The DPO Circle Annual Conference will take place on the 13th of December in The International Auditorium at Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5, 1210 Brussels between 8:30-17:00 CET. The DPO Circle is a Belgian association of Data Protection Officers and also includes professionals who take part in implementing GDPR, Privacy and Data Protection compliance.
The DPO Circle Annual Conference will take place on the 13th of December in The International Auditorium at Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5 1210 Bruxelles. The DPO Circle is a Belgian association of Data Protection Officers and also includes professionals who take part in implementing GDPR, Privacy and Data Protection compliance.
The conference that will be held will cover a number of topics, such as:
- Keeping informed on the latest knowledge regarding GDPR implementation
- Learning how GDPR compliance can be ensured without too much difficulty and what its relation is to the ISO27701-standard
- Receiving an overview of best practices regarding a DPO function
- Receiving first-hand insights from the Belgian Data Protection Authority
This event is specifically held for GDPR professionals, which include compliance implementation managers, process owners, the DPO’s, Information Security professionals, Chief Digital Officers, CIO’s and legal professionals. Several speakers will be present at the conference that will acknowledge GDPR awareness methods for experts and non-experts, the competencies development in several domains including the legal and non-legal privacy areas and the presentation of recent frameworks and auditing practices.
The attending speakers that have been announced for the event are the following:
- Georges Ataya, Managing Director of Ataya & Partners
- Johan Vandendriessche, Partner at Affluo
- Alexandra Jaspar, Director of Belgian Data Protection Authority
- Anneleen Dammekens, Company Lawyer at FEB
- Jan Leonard, Data Protection Officer at Orange
- Tanguy Van Overstraeten, Partner at Linklaters LLP
- Alain Cieslik, Partner of Ataya & Partners
- Kurt Callewaert, Research manager, Howest University of Applied Sciences
- Jo Pierson, VUB Chair and associate professor; and
- Ilias Chantzos, Director at Government Affairs of Symantec
The topics that some speakers will address have also become known. Georges Ataya will speak about specific competences requirements for GDPR and Information Security professionals and Alexandra Jaspar will talk about the new Belgian DPA, its structure and competences. Anneleen Dammekens will speak on the recent case law on privacy and data protection, Jan Leonard will speak about data transfers in the GDPR age, Kurt Callewaert will discuss data leakage, protection and GDPR and Jo Pierson will talk about data protection on the ground. For more info, please visit https://academy.atayapartners.com/index.php/upcoming/event/dpocannualevent
