The IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2025
call for speaking proposals is open

The IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress helps professionals enhance connections between technology, privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility. Educate your colleagues and extend your reputation by submitting a proposal to speak at the 2025 event in Brussels.

We are looking for experts to speak on developing trends, as well as continuing issues such as:

  • Adtech regulation and enforcement.
  • AI governance.
  • Managing third-party vendors, including AI.
  • EU AI Act conformity assessments.
  • Cybersecurity and incident response.
  • Governing digital sovereignty.
  • Data retention.
  • European regulatory developments: DMA, DSA, Data Act.
  • European and global enforcement trends and insights.
  • Emerging international regulatory frameworks, including China and India.
  • International data transfers.
  • Global expansion of your data protection program.
  • Data broker industry.
  • Best use cases for PETs.
  • The role of a DPO.
  • Privacy by design and privacy engineering.
  • Convergence of privacy, competition, and consumer protection.
  • Children’s privacy policies and protections.
  • Employee and workplace privacy.

Congress touts a sold-out record for its last three years, granting maximum exposure to speakers in front of an engaged audience of more than 2,000 elite professionals. This is a great opportunity to contribute to the community focused on the latest developments in European data protection operations and regulations.

The call for proposals closes 6 April 2025.

Submit your proposal

 

2024 CONFERENCE RECAP

Learn what was covered on the latest data protection developments in Europe at Congress 2024

Speakers from Europe and beyond joined us at another sold-out Congress to provide strategies for best practices, compliance solutions and policy navigation to delegates from the front lines of data protection, AI and digital responsibility.

See breakout session presentations

Keynote speaker Anu Bradford, author, professor of law, Columbia Law School, shared her research and analysis of EU law, digital regulation and international trade law to help professionals understand updated policies and how to implement new technologies.

One of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in AI, Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO and U.S. science envoy for artificial intelligence, detailed ways that professionals can remain compliant and protect their clients as AI technology continues to advance.

Author and policy director Marietje Schaake spoke from the keynote stage on her experience in the European Parliament and Silicon Valley. She provided delegates with suggestions on how they can contribute strengthening democracy through their use and governance of technology.

Keynote Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, professor of Internet governance and regulation, provided delegates with a realistic understanding of new concerns we are facing in the current digital age, and offered his perspective to businesses on ways to improve operations in a rapidly evolving information economy.

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2024 keynote speakers

Anu Bradford

Author, Professor of Law, Henry L. Moses Professor of International Law and Organizations, Columbia Law School

Anu Bradford’s new book, “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology”, explores how three competing frameworks for regulating technology (the American market-driven model, the Chinese state-driven model, and the European rights-driven model) will shape the global digital landscape — and the future of liberal democracy.

Rumman Chowdhury

CEO & Co-Founder, Humane Intelligence, United States Science Envoy for Artificial Intelligence, U.S. Department of State

Rumman Chowdhury’s passion lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity. She is a pioneer in the field of applied algorithmic ethics, creating cutting-edge socio-technical solutions for ethical, explainable and transparent AI, and is dedicated to cultivating and growing the next wave of technology-forward companies enabling the responsible use of emerging technologies.

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger’s latest book, “Guardrails,” explores the need to look beyond network governance and data governance and focus on decision governance. He addressed the global concerns of our time and the urgency to comprehend the scope of guardrails available to us in this digital age.

Marietje Schaake

International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, International Policy Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University.

In Marietje Schaake’s new book, “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley”, she draws on her experiences in the halls of the European Parliament and among Silicon Valley insiders, offering a frightening look at our modern tech-obsessed world — and a clear-eyed view of how democracies can build a better future.

Congress 2024 social conversations — #DPC24

See what delegates had to share on social media

My recap of #DPC24 with some high-level thoughts and links to good summaries over at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/recap-…

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— Stephan Geering (@stephangeering.bsky.social) November 23, 2024 at 12:40 PM

Food for thought inside, eye candy outside #DPC24

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— Stephan Geering (@stephangeering.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 10:45 AM

I knew that our “AI across borders” panel would be good, but I didn’t expect it to be so much fun & to generate such interesting exchanges & out-of-the-box thinking! “Cross Border Data Transfers: Paradigm Shifts in the Age of AI” was my little contribution! #DPC24 (Thanks Maverick James 4 photo!) 1/

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— Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna (@gzf.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 12:02 PM

Full room this morning at #IAPP #DPC24 for a panel discussing “Implications and Expectations for Digital Policy of the new US Administration”, with US digital policy heavyweights – Cameron Kerry, @JulesPolonetsky.bsky.social (@FutureofPrivacy.bsky.social) & Caitlin Fennessy (IAPP). 1/

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— Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna (@gzf.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 5:37 AM

Kicking off day 2 of the IAPP’s European Data Protection Congress in Brussels, with a very timely session on ‘A New U.S. Administration: Implications & Expectations for Digital Policy’ – with panel members Jules Polonetsky & Cameron Kerry #DPC24

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— Joe Dilger (@jdprivacytravels.bsky.social) November 21, 2024 at 3:44 AM

At ‘The U.S. Privacy Patchwork: Practical Considerations for GDPR Companies’, where the map (below) was shared showing the now 19 comprehensive US state privacy laws #DPC24

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— Joe Dilger (@jdprivacytravels.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 11:12 AM

Top tip with 3000 people at the conference and the biggest theatre having 1300 seats, you have two options at #DPC24 1) be really early. Like skip the networking breaks 2) watch it in the streaming area – not ideal, but better than nothing. 3) ignore the planned programme and chat in the halls

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— REINBO Data Protection (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🍍🇪🇺 (@igrobrien.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 11:05 AM

will impact Cross-Border Data Flow policies. I already spotted 3 trends developing in response to this question and I will share my thinking in the panel, scheduled on Thursday next week. See you there! #IAPPDPC24 #DPC24 #EUDataP #Privacy

— Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna (@gzf.bsky.social) November 12, 2024 at 12:31 PM

Oliver Patel highlighting #DPC24 the importance for organisations covered, to comply with the ‘AI literacy’ provisions in EU AI Act, which come into force from February 2025.

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— Joe Dilger (@jdprivacytravels.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 6:49 AM

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