Agenda

Monday 10th October, 2022

Panel 1: How can tech policy support global growth and avoid protectionism? Is digital trade driving Globalization 4.0? How can regulations be shaped so they are aligned, both domestically and internationally, to enable the safe flow of data across borders? Are governments doing all they can to create level playing fields for technology and its users?

Speakers:

• Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Former Prime Minister, Honorary Member of the parliament, Chairman of the Fondation Prospective et Innovation
• Ventsislav Karadjov, Deputy Chair, European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
• Abhishek Singh, President & Chief Executive Officer, National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
• Thibaut Kleiner, Director for Policy Strategy and Outreach, DG Connect, European Commission
• MODERATOR: Filip Van Elsen, Partner, Global Co-Head of Technology, Allen & Overy

Panel 2: Developing Trust in a Changing Internet – Who should take responsibility for online content: states, companies or consumers? How should we prepare for the metaverse and Web3?

Speakers:

• Christel Schaldemose, Member, European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Leonardo Cervera Navas, Director, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
• Nick Seeber, Partner & Internet Regulation Lead, Deloitte
• Maeve Hanna, Partner, Allen & Overy
• MODERATOR: Ioanna Noula, Senior Leader – Operations, Internet Commission, Ombusdman Services

Panel 3: Creating Equitable Digital Markets – how can we promote healthy competition and fairer digital economies? Should tech companies reveal their algorithms, and in what circumstances? How can we create common standards for competing services?

Speakers:

• Karolina Mojzesowicz, Deputy Head of Data Protection Unit, DG Justice, European Commission
• Will Hayter, Senior Director of the Digital Markets Unit, Competition & Markets Authority, UK
• Arvind Gupta, President, Digital India Foundation
• Prof. Joachim Wuermeling, Executive Board Member, Bundesbank
• Carolina Toloba, IT Risk Supervisor, Banco de Espana
• MODERATOR: Dr. Aneta Wiewiorowska-Domagalska, Member of Executive Committee, European Law Institute

Panel 4: Changing Data Regulatory Environments – How can data regulation evolve to improve access, fairness and certainty while stimulating competitive markets? What are the challenges and opportunities of interoperability? What are the concerns around data sharing for public and private sector organisations?

Speakers:

• Alain Herrmann, Data Protection Commissioner, National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) – Luxembourg
• Federico Milani, Deputy Head of the Data Policy and Innovation Unit, DG Connect, European Commission
• Axel Voss, Member, European Parliament
• Prof. Christiane Wendehorst, Scientific Director, European Law Institute
• MODERATOR: Neil Clements, Telecommunications, Media and Technology Partner, Deloitte

Networking Break

Panel 5: Thinking Outside the Sandbox – How effective are sandboxes at creating innovative and responsible AI products and shaping policy and regulation? What is the role of sandboxes in the AI Act? What are the alternatives to sandboxes for regulating algorithms? How can new products and services use personal data in innovative and safe ways?

Speakers:

• Marco-Alexander Breit, Director-General for Artificial Intelligence, Data and Digital Technologies, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
• Norberto Andrade, Director and Global Policy Lead for AI and Digital Ethics, Meta
• Henrik Trasberg, Legal Adviser on New Technologies and Digitalisation, Legislative Policy Department, Ministry of Justice, Estonia
• Huy Nguyen Trieu, Associate Fellow and Entrepreneurship Expert, Said Business School, Oxford University
• MODERATOR: Dr. Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell, Professor of Commercial Law, University Carlos III of Madrid

Panel 6: Can Regulation Save (Crypto) Currencies? – as cryptocurrencies crash and inflation rises, how can policymakers and regulators create stability? What role will blockchain play in traditional and crypto assets in the future? How can we promote multilateral cooperation in the financial sector?

Speakers:

• Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Doris Dietze, Head of Digital Finance, Payment Services and Cybersecurity, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
• Kilvar Kessler, Chairman of the Board, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority
• Giuseppe Siani, Director General for Financial Supervision and Regulation, Bank of Italy
• MODERATOR: Jodi Norman, Partner, Allen & Overy

• Cecilia Álvarez, Director of Privacy Policy Engagement, EMEA, Meta
• Steve Wood, Consultant, Allen & Overy
• Martijn ten Bloemendal, Global Privacy Counsel, AbbVie
• MODERATOR: Catherine Di Lorenzo, Partner, Allen & Overy

Panel 7: The Race to the Top: Raising Standards in Regulation and Innovation – How are policymakers and platforms developing good standards and ecosystems for a healthy technology sector – through competition or cooperation? How can innovation ecosystems and policies be developed internationally, including the global South? How can different jurisdictions and sectors work together to find the best balance between regulation and innovation? How can regulators enable, and keep pace with, innovation? And how can tech companies keep up with new transparency and reporting obligations?

Speakers:

• Dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister for Digital Transformation, Government of Slovenia
• Isidro Laso Ballesteros, Cabinet Expert – Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission
• Lorraine Kisselburgh, Purdue University
• Mari-Liis Kukk, Head of Innovation Department, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority
• MODERATOR: Karine Caunes, Global Program Director, Center for AI and Digital Policy

Panel 8: Digital Safeguarding for All – how companies and regulations, from the Online Safety Bill and the Kids Online Safety Act and beyond, are making online space safer. And how can different jurisdictions balance the need for data flows with security concerns?

Speakers:

• Andrew Carroll, Assistant Commissioner, Data Protection Commission – Ireland
• Thomas Van der Valk, Privacy Policy Manager EMEA, Meta
• Joanna Conway, Partner & Internet Regulation (Legal), Deloitte
• Adv. Collen Weapond, Commissioner, Information Regulator (South Africa)
• MODERATOR: Prof. Victoria Baines, IT Livery Company Professor of IT, Gresham College

Panel 9: Come Together: Regulatory Convergence – How can regulations be designed to be scalable, harmonised and tech-enabled? What are the most important areas of policy convergence? How can different jurisdictions work together?

Speakers:

• Katherine M. Harman-Stokes, Acting Director, Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, United States Department of Justice
• Serge Degallaix, CEO, Fondation Prospective et Innovation
• Rene Repasi, Member, European Parliament
• Monika Adamczyk, Cybersecurity Expert, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity
• MODERATOR: Lauren Taylor, Partner, Deloitte