Speakers
At our Summit, we welcomed an exciting and inspiring list of speakers from across our membership, civil society, business and governments. Explore our line up below to learn more about each speaker.
Our Summit 2019 highlights report is now available
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Helena Leurent
Director General
Consumers International
Ana Catarina Fonseca
Director General
Consumer Directorate-General of Portugal
Pedro Siza Vieira
Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and of Economy
Government of Portugal
João Torres
Secretary of State of Consumer Protection
Government of Portugal
Gisela Serafim
Head of Unit
Consumer Directorate General of Portugal
Sandra Passinhas
Co-Director of the Center for Consumer Law Studies
University of Coimbra
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Sónia Lapa de Passos
Head of Department of Consumer Communication
Consumer Directorate-General of Portugal
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Rita Hagl-Kehl
Parliamentary State Secretary
German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
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Ed Venmore-Rowland
Senior Policy Adviser, IoT Security
UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)
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Taylor Bentley
Policy Advisor for Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Government of Canada
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Toshikazu Okuya
Director
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), Japan
Claudia Lima Marques
Professor of Private International Law
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
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Lea Auffret
Senior Trade Policy Officer
BEUC
Sadie Homer
Consumer Policy Manager
British Standards Institute
Erin Turner
Director of Campaigns and Communications
CHOICE
Laura Best
Professor
Nelson Mandela University
Ashley Boyd
Vice President, Advocacy & Engagement
Mozilla
Maria Lúcia Leitão
Head of Banking Conduct Supervision Department
Central Bank of Portugal
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Nada Nehme
Vice President
Consumers Lebanon
Paulo Fonseca
Head of Legal and Economic Department
DECO
Teresa Sofia Castro
Post-doctoral researcher
Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Ana Neves
Director of the Department for the Information Society
Foundation for Science and Technology Portugal
Helena Martins
Public Policy Manager
Alexandre Nilo da Fonseca
President
ACEPI
Naomi Scott-Mearns
Sustainable Consumption Manager
Consumers International
Helio Mattar
President and Chief Executive Officer
Akatu Institute for Conscious Consumption
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Sung Ki MOON
Director General
Korea Consumerm Agency
Danilo Pérez Montiel
Consumer Defence
Centre for Consumer Defence, El Salvador
Saroja Sundaram
Director - Consumer Protection
Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG)
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Carlos Ayala
General Director
Collective Defense of Telecommunications Adhesion Contracts, PROFECO
Marta Rangel
Communications Specialist
martarangel.com
Luís Silveira Rodrigues
Vice-President
DECO
Carina Törnblom
Directorate General for Justice & Consumers, Consumer Affairs
European Commission
G C Rout
Secretary, Dept of Consumer Affairs
Government of India
