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Francesca Micheletti is a Senior Competition Correspondent at Politico Europe in Brussels. Previously, she was a director at FGS Global, where she advised on merger control and competition. She also led EMEA merger control coverage at PaRR and dealreporter. Francesca holds a background in Media and Communication Studies and Journalism, along with a Master’s in EU Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe. Her earlier experience spans roles in newswires, daily newspapers, PR agencies, and the European Commission.

An economist by training, Alberto Bacchiega joined the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition in 2000. He has since then held a number of positions enforcing State aid and merger control in the telecoms, financial, pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. Since November 2021 he has been leading the directorate ‘Information, Communication and Media’ of DG COMP, which covers also the implementation of Digital Market Act.

Francesco Sciaudone is the founding and global managing partner of Grimaldi Alliance. He is, inter alia, the coordinator of Grimaldi Alliance's European and antitrust law department. He assists on a regular basis financial institutions, public entities, large corporations, in both judicial and extra-judicial matters.

Prof. Dagmar M. Schuller is CEO and Co-Founder of audEERING, the innovation leader in AI-based audio analysis. With more than 25 years of experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital strategy, she is a recognized expert in digital transformation and the human-centered application of voice-based AI. Her focus lies on using intelligent audio technologies to improve everyday life – from healthcare and robotics to AR/VR systems.

Since May 2021, Schuller has served as a member of the Plenum of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria (IHK), Germany’s largest IHK. In June 2021, she was elected Vice President of the Chamber. Her work focuses on innovation, new technologies, technology transfer, and data economics. Additionally, she is Deputy Head for Political Affairs at the Bavarian Chapter of the German AI Association (KI Bundesverband e.V.), where she advises public institutions and companies on ethical, economic, and strategic questions around AI.

Schuller holds an engineer’s degree in information technology, a Master’s in international management and business informatics from Vienna University of Economics and Business and New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, and a law degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich with a specialization in IT law.

Marc Lemaître studied at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Bruges (College of Europe) and holds a Master in European Economics. He brings 25 years of profound experience in European Affairs, both in the European Commission and in the diplomatic service of Luxembourg. 

Between 1996 and 2006, he worked in the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union, dealing with budgetary, trade and general affairs issues. He joined the Commission in 2007 as Head of the private office of Regional Policy Commissioner, Danuta Hübner, and then her successor, Paweł Samecki. Between 2010 and 2013, he led the private office of Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski. Between 2013 and 2016, he managed, as Director, the Office for Administration and Payment of individual entitlements (PMO). Between 2016 and January 2023, he was Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO). 

Since February 2023 he is Director-General for Research and Innovation (RTD)