IAPP Europe Congress 2026
Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law
Brussels
16-19 November
Speakers
The IAPP is policy neutral. We see it as our responsibility to showcase a broad spectrum of voices and perspectives. Please enjoy the luminaries we have assembled from Europe and beyond as they speak about current issues in privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity law.
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Keynote speakers
Carissa Véliz
Author, Prophecy and Privacy Is Power
Ray Eitel-Porter
Senior Research Associate, The Intellectual Forum, Jesus College Cambridge
Session speakers at IAPP Congress 2026
Justine Atlan
Director
e-Enfance Association
Aleksandra Aytova
CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Group Head of Privacy
Applegreen
Jiri Balek
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Data Privacy and Ethics Manager
Celonis
Nina Barakzai
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Specialist Counsel, Global Privacy and Information Governance
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
João Barreiro
CIPP/E, CIPP/US
Chief Privacy and Data Ethics Officer
BeOne Medicines
Nathalie Barrera
CIPP/E
Director, Assistant General Counsel for Policy and Digital Trust
Palo Alto Networks
Nacera Bekhat
Head of Digital Economy Department
CNIL
Claire Bernier
Partner
Adsto
Sean Betts
Chief AI and Innovation Officer
Omnicom Media
Annemarie Bloemen-Patberg
Senior Strategic Advisor AI Law
Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)
Francesca Blythe
Partner
Sidley Austin
Julia Bonder-Le Berre
AIGP, CIPM
Head of Global Privacy
Iron Mountain
Madeleine Bonvin
CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT
Head of Data Protection
Value Retail
Davide Borelli
Counsel, Data and Technology
Freshfields
Trip Boyer
Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Products and Support
Palo Alto Networks
Thierry Burnens
Partner, Tech, Data, IP
Chabrier
Sarah Cadiot
CIPP/E
Lead Privacy Counsel
Mangopay
Lucia Canga Roza
CIPP/E
Senior Managing Counsel, VP in Privacy, AI and Data Responsibility
Mastercard
Andy Cavo
Global Head of Cyber Legal
Barclays
Mathias Cellarius
Group DPO and Head of Data Protection and Export Control
SAP
Leonardo Cervera-Navas
Secretary General
European Data Protection Supervisor
Ilias Chantzos
Global Privacy Officer, Head of EMEA Government Affairs
Broadcom
Kristie Chon Flynn
Group Data Protection Officer
Théodore Christakis
Chair, Legal & Regulatory Implications of AI, Multidisciplinary Institute in AI
University of Grenoble Alpes
Glynna Christian
Senior Managing Director, Head of Technology and AI Law
TIAA
Alistair Cole
CIPP/E
CEO
Privacy Culture
Michel Combot
Deputy Director General
ANFr France
Cristina Costache
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Global DPO,CISO, Chair of the AI Council
Noventiq
Amanda Craig Deckard
General Manager, Responsible AI Public Policy
Microsoft
Lauren Cuyvers
CIPP/E
Partner, EU Privacy and Cybersecurity
Crowell & Moring
Rocio de la Cruz
AIGP, CIPP/E, FIP
Director, Global Privacy and AI Public Policy
OpenText
Elizabeth Denham
Chair
Jersey Data Protection Authority
Lothar Determann
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Pierre Devoize
Public Policy Manager
Etienne Drouard
CIPP/E
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Lilian Edwards
Professor, University of Newcastle; Honorary Professor
CREATe
Ray Eitel-Porter
Senior Research Associate, The Intellectual Forum, Jesus College Cambridge
Peter Farrell
CIPP/E
Global Privacy Director
Unilever
James Finlayson
CIPP/E
Data Protection Officer
Virgin Media O2
Hans-Peter Fischer
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting
Carolina Foglia
Head of Sector, Secretariat
European Data Protection Board
Natasza Gach-Violleau
DPO, Senior Legal Counsel
Dailymotion
Karolina Gałęzowska
Data Protection Assistant
eu-LISA
Jessica Gan Lee
Associate General Counsel, Head of Privacy Legal
OpenAI
Natascha Gerlach
CIPP/E
Director of Privacy and Data Policy
Centre for Information Policy Leadership
Clarisse Girot
Head of Division, Data Flows, Governance and Privacy, Online Safety
OECD
Marine Gossa
Deputy Managing Director, Legal and Public Affairs
Alliance Digitale
Caroline Goulding
CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Global Data Protection Officer and DMA Compliance Officer
TikTok
Catherine Günthner
DPO, AI Trust Officer, Allianz Germany; Deputy Group CPO and AI Trust Officer
Allianz SE
Connor Harrington Brandt
CIPP/E
Manager and Data Protection Officer
Booking.com
Andrew Harrison
AIGP, CIPP/E
Senior AI Governance Specialist
Booking.com
James Hawkins
Chief Privacy Officer
Pearson
Alain Herrmann
Commissioner
National Commission for Data Protection of Luxembourg
Jörg Hladjk
Partner, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection
Jones Day
Victoria Hordern
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPT
Partner
Digiphile
Lorenzo Cotino Hueso
President
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Florence Hugenholtz
Managing Director, Crisis Communications
FTI Consulting
Yana Humen
Manager, AI and Cybersecurity Policy
IBM
Sophia Ignatidou
Head of AI, Regulatory Policy and Supervision
U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office
Jas Johal
CIPP/E
Partner, AI, Privacy and Data Compliance
Hunter, Bright & Headman
Arnav Joshi
Partner
Perkins Coie
Ben Kamber
Senior Staff Privacy Engineer and Manager
Zoe Kardasiadou
Legal and Policy Officer
European Commission, DG JUST, Data Protection Unit
Natallia Karniyevich
Partner, Cybersecurity
McDermott Will & Schulte
Julia Kaufmann
AIGP, CIPP/E
Partner
Osborne Clarke
Caroline Kimber Zurawska
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM
Senior Consultant, GDPR and AI Governance
Avishay Klein
AIGP, CIPT
Head of Privacy, AI and Cyber
Barnea Jaffa Lande
Louisa Klingvall
Acting Head of Unit, Rule of Law and Equality, International Affairs and Data Flows at European Commission
Sebastian Kraska
Data Protection Officer, Lawyer
IITR Datenschutz
Rowena Lam
Senior Director of Privacy
IAB Tech Lab
Nathalie Laneret
CIPP/E, CIPM
Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy
Criteo
Travis LeBlanc
Partner
Cooley
Dylan Levy
CIPP/E
Legal Analyst, Privacy and AI
Vanguard
Lara Liss
Chief Privacy and Data Trust Officer
GE HealthCare
Carolin Loy
Head of Digital Economy
Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision
Alasdair Macdonald
CIPT
Senior Technology Advisor
U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office
William Malcolm
Executive Director of Regulatory Risk and Innovation
U.K. Information Commissioner's Office
Bianca-Ioana Marcu
Deputy Director for Global Privacy
Future of Privacy Forum
Gianluca Martinelli
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT
Privacy and AI Governance Professional
Gabriela Mercuri
Managing Director
SCOPE Europe
Karolina Mojzesowicz
Deputy Head of Unit Data Protection
European Commission
Amanda Molina
AIGP
General Counsel of Artificial Intelligence and Cyber
Honeywell Aerospace
Nicole Monleon de Wallmann
CIPP/E, CIPM
Senior Legal Counsel, Head of Data Protection, Data Protection Officer
Panasonic Europe
Marco Moragón
Senior Public Policy Manager
Workday
Jade Nester
CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPM, FIP
Director, Safety, Privacy and Security Public Policy, Europe
TikTok
Rafaela Nicolazzi
Data, Privacy and Consumer Protection Lead
OpenAI
Jorge Oliveira e Carmo
CIPM
Head of Data Protection and Cybersecurity Risk
FIFA
Giangiacomo Olivi
Europe Co-head of Privacy and Cybersecurity Group
Dentons
Yann Padova
Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Oliver Patel
AIGP, CIPP/E
Head of Enterprise AI Governance
AstraZeneca
Robert Pisarczyk
Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, PETs Technology
Oblivious
Olivier Proust
CIPP/E
Partner, Technology and Data
Emilio Puccio
Secretary General of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights,
European Parliament
Philipp Raether
AIGP, CIPP/E
Chief Privacy and AI Trust Officer
Allianz
Mark Reynolds
CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Managing Associate General Counsel, Global Head of Data Legal
HSBC
Yoko Riat
CIPP/E
Data Protection Officer
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Rebecca Richards
CIPP/G, CIPP/US
Chief, Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Irene Roche Laguna
Deputy Head of Unit, Digital Services
European Commission
Loes Rojer
AIGP
AI Governance Lead
KPN
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner
Cooley
Rohan Saxena
Go-To-Market Lead
Responsible AI Institute
Camille Scarparo
Michael Schmidl
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Camille Schneider
AIGP, CIPP/E
Senior Privacy Manager, Corporate Counsel
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Michael Scuvee
CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Chief Data Protection Officer
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Monica Simoes de Almeida
CIPP/E
Vice President - Data Protection Officer
State Street Bank International
Sajai Singh
Chair, IBA Technology Law Committee; Partner
J. Sagar Associates
Cristina Sirera
CIPP/E
Global Data Protection Director
Colt Technology
Margo Steiner
VP Global Privacy, Data and AI Regulation
adidas AG
Peter Swire
CIPP/US
Professor, Georgia Tech and Senior Counsel
Alston & Bird
Satoru Tezuka
Chairperson
Personal Information Protection Commission, Japan
GPA Member to be confirmed
Wouter-Bas van der Vegt
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP
Global Data Protection Officer; Director, Global Legal
Randstad
Kirsten van der Zwan
AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT
CPO, Global Head of Privacy, Digital and AI governance
Signify
Rob van Eijk
Managing Director, CEO
Blaeu Privacy Response Team
Tanguy Van Overstraeten
Partner - Head of Digital, Data & Cyber Law
Van Bael & Bellis
Carissa Véliz
Author, Prophecy and Privacy Is Power
Isabelle Vereecken
Head of Secretariat
European Data Protection Board
Andrea Vetrone
Senior Expert on Digital Finance
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Georgia Voudoulaki
Senior Legal Counsel
Bosch
Ross Webster
Independent Privacy and Data Protection Consultant
Katharina Weimer
Partner
Fieldfisher
Justin B. Weiss
CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
Crowell Global Advisors Senior Director, Senior Counsel
Crowell & Moring
Michael Will
President
Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision
James Winters
Head of AI Governance
Colt
Denise Wong
Commissioner
PDPC, Singapore, Assistant Chief Executive, IMDA, Singapore
Steve Wright
Data Protection Officer
Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Oliver Yaros
CIPP/E
Partner, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Mayer Brown International
Kai Zenner
Head of Office, Digital Policy Adviser for Axel Voss
Member of the European Parliament
Sébastien Ziegler
Chairman of Europrivacy International Board of Experts
Europrivacy, European Center for Certification and Privacy