Dr. Marina Cugurra

Dr. Marina Cugurra

R&I Lawyer and Ethics Expert

S&D Consulting Europe

She is a lawyer specialised in the R&I projects, in particular in legal issues of new technologies and Information Society (e.g. AI, GDPR, data sharing,…), with a Ph.D. Degree at the “Telematics and Information Society” Ph.D. School in University of Florence. 

She is also an expert in ethical and societal themes related to ICT research and technological developments. She is serving as
independent Ethical Expert in European Commission and European Defense Agency. Consolidated experience in national, international and European projects. Scientific collaboration with CNIT (National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications) and CNR – ITTIG (Italian National Research Council, Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques). 

Co-chair of the Ethical and Legal Topic Group of the AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA, https://adrassociation.eu/) and Network Coordinator of the Horizon Europe Legal and Ethics Network (HELEN, https://www.helen-hub.eu/).