The Privacy Symposium aims at promoting international dialogue, cooperation, and knowledge sharing on data protection regulations, compliance, and emerging technologies.

PRIVACY SYMPOSIUM provides a venue for data protection professionals, experts, authorities and researchers to meet and discuss:

Latest and upcoming changes in data processing regulations
International cooperation and convergence in data protection
Emerging technologies and data protection compliance
Future demands and needs for data protection compliance
Research and innovation in data protection and compliance

Privacy Symposium 2023

in Venice

17-21 April 2023

Workshop on Health Data Protection and Compliance on April 17

Some of our 2022 speakers

Andrea Jelinek

President of the European Data Protection Board, President of the Austrian Data Protection Authority

Guido Scorza

Member of the Board of the Italian Data Protection Supervisory Authority

Paul Nemitz

Principal Advisor in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission

Katherine Harman-Stokes

Acting Director of US Department of Justice Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties

Wojciech Wiewiórowski

European Data Protection Supervisor

Fumio Shimpo

Keio University, Commissioner PPC Japan

Ulrich Kelber

Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information at BfDI

Attila Péterfalvi

President of the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Catherine Lennman

Swiss Data Protection Authority

Steve Wood

Deputy Commissioner at ICO

Isabelle Servoz-Gallucci

Head of the Data Protection Unit at Council of Europe

Alessandra Pierucci

Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 at Council of Europe

Peter Kimpian

Data Protection Unit at Council of Europe

Julie Brill

Chief Privacy Officer and Corp. Vice President, Global Privacy and Regulatory Affairs, Microsoft Corp

Vinton G. Cerf

Father of the Internet and Vice-President of Google

Audrey Plonk

Head of the Digital Economy Policy (DEP) Division of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) OECD

Joe Jones

Deputy Director for International Data Transfers at Culture, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

David Stevens

President of the Belgian Data Protection Authority

Roberto Cascella

Senior Policy Manager at ECSO

Joann O’Brien

Vice President, Digital Ecosystems, TM Forum

Luca Bolognini

President of the Italian Institute for Privacy

Yuri van Steenwijk

President of the International Board of ELSA

Kari Laumann

Head of Section for Research, Analysis and Policy & Project Manager for the Regulatory Sandbox at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority

Gwendal Le Grand

Head of Activity for Enforcement Support and Coordination at EDPB

Marie-Louise Gächter

Head of Data Protection Authority of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Conor Hogan

Global Practice Director – Data Governance at Digital Trust Consulting Services, BSI Group

Urszula Góral

Director of the International Cooperation and Education Department at the Polish Personal Data Protection Office

Latif Ladid

President of IPv6 FORUM

Thomas Hahn

President of BDVA

Laure Le Bars

President of QuiC

Anand Rao

Global Artificial Intelligence Lead at PwC

Tomaso Falchetta

Global Policy Lead at Privacy International

Estelle Massé

Senior Policy Analyst and Global Data Protection Lead at Access Now

Fabrice Naftalski

Global Head of Data Protection Law Practice at Ernst & Young Société d'Avocats

Paolo Balboni

Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at ECPC within the Maastricht University

Cécile Théard-Jallu

Partner at De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, Vice-Chair of the Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Committee

Rob van Eijk

Managing Director for Europe at Future of Privacy Forum

Eva Fogelström

Director of the Security Research Department within Ericsson Research

Antonio Skarmeta

CTO of OdinS, Professor at University of Murcia

Sébastien Ziegler

President of the IoT Forum and European Centre for Certification and Privacy

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Administration and Communication Partners

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.