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Sunday 2 July 2023

Time  
16.00 to 17.45

Registration in the Divinity School

18.45

Drinks
First Court. All welcome

19.30

Dinner in the Wordsworth Room
First Court. Pre-booking required as spaces are limited

21.00 to 22.30

St John’s College Bar

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Monday 3 July 2023

Time Session
08.00 to 08.45 Breakfast in The Buttery
08.00 to 17.00 Registration in the Divinity School
09.15

Chairman’s introduction: Who’s Watching Me?

09.30

Making privacy an essential global brand value

Data and privacy: balancing growth with ethics in a fast-growing industry

Chair: Stewart Dresner, Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business

10.15

AI in the Metaverse:
The challenges with Generative AI and other problems of the future

Chair: Gail Crawford, Partner, Latham & Watkins, UK

11.00 Coffee – Sponsored by DENTONS
11.30

Consistent GDPR enforcement by aiding cooperation between national DPAs

Developing GDPR processes to make them more effective

  • Anu Talus, Data Protection Commissioner, Finland

Chair: Laura Linkomies, Editor, Privacy Laws & Business Reports

12.15

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

How data portability empowers users when re-using personal data across digital services and platforms

Chair: Claudia Berg, General Counsel, ICO, UK

Privacy in the gaming industry

  • Timothy Ma,  Head of International Privacy and Data Protection, Tencent, Hong Kong
  • Newton Yiu, Senior Legal Counsel, Tencent, Hong Kong
  • Calum Docherty, Associate, Latham & Watkins, UK

Chair: Ashley Winton, Partner, Mishcon de Reya, UK

13.00 Lunch – Sponsored by FRESHFIELDS
14.00

EU-US Data Privacy Framework and its implementation; Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities

  • Bertrand du Marais, Commissioner for International Affairs, CNIL, France
  • Hannah Mayer, Senior Counsel, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Department of Justice, USA

Chair: Rebecca Cousin, Partner, Slaughter and May, UK

14.45

EU Update: Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, AI Act and Data Act

Chair: Professor David Erdos, Professor of Law and Open Society, WYNG Fellow in Law, University of Cambridge, UK

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15.30 Tea – Sponsored by DENTONS
15.55

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

Who is looking after your dating data?

Chair: Alison Deighton, Director, HelloDPO, UK

AI and privacy risks in the financial sector:
Consequences for companies and directors

  • Susan Bennett, Principal, Sibenco Legal & Advisory, & Founder, InfoGovANZ, Australia
  • Dr Zofia Bednarz, Lecturer, University of Sydney Law School, Australia

Chair: Simon Elliott, Partner, Dentons, UK

16.35

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

The Age Appropriate Design Code Crosses the Pond:
Keeping Pace with Kids’ Data Regulation

Chair: Josephine Jay, Senior Associate, Goodwin, UK

Planning how AI can help DPAs and others assess enquiries, complaints and data breaches

Chair: Anu Talus, Data Protection Commissioner, Finland

17.15 Close
18.00 Social Programme
Guided tours of Cambridge or St. John’s College Gardens or The Old Library, St. John’s College
18.45 Drinks, Chapel Court – Sponsored by SLAUGHTER & MAY
19.30

Dinner in the Hall

With a performance by The Guildhall Jazz Singers, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

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Tuesday 4 July 2023

Time Session
08.00 to 08.45 Breakfast in The Buttery
08.00 to 17.00 Registration in the Divinity School
09.00

Who’s watching us on the street?
How Clear Channel Outdoor balances privacy and commercial objectives

  • Jane Hunt, Senior Privacy Counsel, Clear Channel International, UK
  • Andy Stevens, Chief Data Officer, Clear Channel International, UK

Chair: Stewart Dresner, Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business

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09.40

Facebook Cambridge Analytica: What's changed?

Chair: Michael McEvoyInformation and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, Canada

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10.20

How Ireland’s Data Protection Commission conducts inquiries and investigations and takes decisions

  • Seán Hurley, Decisions and Corrective Powers, Legal Unit, Data Protection Commission, Ireland

Chair: Rachael Annear, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, UK

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11.00 Coffee – Sponsored by DENTONS
11.30

Data protection at the sharp end:
What is it like challenging regulatory decisions?

Chair: Richard Cumbley, TMT Partner, Global Head of TMT/IP, Linklaters, UK

12.15

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

How does Mexico’s regulatory framework facilitate the global free flow of data with trust?

  • Luis Ricardo Sánchez Hernández, General Director of Regulations and Consultations, National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information, and Personal Data Protection, Mexico

Chair: Eduardo Ustaran, Partner, Hogan Lovells, UK

Taming PETs:
Benefits and potential use cases

Chair: Katie Hewson, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, UK

13.00 Lunch – Sponsored by FRESHFIELDS
14.00

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

GDPR and its impact on new data protection laws in Asia:
Adaptation or Adoption

Chair: Michael McEvoy, Chair, Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) Governance Committee, and Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, Canada

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The Evolution of the Data Lawyer:
Navigating the swirl of regulation in practice

Chair: Karishma Brahmbhatt, Counsel, Allen & Overy, UK

14.45

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

Developments in the Middle East

Chair: Helena Wootton, Correspondent and Data Lawyer, Privacy Laws & Business

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Dealing with de minimis compensation claims

  • Edward Machin, Associate, Ropes & Gray, UK
  • Alex Lawrence-Archer, Solicitor, AWO Agency, UK

Chair: Professor David Erdos, University Lecturer in Law and Open Society, WYNG Fellow in Law, University of Cambridge, UK

15.30 Tea – at the Cambridge Union, Sponsored by DENTONS
16.00

Debate at the Cambridge Union

Motion: This House believes that the EU GDPR is, in practice, a protectionist trade instrument.

  • Chair: Dr Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and Of Counsel, Baker McKenzie, UK
  • Proposer: Dr Ulrich Wuermeling, Visiting Professor for Privacy and Data Protection law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and Counsel, Latham & Watkins, Germany/UK
  • Seconder for the motion: Tatiana Kruse, Of Counsel, Dentons, UK
  • Opposer: Dr Orla Lynskey, Associate Professor, LSE Law School, UK, and Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Belgium
  • Seconder against the motion: Alexander Dittel, Partner, Wedlake Bell, UK

New feature for 2023 - a formal debate at the historic Cambridge Union Society where the Debating Chamber is modelled on the House of Commons in Westminster.

17.00 Close
18.00 Social Programme
Punting on the River Cam, River Court
18.45 Drinks, Lower River Court – Sponsored by LINKLATERS
19.30 Dinner in the Hall

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Wednesday 5 July 2023

Time Session
08.00 to 08.45 Breakfast in The Buttery
08.00 to 14.00 Registration in the Divinity School
09.00

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

Data Innovation in Financial Services:
Privacy Challenges and Mitigations

  • Laura Handford, Senior Counsel, Digital and Data Protection, Aviva, UK
  • Janet Lane, Global Head of Data Legal, UBS, UK

Chair: Jon Bartley, Head of Data Advisory, RPC, UK

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From blocker to builder:
Bridging the gap between a low and high maturity organisation

Chair: Stewart Dresner, Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business

09.40

UK’s plans for the regulation of AI

Chair: Andrew Dyson, Partner, DLA Piper, UK

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10.20

The UK data protection reform and its impact on companies

Chair: Asélle Ibraimova, Counsel, Reed Smith, UK

11.00 Coffee – Sponsored by DENTONS
11.25

Update on the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and International Transfers

  • Elisabeth Stafford, Data Protection Reform, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, UK
  • Sam Roberts, Team Lead, International Data Flows, Assessments, Tools and Mechanisms, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, UK

Chair: Marcus Evans, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, UK

13.00 Lunch – Sponsored by FRESHFIELDS
14.00
Roundtable 

Reporting on diversity and inclusion metrics working within GDPR constraints

Chair: Helena Wootton, Correspondent and Data Lawyer, Privacy Laws & Business

More Info
14.45

Roundtable

How much should you logically spend on GDPR compliance?

Chair: Dai Davis, Solicitor, Percy Crow Davis & Co, UK

Outcomes
16.00 Close and Tea

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Social Programme

Day Time  
Sunday 18.00 Organ Recital

St. John’s College Chapel

  18.30

Choral Evensong
The choir of St John’s College at St. John’s College Chapel

  18.45

Drinks
First Court. All welcome

  19.30

Dinner in the Wordsworth Room
First Court. Pre-booking required as spaces are limited

  21.00 to 22.30 St John’s College Bar
     
Monday 18.00 to 18.45

Cambridge Guided Walk
A qualified guide from See Cambridge Differently will lead participants to some of the historic highlights of Cambridge close to St John’s College.
Limited to 20 people. Please add your name to the list at the conference registration desk

    Or
  18.00 to 18.45

Guided Walk of St John’s College Gardens
Limited to 20 people. Please add your name to the list at the conference registration desk.

    Or
  18.00 to 18.45

Visit to The Old Library, St. John’s College
Limited to 20 people. Please add your name to the list at the conference registration desk

  18.45

Drinks - Sponsored by Slaughter and May
Chapel Court

  19.30 Dinner in The Hall
  21.00 to 00.00 St John’s College Bar
     
Tuesday 18.00 to 18.45

Punting on the River Cam
Lower River Court
Free chauffeured punts on a first come first served basis.

  18.30

Evensong
The choirs of St John’s College and King's College in King's College Chapel

  18.45

Drinks - Sponsored by Linklaters
Lower River Court

  19.30 Dinner in The Hall
  21.00 to 00.00 St John’s College Bar

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