Responsible data use as a driver of European innovation

A breakfast discussion on how privacy-enhancing technologies can power a trusted European data economy.

Join the European Tech Alliance (EUTA) and FEDMA for a breakfast briefing hosted by MEP Oliver Schenk, to explore how Europe can build a data economy that is also privacy and user-friendly. Hear from experts and real use cases on how privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) work day to day.

Doors open at 07:45 for registration and security; the briefing starts promptly at 08:00.

If you do not have a European Parliament badge, please contact laura@eutechalliance.eu so we can arrange your access, and bring your ID on the day.

The briefing will be held under the Chatham House Rule.

Programme

07:30 Gathering for guests without a badge

07:45 Welcome breakfast and registration

08:00 Opening remarks by MEP Oliver Schenk, Shadow rapporteur for LIBE on the Digital Omnibus

08:05 Part 1. PETs in practice: use cases
Short presentations (25 min) followed by Q&A (10 min)

• Jan Wittrodt, Director of Privacy and Technology Law, Zalando
• Maxime Vono, Staff AI Researcher, Criteo AI Lab
• More European tech experts to be announced

08:40 Part 2. Policy debate: making PETs work under EU law

• Valda Beizitere, European Commission, DG JUST (Data Protection Unit)
• Member State representative (tbc)
• Els Bruggeman, Group Manager Advocacy, Enforcement & Communication, Euroconsumers
• Sachiko Scheuing, Co-Chair, FEDMA

Moderator: Victoria de Posson, Secretary General, EUTA

09:15 Questions from the audience

09:25 Closing remarks by MEP Oliver Schenk

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