IAPP Europe Congress 2026: Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law

BRUSSELS

16-19 November

IAPP Congress 2026 call for speaking proposals is open

The IAPP needs your insights on hot topics in privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility. How are issues such as adtech regulation and enforcement; AI governance implementation, compliance and regulations; cross-border data transfers; data retention and data subject rights; and workplace privacy impacting your day-to-day operations? Speak up and answer the call for proposals for the 2026 event in Brussels by 12 April.

Submit your proposal by 12 April

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Share your expert insights on developing trends

Give back to the community

Gain exposure with the world’s largest association of privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility professionals, and distinguish yourself as a thought leader.

Interested in becoming a sponsor or exhibitor?

There is no better place than an IAPP signature conference to get in front of your core audience and establish your credentials in the field.

SQUARE – Brussels Convention Centre

Congress will be held once again at the Square Brussels Convention Centre in the city’s Mont des Arts, convenient to historical and cultural attractions and offering a broad view of the cityscape.

Days at a glance

Start planning for Congress 2026 to make the most of your experience.

200+

Speakers

75+

Sessions

12+

CPEs

50+

Exhibitors

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2025 keynote speakers

Dubbed the “high priestess of competition” by Politico, economist and antitrust expert Cristina Caffarra outlines an urgent path forward to build European digital sovereignty: EuroStack.

Dr. Öhman’s new book, “The Afterlife of Data,” explores the question of what we should do with the data of the deceased, whether our digital afterlives are really our own, and if not, who should have the right to decide what happens to our data.

Cristina Caffarra

Lead, EuroStack Industry Initiative; Co-founder, Competition Policy Research Network, CEPR; Honorary Professor, University College London

Carl Öhman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Political Science

Uppsala University

Keynote conversation

Leading EU data protection authorities discuss their priorities for policing and promoting data-driven innovation. Joe Jones moderated.

Joe Jones

Research and Insights Director

IAPP

Dale Sunderland

Commissioner

Data Protection Commission Ireland

Anu Talus

Chair, European Data Protection Board; Head

Finnish Data Protection Authority

Wojciech Wiewiórowski

European Data Protection Supervisor

Keynote debate

Hear our keynotes debate EU digital sovereignty in the Oxford Union format. Bojana Bellamy moderated.

Bojana Bellamy

CIPP/E

President

Centre for Information Policy Leadership

Théodore Christakis

Chair, Legal & Regulatory Implications of AI, Multidisciplinary Institute in AI

University of Grenoble Alpes

Sophie in 't Veld

Former Member of European Parliament, Advisory Council Chair

CDT Europe

Max Schrems

Honorary Chairman

noyb.eu

Eduardo Ustaran

AIGP, CIPP/E

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Thank you to our 2025 sponsors

Title sponsors

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See highlights from Congress 2025.

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