CPDP2022: Data Protection and Privacy in Transitional Times

Press Conference - Wednesday, 18^th May 2022, 10:30

Our Managing Director Bianca-Ioana Marcu and high-level EU partners will introduce the event at our general press conference at Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels.

Opening Night Sunday, 22 May 2022, 18:00, Area 42, Rue des Palais 46

• Panel 1: Privacy against Power
  Professor Bart Preneel, Nym CEO Harry Halpin in discussion with activist and security analyst Chelsea Manning
   
• Panel 2: Vulnerable Individuals in the Age of AI Regulation
  The official opening event hosted by the Brussels Privacy Hub 

Monday, 23^rd May 2022, 10:30 –

Press Conference with Chelsea Manning at the start of CPDP.

Monday, 23^rd May 2022, 8:30 – Wednesday, 25^th May 20:00

CPDP Conference takes place.

As in previous years, CPDP will offer three days of groundbreaking talks and side events in the crucible of the digital and political field. CPDP2022 foresees more than 80 panels and 400 speakers, offering topical debates in the fields of information technology, privacy, and data protection.

The topics of the sessions vary from socio-technical risks of artificial intelligence and the EU's proposed regulation of AI through the AI Act, online manipulation of data and dark patterns, perspectives on international data flows and trans-Atlantic data agreements, privacy, data protection, digital infrastructures and much more. New this year is CPDP Global, a fully online track on Tuesday 24^th May spotlighting global developments in data protection privacy.

CPDP also organises a series of side events including the Opening Event with Chelsea Manning and the opening panel organised by Privacy Salon, Nym Technologies and the Brussels Privacy Hub. As in previous years, artists, students and activists will come together to offer new perspectives and ways of engaging with the most pressing questions in today’s digital world.