Evelina KurgonaitÄ—

Secretary General, Fair Standards Alliance

Evelina KurgonaitÄ— is the Secretary General at the Fair Standards Alliance – a Brussels-based association that advocates fairer licensing of standardised technology in the development and rollout of the IoT. MsKurgonaitÄ— previously served as Head of Policy Strategy and Legal Counsel at Samsung Electronics in Brussels. She has 15+ years of experience in EU & competition law and public affairs. Having spent seven years in private practice – including at Sidley Austin and Morrison Foerster – Ms KurgonaitÄ— established and managed the European arm of global news service PaRR, part of the Financial Times group at the time. Sheholds LL.M from Helsinki University and MA from King‘s College London. Ms KurgonaitÄ— is the founder and chair of Women AT (W@) – a platform that connects and promotes women professionals around the world.