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Brussels Privacy Convening Focuses on Empowering Vulnerable and Marginalized People, Launches New Project

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Saturday, November 26, 2022
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Brussels Privacy Convening Focuses on Empowering Vulnerable and Marginalized People, Launches New Project

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  • Brussels Privacy Convening Focuses on Empowering Vulnerable and Marginalized People, Launches New Project
    The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit focused on data protection and privacy, and the Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) will jointly present the sixth edition of the Brussels Privacy Symposium on November 15, 2022.
  • The in-person event will convene in Brussels, bringing together policymakers, academic researchers, civil society, and industry representatives to discuss privacy research and scholarship.
  • In line with this years topic, Vulnerable People, Marginalization, and Data Protection, participants will explore the extent to which data protection and privacy law including GDPR and other modern data protection laws like Brazils LGPD safeguard and empower vulnerable and marginalized people.
  • The event marks the launch of VULNERA, the International Observatory on Vulnerable People in Data Protection, led by the Brussels Privacy Hub and supported by the Future of Privacy Forum.

Barcelona leads the adoption of technological humanism to address the challenges of digitisation

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Friday, November 12, 2021
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The program will host highly recognized international voices .

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  • The program will host highly recognized international voices .
  • Likewise, the role of public administrations in front of the digital divides will be a highlighted topic during the day.
  • It will also seek to explore solutions about the fundamental challenges associated withAI.
  • In this area, the keynote with Sonia Jorge, Executive Director of World Wide Web Foundation, is also highlighted.

Barcelona leads the adoption of technological humanism to address the challenges of digitisation

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Friday, November 12, 2021
Knowledge, Amos, MEP, Artificial intelligence, Open, European Digital Rights, European Commission, World Wide Web Foundation, Ethics, CEO, Operational technology, Technology, Human Rights Watch, City council, Senior, Digital, UNU, Program, Policy, AI, Humanism, Sonia, City, Solution, City Council of Barcelona, Royal commission, European Parliament

The program will host highly recognized international voices .

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  • The program will host highly recognized international voices .
  • Likewise, the role of public administrations in front of the digital divides will be a highlighted topic during the day.
  • It will also seek to explore solutions about the fundamental challenges associated with AI.
  • In this area, the keynote with Sonia Jorge, Executive Director of World Wide Web Foundation, is also highlighted.

"Solidarity - The power of the powerless"

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Saturday, January 30, 2021
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Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski in the Data Protection Working Party of the Council (DAPIX), Brussels, Belgium

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  • Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski in the Data Protection Working Party of the Council (DAPIX), Brussels, Belgium
    Data for the public good: Building a healthier digital future , Welcoming speech by Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a video link), Brussels, Belgium
    Wojciech Wiewirowski meeting with MEP, Mr R.Biedro (via a video link), Brussels, Belgium
    EDPS Civil Society Summit, Big tech: from private platforms to public infrastructures, Event co-organised by the EDPS and EDRi, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    Computers, Privacy and Data Protection - CPDP 2021 , Enforcing rights in a changing world, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a video link), Brussels, Belgium
    World Bank Group Data Privacy Day 2021, Wojciech Wiewirowski in the Roundtable with Data Privacy Commissioners (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    Data Privacy Day, Online conference organised by the Croatian Employees' Association and the IAPP KnowledgeNet Chapter Croatia, Keynote speech by Wojciech Wiewirowski, Brussels, Belgium
    Digital transformation and data protection in a pandemic world, Online conference organised by the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency, Keynote speech by Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a video link), Brussels, Belgium

Shaping a Safer Digital Future: An introduction to the European Data Protection Supervisor

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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DPO Quartet meeting, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium

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  • DPO Quartet meeting, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    Plenary Session of the EDPB, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via video link), Brussels, Belgium
    Wojciech Wiewirowski in an online meeting with Ms Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Brussels, Belgium
    Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski in the Data Protection Working Party of the Council (DAPIX), Brussels, Belgium
    Data for the public good: Building a healthier digital future , Welcoming speech by Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a video link), Brussels, Belgium
    EDPS Civil Society Summit, Big tech: from private platforms to public infrastructures, Event co-organised by the EDPS and EDRi, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium
    Computers, Privacy and Data Protection - CPDP 2021 , Enforcing rights in a changing world, Participation of Wojciech Wiewirowski (via a video link), Brussels, Belgium
    World Bank Group Data Privacy Day 2021, Wojciech Wiewirowski in the Roundtable with Data Privacy Commissioners (via a videolink), Brussels, Belgium