IAPP Canada Symposium 2026

Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law

Toronto

4-7 May

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07:30

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Coatroom

08:00

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Newcomers' Welcome Breakfast

IAPP Connection Center

IAPP Central

Exhibit Hall

08:00

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Speaker Workroom

IAPP Check-in

09:00

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Opening General Session

10:00

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Cybersecurity Professionals Meetup

10:00

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10:15

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Student Coffee Reception

10:45

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The Acceleration Problem: Privacy in the Age of AI and Infinite Data

DSAR Group Therapy: Implementing Request Processes in Canada

Federal Political Parties: At Odds with Canada’s Privacy Standards

How Does Privacy Facilitate Trade? Global Cross-border Transfers and AI

Respecting and Upholding First Nations Data Sovereignty

11:45

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11:45

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Mentor Mingle

12:15

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AI Scribes in the Health Sector: A Discussion Across Three IPC Offices

In AI We Trust: Building Confidence and Accountability in Canada's AI Future

Privacy Legal Update: Recent and Upcoming Privacy Law Developments

Regulators’ Panel: Trends and Lessons from 2025 Cases

AI Arms Race: The Survival and Reinvention of Privacy

13:15

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Lunch

13:15

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AI Governance Lunch

14:30

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AI Vendor Risk Management: Navigating Uncharted Regulatory Territory

Cross-border Data Flows in a Fragmented World

Privacy Pathways: Field Notes from Reformed Regulators

Biometric Surveillance Tech: Evaluation, Implementation and Defensibility

AI and Privacy Regulation: Global Trends, Developments, Impacts on Innovation

15:30

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15:30

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Privacy Engineering Section Meetup

16:00

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Demonstrable Accountability: From Data Governance to AI Governance

Bridging the Gap: Ethical AI Oversight Under Canada’s Reformed Privacy Laws

Sovereignty, Standards and Literacy as Pillars of AI Adoption in Canada

Quantum Shift: Privacy Perils and Promises, a Family Perspective

AI Rules Across Borders: First Lessons from Europe and What is Next for Canada

17:00

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Break

17:30

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GENERAL SESSION

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Commissioners’ Game Show

18:30

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Privacy Soirée

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Meet our 2026 conference agenda chairs

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Carlos Chalico

CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP

Cybersecurity and Privacy Leader

EY

headshot of Preeti Dhawan

Preeti Dhawan

AIGP, CIPP/C

Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager

McCarthy Tétrault

headshot of Christopher Gillespie

Christopher Gillespie

CIPP/C, CIPM, FIP

Chief Privacy Officer and Director, Privacy and Access

University of Victoria

headshot of Robin Gould-Soil

Robin Gould-Soil

CIPP/C

Principal

RGS Management Consulting

headshot of Daria Ilkina

Daria Ilkina

CIPP/C, CIPT, FIP

Senior Privacy Partner

TELUS

headshot of Brandon Kerstens

Brandon Kerstens

CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer

Match Group

headshot of Michelle Marquis

Michelle Marquis

CIPP/C

Senior Privacy Consultant

Canadian Institute for Health Information

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Mariya Turchin

CIPP/C

Policy and Privacy Analyst

Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation

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Nic Wall

CIPP/C

Senior Associate

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