Mark Lange is Senior Policy Counsel for the Microsoft EMEA Law and Corporate Affairs department.  He joined Microsoft in 1998 and is based in Paris.  Mark works on legislative and government policy issues relating to intellectual property, open source software, and competition across the EMEA region. 

Prior to joining Microsoft, Mark worked for the law firm of Covington & Burling in its Washington, D.C. and Brussels offices from 1989 to 1998.  His practice included general litigation, international trade, and intellectual property.

Mark is a native of Charlottesville, Virginia.  He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1981, and from Northwestern University Law School in 1989.

Paul Timmers, Head of DG Information Society - Unit eInclusion . Former Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Erkki Liikanen and Head of Unit, eGovernment Unit, DG INFSO, EC.
Paul H. Timmers is at the European Commission Information Society Directorate-General, Head of DG Information Society - Unit eInclusion. He has also been Secretary to the G8 Global Marketplace for SMEs, a global collaboration to promote electronic commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. He was a former Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Erkki Liikanen and Head of Unit, eGovernment Unit, DG INFSO.Before joining the European Commission, Paul Timmers was manager of a software development and product management department in a large multinational computer and telecommunications firm. Dr. Timmers holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands and an MBA from Warwick Business School in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Hariolf Wenzler is CEO of Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany). He studied Economics and Political Science at the University of Hohenheim and the Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, being awarded a joint diploma (Economics) and an MA (Political Science) and finished his doctorate degree at the Finance and Monetary Economics of Albert-Ludwig University. Freiburg.