2023 Conference Programme

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 Conference Programme

Speakers and sessions confirmed as at 23 March 2023 but changes are possible.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Sunday 2 July 2023

Time  
16.00 to 17.45

Registration

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?

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

09.30

Who’s watching us on the street?
How Clear Channel 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

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

Privacy in the gaming industry

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

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

Chair: Slaughter and May, UK

14.45

EU Update: Digital Services Act, ePrivacy Regulation, Digital Markets Act and AI Act

15.30 Tea – Sponsored by DENTONS
15.55

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

Taming PETs:
Benefits and potential use cases of synthetic data and federated learning

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

AI and privacy risks in the financial sector continued...

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

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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

Making privacy an essential global brand value

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

09.40

Facebook Cambridge Analytica: What's changed?

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

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: Stewart Dresner, Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business

More Info
11.00 Coffee – Sponsored by DENTONS
11.25

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

12.05

Planning how AI will help Finland’s DPA assess thousands of complaints and data breaches

  • Anu Talus, Data Protection Commissioner, Finland

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

12.15

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

How Mexico’s regulatory framework facilitates Data Free Flow with Trust Worldwide

  • 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

Who is looking after your dating data?

Chair: Alison Deighton, Director, HelloDPO, 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

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

 

Dealing with de minimis compensation claims

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

Chair, Motion and Speakers to be announced

A new conference feature this year is 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

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

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

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

09.35

UK’s plans for the regulation of AI

10.15

The UK data protection reform and its impact on companies

11.00 Coffee – Sponsored by DENTONS
11.20

The ICO’s supervision strategy working in practice: Challenges, trends and patterns

  • Stephen Bonner, Deputy Commissioner, Regulatory Supervision, ICO, UK
More Info
12.00

Update on the UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

  • Speakers from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, UK
13.00 Lunch – Sponsored by FRESHFIELDS
14.00

Parallel Session 1

Parallel Session 2

Parallel Session 3

Protecting minority privacy in diversity reporting

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

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

Data Across Borders:
Navigating a Patchwork of Laws and a Fragmented Internet

  • James Wong, Associate, Tech / Digital, Clifford Chance, UK

How much should you logically spend on GDPR compliance?

  • Dai Davis, Solicitor, Percy Crow Davis & Co, UK
15.30 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 choir of St John’s College at St. John’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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