Program

The DPO Annual Conference is a 2 day virtual conference full of expert presentations and interesting debates.

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December 8 December 15

day 1 - Virtual

9:00
Keynote European Privacy Landscape
Olivier Micol, Head of Data protection unit in Dg Justice and consumers
9:30
The new Cyber Resilience Act
Christiane Kirketerp De Viron, European Commission
10:00
DPA ever evolving role in supporting data protection and privacy in Europe
Ventsislav Karadjov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Data Protection Authority
10:20
The new AI Act
Dragoş TUDORACHE, Member of the European Parliament, rapporteur for the Committee on Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
10:40
EDPB vision on creating a harmonised and consistent implementation of the GDPR across the EU
Isabelle Vereecken, EDPB
11:10
Cybersecurity and geopolitics, what role of the new NIS Directive (NIS2)
Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and shadow rapporteur of the NIS2 Directive
11:30
The GDPR certification in Luxembourg
Elena-Cristina Gerth, National Commission for Data Protection, CNPD
12:00
Lunch Break
13:00
The value of data in the EU’s regulatory framework
Christian D’Cunha, Acting Head of Cyber Coordination Task Force, DG Connect
13:40
How to Address Data Throughout Its Lifecycle and Implement Secure End-of-Life Practices
Fredrik Forslund, VP Blancco
14:20
International data transfers - challenges and solutions?
Dr. Kuan Hon, Of Counsel, Dentons; Member, UK International Data Transfer Expert Council
15:00
Securing data in the cloud
Volkmar Lotz, SAP and member of ENISA Ad-Hoc Working Group on Cloud Services
15:40
Data privacy in a post-quantum computing world
Prof. Bart Preneel, KULeuven
16:20
Data breach: what to do when, not if it happens
Brian Honan, BH Consulting
17:00
End DPO Annual Conference - DAY 1

day 2 - Virtual

10:00
Presentation of the DPOC activities and agenda for the remaining conference
Prof. Georges Ataya, Co-founder, DPO Circle
10:30
How to show your technical skills and knowledge in PRIVACY solution?
Egide Nzabonimana, President ISACA Belgium Chapter
11:00
The evolution of the scope of the DPO role: A code of deontology for DPO's
Saskia Monseur, Vice president, Dpo Pro
11:30
Privacy Threat Modeling: what, why, how, and what’s next
Dr. Kim Wuyts, Senior Privacy Researcher, Imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven
12:00
Lunch Break
14:00
The challenge: how to marry Europe’s push for ‘Open Data’ with ‘GDPR’ - Let’s see how it can be done
Prof. Lokke Moerel, member of the Dutch Cyber Security Council
14:30
Women @ privacy
Teresa Basile, EMEA Privacy Director, The Estee Lauder Companies
15:00
European AI Act impact: the case of Belgium
Kai Zenner, European Parliament
15:30
Privacy issues of smart devices
Andreea Lisievici, International privacy lawyer
16:00
Presentation of the available resources and forums for cooperation
Jan Leonard - Cyber Security Coalition & Patrick Soenen - DPO Pro, Georges Ataya - DPO Circle & Punit Bhatia - ISACA Belgium
16:30
Key takeaways from this year’s conference
Prof. Georges Ataya, Co-founder, DPO Circle
17:00
End DPO Annual Conference 2022

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