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Denas Grybauskas

Chief Governance and Strategy Officer @ Oxylabs

During the initial years of his career in global law firms and large corporate groups, Denas acquired extensive legal experience and business acumen. His skills and interest in the tech world allowed him to become one of the leading legal counsels in the data acquisition industry and the Head of Legal at Oxylabs, a global web intelligence collection platform.

Currently, Denas is Oxylabs’ Chief Governance and Strategy Officer, leading legal, risk, sustainability, and communication teams. Denas is also a global thought leader, providing commentaries to the media, and an educator, sharing his knowledge with students and professors at numerous prestigious universities, such as the University of Michigan. Additionally, he is a major voice of the Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative (EWDCI).

Is the Web Closing? What It Could Mean for Businesses, Journalists, and Researchers

In this panel, Krishna Sood will bring a perspective of how technological evolutions interact with existing AI policy frameworks and what this means for business strategy, Carl Miller will address the research side of information systems and digital threats, and Paul Bradshaw will discuss why access matters for journalism and accountability. Moderated by Denas Grybauskas, the conversation will examine where the biggest risks to open access are emerging, who is affected, and why the future of the open web matters for public good, journalism, and businesses.