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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dear all, <br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">In case you are travelling to Brussels to attend CPDP, this week, I would like to invite you to our session on <strong>CyberBRICS: challenges and opportunities for data protection in the BRICS</strong>, tomorrow, Friday 1st February, at 16:00 CET. The session will kick-off our new<strong> CyberBRICS Project</strong> (<a style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.cyberbrics.info/" target="_blank">http://www.cyberbrics.info/</a> ) with a debate on the recent (r)evolutions regarding privacy and data protection in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, featuring some of the CyberBRICS team members. See <span style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;"><a style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.cpdpconferences.org/cpdp-panels/cyberbrics-challenges-and-opportunities-for-data-protection-in-the-brics" target="_blank">https://www.cpdpconferences.org/cpdp-panels/cyberbrics-challenges-and-opportunities-for-data-protection-in-the-brics</a></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 12pt 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">I would also like to thank all those in this list who applied for the CyberBRICS fellowship, inviting those who were not selected to apply to the next edition of the fellowship, and seizing the opportunity to introduce the first <strong>CyberBRICS fellows</strong> that will be at FGV Law School between February and October, conducting research on data protection and cybersecurity frameworks in the BRICS: </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 45.75pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -27.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"><span>•<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Ian Brown</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, CyberBRICS visiting professor (6 weeks) </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 45.75pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -27.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"><span>•<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Anja Kovacs</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indian fellow)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 45.75pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -27.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"><span>•<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Sagwadi Mabunda</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"> (South African fellow)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 45.75pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -27.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"><span>•<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Daniel Oppermann</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"> (Brazilian fellow)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 45.75pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -27.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"><span>•<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Andrey Shcherbovich</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"> (Russian fellow)</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">I would also like also to express gratitude to the <strong>CyberBRICS Advisory Board</strong> members, listed below, for their support and precious help in selecting the research fellows</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Evandro Carvalho</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, FGV Law School & Academy of BRICS Laws at Southwest University, Chongqing</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Hannah Draper, </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Open Society Foundations</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Benedicto Fonseca Filho</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Alison Gillwald</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance University of Cape Town </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Elonnai Hickok</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Centre for Internet and Society </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Alexey Ivanov</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Higher School of Economics, Moscow</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Bruno Ramos, </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">International Telecommunication Union </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Sergio Suchodolski</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, New Development Bank</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Shen Yi</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Fudan University </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Finally yet importantly, I would also like welcome the first <strong>CyberBRICS Associated Scholars</strong>:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Sunil Abraham</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Center for Internet and Society</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Bruno Bioni</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, University of São Paulo </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Enrico Calandro</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Research ICT Africa </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Abhik Chaudhuri</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Tata Consultancy Services</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;">Danilo Doneda</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;">, Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público (IDP)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Ivar Hartmann</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, FGV Law School</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Tatiana Indina</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: black;" lang="EN-US">Center for New Media and Society</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Yong Liu</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Hebei Academy of Social Sciences</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Marcelo Thompson</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, University of Hong Kong</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Anri van der Spuy</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">, Research ICT Africa</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">If you have any questions or if you are working in the areas mentioned above and want to join the CyberBRICS Associated Scholars, please drop me a private message.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">I hope to see as many of you as possible in Brussels this week</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">All the best</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Luca </span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Luca Belli</strong>, PhD </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV <span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">Rio de Janeiro</span> Law School </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: 8pt;">Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2<br /></span></div>
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