2023 Keynote Speaker​
Helen Dixon was appointed as Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland in September 2014. Responsible for upholding the rights of individuals regarding how data about them is used, the role, among other things, requires regulation of a large number of US internet multinationals with European bases in Ireland. Previously Irish Registrar of Companies where she led regulatory enforcement of compliance with the filing provisions of the Companies Acts, Helen has also held senior roles in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation working on economic migration policy, science, technology and innovation policy. She spent the first ten years of her career in the IT industry. She holds postgraduate qualifications in European Economic and Public Affairs, Governance, Computer Science, Official Statistics for Policy Evaluation, and Judicial Skills and Decision Making.

​For more information about Helen, you can find her official biography here.
Previous Keynote Speakers 
2022
​Cameron Kerry
Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation
Brookings Institute
2021
​Wojciech Wiewiórowski
​Supervisor
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
2021
Ashkan Soltani
Technology Expert
Soltani LLC​
2020
​Bruno Gencarelli ​
Head of Unit - International Data Flows and Protection​​ –European Commission
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 
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