The Privacy and Data Governance Symposium (also known as the “Privacy Symposium”) aims at promoting international dialogue, cooperation, and knowledge sharing on data governance, regulatory compliance, and innovative technologies.
With over 300 authorities and experts sharing their perspectives, the PRIVACY SYMPOSIUM provides a venue for data governance professionals, experts, authorities and researchers to meet and discuss:
- Latest and upcoming changes in data processing regulations
- International cooperation and convergence in data governance
- Emerging technologies and regulatory compliance
- Future demands and needs for data compliance
- Research and innovation in data governance and compliance
Enhance your skills through deep dive in sessions with authorities and experts, and receive certificates of attendance that facilitate DPO’s compliance with training and updating obligations under Art. 38 GDPR.
Privacy Symposium
in Venice
20-24 April 2026
Featured speakers 2026
Andrew N. Ferguson
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Anu Talus
European Data Protection Board Chair
Magnus Brunner
EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration
Bojan Božović
Minister of Justice Montenegro
Ana Brian Nougrères
UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Privacy
Beatriz de Anchorena
Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 and AAIP Director
Philippe Dufresne
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Assita Kanko
Member of the European Parliament
Michael McNamara
Member of the European Parliament
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament
Alexandra Geese
Member of the European Parliament
Axel Voss
Member of the European Parliament
Martin Chungong
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Secretary-General
Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior
Brazil Data Protection Authority (ANPD) Director President
Immaculate Kassait
Kenya Data Commissioner
Sirpa Rautio
Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
Zdravko Vukić
EDPB Deputy Chair; Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency Director
Pasquale Stanzione
Italian Data Protection Supervisory Authority (GPDP), President
Marie-Laure Denis
CNIL President
Olivier Micol
European Commission, DG JUST, Head of Data Protection Unit
John Henry D. Naga
Privacy Commissioner Philippines
Luciano Hounkponou
APDP Benin President
Paula Meira Lourenço
Portuguese Data Protection Authority, President
Aleid Wolfsen
Dutch Data Protection Authority, Chair
Matthias Schmidl
Austrian Data Protection Authority Commissioner
Helga Thórisdóttir
Data Protection Commissioner Iceland
Arnold E. Kavaarpuo
Data Protection Commission Ghana, Executive Director
Ignasi Belda
AESIA Director General
Jelena Virant Burnik
Information Commissioner of Slovenia
Andreas Hartl
BfDI, Deputy Commissioner
Mirosław Wróblewski
Polish Data Protection Authority, President
Lela Janashvili
Georgia Personal Data Protection Service, President
Ian Deguara
Malta Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Eric Leijonram
Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, Director General
Dijana Šinkūnienė
Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate, Director
Dragoljub Reljić
Agency for Personal Data Protection Bosnia and Herzegovina, Director
Thomas Fuchs
Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Brent Homan
Commissioner, ODPA Guernsey
Paul Vane
Jersey Information Commissioner
Alain Herrmann
Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD), Commissioner
Luca Bolognini
Italian Institute for Privacy, President
Sébastien Ziegler
Privacy Symposium Chair
Full List of Speakers
See the full list of speakers of the Privacy Symposium
Our Priority Objectives
Knowledge Sharing
Dialogue and Cooperation
Enhance Data Protection Compliance
Official Sponsors & Partners 2025
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Administration Partners 2025
The secretariat of the conference is provided by the foundation Mandat International, with the support of the Italian Institute for Privacy (IIP), Archimede Solutions, IoT Lab, and Dunavnet.
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