MONDAY

Chairman’s introduction: Valuable Data, Priceless Privacy

• Stewart Dresner, Founder and Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business

Valuable Data, Priceless Privacy, Decaying Democracy

• Colin Bennett, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada
• Chair: Stewart Dresner, Founder and Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business

Surveillance and privacy at major public events: Balancing effective and proportionate uses of emerging technologies

• Brent Homan, Commissioner, Office of the Data Protection Authority, Guernsey
• Juliette Mazilier, Associate, Technology and Data Practice, A&O Shearman, France
• Sophie Nerbonne, Director for economic co-regulation, CNIL, France
• Chair: Jane Finlayson-Brown, Partner, A&O Shearman, UK

 Italy first in the EU to try to regulate AI

• Guido Scorza, Commissioner, The Garante, Italy
• Chair: Richard Cumbley, Partner, Linklaters, UK

Cross-regulatory cooperation: Collaborating at the intersections

• Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• John Edwards, Information Commissioner, ICO, UK
• Ulrich Kelber, Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, BfDI, Germany
• Denise Wong, Deputy Commissioner, Personal Data Protection Commission, Singapore
• Chair: Colin Bennett, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada

Tackling children’s issues from different angles

• Paul Lavery, Partner, McCann Fitzgerald, Ireland
• Timothy Ma, Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer, k-ID
• Rachel Masterton, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Data Protection Authority, Guernsey
• Chair: Brent Homan, Commissioner, Office of the Data Protection Authority, Guernsey

Mid-Atlantic Privacy Sets Sail: Interpreting and Enforcing Bermuda’s Personal Information Protection Act

• Alexander McD White, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda
• Chair: Helena Wotton, Consultant, Privacy Laws & Business

Synthetic Data as a Privacy-Enhancing Technology for Online Marketing

• Dr Mira Suleimenova, Director of Compliance and Legal, JENTIS, Austria
• Chair: Valerie Taylor, Consultant, Privacy Laws & Business

Optimising Data Monetisation Strategies Through the Use of PETs

• Susan Bingham, Group Data Protection Officer and Director of Information Assurance, The Guardian, UK
• Nicola Kerr-Shaw, Counsel - Cyber, AI, privacy and technology, Skadden, UK
• Eve-Christie Vermynck, Counsel - IP and Technology, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Skadden, UK
• Chair: Valerie Taylor, Consultant, Privacy Laws & Business

A Tale of Two Courts: Lessons in Data Protection from Strasbourg and Luxembourg

• Dr Orla Lynskey, Associate Professor, LSE Law School, UK, and Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Belgium
• Chair: Dr David Erdos, Professor of Law and Open Society, WYNG Fellow in Law, University of Cambridge, UK

Use of AI in Digital Health: Privacy Challenges and Mitigations

• Océane Bayrou, Senior Privacy Counsel – Privacy Leader EMEA, GE HealthCare, France
• Heather Deixler, Partner, Latham & Watkins, USA
• Chair: Danielle van der Merwe, Counsel, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, Latham & Watkins, UK

Can certification help provide a win-win-win for companies, regulators and individuals?

• Sébastien Ziegler, President, IoT Forum, and Chair, Europrivacy, Switzerland
• Sophie Nerbonne, Director for economic co-regulation, CNIL, France
• Colin Bennett, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada
• Chair: Efrain Castaneda Mogollon, Privacy Counsel Director, OneTrust, UK

TUESDAY

The Evolution of Privacy in the Age of the Digital Package – Building Out Your Compliance Programme

• Reena Patel, Head of Data Legal, EMEA, UBS, UK
• Geoff Smith, visiting professor for Digital Ethics and Trust, Loughborough University, UK
• Chair: Georgina Kon, Partner, Linklaters, UK

Efforts to Improve GDPR Cross-border Consistency and Consumer Protection

• Fernando Hortal Foronda, Digital Policy Officer, BEUC
• Elena Kazakevicius, Legal Officer, European Data Protection Board
• Karolina Mojzesowicz, Deputy Head, Data Protection Unit, European Commission
• Chair: Rosa Barcelo, Privacy & Cybersecurity Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Belgium

How the law is tackling online invasion of women’s privacy

• Michelle Ramsden, Senior Counsel, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Department of Justice, USA
• Claudia Berg, General Counsel, Information Commissioner’s Office, UK
• Chair: Rebecca Cousin, Partner, Slaughter and May, UK

Making sense of the different models of Standard Contractual Clauses around the world - Is there room for harmonization?

• Peter Kimpian, Secretary to the Committee of Convention 108, Council of Europe
• Denise Wong, Deputy Commissioner, Personal Data Protection Commission, Singapore
• Eduardo Ustaran, Partner, Hogan Lovells, UK
• Chair: Pablo Palazzi, Partner, Allende & Brea, and Law Professor, University of San Andres, Argentina

Training AI models while protecting privacy

• Cary Bassin, Senior Counsel, AI Privacy and Governance, OpenAI, USA
• Chair: Richard Cumbley, Partner, Linklaters, UK

Clearview wins appeal against £7.5m ICO fine, but AI firms are not in the clear

• Jeff Brown, General Counsel, Global Privacy Officer, TELUS International, USA
• Valentina De Giorgis, Associate General Counsel, TELUS International, Germany
• Chair: James Castro-Edwards, Counsel, Arnold & Porter, UK

Aligning your EU and UK GDPR strategies

• Sinead Connolly, Senior Privacy Lawyer, J.P. Morgan, UK
• Johannes Jördens, General Counsel, Data Privacy, Resideo, UK
• John Timmons, Partner, White & Case, UK
• Chair: Tim Hickman, Partner, White & Case, UK

Research with Health Data – The Quest for Harmonization

• Victoria Pérez Riu, Global Lead Counsel Data Privacy & AI, Takeda, UK
• Wojciech Wiewiorwski, European Data Protection Supervisor, European Data Protection Supervisor
• Chair: Kristof Van Quathem, Of Counsel, Covington & Burling, Belgium

Digital Sovereignty: Should European Policy Favour European Clouds?

• Christopher Millard, Professor of Privacy and Information Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Dr Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law, Professor of Information and Communications Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
• Chair: Dr Nora Ni Loideain, Director and Senior Lecturer in Law, Information Law & Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK

How to 'bake in' Data Protection and empower Privacy by Design

• Benjamin Dolan, Senior Data Protection Manager | Head of Privacy Operations, Deliveroo, UK
• Chair: Rachael Annear, Partner, Freshfields, UK

When a processor becomes a controller

• Eduardo Ustaran, Partner, Hogan Lovells, UK
• Sheena Varma, Chief Privacy Officer, Vice President/Senior Counsel & Risk & Compliance, American Express Global Business Travel, UK
• Chair: Mark Keddie, Chief Privacy Officer, SITA, Switzerland

The data protection implications of AI and similar technologies on healthcare in the EU and US

• Kate Colleary, Director, Pembroke Privacy, Ireland
• Sue Foster, Data Privacy Director, Global Clinical Solutions, AstraZeneca, UK
• Chair: Peter McLaughlin, Partner, Rimon, USA

The Art of Clarity: Practical Insights into Crafting Transparent Privacy Notices, DSAR Responses, and AI Explanations

• Adriana Collins, Senior Counsel, International Privacy, Paramount, UK
• Arnd De Weirdt, International Privacy Counsel & DPO EMEA, Randstad Sourceight, Belgium
• Heikki Tolvanen, Co-founder and Chief Legal Engineer, PrivacyDesigner, Finland
• Chair: Laura Brodahl, Senior Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Belgium

WEDNESDAY

Diversity by design and AI: A legal and operational framework for bias mitigation

• Thomas Salas, AI/ML Governance Lead, Verily, USA
• Chair: Rosie Nance, Senior Knowledge Lawyer, Norton Rose Fulbright, UK

Does the current legal & regulatory framework in the UK enable data-intensive scientific research or is reform needed?

• Alison Hall, Member of the Ethics Advisory Board, Our Future Health, and Senior Advisor (Humanities), PHG Foundation, UK
• Ellis Parry, Director, Data Privacy Compliance Solutions, UK
• Cassie Smith, Head of Legal, Trust & Ethics, Health Data Research UK, UK
• Chair: Konstantinos Kaouras, Data Protection Officer, Our Future Health, UK

EU strategy for data, its interplay with the bloc’s data protection regime and its competitiveness

• Dr Mira Burri, Professor of International Economic and Internet Law, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
• Kai Zenner, Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviserto Alex Voss MEP, European Parliament
• Patricia Vidal Martínez, Partner, Uría Menéndez, Spain
• Chair: Cecilia Alvarez, Director of Privacy Policy Engagement, Meta, Spain

Designing for cookie compliance in a changing landscape

• Sabrina Salhi, Chief Privacy Officer and DPO (UK & EU), Marsh McLennan, UK
• Fedelma Good, Data Protection & ePrivacy Consultant, Fedelma Good Consulting, UK
• Chair: Katie Hewson, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, UK

What to do about AI regulation – Cutting to the chase

• John Daley, Legal Counsel, Palantir Technologies, UK
• Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• Chair: Giles Pratt, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, UK

Understanding and evidencing trade-offs in data protection and related fields

• Tom Reynolds, Chief Economist, Information Commissioner’s Office, UK
• Chair: Laura Linkomies, Editor, Privacy Laws & Business