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*A big thank you to the 180+ participants who joined us at this event.

A selection of pictures taken at the event can be found here.

If you wish to become involved in the 2018 edition of this event, please contact anne-lise.simon@forum-europe.com / +44 (0) 2920 783 023.

Timed with six months left before the GDPR enters into force in May 2018, Brussels' premier annual data privacy gathering, now in its 8th year, discussed the challenges and opportunities that had arisen during the implementation period of the regulation, as well as explored more broadly the future of data protection and privacy in Europe post 2018, in the context of technological innovation and global political developments. 

Speakers include

Vera Jourova

Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality

European Commission

Giovanni Buttarelli

European Data Protection Supervisor

EDPS

Urmas Reinsalu

Minister of Justice

Republic of Estonia **

Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin

Chairwoman

CNIL and Article 29 Working Party **

Andrea Jelinek

Director

Austrian Data Protection Authority

Nicole Jones

Senior Law Enforcement & Security Counsel

Google

Marc Joye

Fellow & Security Technologist

NXP Semi-Conductor

Bruno Gencarelli

Head of Unit International data flows and protection DG Justice

European Commission

Rosa Barcelo

Deputy head of Unit (DG CNECT Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy Unit

European Commission

Boris Wojtan

Director of Privacy

GSMA

Caroline Goemans-Dorny

Data Protection Officer

Interpol

Ilias Chantzos

Senior Director, Government Affairs EMEA & APJ

Symantec

Birgit Sippel

MEP & Coordinator of the S&D Group in the LIBE-Committee

European Parliament

Fanny Hidvegi

European Policy Manager

Access Now

Jeremy Rollison

Director of EU Government Affairs

Microsoft

**via video presentation

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Topics discussed at the event included:

• Data Protection and Privacy: What’s next?
• Protecting Privacy: Facilitating international trade
• Protecting Privacy: Facilitating law enforcement cooperation
• Implementation and compliance with the GDPR in a digitally transformed society -  Beyond 2018
• Data-Protection in the Smart City ecosystem
• The ePrivacy Regulation: An appropriate regulation for an innovative digital ecosystem?
• Data Protection and Privacy: A fundamental right for users, a myriad of opportunities for developers

Who attended?

 

For more details about speaking and sponsorship opportunities for next years' event please contact Anne-Lise Simon anne-lise.simon@forum-europe.com / +44 (0) 2920 783 023