May 26th, 2011 Hugo Roy -- Résumé Economic Law student at Sciences Po Contact Information: Hugo Roy Email: hugo at hugoroy dot eu 152 rue de la Phone: (+33)608 741341 Rianderie, Home.: http://hugoroy.eu/ 59700, Marcq-en-Barœul, FR Professional Objective: Currently a law student at Sciences Po, I am seeking an internship position that allows me to utilise my knowledge of Free Software and interact with stakeholders on legal issues of Information Technology. Availability: August 2011 - August 2012 Education: Master 2 in Intellectual Property Law Sciences Po Law School, Paris, http://master.sciences-po.fr/droit/en/node/28 2012/2013 I am the co-founder of the Cyberlaw Project at Sciences Po Law School since 2010. My work is supervised by Pr. Michel Vivant, director of the Intellectual Property Master. Master 1 in Economic Law Sciences Po Law School, Paris, http://master.sciences-po.fr/droit/en/node/28 2010/2011 The Sciences Po Law School curriculum provides students with a firm handle of fundamental concepts of law, a deep comprehension of their theoretical underpinnings, and a clear understanding of their practical implications. Lectures taken in Master 1 * Droit des obligations (French Contract & Tort Law), Pr. Christophe Jamin * Conflict of laws & cross-border litigation, Pr. Horatia Muir-Watt * Corporate and Finance Law, Pr. Bruno Dondero, Mrs Katrin Deckert * Economic Law of the EU, Pr. Imola Streho & Dr. Juli Baquero Cruz * Competition Law, Pr. Dany Cohen etc. Bachelor in political studies Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris 2007/2008 → 2009/2010 Sciences Po is a highly selective University with an academic focus that spans not only political studies but also human and social sciences, law and economics. Baccalauréat (French primary education diploma) Economics and Social science, Summa Cum Laude June 2007 19/20 in Philosophy and Mathematics Professional Experience: Assistant to the President, Internship Free Software Foundation Europe, Berlin, http://fsfe.org September 2009 → June 2010 FSFE is an non-profit and charitable organisation dedicated to Free Software. Since 2001, it creates general understanding and support for software freedom in politics, law and society-at-large. Policy work at the European and United Nations level. Policy analysis, preparing briefings for the President. Participation in FSFE’s delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organisation, liaising with government delegations and non-governmental organisations. Independent, efficient and effective work in a dynamic, high- pressure environment. Support on both substance and logistics to FSFE’s Freedom Task Force, including the world’s largest network of legal experts on Free Software. Development and execution of PR campaigns. Blogging in English and French, public speaking, web design, translation work. Publications: * EIFv2: Tracking the loss of interoperability, with Karsten Gerloff, March 2010, FSFE, http://fsfe.org/projects/os/eifv2.en.html Publications * Free Software, Free Society: Of Democracy and Hacking, November 2009, blogs.fsfe.org, http://blogs.fsfe.org/hugo/2009/11/08 (translated into French by Framablog) Achievements: * Organised successfully the Legal & Licensing Workshop in Amsterdam gathering legal experts in the fields of Free Software and more generally in the area of copyright, patents and trademarks. → www.fsfe.org/projects/ftf/legal-conference.en.html * Coordination of “Document Freedom Day” a global campaign raising awareness on Open Standards, with several local activities. → www.documentfreedom.org/2010/ * Participated in a global debate on Web Standards for videos and the issue of patents licenses (about WebM, Theora v. H264/AVC) Voluntary Commitments: Member of the General Assembly Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. March 2011 → March 2013 I was elected by the fellows of the FSFE to be the Fellowship rep- resentative at the General Assembly. Co-founder Digital Freedoms Association, Paris, http://libertesnumeriques.net September 2008 → Present Officially recognised by Sciences Po, we raise awareness amongst students and unions on digital stakes, including software freedom, which we have been promoting within the university. We also developed relationships with the university, including the Medialab. Achievements: * Organised a seminar: "What is the Internet?" with Benjamin Bayart, telecommunications expert, president of French Data Network, http://www.fdn.fr * Organised an introduction to Free Software for students. Secretary and Projects Coordinator, Association Nainwak, France, http://www.nainwak.org 2007 → December 2010 Nainwak is an association of free web games. I am the webmaster and I lead our “Going mobile” project. Achievements: * Coordinated 7 times our participation to the Paris video-games festival, http://www.festivaldujeuvideo.com/. * Administration and edition of the website Languages: * French: mother tongue * English: fluent * German: basic References: Dominique Boullier - dominique.boullier at sciences-po.fr Professor, Scientific director of Sciences Po médialab. Karsten Gerloff - gerloff at fsfe.org President, Free Software Foundation Europe Technology strategist, researcher, policy expert, leader of Europe's most active and well-respected Free Software organisation. Hugo Roy's direct supervisor during his internship with FSFE. Matthias Kirschner - mk at fsfe.org German Coordinator and Community Coordinator, Free Software Foundation Europe Diploma in Politics and Management, interacting with politicians, civil servants, entrepreneurs, journalists, and software developers on Free Software issues. Worked with Hugo Roy on public awareness, European policy issues. Enjoyed discussing philosophical software issues with him. Personal Data: Date of Birth: March 3rd 1990 Nationality: French Passions & Addictions: Frank Zappa, Edgard Varèse, Salvador Dalí, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Vladimir Nabokov, Franz Kafka. Coffee, milkshakes. http://hugoroy.eu/cv/