IAPP Global Summit 2026: Privacy | AI governance | Cybersecurity law
WASHINGTON, DC
30 March-2 April
AI Arms Race: The Survival and Reinvention of Privacy
Monday, 30 March
13:45 - 14:45 EDT
Intermediate level
No organization is ready for smart systems that learn constantly and behave autonomously. This session is intended as a catalyst for rethinking privacy, with the thesis that today’s approaches fail when volatility rises, transparency drops, agents proliferate, and technology guardrails become victims of the artificial intelligence arms race. But this is not a “sky-is-falling” session. It will share foundational shifts and dial them to “11” to pressure-test current approaches and assumptions. It will also explore how to transform privacy programs through new operating models and guardrails designed for machines that behave like people, not like code. Come prepared to debate and push each other’s thinking.
What you will learn:
• Understand why AI introduces long-term ambiguity, not just complexity — and how privacy leaders must redesign strategy and programs to handle probabilistic systems.
• Examine how risk is increasingly transferred from the technology provider to the enterprise.
• Review why accountability becomes a litmus test for the long-term viability of any privacy program or control.
Sponsored by: OneTrust
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Moderator and speakers

Ojas Rege
CIPP/E, CIPM
Senior Vice President, Privacy and Data Governance
OneTrust