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Program

16 June 2025 - DAY 1 – Data Protection Foundations 101  

Keynote: The EU Digital Rulebook, Competitiveness and Innovation by Thibault Helleputte, CEO @DNAlytics. 

Governing Personal Data & Special Category Data in the AI Era - Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon and Michaël Van den Poel, VUB.

Panel: Which Legal Basis for AI Training and Deployment? - Pablo Rodrigo Trigo, VUB & Natascha Gerlach, CIPL.

Workshop: Sensitive Processing in the Workplace - Vincenzo Tiani, VUB 

 

17 June 2025- DAY 2 – Data Protection Foundations 201 

Trade Secrets, Non-Personal Data and Personal Data - Tomaso Fia, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen 

The Future of the Data Privacy Framework - Rowin Jansen, Radboud Universiteit 

Data Free Flow with Trust - Estelle Masse, European Commission and Giuseppe Bianco, OECD 

Workshop: The Duties of Data Controllers  - Nikolaos Theodorakis,  Wilson Sonsini 

 

18 June 2025 – DAY 3 – Market Fairness and Resilience   

Chapter II of the Data Act – Muhammed Demircan, Heidi Waem, and Simon Verschaeve, DL Piper Belgium.

The Cyber Resilience Act   - Claudio Teixeira, BEUC 

Panel: All About NIS 2 - Eyup Kun, KU Leuven and Sebastijan Cotura, ECSO 

Workshop: IoT Data Sharing - Barbara Lazarotto, VUB & Proximus 

 

19 June 2025 - DAY 4 – Ecosystem Sustainability 

Panel: Caring for the Youth - Janine Patricia Santos, EDRI & Mykyta Sobko, BEUC,  Desara Dushi, FPF. 

Systemic Risk Assessment under the DSA - Alexsandra Kuczerawy,  KU Leuven 

Risk Assessment under the AI Act - Gianclaudio Malgieri, Leiden Universiteit 

Meeting the European Commission - Discussing DSA & AI Act Enforcement 

SIDE EVENT: An Evening Tea at the EDPS 

 

20 June 2025 – DAY 5 - Comparative Outlook 

Deep Dive into Brazilian Law - Lucas Anjos, ANPD 

Deep Dive into UK Law - Henry Pierce, University of Portsmouth 

Deep Dive into Chinese Law - Wengong Li, Aston University 

Closing Keynote: AI, Big Data & Data Protection: The Legal Battleground - Hielke Hijmans, Belgian DPA