Conference Programme

As Jersey Information Commissioner, Paul is accountable for the overall leadership of the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner and is ultimately answerable for any issue relating to it. He is responsible for strategic planning and ensuring that the operations of the office meet with the JOIC’s vision and strategic goals. An important part of Paul’s role is to ensure that the JOIC is a trusted, supportive and informative regulatory authority, enforcing the law where necessary and proportionate to do so. Paul leads JOIC’s external relations, dealing with representatives from businesses, governments and NGOs, both locally and internationally. Part of his role is to create a greater awareness of Jersey and data protection in Jersey within the international community.

Paul has extensive experience in the regulatory and law enforcement environment and held the position of Deputy Commissioner between 2004 – 2021. Between January and August 2018 Paul was Acting Information Commissioner, during which time he oversaw the implementation of Jersey’s current Data Protection legislative framework. Paul led the organisation through this landmark transition, building the capacity of the office to be a fit-for-purpose data protection authority. Paul is responsible for promoting awareness of the law, its principles and the obligations upon controllers and processors as well as the rights of individuals in respect of their personal information.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Social Policy and Criminology and sits on the Executive Committee of the Global Privacy Assembly. He is also Chair of the GPA Working Group on Data Sharing for the Public Good, and host of this year’s 46th Global Privacy Assembly Annual Conference.

Josefina Román Vergara holds a law degree from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, a Master’s degree in Corporate Law from the Universidad Anáhuac and a PhD in Law from the Centro de Estudios de Posgrado en Derecho. In public service, she has held various management positions in different areas of the Government of the State of Mexico and at the federal level in the Tax Administration Service. She was appointed Commissioner of the Institute for Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data of the State of Mexico and Municipalities, where she was also elected Commissioner President. She was elected as the First Coordinator of Guarantor Bodies of the Federal Entities of the National System of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data. She was the first Technical Secretary of the Executive Secretariat of the Anti-Corruption System of the State of Mexico and Municipalities. She has been a professor for many years in different public and private institutions and currently continues to teach at the Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She was designated by the Senate of the Republic as Commissioner of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data, for the period 2019 – 2026; where she heads the Permanent Commission of International Affairs.

Deputy Kirsten Morel is Jersey’s Minister for Sustainable Economic Development. He was first elected as Deputy of St Lawrence and sworn into office on 1st June 2018. He was appointed as Assistant Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture on 27th November 2020, serving until 12th July 2022, then re-elected as Deputy of St. John, St. Lawrence and Trinity and sworn into office on 27th June 2022.

Nikolas is a global futurist speaker and Chief Futurist that mentors top executives and the highest levels of government to explore desirable futures, anticipate unforeseen risks, and strengthen strategic planning.

He has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 400 leading organisations at the frontline of futures, strategy and disruption – including NASA, Disney, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, WM, JP Morgan CHASE, VISA, TD Bank, American Express, AtkinsRéalis, Thales Group, BISCI, ISACA, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, US Department of State, UK Home Office, United Nations, and many more.

Nikolas’ essential research has been featured by the BBC, VICE, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Business Insider, Forbes, Sunday Telegraph and many others.

Elizabeth brings significant experience spanning 15 years as a data protection regulator, notably as Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, and later as the UK Information Commissioner, for which she was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2019 Honours list for Protecting the Data of UK Citizens.

During her role as Information Commissioner for the UK, Elizabeth oversaw the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act (2018).

Elizabeth is committed to making digital technologies and data work for the benefit of society and has demonstrated a focus on the essential role data protection can play in innovation. Presently Elizabeth is an International Advisor to Baker McKenzie’s Data and Tech practice and serves on the Board of 5Rights – a non-profit advocating for children’s privacy and safety online.

Teki is Senior Partner at Nsiah Akuetteh & Co. a law firm  based in Accra, Ghana that specializes in information technology and telecommunication law in Africa. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Africa Digital Rights Hub LBG, ‘ a think and action tank’ on digital rights issues in Africa. She was the first Executive Director to set up the Data Protection Commission of Ghana and facilitated the implementation of Ghana’s Data Protection Act until her exit in July 2017.

Teki is an IT and Telecom’s lawyer whose work for two decades spans, privacy and data protection, technology, data governance, digital economy, cybersecurity, child online safety across various African countries. She had also previously worked for the Government of Ghana in the development of several key legislation for the ICT sector including the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843), Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775) and Electronic Transactions Act, 2012 (Act 772); and worked in various capacities with bodies such as the World Bank, EU, GIZ, ECOWAS and the African Union.

She  was  a member of the UN Global Pulse Privacy Advisory Group; the Data Governance Committee of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence; and  a member of advisory committee for the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners and the 45th Global Privacy Assembly.

She holds an LLM in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow – Scotland and a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Political Science from the University of Ghana (Legon), Accra – Ghana.

Teki is also an ardent advocate of the environment and loves to spend pastime with family. When she is not with family you are bound to see her with her dogs, traveling, gardening, cooking, exercising and dancing.

Boniface de Champris is Senior Policy Manager at the Computer & Communications Industry Association’s Brussels office, responsible for CCIA’s advocacy in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). Boniface previously worked for a public affairs agency on both EU and French digital policy files (such as content moderation, data flows, data protection, and platform liability) for a wide range of clients. De Champris has a master’s degree in European interdisciplinary studies from the College of Europe, a master in French and German law from the University of Paris Nanterre, as well as an LLM from the University of Potsdam. Boniface also holds an executive master in law and artificial intelligence from the Brussels School of Competition.

Miriam Wimmer is a Director of the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority – ANPD. She holds a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Brasília and a Master’s Degree in Public Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. She is a professional civil servant since 2007, with experience in senior positions in the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Communications, and the national telecommunications regulator, Anatel. She is also a Professor of Law at IDP-Brasília and a guest lecturer on digital law and personal data protection at several other institutions.

Cari leads Microsoft’s Privacy, Accessibility, and Regulatory Affairs team, and guides the company’s efforts in privacy and data protection policy, regulatory, and legal issues globally. Microsoft technology underpins the world’s digital transformation, and she is passionate about building a strong privacy culture that drives responsible innovation and respectful data use. Cari is experienced in advising organizations of all sizes on privacy and data protection law and governance, with emphasis on artificial intelligence, enterprise cloud, and online consumer services. Cari received her undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and her Juris Doctorate from Seattle University School of Law.

Douglas Kruger is a multiple award-winning speaker, viral content creator and author of several bestselling books, published by Penguin Random House.

He has been inducted into the Professional Speaker Association’s ‘Hall of Fame’ for excellence in his craft. He writes regular columns for the Jersey Evening Post and Guernsey Business Brief. Douglas speaks on themes around leadership and intergenerational wealth.

Paul has in depth knowledge and experience of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), having been a civil servant with the Dutch Data Protection Authority when this was first proposed, and thereafter being heavily involved in the implementation, from a local and international law enforcement perspective.

Within the Article 29 Working Party, Paul was coordinator on the subgroup on Borders, Travel & Law Enforcement and was secretary of what is now the Global Privacy Assembly.

Paul currently works as Data Protection Lead at Catawiki, a Dutch online marketplace for special objects. He is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at Maastricht University’s European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity, lecturing on a range of topics from the fundamentals of privacy and data protection law to accountability, international data transfers and ePrivacy. He is co-host of the Serious Privacy podcast.

Advocate Davida Blackmore is a leading figure in Jersey’s data protection and freedom of information landscape.

Having trained at a magic circle offshore firm as a litigator and then as a partner at a boutique local firm focusing on data protection and employment matters, Davida ventured into solo practice in 2019, concentrating on tailored services in data protection and information law. With a distinctive focus on these areas, she brings a wealth of experience to her work and is ranked by the Legal 500 as the local Leading Individual in this area.

As a speaker, trainer, and advisor, Davida is highly sought-after in local circles. She frequently engages with local businesses, government bodies, and tech entrepreneurs on regulatory compliance practices and advises a wide array of clients from law firms and high-net-worth individuals to large organisations, charities, and regulatory bodies.

She has worked with the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner since circa 2006, helping it to navigate the introduction of key pieces of legislation such as the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 and the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 (including advising on proposed local legislative reform) and has been involved in the majority of the key local cases in this area.

Davida is also the Chair of Jersey’s Mental Health Review Tribunal and she is actively leading reforms to improve the tribunal’s offerings, ensuring more effective protections for individuals facing mental health challenges.

This unique blend of regulatory expertise and focus on mental health positions Davida as a key voice in the dialogue around data sharing in this sensitive area and her expertise has earned her recognition as a local expert in navigating the complex intersection of privacy, data protection, and the protection of vulnerable individuals, offering an important perspective on how we can better protect those at risk while fostering ethical and compliant data practices.

Alvaro Bedoya was sworn in May 16, 2022 as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.

Commissioner Bedoya is especially interested in how the FTC can help people living paycheck to paycheck. He spends as much time as he can meeting with small business owners, working people, and community leaders in rural and urban America.

Before his confirmation, Commissioner Bedoya founded the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law and also helped establish the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy as its first chief counsel. In these roles, he helped pass laws to stop the abuse of face surveillance technology and the unrestricted sharing of people’s information with national security and law enforcement agencies. Much of his work on privacy focuses on its importance to unpopular religious and ethnic minorities. His essay on the subject, “Privacy as Civil Right,” is featured in textbooks used in U.S. law schools.

A naturalized citizen born in Peru, Bedoya co-founded the Esperanza Education Fund, the first status-blind college scholarship for immigrant students in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and worked as a field researcher for the International Labor Organization’s Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labor, where he wrote exposés on debt bondage and other forms of forced labor in South America. He practiced law at Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, and served on the non-profit boards of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia and CASA.

Bedoya graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served on the Yale Law Journal and received the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He lives in Rockville, Maryland with his wife, Dr. Sima Bedoya of Louisiana, a pediatric psychologist.

European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) since December 2019.
Adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk. He was among others adviser in the field of e-government and information society for the Minister of Interior and Administration, the Director of the Informatisation Department at the Ministry of Interior and Administration. He also represented Poland in committee on Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (the ISA Committee) assisting the European Commission.
The Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data (Polish Data Protection Commissioner) 2010-2014 and the Vice Chair of the Working Party Art. 29 in 2014. In December 2014, he was appointed Assistant European Data Protection Supervisor. After the death of the Supervisor – Giovanni Buttarelli in August 2019 – he replaced Mr. Buttarelli as acting EDPS.
His areas of scientific activity include first of all Polish and European IT law, processing and security of information, legal information retrieval systems, informatisation of public administration, and application of new IT tools (semantic web, legal ontologies, cloud, blockchain) in legal information processing.

Dan has worked on projects connecting mental health and financial services for two decades. He has lived experience of bipolar disorder and several neurodivergences. He was also co-convenor of the Futures Thinking Research Network at Oxford University, where he has a day job in the Linguistics faculty. Dan is a Director of WhatWeNeed.Support, a Community Interest Company that curates lists of support needs in conversation between industries and communities. He is also CEO of Rogue Interrobang, helping people develop creative solutions to wicked problems, based on techniques from his academic research and experience as the 5 times Creative Thinking World Champion.
Most recently, Dan co-authored a series of policy guides on data sharing principles for the Money and Mental Health Policy Unit, and an academic article on the way social narratives can include or exclude disabled people for the Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies in Heidelberg.

Bojana is the President of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), a preeminent global privacy and data policy think tank in London, Washington, DC, and Brussels. Bojana works with global business and technology leaders, regulators, policy and law makers to shape global data policy and practice and develop thought leadership and best practices for privacy and responsible data use. Politico nominated Bojana in its inaugural 2021 Tech28 list of top people influencing digital policy in Europe and beyond. In 2019 Bojana received the IAPP Vanguard Award, which recognizes privacy professionals for outstanding leadership, knowledge and creativity. With over 25 years of experience in privacy and data policy and compliance, including former global privacy head at Accenture for 12 years, she sits on several industry and regulatory advisory boards and panels, including Mercedes-Benz Advisory Board for Integrity and Sustainability and the UK Government’s Expert Council for International Data Flows.

Andy Phippen is a Professor of Online Harms at the Bournemouth University. Starting his career in an AI research lab in the 1990s, he has specialised in the use of ICTs in social and ethical contexts and the intersection with legislation for over 20 years, carrying out a large amount of grass roots research on issues such as attitudes toward privacy and data protection, internet safety and contemporary issues such as sexting, peer abuse and the impact of digital technology on wellbeing. He has presented written and oral evidence to parliamentary inquiries related to the use of ICTs in society, is widely published in the area and is a frequent media commentator on these issues.

Emily Keaney, Deputy Commissioner, Regulatory Policy, is responsible for overseeing the ICO’s policy work programme, both domestically and internationally, as well as leadership of the policy profession. Emily also provides ET support and oversight for the work of the ICO’s economic analysis directorate and research function, as well as overseeing the ICO’s children’s privacy strategy.

Emily has had a long career in policy, strategy and research in a wide variety of regulatory and public policy contexts, including previous roles at the UK Regulators’ Network, Ofcom and the Institute for Public Policy Research. She has a strong interest in policy, current affairs and history and when not at work can generally be found reading history books and listening to history and current affairs podcasts.

Anu Talus has served as the Finnish Information Commissioner since autumn 2020. She is the Head of the Office of the Information Commissioner (TSV) and the Chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

Prior to her work at the IMY, Talus served as Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Justice for over ten years. At the Ministry of Justice she led the implementation of the GDPR in Finland and acted as representative of the Finnish government in the EU GDPR negotiations. Talus has also worked at the European Commission as Seconded National Expert.

Talus holds a Doctor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Vaasa.

Jade Nester is Director, Data Public Policy, Europe at TikTok. She leads a team of European public policy subject matter experts within the European government relations and public policy team. Before joining TikTok, Jade worked as Director, Consumer Policy, at the GSMA, a trade association representing mobile network operators worldwide. Before GSMA, she advised clients on compliance with privacy and data protection laws and regulations at Promontory Financial Group, an IBM company.
Between 2006 and 2014, Jade held a number of roles within the U.S. government, including Senior Advisor for Internet Policy at the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and Director, Internet Public Policy at the State Department. She worked on international Internet public policy issues, including privacy and cross-border data flows.
She is an IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy, holds the CIPP/E/G and CIPM certifications, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Marie-Laure Denis graduated from the Institut d’études politiques of Paris in 1988 and is a former student of the École nationale d’administration (“Condorcet” promotion). She has devoted 20 years of her professional career to regulation within independent administrative authorities.

Member of the Council of State, she began her career in government in 1990, serving as a member or director of local authority or ministerial cabinets.

In 2004, Marie-Laure Denis became a member of the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (now Arcom) until 2011, when she joined the Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (Arcep), also as a member of the College, until 2017. She was also a member of the sanctions committee (CORDIS) of the Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) from 2017 to 2019.

Marie-Laure Denis, Councillor of State, is Chair of the CNIL since 2 February 2019.

As President and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), J. Trevor Hughes leads the world’s largest association of privacy and AI governance professionals. Trevor has appeared at SXSW, RSAC and other privacy and technology events. He has contributed to media outlets such as the New York Times, TechCrunch and WIRED. He has provided testimony on issues of privacy, surveillance and privacy-sensitive technologies before the U.S. Congress, U.S. Federal Trade Commission and British Parliament. Trevor received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his Juris Doctor from the University of Maine School Of Law, where he is an adjunct professor and member of the Law Foundation Board.

Christopher Hodges OBE is Emeritus Professor of Justice Systems, and Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford University. He has a global reputation in regulatory and dispute resolution systems, advising governments, regulators, judiciary, ombudsmen, and businesses around the globe.

He is Chair of: UK Government’s Regulatory Horizons Council; the Advisory Board of the government compensation schemes for Post Office Horizon victims; and the Housing and Property Redress Group. He is a member of the Civil Justice Council’s Third Party Funding Working Group. He is a founder of the International Network for Delivery of Regulation. He has held a Chair at Erasmus University, and Visiting Chairs in Beijing, Leuven and ANU Canberra; he has been a Fellow of the European Law Institute.

As Senior Director, Data Privacy at the GSMA, Noriswadi Ismail (Noris) serves as global lead, expert and thought leader on data protection and privacy issues and as primary point of contact for all GSMA advocacy related questions and developments. He’s also representing GSMA externally with government, regulators, and other key stakeholders to advance GSMA policy positions and influence policymakers and regulators globally in all privacy and data protection issues (including but not limited to the intersection between AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, IoT, edge and quantum computing).

Prior to the GSMA, Noris spent 9 years as a regional compliance, technology policy, and regulatory affairs counsel for a leading systems integrator in Malaysia (as IIUM alumnus), and over 15 years in global consulting firms as GDPR, EMEA & APAC and Global Data Privacy practice leader, practitioner, fractional Data Protection Officer, and AI Responsibility Leader in London. He is former Asia and European International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Advisory Board member and currently serving as Diversity in Privacy Section IAPP Advisory Board member on a pro bono basis. Noris holds Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection (PC.dp), CIPP/A, LLM in Information Technology and Telecommunications Laws, University of Strathclyde (as Chevening alumnus), Privacy and Freedom of Information fellowship, Fordham, and George Washington Law Schools (as Fulbright Professional Exchange alumnus) and Oxford Scenarios Planning, University of Oxford.

Emma Redmond is Associate General Counsel, Head of Privacy and Data Protection and Ireland Site Lead for OpenAI. She was formerly Global Head of Privacy and Chief Privacy Officer at Stripe, with previous roles as the Head of International Data Protection at both Ancestry and LinkedIn. Emma is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at University College Dublin and was honored with a selection for the Leadership in Law programme at Harvard Law School in May 2017. She is a Member of the Government of Ireland’s AI Advisory Council.

Joe Jones serves as the Director of Research and Insights at the IAPP, based out of IAPP’s Headquarters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. His and his team’s research covers privacy law, policy, and management, including and especially at the intersection with other digital policy domains, like AI governance. Previously, Joe served as a senior UK Government official and was responsible for leading Government teams working on international data policy issues, including on data adequacy. Other prior roles include serving as the UK Government’s Deputy Head of Digital Trade policy and working in the private practice as a technology lawyer with Covington & Burling LLP .

Clarisse joined the OECD in 2022 to manage the OECD’s growing portfolio in the areas of data flows, data governance, data sharing, privacy and regulatory cooperation.
Prior to joining the OECD, Clarisse was a Senior Fellow at the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI), the Managing Director of the Asia Pacific office of the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), and adviser to the head of the TMT practice at Rajah & Tann Asia LLC.
Between 2001-2015, Clarisse was head of the International Department and Senior Advisor to the President at the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL).
She was a proud member of the Jersey Data Protection Authority (JDPA) from October 2018 to June 2022.

Estelle Massé is a Policy Officer at the International Affairs and Data Flows’ Unit of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers at the European Commission. Her work focuses on data protection and data flows policies globally, with a particular focus on Latin America and Africa. Previously, Estelle was Senior Policy Analyst and Global Data Protection Lead at Access Now where she led the work of the organisation on data protection in the EU and around the world. She graduated with a Master in European Law from the University of Granada, Spain.

Yuji ASAI is a Commissioner of the Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) Japan from February 2021.

Prior to join the PPC, he has been involved in marketing activities at the consumer business for many years in Japan and U.S.A.

From 2004 to 2017, he has served as Chief Executive Office of Boucheron Japan and later to 2020 as Senior Advisor of Pomellato Japan.

Dr. Haksoo Ko is Chairperson of South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC).
He is a preeminent scholar in legal and regulatory issues related to data privacy and artificial intelligence who currently serves as a member of the UN’s High Level Advisory Body on AI.
Prior to the current appointment at the PIPC in October 2022, he held numerous advisory positions for the Korean government as well as for various other public and private entities around the world. For his public service in technology-related areas, he was awarded a Service Merit Medal from the Korean government as well as a Presidential Citation. Dr. Ko is currently on leave from his professor position at Seoul National University School of Law. He served as, among others, President of Asian Law and Economics Association; President of Korean Association for AI and Law; Co-director of SNU AI Policy Initiative; and Associate Director of SNU AI Institute. He had visitor appointments at UC Berkeley, University of Hamburg, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, University of Freiburg, and National University of Singapore. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University and received both J.D. and Ph.D. (Economics) degrees from Columbia University in New York, USA.

Vivienne is the CEO of the FTSE Women Leaders Review, the UK’s business-led voluntary framework, supported by Government to improve the representation of women on the Boards and Leadership teams of the FTSE 350 and 50 of the UK’s largest private companies.

Vivienne is an advisor on Data Strategy & Privacy Policy to CIPL, is also a NED, and holding a number of expert advisory roles supporting businesses In their data, privacy and digital strategies, with a focus on digital identity, anti- financial crime and equality & diversity. Vivienne has over twenty five years experience in global financial and professional services sectors, including at the London Stock Exchange Group, Refinitiv, Thomson Reuters and Citibank. Vivienne is the AI and Data Lead at the International Business & Diplomatic Exchange, and is chapter co-lead of the City of London “Vision for Economic Growth” report. Vivienne is an exceptional advocate for gender balance in business, is a Patron of Women in Finance Rwanda, and is the former CEO of Women in Banking and Finance. She was awarded an OBE for services to Financial Services and Gender Diversity in 2021.

Jill Britton is the Director General at the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

In her role, Jill is responsible for leading the JFSC in its day-to-day operations as both regulator and registry, and ensuring the organisation delivers its strategic priorities.

Jill was the Executive Director of Supervision of the JFSC between May 2016 and September 2021. In this role, she was responsible for overseeing the regulation of Jersey’s financial services industry and the supervision of other sectors for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing. Jill initially worked in the JFSC Supervision team from 2002 to 2004.

Jill has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry in the UK, Jersey and Asia, having specialised in compliance and operational risk management for global banking organisations. Jill was the Chief Risk Officer for Coutts Asia between 2009 and 2011 and the Head of Operational Risk for South East Asia at Standard Chartered between 2011 and 2013. At the end of 2013 Jill became the Head of Risk and then Head of Compliance for UBS AG in Jersey.

Jill is passionate about learning and development and mentors a number of talented women to support them in fulfilling their potential. Jill holds a BA (Hons) in Financial Services.

Lori Baker is in the Legal Affairs team at DIFC, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer. She has been delegated by the DIFC Commissioner of Data Protection to implement the Data Protection Law, DIFC Law No 5 of 2020 and its supporting Regulations, recently updated to include innovative requirements for ethical use of AI systems. Lori also designed the assessment and methodology framework for for AML risk vis a vis onboarding new, non-financial services entities in the DIFC. She is qualified in both the USA (in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania) and the UK, and is a Fellow of Information Privacy as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Prior to relocating to Dubai in 2016, Lori was based in London, UK for 10 years. She worked for Fieldfisher LLP in the technology and outsourcing team as a senior privacy and cybersecurity associate. She also held in-house roles as Senior Compliance and Privacy Counsel at Dun & Bradstreet, Head of Ethics and Compliance at Orange Business Services and Global Regulatory/Privacy Specialist at BT Global Services.

Katherine (Katie) Race Brin is the Chief Data Privacy Officer at the World Bank. Katie leads the Bank’s Data Privacy Office, implementing and maintaining the Bank’s Privacy Policy and supporting Bank stakeholders and clients on data privacy issues associated with the Bank’s mission and activities.

Prior to joining the Bank, Katie was Chief Privacy Officer at a publicly traded education technology company, where she headed the global data protection program. She previously spent over a decade at the Federal Trade Commission, bringing enforcement actions related to privacy and data security and later serving as Chief Privacy Officer of the Commission. Katie also worked in private practice at a Washington, DC-based law firm and completed two federal clerkships. Katie earned her B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan and her J.D., with a Certificate in Law and Technology, from UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband, two children and feisty golden retriever.

Massimo Marelli is the Head of the Data Protection Office at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
He is also a member of the Advisory Board and a Fellow at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) at the University of Maastricht, and co-director of the Humanitarian Action Programme at ECPC. He is also a member of the Brussels Privacy Hub Advisory Board, and the co-editor of the Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action.
Prior to his current role, Massimo held several assignments with the ICRC in the field and at the headquarters, and worked as a Référendaire at the General Court of the European Union and as a lawyer in private practice.

Malcolm Crompton AM is Founder and Founder at IIS Partners, iispartners.com. Malcolm was Australia’s Privacy Commissioner from 1999 to 2004 and led implementation of the nation’s first broad based private sector privacy law.
He has sat on advisory bodies in Australia and around the world, including the European Union, OECD, APEC and large global companies. He is a director of Bellberry Ltd and member of the Expert Panel advising the federal Minister for Finance on the Digital ID Act and its implementation.
Malcolm has degrees in Chemistry and Economics. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional.
Malcolm is co-author of The New Governance of Data and Privacy: Moving from compliance to performance, AICD, November 2018. Topics covered by his published papers include data privacy, accounting research on valuing data, identity management, public management reform and peptide sequencing using NMR spectroscopy.
Malcolm was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2016 for significant service to public administration, particularly to data protection, privacy, and identity management, and to the community. Malcolm received the IAPP 2012 Privacy Leadership Award in Washington DC in recognition of his global reputation and expertise in privacy.

Immaculate Kassait, MBS, is the Data Commissioner at the Office of The Data Protection Commissioner in Kenya. With over 12 years’ experience in the public sector, managing complex projects in governance, training, compliance, and strategy.

She has made significant contributions to the field of data protection in Kenya, playing a pivotal role as the Chair of the taskforce that developed three sets of regulations that operationalised the Data Protection Act of 2019. Her contribution to the development of the regulatory framework for data protection in Kenya has paved the way for robust data privacy practices in the Country.

Under her leadership, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) developed its inaugural strategic plan for 2022-2025, which led to the operationalisation a fully functional office with regional presence dedicated to regulating the processing of personal data. Her commitment to promoting data protection transcends national boundaries, as she has actively engaged with international organisations in this domain. Currently, she serves as the 1st Vice Chair on the Board of the Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA), positioning Kenya prominently on the Data Protection Map. In addition to her work in data protection, Ms. Kassait is also an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, of 14 years of standing.

Her extensive legal expertise is complemented by her role as a Building Resource in Democracy Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) facilitator. Her outstanding public service was recognised with the prestigious Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) Presidential Award in 2017, and in 2023, she was awarded the Vanguard award during 6^th Edition of the Nairobi Legal Awards. Ms Kassait continues to engage in philanthropic and mentorship activities as part of her community work

Ms Kassait, holds a Masters in Business Administration from USIU Africa, a post Graduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law, and an Undergraduate Degree in Law from Makerere University.

Josefina Román Vergara holds a law degree from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, a Master’s degree in Corporate Law from the Universidad Anáhuac and a PhD in Law from the Centro de Estudios de Posgrado en Derecho. In public service, she has held various management positions in different areas of the Government of the State of Mexico and at the federal level in the Tax Administration Service. She was appointed Commissioner of the Institute for Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data of the State of Mexico and Municipalities, where she was also elected Commissioner President. She was elected as the First Coordinator of Guarantor Bodies of the Federal Entities of the National System of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data. She was the first Technical Secretary of the Executive Secretariat of the Anti-Corruption System of the State of Mexico and Municipalities. She has been a professor for many years in different public and private institutions and currently continues to teach at the Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She was designated by the Senate of the Republic as Commissioner of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data, for the period 2019 – 2026; where she heads the Permanent Commission of International Affairs.

Since the late ‘90’s, Richard Purcell has developed business strategies and implemented operational solutions designed to reduce risk and comply with legal and market requirements for data privacy and security challenges.

As Microsoft’s first Chief Privacy Officer, he developed, implemented and oversaw one of the first and largest data protection programs in the world.

As the CEO of Corporate Privacy Group (CPG), he has conducted risk assessments, recommended mitigation actions and overseen enterprise-wide program implementation for Fortune 500 companies and technology start-ups to develop, maintain and expand data governance programs.

Richard was a founding member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and served its early years as a director. He has served as Chairman of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, was a member of the FTC Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security and is Emeritus Chair for TRUSTe (now TrustArc).

Throughout his career in data protection and privacy, Richard has maintained a fierce attachment to appropriate, relevant and pragmatic solutions that comply with legal and regulatory requirements while respecting commercial resources, needs, and technology capacities.

Since the late ‘90’s, Richard Purcell has developed business strategies and implemented operational solutions designed to reduce risk and comply with legal and market requirements for data privacy and security challenges.

As Microsoft’s first Chief Privacy Officer, he developed, implemented and oversaw one of the first and largest data protection programs in the world.

As the CEO of Corporate Privacy Group (CPG), he has conducted risk assessments, recommended mitigation actions and overseen enterprise-wide program implementation for Fortune 500 companies and technology start-ups to develop, maintain and expand data governance programs.

Richard was a founding member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and served its early years as a director. He has served as Chairman of the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, was a member of the FTC Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security and is Emeritus Chair for TRUSTe (now TrustArc).

Throughout his career in data protection and privacy, Richard has maintained a fierce attachment to appropriate, relevant and pragmatic solutions that comply with legal and regulatory requirements while respecting commercial resources, needs, and technology capacities.

Kate Wright is Chief Executive Officer of Freeda, Jersey’s only independent domestic abuse charity. A cultural change and Human Resources specialist by background, Kate started her career at EY UK before further developing her expertise in HR, organisational development and Diversity Equity and Inclusion at Lloyd’s of London. In 2008, she established and ran HR Consultancy, Arbre Consulting, for 17 years, before recently moving into her first third sector leadership role. Kate is also co-founder of The Diversity Network, a business network and campaign group seeking to enable greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.

Kate holds a number of public and voluntary roles in the Island, including Chair of the Violence Against Women & Girls Taskforce, Commissioner for the Jersey Appointments Commission, Chair of the Jersey Community Relations Trust, and an Adult Advisory Panel member for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner.

Patricia Kosseim brings to the IPC significant experience and a wealth of knowledge in the areas of privacy and access law, having worked in public, private and health sectors, and across various jurisdictions.

Prior to joining the IPC, Patricia was counsel in Osler’s Privacy and Data Management Group where she provided strategic advice to clients on matters of privacy, data governance, and access law. She also led a number of thought leadership initiatives as national co-leader of Osler’s AccessPrivacy knowledge platform.

For more than a decade, Patricia served as senior general counsel and director general at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in Ottawa. During that period, she was responsible for advancing a number of major cases before the federal courts and the Supreme Court of Canada; advising on critical privacy investigations; appearing before parliamentary committees on significant legislative bills; developing national and international policies; leading a national research funding program; and, overseeing a technology analysis team and laboratory.

While holding executive positions at Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Patricia developed and led national strategies for addressing legal, ethical, and social aspects of health research and genomics technologies. She began her career in Montreal practicing in the areas of health law, civil litigation, human rights, privacy, and labour and employment with a leading national law firm.

Patricia has published and spoken extensively on matters of privacy law, health law, and ethics. She has taught part-time at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and has held many professional appointments and board memberships, including as a member of the Board of Governors of the Ottawa Hospital; chair of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; vice-chair of the Research Integrity Committee of les Fonds de recherche du Quebec; member of the National DNA Databank Advisory Committee; and member of various expert working groups of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Patricia obtained her business and law degrees from McGill University in Montreal, and a Master’s Degree in Medical Law and Ethics from King’s College, University of London. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, as well as the Barreau du Quebec, and is fluently bilingual in both official languages.

When she is not in the office — either physically or virtually — Patricia enjoys all-season, outdoor activities with her family and their dog Rocky.

Leanda Barrington-Leach is the Executive Director at 5Rights Foundation. Leanda joined 5Rights from the European External Action Service where she was Adviser to the Secretary General for Strategic Communications and the fight against Disinformation. Her 25-year career includes leadership positions in international organisations, diplomatic services, consultancies and non-profits, focusing on human rights and security.

Matthew Johnson is the Director of Education for MediaSmarts, Canada’s centre for digital and media literacy. He is the author of many of MediaSmarts’ lessons, parent materials and interactive resources and a lead on MediaSmarts’ Young Canadians in a Wired World research project. As an acknowledged expert in digital literacy and its implementation in Canadian curricula, Matthew is the architect of MediaSmarts’ Use, Understand, Create: Digital Literacy Framework for Canadian K-12 Schools. He has contributed blogs and articles to websites and magazines around the world as well as presenting MediaSmarts’ materials on topics such as copyright, cyberbullying, body image and online hate to parliamentary committees, academic conferences and governments and organizations around the world, frequently as a keynote speaker. He has served on expert panels convened by the Canadian Pediatric Society, the Ontario Network of Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Services and others, consulted on provincial curriculum for the Ontario Ministry of Education, and been interviewed by outlets such as The Globe and Mail, BBC News Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, Radio Canada International and CBC’s The National.

Born on 25 April 1964 in Lyon, Bertrand du Marais graduated from ESSEC and is a former student of the National School of Administration (ENA), promotion l.lberte Egalite Fraternite 1989.
Auditor and then master of petitions to the Council of State, he has been a Counsellor of State since 2006.
He has joined CNIL, the French Data Protection Agency, in February 2019 and is more specifically in charge of International Affairs, e-Privacy and Competition Inter- regulation. He is a member of the CNIL sanction board.
Parallel to his career at the Council of State, in French and international administrations, he is the author of articles and books on regulation, law and ICT, the evaluation of law and more generally on the interactions between Law and Economy, including “Public Law of Economic Regulation” (Paris, Presses de Sciences-Po and Dalloz, 2004) crowned by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.

Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE is a leading voice on children’s rights in the digital environment and a global authority on digital regulation and accountability. She has played a determinative role in establishing standards for online safety and privacy across the world.
In 2012, Kidron was appointed to the UK House of Lords, where she sits as a Crossbench Peer and is Deputy Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Digital Regulation and Responsibility.

In 2017, during the passage of the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 Kidron introduced an amendment to create the Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC). The AADC requires online services to offer heightened privacy to under 18s to reflect the needs of their age and stage of development, taking into account their rights under UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The AADC prompted the redesign of digital products and services and introduced concepts and definitions that have become the benchmark for child-focused digital legislation around the world.

In 2018, Baroness Kidron founded 5Rights Foundation with a mission to build the digital world children and young people deserve. 5Rights Foundation has grown to have a global influence with a team that is spread over 5 countries.

As Chair of 5Rights Foundation, Baroness Kidron chaired the drafting committee that supported the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in drafting General Comment no. 25 on Children’s Rights in Relation to the Digital Environment. The General Comment was formally adopted in March 2021 and stands as the most comprehensive articulation of the duties of states to children in the digital world.

Under Baroness Kidron’s leadership, the 5Rights Foundation has pioneered a range of international policies and programmes, such as developing a Child Online Protection Policy for the Government of Rwanda; creating a Global Model for Child Online Protection; and working in partnership with IEEE to create the IEEE 2089™-2021 – Standard for Age Appropriate Digital Services Framework – Based on the 5Rights Principles.

In 2020, Baroness Kidron and Professor Sonia Livingstone (LSE) launched a joint research project the Digital Futures Commission (DFC). After a successful three-year project, the DFC has been reformed as the Digital Futures for Children, a joint research centre of 5Rights and LSE.

Kidron is an advisor to the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford, a Commissioner on the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, an expert advisor for the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the London School of Economics, and a Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.

Before being appointed to the Lords she was an award-winning film director and co-founder of the charity Filmclub (now Into Film)

Since January 2022, John Edwards has served as the sixth UK Information Commissioner. Before this, he served as New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner for eight years, building an international reputation in data protection and privacy, including chairing the now Global Privacy Assembly. He also worked in a range of roles including as a policy advisor to the NZ Government, a lawyer for over 20 years in the public and private sector, and even had a stint as a mountaineer.

John’s vision and mission is for the ICO to be a regulator that empowers people to share information for personal and public benefit, and for organisations to use information to invest and innovate in the digital economy safely.

As a whole economy regulator, John is laser focussed on delivering better, quicker and impactful regulatory interventions in AI and biometrics, children’s privacy and AdTech and online tracking.

Carly Kind commenced as Australia’s Privacy Commissioner in February 2024 for a 5-year term.
As Privacy Commissioner, she regulates the handling of personal information by entities covered by the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and seeks to influence the development of legislation and advance privacy protections for Australians.

Ms Kind joined from the UK-based Ada Lovelace Institute, where she was the inaugural director. As a human rights lawyer and leading authority on the intersection of technology policy and human rights, she has advised industry, government and non-profit organisations on digital rights, artificial intelligence, privacy and data protection, and corporate accountability in the technology sphere.

She has worked with the European Commission, the Council of Europe, numerous UN bodies and a range of civil society organisations. She was formerly legal director of Privacy International, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting data rights and governance.
Ms Kind has a Masters of Science, International Relations (Hons) from the London School of Economics, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations) (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland.

Since January 2020, Alexander White has served as Bermuda’s first Privacy Commissioner and founding head of the country’s data protection authority. He is a US-qualified lawyer who previously served as the Deputy Chief Privacy Officer for a US state government and a US federal privacy advisor. In 2021 he was invited to serve as a member of the Global Privacy Assembly’s Executive Committee, which provides leadership to achieve the Assembly’s strategic goals, proposes public statements to be made by the Assembly, reviews and recommends accreditation of Assembly members, and supports the Global Cross Border Enforcement Cooperation Arrangement, among other duties. He currently serves on advisory boards that include the DIFC Regulation 10 Advisory Committee on Autonomous Systems and AI, the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 Steering Committee, Maastricht University’s Data Protection as A Corporate Social Responsibility Permanent Stakeholder Group, and the Future of Privacy Forum Advisory Board.
Previously, Commissioner White was a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Professional Privacy Faculty to teach certification courses, a founding member of the IAPP’s Privacy Bar Section Advisory Board, and the founder of the IAPP State, Local, and Municipal Government Affinity Group. He has worked as a law professor, lawyer, consultant, and non-executive director in insurance and education. He holds a variety of privacy, legal, cybersecurity, and risk management qualifications and is a two-time graduate of the University of Georgia (US), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history and a Juris Doctor (cum laude), with further coursework and study with the Harvard Kennedy School, City University (London) Law School, Law Society of Ireland, Vrije Universiteit Brussels Institute for European Studies, Tsinghua University School of Law, and Fudan University Law School.

Head of the Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP). It is the Data Protection Authority and the control and enforcement authority of transparency policies and the right of access to public information.
Beatriz has a degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires; and a Master in Public Policy and Development Management from Georgetown University and the San Martín National University; and is PhD candidate in Social Sciences from the UBA.
She served as Undersecretary for Institutional Strengthening of the Secretariat for Public Management and Employment of the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, in which she launched the creation of the National Direction of Integrity and Transparency. In this area, she promoted an organizational culture based on the values of public ethics, integrity and transparency, in addition to promoting the strengthening of state capacities through initiatives such as the creation of the State Action Map.
In addition, she is a professor of Public Administration and Management and Control of Public Policies at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Master’s Degree in Planning and Public Management at National University of Chaco Austral (UNCAUS) and of the Specialization in Public Management for Results of the Argentine Association of Budget and Public Financial Administration (ASAP-UBA). She is author of numerous publications.

Philippe Dufresne was appointed Privacy Commissioner of Canada on June 27, 2022. A leading legal expert on human rights, administrative and constitutional law, he previously served as the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons where he was responsible for the provision of legal and legislative services to the House, its Speaker, Members and committees, the Board of Internal Economy and the House Administration.
Prior to his appointment as Law Clerk of the House in 2015, he was the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s Senior General Counsel, responsible for legal services, litigation, investigations, mediations, employment equity and Access to Information and Privacy. During that time, he successfully appeared as counsel before all levels of Canadian Courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada in a number of key human rights and constitutional cases over the last two decades.
A member of the Bars of Québec, Ontario, and Massachusetts, he has served his profession and community in several different capacities, including as president of the constitutional and human rights law section of the Canadian Bar Association (Québec Branch) and as president of the International Commission of Jurists (Canada).
Commissioner Dufresne holds degrees in common and civil law from McGill University’s Faculty of Law, and has been a part-time professor with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Common Law and Queen’s University’s Faculty of Law. He regularly speaks on issues of privacy, human rights, administrative, and constitutional law in Canada.

Rachel is an applied technologist specialising in developing and commercialising novel physical-digital technology specialising in complex interdisciplinary systems. She is particularly interested in data privacy, AI and data ethics and innovative data stewardship practices and advises on designing and developing data services.
Based in Jersey she advises Digital Jersey on the island’s data strategy, Digital Twin development and has architected and led the development of LifeCycle data trust which is collecting geo-spatial journey data from 500 citizen cyclists to inform improved mobility across the Island. She is also an associate of Pinsent Masons’ Digital Placemaking practice and a member of the Open Data Institute. She achieved ODI Data Ethics Professional certification in 2022.
Throughout her career she has delivered multiple technical innovations to market including numerous Internet of Things solutions, working with start-ups and multi-national firms across a range of sectors. She began her career as a mechanical engineer after graduating with an MEng (Hons) degree in Engineering (Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics).

Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, FRS, FREng is Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) and is Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2009 UK New Year’s Honours list and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the ACM.

Dame Wendy was co-Chair of the UK government’s AI Review, which was published in October 2017 and a member of the AI Council. She is currently the co-Chair of the ACM Publications Board and Editor-in-Chief of Royal Society Open Science. She is an advisor to the UK government and many other governments and companies around the world and in 2023 was appointed to the United Nations high-level advisory body on artificial intelligence. Her latest book, Four Internets, co-
written with Kieron O’Hara, was published by OUP in 2021.

www.damewendydbe.com

Jack Hardinges is an independent consultant that leads research, grantmaking and public policy work on data, AI and related technologies.

Jack also helps organisations to build responsible data products. He is currently working with the charity Action Against AMD to build Foresight. Foresight will recruit 500,000 members of the UK public to build a diverse database of retinal images, and provide secure access to this data to researchers from around the world.

In 2023, Jack established the Data Empowerment Fund. The Fund supports a diverse set of initiatives that enable greater individual agency or community control over data, powered by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and Omidyar Network. The Fund supports the Brixham Data Trust, the General Practice Data Trust and the Born in Scotland Data Trust.

Prior to this, Jack spent nine years at the Open Data Institute, where he worked with governments, NGOs, large technology firms and startups. His work advanced the understanding and practice of data ethics, responsible data stewardship, privacy enhancing technologies, data trusts and participatory approaches to data.

Dan Caprio, Co-Founder and Chairman, is an internationally recognized expert on privacy and cybersecurity. He has served as the Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Commerce; a transatlantic subject matter expert for the European Commission and EU-US projects on cybersecurity and the EU-US Trade and Technology Council including the Trackstar project steering committee and chair of the Digital Economy Working Group; a Chief of Staff for a Federal Trade Commission Commissioner; a member of the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy Advisory Committee; and Represented the US revising the OECD Security Guidelines that led to the first White House Cybersecurity Strategy in 2002.

Jonathan Cave is an Associate at GNKS Consult, where he works on a wide range of ICT-related projects for European and International clients. He is also a member of the Economics Department at the University of Warwick, Emeritus Chair of the Data Ethics Group (and TREx reviewer) at the Alan Turing Institute and a former Economist Member of the UK’s Regulatory Policy Committee. He has long experience in research and policy on e-government, data analytics and machine learning, better regulation, the economics of privacy; the Internet of Things; high-speed and computerised financial trading; regulatory assessment and reform; sustainable development and related topics with the UK government, the European Commission and the European Parliament. He is also game theory editor of the Journal of Cybersecurity and a senior advisor to the Cyber Civilisation Research Centre.

Andreea Lisievici Nevin is a privacy lawyer based in Sweden, working with EU data protection matters and their effects globally. She has worked as an outside counsel for most of her career, having advised on data protection matters since the very early stages of cloud computing emergence. She switched to leading in-house roles in 2019 – working for Volvo Cars and then Boeing, seeing the data protection compliance world both as a controller and as a processor in some very challenging global projects. In 2024 she moved back into consulting but with a focus on sharing her knowledge about the real-life challenges of privacy program management in a global context that doesn’t end where GDPR stops to apply.

She is also a lecturer and mentor in data protection law and privacy program management, both at Maastricht University’s European Center for Privacy and Cybersecurity as well as at PrivacyCraft, the boutique she founded in 2024 and where she leads training and mentorship programs for privacy professionals. She also publishes The Privacy and AI Explorer, a weekly newsletter covering news and insights into developments in the field of privacy, cybersecurity and AI.

Jules has served for 15 years as CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, a global non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies.

Jules has led the development of numerous codes of conduct and best practices, assisted in the drafting of data protection legislation and presented expert testimony with agencies and legislatures around the world. He is an IAPP Westin Emeritus Fellow and the 2023 recipient of the IAPP Leadership Award.

Philippe Dufresne was appointed Privacy Commissioner of Canada on June 27, 2022. A leading legal expert on human rights, administrative and constitutional law, he previously served as the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons where he was responsible for the provision of legal and legislative services to the House, its Speaker, Members and committees, the Board of Internal Economy and the House Administration.
Prior to his appointment as Law Clerk of the House in 2015, he was the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s Senior General Counsel, responsible for legal services, litigation, investigations, mediations, employment equity and Access to Information and Privacy. During that time, he successfully appeared as counsel before all levels of Canadian Courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada in a number of key human rights and constitutional cases over the last two decades.
A member of the Bars of Québec, Ontario, and Massachusetts, he has served his profession and community in several different capacities, including as president of the constitutional and human rights law section of the Canadian Bar Association (Québec Branch) and as president of the International Commission of Jurists (Canada).
Commissioner Dufresne holds degrees in common and civil law from McGill University’s Faculty of Law, and has been a part-time professor with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Common Law and Queen’s University’s Faculty of Law. He regularly speaks on issues of privacy, human rights, administrative, and constitutional law in Canada.

Natascha Gerlach holds the position of Director of Privacy Policy for the Center of information Policy Leadership (CIPL) in Brussels. Her work is focused on a range of privacy and data related topics including cross-border data flows, AI, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, children’s data privacy, data ethics and data governance. Before joining CIPL, Natascha was a Senior Attorney with Cleary Gottlieb in their Brussels office, where she headed Cleary’s European eDiscovery group leveraging her experience in US eDiscovery by implementing new technologies and operationalizing the team. Natascha was also a senior member of Cleary’s Data Privacy group and advised clients on a wide array of data privacy issues, with a special focus on the cross section of international discovery and data protection. Natascha is Chair Emerita of The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (WG6) Steering Committee. She is on the advisory board for the Georgetown Law AEDI and has been on the ABA CBI Steering Committee since its inception in 2017. Natascha publishes regularly on data protection topics and is a frequent speaker at relevant conferences.

Massimo Marelli is the Head of the Data Protection Office at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
He is also a member of the Advisory Board and a Fellow at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) at the University of Maastricht, and co-director of the Humanitarian Action Programme at ECPC. He is also a member of the Brussels Privacy Hub Advisory Board, and the co-editor of the Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action.
Prior to his current role, Massimo held several assignments with the ICRC in the field and at the headquarters, and worked as a Référendaire at the General Court of the European Union and as a lawyer in private practice.

Mark worked in the States of Jersey Police for 30 years and held the rank of Detective Chief Inspector. Working across most areas of policing, Mark has a wealth of experience having led teams in Uniform Operations, Criminal Investigation Department, Intelligence and Public Protection. Mark has a significant background in developing partnerships across financial crime agencies, child protection and with the charity sector. Mark worked for the Jersey Financial Services Commission when retiring from the police in 2022 to assist the island preparedness for the 2024 MoneyVal evaluation. In July 2023, Mark assumed his current role as Chief Executive Officer for EYECAN (Formerly the Jersey Blind Society). Mark is a member of Government of Jersey Disability and Inclusion Advisory Board.

Yukiko is Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection at Mastercard. She is the global privacy lead for Mastercard’s Core Payment, Commercial & New Payment Flows and Strategic Growth businesses.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Yukiko worked as a global privacy counsel for Standard Chartered Bank, director for international business planning at TransUnion and policy analyst at Alston & Bird and Hunton & Williams’s Center for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL).

Yukiko is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and holds IAPP’s CIPP/E, CIPM and CIPT certifications. She earned BA in Law from Sophia University in Tokyo, MA in International relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. and LLB (Hons) from the College of Law of England and Wales.

Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna is Vice President for Global Privacy for the Washington DC-based Future of Privacy Forum, a global non-profit present in Brussels, Tel Aviv, Singapore, Nairobi, and New Delhi where she leads the work on global privacy and data protection developments related to new technologies, including AI. With 15 years of experience in the field split between Europe and the US, spanning academia, public service, consulting and policy, Dr. Zanfir-Fortuna is currently a member of the Reference Panel of the Global Privacy Assembly, and a member of the T20 engagement group of the G20 under Brazil’s Presidency in 2024. She was also a member of the Executive Committee of ACM’s Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FaccT) Conference (2021-2022). Her scholarship on the GDPR is referenced by the Court of Justice of the EU, and in 2023 she won the Stefano Rodota Award of the Council of Europe for the paper “The Thin Red Line: Refocusing Data Protection Law on Automated-Decision-Making“. Dr. Zanfir-Fortuna holds a PhD in Law with a thesis on the rights of the data subject under EU Data Protection Law (2013), and an LLM in Human Rights (2010).

Steve is a Partner and Deputy Head in Rajah & Tann Singapore’s TMT practice group. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer for TMT / data privacy work in the Asia Pacific Legal 500; the AsiaLaw Profiles; the Practical Law Company Which Lawyer; Chambers Asia Pacific; Best Lawyers; Who’s Who Legal : Data. In Legal 500 2019, Steve is cited as being “one of the gurus in the field of data protection”. In Legal 500 2021, a client gave testimony that “Steve Tan – he is an icon in the data privacy arena. Has a great depth of knowledge as the subject matter expert and one of the sought after authorities in this field.”. Steve achieved top 10 in the Financial Times (FT) Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Award 2019. Steve was additionally picked as a top 30 individual practitioner worldwide for Privacy and Data Protection in Best of the Best Global Expert Guide 2019. In 2022, Steve was awarded ALB Asia’s Top 15 TMT Lawyers 2022. Steve won ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2023’s award of Data Privacy and Protection Lawyer of the Year. Steve also achieved ALB Asia’s Top 15 TMT Lawyers 2023 list. Steve achieved ALB’s list of Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyers 2023.

Steve co-founded and is a Director of (i) Rajah & Tann Technologies Pte Ltd, a company that provides technical solutions to help organisations navigate the digital economy such as contract management, e-discovery, e-learning; and (ii) Rajah & Tann Cybersecurity Pte Ltd, a company specialising in cybersecurity and data breach incident response.

Steve was appointed Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore in 2019, to teach Privacy & Data Protection law.

Jane Horvath is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a Co-Chair of both the firm’s Tech and Innovation Industry Group and the Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Innovation Practice Group. Having previously served as Apple’s Chief Privacy Officer, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel and the DOJ’s first Chief Privacy Counsel and Civil Liberties Officer, among other positions, Jane draws from more than two decades of privacy and legal experience, offering unique in-house counsel and regulatory perspectives to counsel clients as they manage complex technical issues on a global regulatory scale.

Justin Antonipillai stands at the forefront of the intricate intersection of privacy, artificial intelligence, data protection, law, and technology.

As one of the leading authorities in the field, he brings a unique blend of legal acumen and technical expertise, making him a sought-after voice on topics related to artificial intelligence, governance, privacy and data protection.

Justin is currently Founder and CEO of Stewardshipped.ai, driving safe and ethical AI adoption at some of the largest enterprises in the world, and is Senior Advisor at Gretel, the leading provider of synthetic data solutions.

Prior to his entrepreneurial journey, Justin’s dedication to public service saw him holding pivotal roles across all three branches of the federal government.

During President Barack Obama’s second term as President, Justin was appointed Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs and General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce.  In that capacity, Justin led the Economic and Statistics Administration, which includes two of our nation’s leading information agencies: the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Justin also spearheaded numerous high-priority technology efforts for the United States, including leading negotiations on pivotal privacy frameworks like the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and EU-US Privacy Shield. His leadership extended to driving the Administration’s Open Data initiatives across 15 agencies, and he played a pivotal role in domestic policy development on issues ranging from encryption and quantum computing to tax policy.

In 2016, James Clapper, the US Director of the Office of National Intelligence, awarded Justin the National Intelligence Medallion for service to the Intelligence Community.

From 2016 through 2023, Justin was the Founder and CEO of WireWheel, a leading provider of privacy and data protection software (sold in 2023).  During that time, Justin was instrumental in shaping the future of privacy compliance through innovative software solutions. His vision and leadership have propelled WireWheel to industry-wide recognition, with accolades from global organizations such as Gartner, Forrester, IDC, and RSA.

In the legal arena, Justin’s expertise was honed during his time as a partner at the international law firm, Arnold and Porter. Here, he showcased leadership in commercial matters and was lauded for his pro bono initiatives.

A distinguished alumnus of Cornell University, Justin went on to achieve his JD, Summa Cum Laude, from American University Washington College of Law.

Martine Wright MBE , 7/7’s most injured survivor lost both legs in the Circle line bombing during the 2005 terrorist attacks on the London underground, yet she considers herself a lucky woman with a whole new life of opportunities.

Martine Wright MBE has since rebuilt her life, skydived, learned to fly, become a wife, mother, captain of the British Paralympic Sitting volleyball team, Ambassador, Patron, an inspirational and motivational speaker and much more!

On 6 July 2005 Martine Wright MBE and work friends gathered to watch the announcement of the host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. The next morning, having overslept, Martine MBE caught the Circle line and sat just three feet away from suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer. The worst injured, and consequently last rescued survivor of the 7/7 bombings, Martine MBE was trapped for over an hour having lost 80% of her blood supply as well as both legs above the knees. There followed a painful year of rehabilitation including learning to walk again on prosthetics.

It was the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics that gave her life new shape and her days meaning. For everybody in Britain, those two days were among the strangest and most shocking in recent history. For Martine Wright MBE it provided a springboard for new opportunities and goals and a new life!
Martine shares her story alongside her beliefs, her Power of 7. In these challenging times that we all find ourselves in her story of positivity and resilience is now ever more powerful.