Several members of the Access Now staff will be participating in the 11th international Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP) conference in Brussels, Belgium, which takes place 24-26 January 2018. We look forward to connecting with you!
Every year, CPDP brings together stakeholders from all over the world. International and national policy makers, regulators, academics, computer scientists, legal practitioners, industry representatives, activists, consultants, and tech journalists convene at Les Halles Scharbeek. Participants leave their laptops behind to exchange ideas, discuss, and debate emerging issues and trends in data protection, privacy, information technology, and the law.
As in previous years, Access Now will be an active contributor! We will be there to discuss everything from the privacy issues hiding in Lava lamps (and other Internet of Things devices), to the implications of broad surveillance mandates, the changing environment for Artificial Intelligence, the relationship between civil society and data protection authorities, and our insights on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how it will be applied.
Our staff will be there debating, moderating, and co-organizing various panels together with other associations, organizations, and participants… we invite you to follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!
Here’s a guide to where you can find us at — and around — CPDP:
**** Privacy Camp ****
Tuesday, 23 January
Monitoring illegal content online: notice and action procedures
Staff: Fanny Hidvégi (@infofannny)
Time : 10:45 – 11:25
Location: Université Saint-Louis, Boulevard du Jardin botanique 43, 1000 Brussels
Rooms: Auditorium 3 & 4, Salle du Conseil
Speakers: Maryant Fernández Pérez, EDRi, Fanny Hidvégi Access Now
Moderation: TBD
Staff: Lucie Krahulcova (@nomadiclucie)
Time: 13:00 – 14:30
Location: Université Saint-Louis, Boulevard du Jardin botanique 43, 1000 Brussels
Rooms: Auditorium 3 & 4, Salle du Conseil
Speakers: Ton Siedsma, Bits of Freedom – Félix Tréguer, La Quadrature du Net – Fukami, Computer Chaos Club – Fabio Pietrosanti, Hermes Center – Katitza Rodriguez, Electronic Frontier Foundation – Luis Fernando Garcia, R3D – Lucie Krahulcova, Access Now – Maria Paula Angel, De Justicia
The use of AI by public authorities : Re-imagining the digital public sphere
Staff: Estelle Massé (@EstelMP)
Time : 17:15 – 17:45 (Session 2)
Location: Université Saint-Louis, Boulevard du Jardin botanique 43, 1000 Brussels
Rooms: Auditorium 3 & 4, Salle du Conseil
Speakers: Varoon Bashyakarla, Tactical Tech – Frederike Kaltheuner, Privacy International – Estelle Masse, Access Now – Jay Stanley, ACLU
Moderation:Maryant Fernández Pérez, EDRi
Strip-searching the internet: upload filters and generalised monitoring of communications
Staff: Melody Patry (@melodypatry)
Time : 16:15 – 17:45 (Session 2)
Location: Université Saint-Louis, Boulevard du Jardin botanique 43, 1000 Brussels
Rooms: Auditorium 3 & 4, Salle du Conseil
Speakers: Melody Patry, Access Now, Glyn Moody, journalist, Anni Hellmann, Unit I4, DG CNECT at the European Commission, Slavka Bielikova, Open Rights Group, Barbora/Gabrielle, Article 19
Pub quiz at the Privacy Camp after party
Staff: Lucie Krahulcova
Time : 19.30 onwards
Location: Smouss Bar, 112 Rue du Marché au Charbon – 1000 Bruxelles
**** 11th CPDP Conference 2018****
Wednesday, 24 January
GDPR implementation: The countdown to 25 May 2018
Staff: Fanny Hidvégi
Time: 11.45 – 13.00
Location: Grande Halle, Rue Royale-Sainte-Marie 22, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Speakers: Jan Albrecht, MEP- Renate Nikolay, DG Just – Mark Cole, University of Luxembourg – Eric Miraglia, Google
Moderator : Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Digital Europe
Chair : Fanny Hidvegi, Access Now
Privacy platform law enforcement access to e-evidence: challenges & risks
Staff: Estelle Massé
Time: 13.00 – 14.15
Location: Petite Hall, Rue Royale-Sainte-Marie 22, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Speakers: John Frank, Microsoft – Estelle Massé, Access Now – Karsten Behn, Working Party 29
Moderation: Sophie In’t Veld, MEP
Thursday, 25 January
Can citizenship of the target ever be a justified basis for different surveillance rules?
Staff: Amie Stepanovich (@astepanovich)
Time: 8.45 – 10.00 AM
Location: Grande Halle, Rue Royale-Sainte-Marie 22, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Speakers Peter Swire, Georgia Institute of Technology – Joseph Cannataci, UN Special Rapporteur – Thorsten Wetzling, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung – Mario Oetheimer, Fundamental Rights Agency
Moderator: Amie Stepanovich, Access Now
DPAs and NGOs: opponents or allies?
Staff: Fanny Hidvégi
Time : 10.30 – 11.45 AM
Location: Area 42 Grand, Rue des Palais 46, 1030 Brussels, Belgium
Speakers: Willem Debeuckelaere, Belgian Privacy Commission – Fanny Hidvegi, Access Now – Peter Schaar, European Academy for Freedom of Information and Data Protection – Katarzyna Szymielewicz, Panoptykon Foundation
Moderation: Ivan Szekely
Privacy, advertising, and trust: Can we have it all?
Staff: Estelle Massé
Time: 16.00 – 17.15
Location: Petite Halle, Rue Royale-Sainte-Marie 22, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Speakers: Catherine Armitage, World Federation of Advertisers – Laura Dornheim, AdBlock Plus – Mathilde Fiquet, FEDMA – Estelle Massé, Access Now
Moderator: Jennifer Baker, EU tech policy reporter
Friday, 26 January
Staff: Lucie Krahulcova
Time: 14.15 – 15.30
Location: La Cave,Rue Royale-Sainte-Marie 22, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Speakers:Ana-Maria Fimin, DG Connect – Ailidh Callander, Privacy International – Leonie Tanczer, PETRAS IoT Hub – Chris Gow, CISCO
Moderator: Lucie Krahulcova, Access Now