#pco24: The programme is now online
The programme of the Privacy Conference is online! Check it out to preview the key discussions shaping this year’s conference on 9 & 10 October 2024.
According to a recent Bitkom survey, 80% of companies using AI view data privacy violations as the most significant risk. The need for businesses to approach AI deployment with a strong emphasis on compliance is urgent.
In light of these challenges, the #pco24 will focus on how companies can effectively utilize AI while staying compliant with data protection law. We will take a 360° approach to cover all fields of regulatory development and dive into key areas such as international data transfers, GDPR enforcement and the latest advancements in privacy-enhancing technologies.
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Our top speakers 2024
Didier Reynders
A father of four, Didier Reynders was born in Liège on 6th August 1958. In 1981, he obtained a degree in law at the University of Liège. Guest lecturer at the universities of Liège and Louvain, he has never really left the academic life until he became on 1th December 2019 European Commissioner for Justice. After presiding the Belgian railways and the Belgian Airways Agency, he was elected Deputy Chairman of the PRL (Liberal party), before becoming a Member of Parliament in 1992.
On 12th July 1999, he became Minister of Finance (until 6th December 2011) and, on 18th July 2004, (concurrently) Deputy Prime Minister (until 30th November 2019). He was Chairman of the Mouvement Réformateur (liberal party alliance) from 11th October 2004 until 14th February 2011.
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs from 6th December 2011 until 11th October 2014.
He became Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, in charge also of Federal Cultural Institutions, on 11th October 2014 (until 30th November 2019). He was also Minister of Defense from December 2018 to November 2019.
Since 1th December 2019 he is European Commissioner for Justice, in charge notably of Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights (including data protection) and Consumer Protection.
Dr Des Hogan
Dr Des Hogan was appointed as Commissioner for Data Protection and Chairperson of the Irish Data Protection Commission in February 2024. Prior to that he was Assistant Chief State Solicitor in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor in the period 2015-2024. He served as Acting Chief Executive in the Irish Human Rights Commission in 2007 and from 2012 to 2014. He previously worked for the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and for Amnesty International in Australia and its International Secretariat in London. A solicitor by profession, Dr Hogan was awarded a Masters in European Law from University College Dublin and a PhD in Philosophy of Law from Trinity College Dublin.
Prof Dr Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider
Prof Dr Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider has been Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information since September 2024. She previously held the Chair of Civil Law, Data Economy Law, Data Protection, Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. She studied law in Bremen, obtained her doctorate and habilitation in Freiburg and subsequently held professorships in Cologne and Passau. As Director, she heads both the Institute for Commercial and Economic Law at the Faculty of Law and Political Science and the Centre for Medical Data Usability and Translation (ZMDT). She was also involved in the founding of the Data Institute under the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Homeland (BMI).
Margo Steiner
Margo Steiner is VP Global Privacy Policy at adidas. Previously, she was Chief Data Privacy Officer at CompuGroup Medical (CGM), a leading e-health company, and responsible for customer data protection at Zalando. In 2010-2014, she headed the Department of Analysis and Public Communication at the Polish Ministry of Digitalisation and was an advisor on digital strategy in the office of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Margo studied law in Hanover, Madrid and Berlin, is admitted to the bar in Germany and holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University. Main areas of specialisation: Global privacy, data regulation, AI regulation, legal framework for digital transformation.
Marco Kaiser
As CTO of ZEIT ONLINE, Marco Kaiser is running software development and operations for the online news portal www.zeit.de and other online products since 2013. He became a member of the executive board for ZEIT Online GmbH in 2019. He is also responsible for Producing, Technical Audience Management and Data Protection. Before, he worked at various international and national startups as Head of Product, Director of Engineering, and CTO.
Meike Kamp
Meike Kamp was elected as the new Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in October 2022. Between 2010 and 2019, the lawyer already worked at the authority in the field of data protection, media and freedom of information. From 2005 to 2010, she worked at the Independent Centre for Data Protection in Schleswig-Holstein. Before her election, Meike Kamp worked as a meeting representative in the Federal Council for the Bremen State Representation in Berlin.
