IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. + AI Governance Global 2026

SEATTLE

6-9 October

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Opening General Session

Thursday, 8 Oct.

09:00 - 10:15 EDT

GENERAL SESSION

Christof Koch, Meritorious Investigator at Allen Institute and Chief Scientist of the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation

Christof Koch brings over two decades of deep research and writing on neuroscience, psychology, pharmacology, philosophy, and the lived experience of consciousness to his latest book, “Then I Am Myself the World - What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It.”

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Christof Koch

Meritorious Investigator, Allen Institute; Chief Scientist

Tiny Blue Dot Foundation