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

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- Catalysts for commencing inquiries
- Procedure in Investigations
- Co-operation with other Concerned Supervisory Authorities
- Recent Enforcement Trends

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

• Hannah Mayer, Senior Counsel, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Department of Justice, USA

• Michael McEvoy, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, Canada
• Carole Cadwalladr, Journalist, The Observer, UK
• Chris Wiley, Head of insight and emerging technologies, H&M, UK

• Clarisse Girot, Head, Data Governance and Privacy Unit, OECD, France
• Andras Molnar, Policy Analyst, OECD, France

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

• Ties Boonzajer Flaes, Senior Legal Counsel, Tencent, Netherlands
  
• Timothy Ma, Head of International Privacy and Data Protection, Tencent, Hong Kong

• Kevin Shepherdson, CEO, Straits Interactive, Singapore
• Edwin Conception, Country Head, The Philippines, Straits Interactive, The Philippines
• Dr Sarah Han, Head of Research, Straits Interactive, Malaysia
• Benjamin Shepherdson, Country Head, Malaysia, Indonesia and Islamic countries, Straits Interactive, Malaysia
• Alvin Toh, CMO, Straits Interactive, Singapore

• Ralph O'Brien, Principal, REINBO Consulting, UK

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

Taming PETs

• Katie Hewson, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, UK
• Sabrina Salhi, Head of Privacy and EU & UK DPO, Marsh McLennan, UK

• Jon Bartley, Head of Data Advisory, RPC, UK
• Laura Handford, Senior Counsel, Digital and Data Protection, Aviva, UK

• Edward Machin, Associate, Ropes & Gray, UK

• Dai Davis, Solicitor, Percy Crow Davis & Co, UK

• Haim Ravia, Partner, Chair of the Cyber, Privacy & Copyright Group, Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, Israel

• Richard Cumbley, TMT Partner, Global Head of TMT/IP, Linklaters, UK
• Plus company speakers

• Gail Crawford, Partner, Latham & Watkins, UK
• Fiona Maclean, Partner, Latham & Watkins, UK
• Karen Silverman, CEO and founder, The Cantellus Group, USA

• Alison Deighton, Director, HelloDPO, UK
• Jenai Nissim, Director, HelloDPO, UK
• Teodora Pimpireva Tapping, Head of Privacy, Bumble, UK

• Josephine Jay, Senior Associate, Goodwin, UK
• Boris Segalis, Partner, Goodwin, USA
• Plus company speakers

• James Clark, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, UK
• Andrew Dyson, Partner, DLA Piper, UK
• Claire Chapman, Head of AI Regulation and Governance, Office for AI, UK

Protecting minority privacy in diversity reporting

• Ardi Kolah, Doctorate Researcher, Queen's University Belfast, UK
• Matthew Bellringer, Director, Meangbit, &  Director, People Developing People, UK

• Dino Wilkinson, Partner, Clyde & Co, UAE

• Karishma Brahmbhatt, Counsel, Allen & Overy, UK
• Plus company speakers

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

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