 June 2022) Assistant Professor ("Ricercatore di tipo b") in Comparative Private Law at the Faculty of Law - University of Trento (February 2020 - February 2023) Assistant Professor ("Ricercatore di tipo a") in Comparative Private Law at the Faculty of Law - University of Trento (September 2018 - January 2020) Actual Teaching Experiences Lecturer on “Law and Data” at the Master Program in Data Science - University of Trento (48 hours – in English), since 2018 Lecturer on “Diritto comparato della privacy” [Privacy Comparative Law] at the Faculty of Law – University of Trento, since 2021 Lecturer on “Sistemi giuridici comparati” [Comparative Legal System] at the Faculty of Law – University of Trento (mandatory course - 40 hours), since 2015 Lecturer on “Intellectual Property Rights” at the School of Innovation at the University of Trento (6 hours – in English), since 2018 Previous Teaching Experiences Lecturer at the seminar on “Management of Software: IP Protection, Exploitation, Licenses” within the “Doctoral course on Research Methodology” at the ICT International Doctoral School of the University of Trento, February, 17 2021 (in English, 2 hours) Lecturer at the seminar on “Copyright and Open Access in the Digital Age”, at the “Research Methodology Course” within the “The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School” of the “Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science” – University of Trento, January, 27 2020 (in English, 2 hours) Lecturer on “Comparative Information, Communication and Technologies Law” at the Faculty of Law – University of Trento, 2014-17 (optional course – 20 hours and coordination, with Prof. Prof. M. Perry - in English), 2014/2019 Lecturer at the LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology – Bocconi University, on “Management of Software: IP Protection, Exploitation, Licenses” – Module: “Digital IP Environment” (in English, 8 hours), February 23, 2018 and February 7, 2019 Lecturer at the LL.M. in Law of Internet Technology – Bocconi University, on “Data Safeguarding and Open Data - Module: Data Protection and Data Driven Innovation” (in English, 12 hours, with Prof. R. Caso), October 2 and 3, 2017 Lecturer at the School of specialization for the legal professions, University of Trento and Verona (Italy) on “Basics on Computer Law”, 2007-2018 Lecturer at the seminar on “Copyright and Open Access in the Digital Age”, at the “Research Methodology Course” within the “The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School” of the “Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science” – University of Trento, May, 9 2018 (in English, 3 hours) Lecturer at the XI Edition of the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy at the University of Milan - Bocconi University, July 6, 2017 on “Copyright in the Digital Era: From the Origins of Copyright to the Changing Technological Landscape” and on “Software Protection and Exploitation: IPRs, Licenses and Business Models” (in English, 6 hours) Lecturer at the “Advanced Course in Technologies for Active and Healthy Aging – Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, DISI, Università degli Studi di Trento, June 22-23. 2016, on “Management of Intellectual Property Rights” and “Privacy and rsonal Data Protection. An Outline on Ehealth” (in English, 12 hours) Lecturer on “Diritto dell’informatica” [Information Technologies Law], Department of Economics and Management – University of Trento (optional course – 48 hours), 2012-15 Lecturer on “Diritto Privato dell’Informatica” [Private Information Technologies Law], Faculty of Law – University of Trento, (optional course – 28 hours, with Prof. G. Pascuzzi and Prof. L. Manderieux) 2013-14 Lecturer on “Legal Issues in Computer Science”, Faculty of Computer Science – Free, University of Bozen (in English, mandatory course – 36 hours), 2009-10 Lecturer on “Diritti di proprietà intellettuale e licenze” [IPRs and licenses], Faculty of Law, University of Trento, (optional course – 20 hours) 2013-14 Lecturer at the VII Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy (TIPSA) at the University of Alicante (Spain), September 11, 2013, on “Rethinking Copyright : a Law and Technology Perspective” and on “Open Models, Open Seeds : Towards an Open Protection?” (in English, with Dr. M. Ferrari) Lecturer on “Intellectual Property Licensing: interpretazione e redazione di contratti” [Intellectual Property Licensing: interpretation and drafting of contracts], Faculty of Law, University of Trento (optional course – 20 hours, with Prof. R. Caso), 2012-13 Lecturer on “Università, proprietà intellettuale e trasferimento tecnologico” [University, Intellectual Property, and Knowledge Transfer], Faculty of Law, University of Trento, (optional course – 20 hours, with Prof. R. Caso), 2011-12 Lecturer on “Sicurezza informatica e protezione dei dati personali” [Computer Security and Data Protection], Faculty of Law, University of Trento (optional course – 20 hours, with Prof. R. Caso), 2007-11 Lecturer on ”Private Law and Civil Law: general principles” at the CoDe - Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development, University of Trento (in English) 2011-15 Lecturer on “Legal and Funding” at the Master Nano-Micro, promoted by the Faculty of Science, University of Trento and Foundation Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento, (in English) April 2010 Lecturer at the Spring Training School “Open Scholarly Communities on the Web: Theory and Practice”, Faculty of Political Science - University of Pisa (Italy), on “Creative Commons for Scholars” (in English), March 24, 2010 Lecturer at the Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy 2009, Faculty of Law, University of Trento (Italy), June 15-19, 2009 on “Copyright and Scientific Publications” (with Prof. R. Caso) and on “The Biobanks and the Patents” (with Dr. M. Macilotti) (in English) Lecturer on “Information Security and Privacy”, at the Professional Master “Technologies for E-Government”, Trento, November – December 2007 Doctorate School: “The (legal) management of scientific research data: a mission impossibile?”,at the "Research Methodology Course" provided by "The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School" of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science - University of Trento, 15 February 2024 “The (legal) management of scientific research data: a mission impossibile?”,at the "Research Methodology Course" provided by "The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School" of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science - University of Trento, 9 May 2023 “The (legal) management of scientific research data: a mission impossibile?”, at the "Research Methodology Course" provided by "The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School" of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science - University of Trento, 2 February 2022 Management of Software: IP Protection, Exploitation, Licenses” at the "Research Methodology Course" provided by "The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School" of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science - University of Trento, 17 February 2021"Copyright and Open Access in the Digital Age", at the "Research Methodology Course" provided by "The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School" of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science - University of Trento, 27 January 2020 "Copyright and Open Access in the Digital Age", at the "Research Methodology Course" provided by "The Information Communication Technology Doctoral School" of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science - University of Trento, 9 May 2018 Master and summer school: “Raccolta e trattamento dei dati sulla salute nel sistema GDPR per finalità di ricerca” [Collection and processing of health data in the GDPR system for research purposes], webinar, Master II Level “Lo Stato Digitale” [The Digital State], University Roma Tre, 15 October 2022 and 30 September 2023 Other Teaching Activities: Lecturer at the refresher course “Saperi, regole diritti e doveri della società dell’informazione ” (Digital Citizenship), dedicated to High-School Teachers, organized by IPRASE, Jenuary-February 2024 Lecturer at the refresher course "Valore P.A. INPS 2022/2023 “P.A. e social media: comunicazione e ascolto efficace, organizzazione e scambio delle informazioni, relazioni innovative tra Pubblica Amministrazione e cittadini", May-June 2023 Lecturer at the refresher course on “Privacy and Data Protection” at University of Trento, 2015-16 Lecturer at the refresher course on “Creating approaches for teaching law throuh ICT”, IPRASE, at Istituto Tecnico Economico “A. Tambosi – L. Battisti”, Trento, November 25, 2014 Lecturer at the refresher course on “Gestione delle informazioni confidenziali e dei risultati della ricerca in contratti e convenzione” [Management of confidential information and research results in the agreements], Netval – Network per la valorizzazione della ricerca universitaria, at I3P Incubatore Imprese Innovative Politecnico di Torino, November 24, 2014 Lecturer at the refresher course on ”Tutela dei dati degli utenti dei servizi bibliotecari” [Data protection of users of bibliographic services] at Centro Servizi Culturali, Macomer, September 10, 2012 Lecturer at the refresher course on “Privacy and Data Protection” at The Microsoft Research – University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, October-November 2008 and June 2011 Lecturer at the refresher course on “Privacy – Percorso di formazione per assistenti al responsabile del trattamento e amministratori di sistema” [Privacy for data processors’ collaborators], at University of Trento, June-July, 2010 Lecturer at the refresher course on “Privacy - Percorso di formazione per incaricati al trettamento di dati personali e sanitari” [Privacy and health data], at University of Trento, January 2011 Lecturer on “Tecnologie per la didattica e tecnologie per la gestione. Aspetti giuridici per la trasparenza e la privacy” [Teaching technologies and management technologies. Legal aspects for transparency and privacy] at the "Corso di formazione e tirocinio dei Dirigenti Scolastici neo-assunti nel Veneto – Fase regionale”, Padova, January 17, 2013 Tutor at “Introduction to Italian Law”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 2007-12 Assistant researcher on Computer Private Law, Comparative Intellectual Property Law, Civil Law, Anglo-American Law, Private Law, Comparative Legal Systems since 2002
	Research interests
	Information, Communication and Technologies Law Privacy and Data Protection E-Health IP and Knowledge Transfer Open Access Law and Technology
	Research work
	Participation to national and international projects: Member of PRIN 2022, Clinical Trial data between privatization of knowledge and Open Science (CLIPKOS) (UNITN research unit), 28/09/2023-27/09/2025 Principal investigator of the Research Project “Telemedicina, ricerca scientifica e Big Data: le nuove frontiere della sanità digitale e la protezione dei dati personali” [Telemedicine, scientific research and Big Data: the new frontier of ehealth and personal data protection], funded by Bruno Kessler Foundation - Povo (TN), 2021-2025 Member of the European Project H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2019 “reCreating Europe. Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe”, 2020-2023 Member of the Competence Centre on ehealth “TrentinoSalute4.0”, in collaboration with Bruno Kessler Foundation, Autonomus Province of Trento and the Province Health Care Agency (Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari APSS), since 2018 Member of the group of research on the analisys of the legal issues of the Project “TreC – Cartella Clinica del Cittadino” (Electronic Health Records), led by Bruno Kessler Foundation in collaboration with the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Province Health Care Agency (Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari APSS), since 2007 Member of the Project “Health Gateway Pilot” (HGP), responsible for drafting reports on the definition of standards and open systems for the release of automatic health data, controlled and authorized by the citizen, coordinated by CRS4 (Center for Research, Development and Higher Studies in Sardinia), a company owned by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia through the Regional Agency “Sardegna Ricerche”, 2017-2018 Member of the Project “All Rights Reserved? Constraints and Contradictions of European Citizenship” (bEUcitizens), funded by the European Commission under the FP7, 2013 – 2017 Member of the Project ‘NATHCARE’ (Networking Alpine Health for Continuity of Care), co-funded by the ‘Alpine Space Programme 2007-2013’ (www.nathcareproject.eu): the Autonomous Province of Trento (project partner) and its collaborator, Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), 2013-2014 Member of the Project “Transjus” (Lab of Comparison, Linguistics and Legal Translation), Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento, 2007-2012 Member of the biennial interuniversity research Project on “Software agents and electronic commerce: legal, technological and psycho-social profiles”, co-funded by Murst (ex 40%), University of Trento and University of Bologna, 2002-2003 Post-doc fellowships and Scholarships: Post-doc in Comparative Private Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento – Italy (December 2016 – August 2018); project title: “I dati della ricerca scientifica tra diritti di proprietà intellettuale e disciplina in materia di protezione dei dati personali” [Research data between intellectual property rights and data protection] Post-doc in Comparative Private Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento - Italy (February 2014 - February 2016); project title: "Economic and linguistic barriers to the exercise of intellectual property rights by EU citizens" (Project "Rights reserved? Constrains and contradiction of European citizenship" (bEUcitizens) funded by European Commission under the FP7 (2013-2017)) Post-doc in Comparative Private Law at the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento – Italy (January 2012 – January 2014); project title: “La gestione del software in ambito universitario: proprietà intellettuale, regime di titolarità e valorizzazione sul mercato” [Management of IPRs on software within the academic context] Fellowship as a guest resercher at the Max Planck Insitute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (from March 1, to May 15 and from August 1 to December 31, 2012) Post-doc in Comparative Private Law at the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento – Italy (January 2010 – January 2012); project title: “La valorizzazione sul mercato dei prodotti della ricerca scientifica: un’analisi economica e comparata delle problematiche giuridiche” [Technology transfer issues] Post-doc in Comparative Private Law at the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento – Italy (September 2008 – September 2009); project title: “Sicurezza dei dati e tutela della riservatezza nelle architetture informatiche volte ad implementare la cartella clinica digitale” [Electronic Health Records and Data Protection] Scholarship on “Security and Privacy Patterns at organizational level from a legal perspective” at the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, University of Trento (Italy), November 2006 – January 2008 Post-graduate research grant (July 2003 – January 2004), Department of Legal Sciences - University of Trento (Italy) - “Security of payment and data protection on e-commerce” Research grants: Within the “Health Gateway Pilot” Project, funded by Autonomous Region of Sardinia, in collaboration with EURAC, responsible for the entire legal part aimed at drafting technical and legal guidelines of reference for the realization of dedicated “gateway” to the controlled release of health data from the reference systems towards the citizen (August 2017 – December 2018) Within the Poste Italiane Lab Project, responsible for drafting a study on the compliance (with reference to security and privacy issues) of the information infrastructure for the digital identity developed by Poste Italiane compliant with the legal requirements provided for the adoption of the Public System for Digital Identity Management (SPID), in collaboration with Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) (May 6 – December 31, 2016). Within the NATHCARE European Project, responsible for developing a specific "deliverables" required by Workpackage 4 of the project and reformulated in Workpackage 6 (E-Health – Telemedicine), with the Autonomous Province of Trento, 9 December 2013 – 31 May 2014 Responsibile for drafting a deliverable on the “Analysis of IPRs related to management of TreC Electronic Health System, with specific interests in the ownership/authorship issues and the available exploitation and distribution models”, within the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento, funded by Bruno Kessler Foundation, October 8 – December 8, 2012 Responsbile for drafting a study on the legal aspects related to the implementation of electronic health records “3C – La cartella clinica digitale”, funded by Bruno Kessler Foundation, at Department of Legal Sciences, University of Trento, August - October 2010 International Research Activities: Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law – Munich (Germany), January – May 2012, July – December 2012 (Max Planck Fellowship from March 1, to May 15 and from August 1 to December 31, 2012) Visiging Scholar, University of Oxford, January 2009 Visiting Scholar, Instituut voor Informatierecht Universiteit van Amsterdam (the Netherlands), December 2006 – January 2007 Visiting Scholar, School of Law - University of California, Berkeley, July – August 2005
	Memberships in societies and scientific committees
	Founding member of the Associazione Italiana per la Promozione della Scienza Aperta (AISA) Member of Associazione Italiana di Diritto Comparato (AIDC) Member of Società Italiana per la Ricerca nel Diritto Comparato (SIRD) Member of the Max Planck Institute Alumni Association Member of the editorial commitee of Biolaw journal – Rivista di biodiritto
	Awards and honours
	Winner of the prize sponsored by the University of Trento for the best PhD graduates of the Academic Year 2005-2006 for the doctoral thesis "Privacy and Security Measures. A Comparative Analysis"
	Conferences and lectures
	“Interoperability for sharing health data within the European contest: lessons from Star Wars”, at the 3d Annual LawTech Consortium Meeting, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban - South Africa, 3-4 April 2024 Discussant at the Round table on “Rischi e benefici del voto elettronico: un'introduzione” [Risks and benefits of electronic voting: an introduction] at the Seminar “Internet voting e percorsi di cittadinanza digitale” [Internet voting and digital citizenship paths], University of Trento, Trento, 22 February 2024 Discussant st the Seminar “Oltre il tumore: il diritto all'oblio oncologico” [Beyong the tumor: the right to cancer cancel], organized by Lotus - Oltre il Tumore al Seno, Trento, 26 January 2024 “Privacy e ricerca scientifica” [Privacy and scientific research] at the Seminar “Presentation of the book Diritto comparato della privacy e della protezione dei dati personali, Department of Law, Research Doctorate ”Law and Security", University of Foggia, 18 October 2023 Discussant at the Seminar “La protezione dei dati personali vulnerabili nella dimensione digitale” [The protection of vulnerable personal data in the digital dimension], at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 9 November 2023 Discussant at the Seminar “L'equivoco della privacy. Persona vs. dato personale. Presentazione del volume di Vincenzo Ricciuto (Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2022)” [The misunderstanding of privacy. Person vs. personal data - Presentation of the volume by Vincenzo Ricciuto (Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2022)], at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 12 October 2023 Chairman at Session IV “Condivisione e riutilizzo dei dati nella ricerca medica: temi generali e nuove prospettive” [Data sharing and reuse in medical research: general issues and new perspectives] at the Conference “Ricerca in sanità e protezione dei dati personali: scenari applicativi e prospettive future” [Research in healthcare and personal data protection: application scenarios and future prospects], held at the Interdepartmental Center of Medical Sciences (CISMeD), University of Trento, 29 September 2023 “Towards the re-use of personal data concerning health for scientific research: a proactive approach within the European legal framework" together with Dr. Giorgia Bincoletto, at “Law and Technology Consortium (LTC)”, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy (CIPP), McGill University, Montréal - Canada, 15-16 May 2023 “La natura giuridica del dato nell'agricoltura di precisione” [The legal nature of data in smart farming], Conference “Verso un'agricoltura Data Intensive? Prospettive e criticità della disciplina dell'agricoltura 4.0” - Module Jean Monnet “EU-Food Law And Globalization”, University of Trento, 28 March 2023 “Trattamento dei dati personali e ricerca scientifica” [Personal data processing and scientific research] at Workshop “La fisica medica alle frontiere dell'oncologia. Diagnostica e terapia” [Medical physics at the frontiers of oncology. Diagnostics and therapy], AIFM, Trento, 27 March 2023 "GLAM: copyright and openness in the data era” together with Prof. Roberto Caso at reCreating Europe Final Conference, Museum of Natural Science, Brussels (Belgium), 21-22 March 2023. Chairman and speaker at “Tavola Rotonda - Politiche di apertura dei dati della ricerca in Italia” [Round Table - Research open data strategies in Italy] at the Conference “Scienza Aperta e Dati Aperti nella ricerca biomedica - Open Science and Open Data in biomedical research”, Faculty of Law - University of Trento, 28 October 2022 "La condivisione dei dati della ricerca in ambito medico: tra processi globalizzati ed esigenze di tutela”, [The sharing of research data in the medical field: between globalized processes and protection needs ], at the VII National Conference SIRD, University of Bologna, 14 October 2022 “I dati della ricerca in ambito medico tra condivisione ed esigenze di protezione della privacy: cosa ci può insegnare un'emergenza sanitaria?” [Medical research data between sharing and privacy protection needs: what can we learn by a health emergency], at Workshop “Sanità e trattamento dei dati” [Health and data processings], University of Bari, 7 October 2022 "Ok Google Am I Sick?: eHealth between Artificial Intelligence and Personal Data Protection” at the Spring School “Medical Research: Law, Science & Technologies”, Università di Pavia, May, 30, 2022 Moderator of Session D2 "L&E of IPRs" at the 17th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics (SIDE), University of Trento, December, 15-17 2021 "Ok Google Am I Sick?: eHealth between Artificial Intelligence and Personal Data Protection”, at Webinar "La protección de datos personales del consumidor en la economía digital", Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, May, 27, 2021 Introduction and chairman at the Webinar “Covid-19: un’analisi interdisciplinare tra diritto, medicina e nuove tecnologie” [Covid-19: an interdisciplinary analysis between law, medicine and new technologies], organized within the Jean Monnet TrAIL (Trento Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) Project and in collaboration with the “Comparative and European Legal Studies Ph.D. Programme”, Faculty of Law – University of Trento, June, 8, 2020 La sanità digitale tra intelligenza artificiale e protezione dei dati personali [eHealth between artificial intelligence and personal data protection], at the Conference “I dati personali nella relazione di cura”, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, Udine, January, 24, 2020 Introduction to “Session 1 - Economic Rights & EU Citizenship” at the “EU Citizenship 25 Years On: Civil and Economic Rights in Action” Symposium, Faculy of Law – University of Trento, December, 13, 2019 Protezione dei dati personali e ricerca storica: quando è lecito ascoltare? [Personal Data Protection and Historical Research: when is listening lawful?], at the Conference “Fonti orali in Italia. Archivi e ri-generazioni”, Polo del '900, Turin, October, 25, 2019 ‘Ok Googke, Am I Sick?’: eHealth between Artificial Intelligence and Personal Data Protection Regulation, at the Conference “Security and Data Flows in the European Union” within the Jean Monnet Project “Boosting European Security Law and Policy”, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, June 28, 2019 ‘Ok Google, Am I Sick?’: la sanità digitale tra intelligenza artificiale e protezione dei dati personali [‘Ok Google, Am I Sick?’: ehealth between artificial intelligence and personal data protection], at the IX Convegno nazionale dell’Associazione Italiana Ingegneri Clinici, Università degli Studi “Magna Grecia” di Catanzaro - A.O.U. “Mater Domini”, May 19, 2019 I dati personali nella Blockchain: ha ancora senso parlare di privacy? [Personal data into the Blockchain: does it still make sense to talk about privacy?], at the Conference “Blockchain e libere professioni: siamo alle porte di una (nuova) rivoluzione?”, Ordine degli Avvocati di Trento - Consiglio notarile distretti riuniti di Trento e Rovereto - Ordine dei dottori commercialisti e degli esperti contabili, Trento, April 5, 2019 Discussant within the session Nuove tecnologie e (in)certe risposte del diritto [New technologies and (un)certainty legal answers] at the “Giornate di studio - Le (in)certezze del diritto”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, January 17-18, 2019 La proposta di policy di UniTrento per l’apertura dei dati della ricerca [The proposal of UniTrento policy for the research data management], at the Conference “Not for Profit: the Role of Universities in Open Science”, held at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento, October 25, 2018 Pannel III. Open Source in de jure standardization, at the International Conference “Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment”, Bocconi University, Milan, September 28, 2918 Artificial Intelligence and Privacy in eHealth, at the Conference “Artificial Intelligence and Chronic disease management”, Palazzo della Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Trento, June 18-19, 2018 Privacy by design e by default nel nuovo Regolamento europeo [Privacy by design and by default in the new European Regulation], at the Conference “La riforma della privacy. Nuove sfide per la PA”, TSM, Trento, May 17, 2018 La privacy (sanitaria) nell’era dei Big Data: “collect first, ask later”? [Health data privacy and big data], at the I° Workshop Trentino Salute 4.0, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Povo (TN), October 27, 2017 Copyright and University, together with Prof. R. Caso, at the Workshop organized by Free University of Bozen, September 21, 2017 Chairman of the session Agriculture and Trade Agreements and speaker, together with R. Caso, on Strong Copyright vs Open Source, Open Access, Open Data: the role of Free Trade Agreements, at the Conference “Trade Agreement: a Hegemony of the West or the Past for Development?”, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing (China), May 19, 2017 Sanità elettronica e appropriatezza: alla ricerca della pietra filosofale [Appropriateness and e-health: looking for the philosopher’s stone], at the Conference “Dalla responsabilità alla responsabilizzazione: il percorso di cura tra medicina ed appropriatezza”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, December 16, 2016 Discussant at Biolaw Seminar on “Presentazione del libro ‘The Impact of Science and Technology on the Rights of the Individual’”, held by Prof. Nicola Lucchi, Jönköping University International Business School, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, November 28, 2016 Intellectual property and barriers for EU citizens in the view of the Digital Single Market, at the Conference “Barriers to the exercise of EU citizenship rights. Factual and legal analysis”, Beucitizen Project, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, May 12, 2016 Personal Health Records e profili giuridici: il ruolo attivo del paziente tra privacy e tutela della salute [PHR and legal issues], together with Dr. R. Ducato, at ICT DAYS, - 2016 edition, Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento, March 10, 2016 Il cielo è blu sopra le nuvole: cloud e sanità elettronica [Cloud and ehealth], at the Conference “Sicurezza e privacy dei dati sanitari nel cloud”, within the “European Cybersecurity Month”, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Povo, October 22, 2015 Teaching IP through comparative and L&T approach, at the “European Progress Conference 2015: dissemintaion of IP knowledge in Univeristies”, EPO Academy, Technische Universität Wien, Austria, October 20, 2015 Gestione della proprietà intellettuale e delle informazioni confidenziali attraverso il contratto [Management of IP and confidential information through the contract], Workshop at CubAct, Incubatore dell'Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, October 7, 2015 Copyright and Plagiarism, at the Joint seminar by Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and University of Trento “Train the Trainer - Seminar for PhD supervisors and PhD coordinators”, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, January 15, 2015 Consortium Agreement and Intellectual Property Rights within the European Union Research and Innovation Programme, at the International Seminar “New Perspectives of Copyright in Europe: Harmonization, Territoriality and New Technologies”, Bocconi University, Milano, November 14, 2014 La gestione condivisa dei dati sanitari nei servizi di telemedicina: l’esperienza del progetto NATHCARE [The shared management of health data within the telemedicine services: the NATHCARE project experience], at the XIV National Congress “Telemedicina e benessere del cittadino”, Associazione Italiana di Telemedicina ed Informatica Medica, at Bruno Kessler Foundation, Povo (Trento), November 6, 2014 Quo vadis, Privacy? Il diritto alla riservatezza nell'era digitale [The right to privacy in the digital era], together with Dr. R. Ducato, at the Conference “e-Business e e-Government: cosa ne è della nostra privacy?”, within the “European Cyber Security Month”, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Povo (Trento), October 28, 2014 Aaron Swartz e l’insensatezza della legge sul copyright [Aaron Swartz and the nonsense of copyright law], at the Comparative Intellectual Property Law Seminar, together with Prof. Roberto Caso (Università di Trento) and Prof. David Lametti (McGill University - Faculty of Law - CIPP), Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, May 15, 2014 Personal Health Records: aspetti giuridici [Personal Health Records: legal issues], together with Dr. Rossana Ducato, at the I National Workshop “Dal taccuino al PHR”, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Povo, March 20-21, 2014 Chairman at the “Intellectual Property” session of the Conference “Open Data in Transition: Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Regulatory Issues”, Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Trento, December 19, 2013 Ruolo dello Stato nella Rete. Privacy or security: is that the question? [The role of the State on the net. Privacy and security: is that the question?], at the Guest Lecture Series “DATAGATE: tra sicurezza, lotta al terrorismo e tutela dei dati personali”, Scuola di Studi Internazionali, University of Trento, Trento, December 4, 2013 Blue sky above the Cloud: challenges and chances for e-health, at the International Conference “Getting around the cloud(s) - Technical and legal issues on Cloud sevices”, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, Pisa, November 30, 2013 Valorizzazione IPR, tutela brevettuale e Open Innovation [IPR exploitation, Patents and Open Innovation], at the Third Intercompany Workshop “Green Innovation per PMI”, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Povo, June 17, 2013 IP issues and Valorization of the TreC Platform, at Workshop-Nathcare project “TreC project. A Personal Health Record System for Citizens. Project Overview, Security and Privacy Issues”, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, February 19, 2013 Valorizzare l’innovazione nell’ICT: la tutela del software [Software protection], seminar held at Confindustria Modena, Modena, February 7, 2013 Come costruire il Consortium Agreement per le problematiche della proprietà intellettuale nei Programmi Europei [How to draft Consortium Agreement with reference to the IPR issues within the European Project framework], at Workshop within ILO2 Project, ARTI-Agenzia Regionale per la Tecnologia e l’Innovazione, Foggia-Bari-Lecce, October 23-25, 2012 La titolarità del diritto d’autore in ambito accademico [Ownership of copryght within the academic context], at Giornata di studio on “Università, trasferimento della conoscenza e diritto d’autore dell’era digitale”, Conference of Rectors of Italian University, Roma, October 17-18, 2012 Intellectual Property Rights and Open Access, together with Prof. Roberto Caso, at Venice Workshop “Theoretical, methodological and skill development: advance level” (Marie Curie), Venezia, January 17, 2012 Fascicolo sanitario elettronico e protezione dei dati personali: il ruolo del paziente tra nuovi scenari ed antichi rapporti [Electronic Health Records and personal data protection: the role of the patientamond new scenarios and old relationships], at the ISH - International Security Hospital 2011, Roma, November 30, 2011 La privacy dei dati sanitari e genetici nel contesto digitale [Health and genetic data privacy in the digital context], at the Workshop BIOCRITTO 2011, Faculty of Sciences, University of Trento, Trento, October 17, 2011 Open Access to Legal Scholarship and Open Archives: Towards a Better Future?, at the Doctoral Workshop on Law and Technology, European University Institute, Firenze, June 1, 2011 Open Access to Legal Scholarship and Open Archives: Towards a Better Future?, at the Workshop “From Information to Knowledge – On line Access to Legal Information”, organized by Ittig-Cnr in collaboration with Festival d’Europa 2011, Firenze, May 6, 2011 La cybersecurity degli altri: appunti di diritto comparato [Cybersecurity and comparative law], at the Giornata di Studio “Cybersecurity - Protezione dell’informazione e sicurezza dello Stato”, Roma, February 9, 2011 Biobanks as Electronic Gatekeepers of Personal Health Data: Open Issues, at the International Conference “Comparative Issues in the Governance of Research Biobanks: Property, Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Role of Technology”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, May 7-8, 2010 I connettivi nel linguaggio giuridico: un’analisi applicativa [Connectives in legal languages: an application analysis], at the VIII Giornata REI - Rete di eccellenza dell'italiano istituzionale – “Le parole per dirlo: terminologie e normalizzazione linguistica”, Roma, November 30, 2009 Il fasciolo sanitario elettronico nelle esperienze europee: Francia ed Inghilterra [Electronic Health Records within the European experiences: France and United Kingdom], at the Seminar “Il fascicolo sanitario elettronico: tutele giuridiche e prospettive applicative”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento July 7, 2009 Electronic Health Record: Privacy and Security Issues, at the Doctoral Workshop on Law and Technology, European University Institute, Firenze, June 5, 2009 The Myth of Odin’s Eye: Privacy vs Knowledge, at the Conference “The Future of … Conference on Law & Technology”, European University Institute, Firenze, October 28-29, 2008 Privacy e fruizione della conoscenza scientifica [Privacy and access to scientific knowledge], at the Conference “Pubblicazioni scientifiche, diritto d’autore ed Open Access. Il punto di vista di ricercatori, editori e biblioteche”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, June 20, 2008 Analisi del drafting normativo e ricadute sul formante giurisprudenziale del Decreto Legislativo 9 ottobre 2002, n. 231 (“Attuazione della direttiva 2000/35/CE relativa alla lotta contro i ritardi di pagamento nelle transazioni commerciali”), at the V Giornata REI - Rete di eccellenza dell'italiano istituzionale, Roma, June 16, 2008 E-Government and On-line Services: Security and Legal Patterns, at the 1st International Conference on Methodologies, Technologies and Tools enabling e-Government, Camerino, September 27-28, 2007 Privacy and Security Measures in a Comparative Perspective, at the “Interdisciplinary Security Seminar”, Faculty of Sciences, University of Trento, Povo, April 3, 2007 Privacy, Data Protection, and Security in the Digital Age, at the “Interdisciplinary Security Seminar”, Faculty of Sciences, University of Trento, Povo, June 9, 2006 Animale urbano: tra leggi e consuetudini [Urban animal: between laws and customs], at the Secondo Convegno di Zooantropologia Urbana “Le città del possibile: la relazione uomo animale in ambiente urbano”, Trento, November 26 2005 Agenti software e sicurezza informatica [Software agents and information security], at the Convegno “Agenti software e commercio elettronico”, Faculty of Law, University of Bologna, Bologna, June 16-17, 2004 Scientific coordination and organization activities: Scientific coordinator (together with Veronica Maroni (APSS), Elisa Chizzola (APSS) and Luigi Rufo (Meyer of Florence)) of the Conference “Ricerca in sanità e protezione dei dati personali: scenari applicativi e prospettive future” [Research in healthcare and personal data protection: application scenarios and future prospects], held at the Interdepartmental Center of Medical Sciences (CISMeD), University of Trento, 29 September 2023 Scientific Coordination (together with Prof. R. Caso) of “Lawtech IT Seminars”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 2018-to date Scientific Coordination (together with Prof. R. Caso and Dr. G. Dore) of the Conference "Scienza Aperta e Dati Aperti nella ricerca biomedica. Open Science and Open Data in biomedical research”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 28 October 2022 Scientific Coordination (together with Prof. E. Ioriatti, L. Pes, A. Pradi) of the “Seminari di Sistemi giuridici comparati” [Comparative legal system seminars], Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 2022-23 Scientific Coordination (together with Prof. R. Caso and Dr. G. Dore) of the Conference “Not for Profit: the Role of Universities in Open Science”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 25 October 2018 Scientific Coordination (together with Prof. R. Caso and Dr. T. Margoni) of the “Comparative ICT Law Seminars”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, March-April 2017 Scientific Coordination (together with the Unitn Beucitizen Unit) of the Seminar “Barriers to the exercise of EU citizenship rights. Factual and legal analysis”, Beucitizen Project, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, 12 May 2016
	Other work
	Member of the Data Protection Committee of the University of Trento (from 2021) Member of the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Trento (from 2020) Member of the editorial board of the Biolaw journal - Rivista di biodiritto (from 2021) Participating as “expert” in the evauluation by the European Commission of project related to the calls HORIZON-HLTH-2023-IND-06-02 “Expanding the European Electronic Health Record exchange Format to improve interoperability within the European Health Data Space” (2023) and HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01 “Increased Cybersecurity” (2021). Reviewer for Health Policy and Technology and International Journal of Law and Information Technology and BioLaw Journal-Rivista di Biodiritto Co-supervisor (with Prof. R. Caso) of several JD students preparing their final dissertations Scientific coordinator (with Prof. R. Caso, and Dr. Giulia Dore) of the Conference “Not for Profit: the Role of Universities in Open Science”, held at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento, October 25, 2018 Scientific coordinator (with Prof. R. Caso and Dr. T. Margoni) of the “Comparative ICT Law Seminars”, heald at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento, March-April 2017 Scientific coordinator (with the Unitn Beucitizen Unit) of the Seminar “Barriers to the exercise of EU citizenship rights. Factual and legal analysis”, Beucitizen Project, held at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento, May 12, 2016 Member of the Qualifying Exam Commission of the Ph.D. School in Computer Science at the Department of Information Engineering and Computer, University of Trento, January 22, 2015 Scientific coordinator (with Prof. R. Caso) of the Conference “Pubblicazioni scientifiche, diritti d'autore ed Open Access. Il punto di vista di ricercatori, editori e biblioteche” [Scientific publications, copyright and Open Access. The point of view of researchers, publishers and libraries], held at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento, June 20, 2008