Diego Modonesi

OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office)

Diego Modonesi is currently Head of Sector in OLAF’s Trade and Customs Unit.
He has over 25 years of professional experience, primarily in the field of customs, both at the European and national levels. At EU level, he served as an investigator in customs and trade fraud for over six years and as an external auditor for the EU Common Agricultural Policy, focusing on export refunds, for a similar period.
At national level, he worked for the Italian Customs Agency in various offices — local, regional, and national.
He completed a PhD in European Fiscal Studies, jointly supervised by the Universities of Bologna and Louvain-la-Neuve, in 2012.

How to enter the event

 

  1. Click on the link that will be sent on the day of the conference

  2. It is recommended that you use Chrome web browser.

  3. Select an attendee ticket and click “join event”.

  4. You will be redirected to a sign-up page. Please create an account with the email address you have registered with and click sign-up. If you already have a Hopin account, please log in with your details.

  5. You have now entered the conference. On the left side of your screen, you will see different tabs:

Reception

is where you can find all the information about the conference (agenda, bio of speakers, schedule with timings etc.)

Stage

is where the main speeches and the panel discussion will happen.

Networking

for a better connection, we recommend you close any video call softwares of websites. During the breaks, you have the possibility to connect with other participants. You can do so in two ways:

Click on the Networking tab and you will be connected automatically with a fellow event participant who also wants to network.

Look for the person you want to connect with on the attendee list (this list can be found by clicking on "people" on the right side of your screen) click on the name of the person you would like to talk to and invite him/her for a video call.

How to ask a question to the panelists

Write your question on the event chat, the moderator will have it in front of her/him and will pick relevant questions to ask the speakers.