2020 Keynote Speaker
Bruno Gencarelli ​
Mr. Gencarelli heads the International data flows and protection Unit at the European Commission. He led the Commission's work in the area of data protection in the decisive phases of the negotiations on the GDPR and the EU-US data transfers arrangements. In that capacity, he headed the Commission's delegation in the inter-institutional negotiations with the European Parliament and the Council that resulted in the adoption of the EU data protection reform ("General Data Protection Regulation" and "Law Enforcement Directive"). He was also one of the lead negotiators of the EU-US Privacy Shield and "Umbrella Agreement". He represented the EU in the negotiations on the modernization of “Convention 108”. He recently negotiated the mutual adequacy arrangement with Japan and is in charge of the data protection/data flows aspects of Brexit. Mr. Gencarelli previously served as a member of the European Commission's Legal Service and as an assistant (référendaire) to a judge at the European Court of Justice after having practiced law in the private sector. He holds degrees in law and political science, and teaches EU Competition Law at Sciences Po Paris. He is the author of numerous publications on EU law.
Previous Keynote Speakers 
2019
​Ashkan Soltani
Technology Expert
Soltani LLC
2018
Hugh Stevenson
Deputy Director for International Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)​​
2017
​Terrell McSweeny
Former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
2016
Andrea Glorioso 
Former Counselor
​ (ICT & Digital Economy), Delegation of the European Union to the USA –
European Commission
​2015​
​ Helen Dixon
​ Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland 
2015
Julie Brill
​Former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission 
See also: