Elio Machado Neto is an Associate at Zeidler Group and a European Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence (EMILDAI) graduate. He has volunteered as Research Associate at the Policy and Quality Assurance Unit of the Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA). Elio joined in the DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster in September 2025 as co-editor of The Comparative Digital Law Blog.