Reijo Aarnio

Ombudsman of the Finnish Data Protection Authority

Noemi Alonso Calvo, CIPP/E

Privacy Compliance Manager EMEA

Johnson & Johnson

Noemí joined Johnson & Johnson as Privacy Manager EMEA in September

2011. Previously, she has worked in different British law firms as a

regulatory, IT and data protection lawyer for over 10 years, during which she

has acquired a wide experience in the different fields of Public Law, including

urban planning, telecommunications, audiovisual services, environment,

gaming, e-commerce, IP, data protection, electronic communications and

new technologies. She also has experience in administrative, sanctioning and

contentious-administrative procedures. She has a Law Degree and Master’s

from the University of Navarra, and a Superior Program on

Telecommunications Law from Instituto de Empresa.

Vivienne Artz

Managing Director, IP and O&T Law Group

Citigroup Inc.

Vivienne Artz is a Managing Director and Head of International for the IP and

O&T Law Group at Citigroup. Citigroup is a global diversified financial

services holding company whose businesses provide consumers,

corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial

services and products. Citi has approximately 200 million customer accounts

and does business in more than 140 countries. Vivienne’s role includes

responsibility for all legal aspects of intellectual property, technology, data

privacy and data security, electronic trading and order routing, and market

data issues, across all businesses in the EMEA and APAC regions. Vivienne

chairs the AFME Data Protection Working Group and is an active participant

on the E-Commerce Group and the Data Protection Groups at the BBA and

CBI, as well as a Committee member for the Technology Discussion Group.

Speaker Bios

Chris Ayles

Chief Technology Officer, Emerging Markets

RSA Insurance Group

Chris is responsible for IT Strategy, Architecture and Compliance across

RSA’s 20+ Emerging Markets countries. Prior to his current role Chris has

worked in eBusiness, Technology Architecture, Project Management, Business

Analysis and Service Management. Before starting his career he completed a

BSc(Hons) Computer Science Degree at Oxford Brookes University. Chris

lives north of London in the UK with his wife and eight week old baby. You

can connect with Chris on Linkedin.

Ulrich Baumgartner

Partner

Osborne Clarke

Ulrich is a German qualified partner at Osborne Clarke’s Munich office and a

member of the Digital Business sector team. Ulrich has a strong focus on

German and EU data protection law. Since almost ten years he is the trusted

advisor of various international clients for their data privacy matters. Also,

he has long-standing experience in dealing with German and European data

protection authorities. Ulrich is a regular speaker at a number of privacy

conferences and provides training in data protection law matters for inhouse

counsel and other legal professionals. He is an active member of a number

of data privacy bodies, including the IAPP.

Ben Beeson

Partner

Lockton Companies

Ben Beeson is a Partner and leads the Global Technology and Privacy Practice

at Lockton. After graduating twenty years ago with a modern languages

degree from Durham University Ben is now known as one of the leading

experts on technology and privacy risks in both the United States and London

commercial insurance markets. Ben joined Lockton in 2007 from Marsh and

McLennan Companies where he ran the Technology Risks team in San

Francisco.

Bellamy, CIPP/E, LLM

Director of Data Privacy

Accenture

Bellamy is the director of data privacy at Accenture, heading a global team of

seven privacy professionals. She has overall responsibility for Accenture’s

data privacy strategy and compliance programs worldwide, in respect of

internal operations and the company’s technology, outsourcing and

consulting services. Bellamy is the vice chairman of the Board of Directors of

the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), sits on the

Advisory Board of the International Data Privacy Law Journal and participates

in many industry groups. Bellamy has a Master's degree from the European

University Institute, Florence, Italy, a law degree from Belgrade University,

Yugoslavia, and a Diploma of Advanced European Legal Studies from the

College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.

Seth Berman

Executive Managing Director

Stroz Friedberg LLC

Stroz Friedberg’s Executive Managing Director Seth P. Berman oversees the

firm’s offices in London, and Boston, MA, where he supervises digital

forensics, cybercrime investigations, and electronic discovery assignments in

criminal, civil, regulatory, and internal corporate matters. He has extensive

experience dealing with cross-border electronic discovery projects including

cases invoking European Union data protection laws and national bank

secrecy regulations. He also oversees computer investigations involving data

breaches, securities fraud, identity theft, employee misconduct, Foreign

Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, and theft of trade secrets. Mr.

Berman was previously an Assistant US Attorney in the Criminal Division of

the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.

Ruth Boardman

Partner

Bird & Bird

Ruth Boardman jointly heads Bird & Bird’s International Privacy and Data

Protection Group. She advises on data privacy, freedom of information,

database rights and other information law issues. Ruth also advises on

information technology law, e-commerce and on public procurement law. She

is rated by Chambers & Partners as a leading individual on data protection,

who is “pragmatic and efficient and [who] looks at the big picture”. Bird &

Bird’s International Data Privacy Practice is listed as a leading firm by

Chambers & Partners UK. Ruth co-wrote Data Protection Strategy (Sweet &

Maxwell), edits the Encyclopedia of Data Protection (Sweet & Maxwell), is on

the editorial board of journal Data Protection Law & Policy and is a contributor to DataGuidance.

Marie-Hélène Boulanger

Head of the Data Protection Unit

European Commission

Marie-Hélène Boulanger started her career working 6 years in the field of

data protection with Professor Poullet at the University of Namur. She then

joined the Belgian Data Protection Authority where she spent more than 5

years, for 2 years of which she was the secretary of this authority. She

subsequently joined Directorate-General Internal Market of the European

Commission as a national expert with the data protection unit. Following that,

she transferred to the unit responsible for large scale IT systems, where she

has been responsible for the legal team of the unit and also specialised in the

policy aspects of the Schengen Information System. Since September 2009

she is the Head of Unit of the data protection unit.

John Bowman

Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy, Law and Rights, Justice

Policy Group

Ministry of Justice

John Bowman was appointed Head of EU and International Data Protection

Policy at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in November 2011. He will oversee UK

negotiations on the new European Commission data protection proposals in

Brussels. Recent policy areas that Bowman has led on include an internal

review of Claims Management Regulation and engagement with Muslim

communities on raising awareness of domestic matrimonial law. He

also headed the UK delegation to the 2011 Special Commission on the

practical application of Hague Conventions on international child

abduction. He holds a degree in American Studies from the University of

Essex.

Brad Bryant

EMEA Privacy Counsel

Aon Limited

Emma Butler

Senior Policy Officer

Information Commissioner's Office (UK)

Kasey Chappelle, CIPP/US

Global Privacy Counsel

Vodafone Group Services Limited

Kasey Chappelle is global privacy counsel for Vodafone Group, advising on the

legal issues surrounding privacy and security for Vodafone’s global products

and services. She facilitates a practice group of Vodafone employees with

privacy and security legal, regulatory and policy responsibilities around the

world. Her background is in consumer privacy and regulatory law, with

previous experience as eBay’s global privacy director, where she handled

consumer privacy issues for eBay’s e-commerce, financial and online services

platforms around the world. She started her legal career as an associate in

telecommunications, technology and privacy law at Willkie Farr and Gallagher

in Washington, DC.

Brian Chase

General Counsel

Foursquare

Brian Chase is general counsel for Foursquare Labs, Inc., a leading location-

based social networking service that makes cities easier to use and more

interesting to explore. Prior to Foursquare, Brian was an attorney at

Gunderson, Dettmer, Stough, Villeneuve, Franklin & Hachigian, LLP where he

represented a broad range of companies in the areas of corporate partnering,

intellectual property and technology protection, privacy, advertising, and

commercialization of intellectual property and technology assets. Brian is a

graduate of the University of Utah and Boston University School of Law, Cum

Laude. Brian serves as a member of the Future of Privacy Forum’s Advisory

Board.

Stephen Deadman

Group Privacy Officer and Head of Legal - Privacy, Security & Content

Standards

Vodafone Group

Alfredo Della Monica, CIPP/E

Counsel - Data Protection EMEA, General Counsel's Office

American Express

Oliver Draf

Data Protection Officer

Allianz SE

Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US

Business and Industry Analyst

International Trade Administration

Caitlin Fennessy is a business and industry analyst with the Office of

Technology and E-Commerce at the U.S. International Trade Administration

(ITA), where she focuses on international privacy policy and transborder data

flow issues as they impact trade. Caitlin leads ITA’s work on European and

Latin American privacy issues and is the co-director of the Safe Harbor

program administered by ITA. Caitlin serves as a member of the U.S.

delegation to the OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy

(WPISP) and the OECD Privacy Volunteer Group. She also participates in the

privacy policy work of Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force

and the National Science and Technology Subcommittee on Commercial

Privacy. Prior to joining ITA, Caitlin worked in the National Security Division

of the Office of Management and Budget and with the U.S. Senate Foreign

Relations Committee. Caitlin has a master’s degree in public affairs from

Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree in social policy from

Northwestern University.

Jane Finlayson-Brown

Partner

Allen & Overy, LLP

Sue Gold

Executive Counsel

The Walt Disney Company Limited

Sue is Principal Counsel at The Walt Disney Company Limited in London,

specializing in data protection law within the EMEA region. Sue has been

working at Disney since May 2004 and has wide experience in privacy across

a large number of sectors including Marketing, HR, and the Internet. Sue is

an active member of a number of Data Protection working groups. Sue

previously chaired the CBI, and UNICE working groups on Data protection.

She is currently a member of the SCL Committee for the Privacy and Data

Protection Group, and is on the European Advisory Board for IAPP. Sue is

also a regular speaker at privacy conferences.

Lynn Goldstein, CIPP/US

Senior Vice President & Chief Privacy Officer

JP Morgan Chase

Lynn A. Goldstein is the Senior Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer for

JPMorgan Chase. From 2001 to 2004 she was the General Counsel for Bank

One, Delaware, N.A., Bank One’s credit card company, and from 2002 to

2004 was the Privacy Officer for Bank One Corporation. From 1988 to 2001

she was the head of the Litigation Practice Group in the Law Department of

Bank One. She has been a lawyer at JPMorgan Chase, or one of its

predecessor entities, since 1983.Ms. Goldstein earned her undergraduate

degree in History and Secondary Education from the University of Iowa and

her law degree with highest honors from the Illinois Institute of

Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law where she was Editor-in-Chief of the

Law Review.

Fedelma Good

Head of Marketing Privacy & Information Management

Barclays

Fedelma is Head of Marketing Privacy and Information Management at

Barclays Bank. She works closely with marketing and privacy teams across

Barclays to ensure they leverage marketing opportunities and optimise the

customer experience - compliantly. She is recognised as an expert in the

areas of privacy, marketing and information management and is a frequent

presenter on these topics. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Fedelma

started her working life with the Bank of Ireland in Dublin before moving to

London to join Deloitte. Fedelma is a member of the DMA Board and chairs

the DMA’s Governance Committee and Cookies working party.

Chris Gow

Government Affairs Manager

Cisco

Chris Gow is Cisco’s lead for privacy policy in Europe. He joined Cisco in

early 2008 and alongside privacy, plays an active role in the Government

Affairs team on security, spectrum, e-skills, trade and tech policy. He is

currently the Vice Chair of DIGITAL EUROPE’s Privacy and Security Group.

Prior to Cisco, he was responsible for campaign strategies and digital

economy policy work at EICTA (now DIGITAL EUROPE). Chris first joined the

Brussels scene in 2003 as an Assistant to an MEP, working on internal market

and legal affairs issues.

Chris studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.

Hazel Grant

Partner

Bristows

Hazel is a partner with Bristows, London. She advises on data protection

compliance, including data transfers (using both EU model contracts and

binding corporate rules), outsourcing and cloud computing projects,

government data sharing projects and responses to data security breaches.

Hazel is rated as a leading individual for Data Protection in Chambers &

Partners 2010, where she is described as: "highly respected". Chambers &

Partners 2009 describe her as having "a deep understanding of data

protection legislation and its application to the public and private sectors."

Andrew Jacques

General Manager EMEA

Good Technology

Laura Juanes, CIPP/US

Director of International Privacy

Yahoo! Inc.

Laura Juanes serves as Director for International Privacy within Yahoo!’s

Privacy, Policy and Trust Group. She is specialized in online privacy matters

for the company’s international properties, focusing on emerging markets in

Latin America and the Asia-Pacific regions. Her interest in privacy and data

protection has grown in step with the increased focus on this issue

particularly in emerging markets that see privacy as a critical aspect of

successful digital development and trade. Before joining the Yahoo! Privacy,

Trust and Safety Group, Ms. Juanes (a Spanish qualified lawyer) has held

different positions within Yahoo!’s legal function, both in Europe (as Yahoo!’s

General Counsel for Spain) and in the Americas (as the region’s Legal

Compliance Director), where she has dealt with a wide range of matters

related to the online space, such as e-commerce, intellectual property,

advertising, liability of ISP intermediaries, law enforcement, mobile, and of

course, privacy and data protection. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Ms. Juanes

began her legal practice with the legal services of the Universidad Autónoma

de Madrid.

Rosemary Jay

Senior Attorney

Hunton & Williams LLP

Rosemary Jay is a senior attorney at Hunton & Williams. She was previously

Head of Information Law at Pinsentmasons, having been Head of Legal at the

UK supervisory authority for 12 years before that. She has been consistently

recognized as one of the top data protection lawyers in the UK in "Band 1" by

Chambers and partners. Her practice covers all areas of information law

including access, interception and surveillance. She is the author of the

leading text book Data Protection Law & Practice, and an editor of the

Encyclopedia of Data Protection and Privacy.

Glyn Jenner

Assistant General Counsel

Bank of America – Merrill Lynch

Barbara Kirchberg-Lennartz

Lufthansa Group Data Protection Commissioner

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

After studies of business economics and a doctorate she started her

professional career at Lufthansa group. After positions in Internal Auditing

and Financial Controlling at the corporate headquarter, she continued in the

business area Information Technology. There she took over responsibilities in

various functions in sales, IT-production, HR-management and as managing

director of a consulting subsidiary. In 2008 she returned to the corporate

headquarter and took over the role of corporate data protection officer for

Lufthansa Group, thus coordinating the group wide data protection

organization with the objective to ensure compliance in about 45 legal units.

Meta Kuyvenhoven

Attorney

Versteeg Wigman Sprey advocaten

James Leaton Gray

Head, Information Policy and Compliance Department

British Broadcasting Corporation

James Leaton Gray heads the BBC’s Information Policy and Compliance

Department, in the Legal section of the BBC’s Operations Group. He oversees

the operation of the Corporation’s systems for compliance with the Data

Protection and Freedom of Information Acts, amongst others. His team are

involved in many high profile cases in this rapidly evolving area of the law.

James has been working in broadcasting, mainly for the BBC, for over 30

years. He has worked on a wide variety of management roles. Before joining

the Operations group he was a programme maker and spent much of his time

in political journalism. He is a former Chairman of the Strategic Planning

Society, and is a member of the Royal Television Society and the Radio

Academy. He is on the editorial board of Data Protection Law & Policy and is a

Member of the Examination Board for the Practitioner Certificate in Freedom

of Information.

Denise Lebeau-Marianna

Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Denise Lebeau-Marianna is a Partner in Baker & McKenzie’s Paris office. She

advises on the legal aspects of personal data protection, and is a member of

the firm’s Global Privacy Steering Committee. Denise also has expertise in IT

matters and in particular in computer and Internet law. She is experienced in

contentious and non contentious IT issues, as well as the transactional

aspects of IT contracts. She assists clients in negotiating and drafting

complex contracts in IT matters (software license, maintenance, outsourcing,

facilities management, and consulting), electronic commerce, electronic

signature and intellectual property (audit or reorganization of IPRs in the

context of a merger or acquisition). She is the member of various IT

associations.

Phil Lee, CIPP/E

Senior Associate

Field Fisher Waterhouse

Phil Lee is a Senior Associate in Field Fisher Waterhouse's Privacy and

Information Law Group. Phil's practice focuses on data privacy and digital

regulation, and he has particular expertise in online profiling, targeted

advertising and mobile privacy. He has coordinated global privacy projects

across more than 30 jurisdictions, and is a contributory author on UK privacy

law issues to the IAPP's practitioner text: "European Privacy: Law and

Practice for Data Protection Professionals". Before qualifying as a lawyer, Phil

graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Computer Science. He

also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property from Bristol

University.

William Long

Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

William Long is counsel in the London office of Sidley Austin LLP. He advises

international clients on a wide variety of data protection, privacy, information

security, e-commerce, payments and other regulatory matters. Mr. Long has

experience with EU and international data protection and privacy projects

particularly in the financial services and healthcare sectors advising on cross-

border data transfer and other data protection issues. Mr. Long is a regular

speaker on data protection and privacy matters. Mr. Long is a contributing

editor for Electronic Money and Payment Systems to Butterworths Financial

Regulation Service. English Solicitor.

William Malcolm

Privacy Counsel

Google UK Ltd

William works with Google's Product and Engineering teams globally on a

range of product design and privacy compliance issues. Prior to joining

Google in March 2011 William was a leading member of Pinsent Masons'

Privacy and Information Law Practice where he advised a range of clients on

privacy programme management and day to day compliance and commercial

privacy issues. William is a frequent speaker at conferences and industry

events on EU privacy issues.

Neil Matthews

CSMB CRM Data Protection and Privacy Manager – EMEA

Dell Corporation Limited

Neil is responsible for Privacy and Data Protection for Acxiom’s UK business.

With more than 20 years experience in the Direct Mail sector, followed by 8

years advising on Data Protection within the Direct Marketing Industry, Neil

advises both within and outside of Acxiom on Privacy implications for complex

marketing solutions. Neil joined Acxiom from the Direct Marketing Association

(UK) Limited where he headed up the Compliance unit – this was newly

formed and provided members advice and training on Legislative and Best

Practice requirements, giving commercial interpretations of current and

pending legislation via one to one meetings and seminar sessions, quickly

enabled the department to become one of the most respected aspects of the

DMA’s offering.

Simon McDougall

Managing Director

Promontory

Simon leads Promontory’s global privacy and data protection practice,

advising firms on governance, risk, and regulatory issues related to their data

and records. He has particular experience in building data protection

programs, advising on integrating privacy into projects, and undertaking data

protection compliance reviews. Simon is a Chartered Accountant and worked

in Deloitte’s Audit, Technology Risk and Regulatory Consulting teams before

joining Promontory. He has served on a range of consultative and advisory

groups including the Data Protection Forum executive, the BSI Data

Protection Editorial Board, the DataGuidance Panel of Experts and the Direct

Marketing Association’s Cookies Working Group.

Peter McLaughlin, CIPP/US

Senior Counsel

Foley & Lardner LLP

Peter F. McLaughlin is senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member

of the firm’s Privacy Practice and the Health Care Industry Team. As the

former global privacy director and assistant general counsel of a Fortune 20

health care company, Mr. McLaughlin has specific experience in data privacy

and security issues relevant to the health care sector. In 2010, the Legal 500

recognized Mr. McLaughlin’s work in the area of data protection and privacy.

Mr. McLaughlin received his J.D. from Georgetown Law Center in 1993 and

his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 1986. He is vice-chair of

the ABA’s Information Security Committee.

Christopher Millard

Professor of Privacy and Information Law, Queen Mary, University of London

Consultant, Bristows

Christopher Millard is Professor of Privacy and Information Law at Queen

Mary, University of London and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford

Internet Institute at the University of Oxford. He is Of Counsel to the law firm

Bristows and has over 25 years experience advising clients in complex

privacy and information governance matters. He is General Editor of the

International Journal of Law and IT and is Editor of International Data Privacy

Law (both published by OUP). He has been designated Internet and

eCommerce Lawyer of the Year by the International Who's Who of Business

Lawyers (2008 and 2009).

Frank Morgan, CIPP/IT,CIPP/US

International Privacy Leader

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Thomas Nortvedt

Head of Section Digital Services

The Norwegian Consumer Council

Thomas Nortvedt is the Head of Section for Digital Services in The Consumer

Council of Norways policy department.The Consumer Council of Norway

(NCC) is an independent, governmentally funded special interests group. The

policy department’s main goal is to strengthen the consumer’s position, and

Nortvedt heads the team responsible for promoting a consumer-friendly

digital society/promoting consumer-friendly digital services. Thomas Nortvedt

is a lawyer by profession, specializing in copyright and information law. His

previous engagements include working for a Norwegian collecting society, as

well as being an in-house attorney at NCC. He is currently holding the

position as the European co-chair within TACDs Information Society.

Kaisa Olkkonene

VP, EU Representative Office

Nokia

Kaisa Olkkonen, Vice President, EU Representative Office, Nokia Corporation,

is responsible for Nokia´s regulatory work in Europe. She is also globally

responsible for Nokia´s approach to privacy and data protection policy work.

Her tasks have covered a broad range of legal matters, including technology

law and contracting, various forms of co-operation agreements, intellectual

property matters, consumer protection and marketing law, product safety

and liability, mergers and acquisitions and associated integration. For the

past years she has been especially focusing on the broad range of topics

around Internet law, data protection and content licensing.

Rocco Panetta

Partner

Panetta & Associati

Rocco is an Italian Lawyer member of the Rome Bar Association. He mainly

focuses on regulatory and contractual matters in the privacy and data

protection field. He has significant experience in the telecommunications,

energy (renewables) and environmental practice also, assisting domestic and

international clients. Rocco has been a top level officer of the Italian Data

Protection Authority, heading the legal department “Marketing activities and

International data transfers”. He graduated at the School of Law of Rome

University of Rome “La Sapienza” and specialised at the School of Law of the

University of Warwick, UK, at the School of Management of the London

School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and attended the Academy of

American and International Law of the Southwestern Legal Foundation, TX

USA.

Christian Pardieu

Counsel - Europe Privacy Leader and Government Affairs & Policy

General Electric

Christian has been appointed Counsel, Europe Privacy Leader & Government

Affairs on September 1st 2010. In this role, Christian provides advice on EU

and European Privacy Laws; coordinates the assessment, monitoring, and

implementation of processes to comply with these laws; and leads regulatory

and policy initiatives in the area of privacy and data protection. Christian

works as an integral part of the GE European legal and Government Affairs &

Policy team. Christian joined GE Real Estate in May 2003 as Europe

Compliance Officer and was appointed Privacy Lead Lawyer for all GE

Businesses in France in May 2004. Christian is CIL – Correspondant

Informatique et Libertés of GE France since December 2005. Christian is a

graduate of Dijon University and holds a Banking engineer master degree

from CSBP.

Ellis Parry

Global Lead – Data Privacy

BP International Ltd.

Ellis Parry started his career as a solicitor in private practice, before joining

AstraZeneca pharmaceuticals in 2001 as a specialist IT lawyer. Ellis became

AstraZeneca's Global Privacy Officer in 2005. He left AZ to join BP as its

Global Lead for Data Privacy in December 2010. At BP, Ellis is responsible for

devising and implementing BP's global approach to personal information

handling, including the maintenance of BP's Binding Corporate Rules. Ellis has

an MBA, is a frequent public speaker, has a number of published articles to

his name and was the founding Chair of DataGuidance's Pharma Expert Panel

and continues to sit on their UK Expert Panel.

Florence Raynal

Head of International and European Affairs

CNIL

Florence has a master degree in private law from Paris Assas Pantheon

Sorbonne University and post graduate diploma in IT law. She assisted the

President Alex Türk in his Presidency of the WP29 until 2010, dealing with the

EU Commission and the management of the WP29’s plenary and external

representation. She has also been assisting the CNIL’s Commissioner in

charge of international affairs in participating in all the work developed at the

WP29.

Making BCR (Binding Corporate Rules) successful was one of the challenges

given to her. She then has developed European referential adopted by the

WP29, promoted them to the business (e.g. “BCR Club”), instructed BCR

cases and coordinated the work of the European Data Protection Authorities

at the WP29 level on that subject.

Cecilia Álvarez Rigaudias

Counsel

Uría Menéndez

Cecilia Álvarez is a lawyer in the Madrid office of Uría Menéndez. She was

admitted to the Madrid Bar and joined the firm in 1997 and became a counsel

in January 2009.She focuses her practice on advising national and

multinational companies on matters relating to IT, data protection, e-

commerce, contract law and corporate law. Regarding her personal data

protection practice, she has a large experience in the data protection design

of commercial and M&A transactions, in the preparation of notices, clauses,

contracts, protocols and training programmes, in authorisation proceedings

for international transfers and administrative and judicial proceedings.

Christoph Rittweger

Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Christoph Rittweger heads Baker & McKenzie's Information Technology Group

in Germany and Austria and he is a member of the Privacy Steering

Committee of Baker & McKenzie. His practice covers both domestic and

international information technology, sourcing, privacy and data security as

well as e-commerce matters. He advises on license, development and

implementation projects with a special focus on SAP and Oracle

implementation projects. He is also very experienced in the development and

implementation of privacy programs, policies, contractual arrangements and

other solutions for legal restrictions on data collection, use, disclosure and

transfer. He has consistently been ranked as one of the 10 leading

outsourcing and privacy lawyers in Germany.

Suzanne Rodway

Chief Privacy Officer

NBC Universal

Suzanne is currently Privacy Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at

NBCUniversal. In this role she has responsibility for oversight of the

organisation’s compliance with privacy, data protection and freedom of

information laws, worldwide. In this role, she has co-founded a Media

Privacy Forum. She trained with global law firm Linklaters, where she

qualified into the Technology, Media & Telecommunications practice. In this

role she advised clients on a variety of aspects of IT law but quickly

developed an interest in global data protection and ecommerce laws – an

interest which has remained firmly in place ever since.

David Rogers

Security Specialist

mobilephonesecurity.org

David is a mobile phone security expert who runs Copper Horse Solutions Ltd,

a software and security company based in the UK. He is the former Head of

Security for the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) and previously

headed up Panasonic Mobile’s Product Security and Customer Engineering in

Europe. He has advised government and Police organisations on a range of

mobile phone security and forensics issues.

Lisa Sotto

Partner & Head, Privacy and Information Management Practice

Hunton & Williams LLP

Lisa Sotto is head of the Global Privacy and Data Security practice group at

Hunton & Williams LLP. She is one of the nation’s leading privacy lawyers,

and was named the ”No. 1 privacy expert” by Computerworld magazine. Lisa

has extensive experience counseling clients on privacy, data security and

information management issues. She has testified before Congress and

federal agencies, frequently speaks around the world, and has authored or

been quoted in more than 200 articles. She is the editor and lead author of

the Privacy and Data Security Law Deskbook, published by Aspen Publishers.

Emilia Stepien

Senior Associate

Bird & Bird

Emilia specialises in: privacy & data protection, intellectual property, e-

commerce and new technology, as well as competition, commercial and

consumer protection law. Emilia has over seven years of legal experience.

Before she joined Bird & Bird she gained experience in the European

Commission, DG Internal Market and Services, Industrial Property Unit where

she was dealing with EU Patent and European Patent and EU Patent Court.

Prior to this, Emilia worked in several Polish and international law firms in

Warsaw and in a patent attorney office. Emilia studied law at the Warsaw

University in Poland. She also holds a diploma in English and European legal

studies from the University of Cambridge.

Razvan Stoicescu

Partner

Bulboaca & Asociatii SCA

Razvan Stoicescu is a Partner at Bulboaca & Asociatii SCA and a member of

the Romanian Bar Association, and of the National Union of Insolvency

Practitioners in Romania. Before joining Bulboaca & Asociatii, Razvan worked

in the banking & finance and corporate practice of Linklaters Bucharest, as

well as with the banking & finance practice of a major Romanian law firm.

Among others, Razvan has extensive experience in IT&C with emphasis on

data protection issues as are these mirrored in various practice areas,

including banking, financial services, telecom, or general corporate.

Konstantin A. Suvorov

Partner

Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev Attorneys at law

Konstantin Suvorov is partner and head of IP/TMT practice at Korelskiy,

Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners (KIAP), Attorneys at Law based in Moscow and

London. Konstantin has a technical background – he studied Applied

Mathematics and Physics at Moscow State Aviation Institute and law at

Russian State Institute on Intellectual Property and started his career as an

examiner at Russian Patent Office in 2002. Konstantin has been dealing with

intellectual property and technology issues for almost 10 years now. He is a

regular speaker at major conferences and seminars on IP and Data protection

issues in Russia.

Dan Svantesson

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law

Bond University

Dr. Dan Svantesson is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Bond

University (Australia) and a Visiting Researcher at the Swedish Law and

Informatics Research Institute at Stockholm University. He is the Managing

Editor for International Data Privacy Law – an international journal published

by Oxford University Press aimed at both academics and the legal profession

as well as policy makers – and a Vice-Chair of the Australian Privacy

Foundation.

Richard Thomas, CBE, LLD

UK Information Commissioner (2002-9)

Global Strategy Advisor, Centre for Information Policy Leadership, Hunton &

Williams LLP

Richard Thomas is Global Strategy Advisor to the Centre for Information

Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams and a member of the Board of IAPP.

He was the Information Commissioner for the United Kingdom from

November 2002 until his retirement at the end of June 2009. As

Commissioner, Mr. Thomas held independent status, reporting directly to

Parliament. He had a range of responsibilities under the Data Protection Act

and Freedom of Information Acts and related laws. The functions of the ICO

include promoting good practice, ruling on complaints and taking

enforcement action. He was also a member of the Article 29 Working Group.

Bridget Treacy

Partner

Hunton & Williams LLP

Bridget Treacy leads the UK privacy and information management practice at

Hunton & Williams. With a background in outsourcing transactions and

technology law, she has more than 10 years of experience advising on

privacy issues in the EU, particularly as they affect international data flows.

Her experience extends to counseling clients on data breaches and

conducting privacy assessments. Ms. Treacy edits a UK privacy journal and

also is a regular speaker and author on privacy issues.

Mike Usher

Director of Information Risk

Prudential Corporation Asia

An Information Security, Risk, Compliance and Governance professional with

over 25 years’ experience. Delivering a consistent risk and business impact

based approach to the resolution of security issues with a proven track record

in large multi-national Corporate environments. Regular presenter on security

and governance issues at seminars and conferences. Experienced in

delivering large scale programmes and projects with international and global

scope.

Eduardo Ustaran, CIPP/E

Partner and Head of the Privacy and Information Law Group

Field Fisher Waterhouse, LLP

Eduardo Ustaran is a partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse and the head of the

Privacy and Information Law Group. He is a dually qualified English solicitor

and Spanish abogado based in London and an internationally recognised

expert in privacy and data protection law. Ustaran specialises in the legal

issues that derive from the use of information technology and the Internet.

He has been named by Revolution magazine as one of the 40 most influential

people in the growth of the digital sector in the UK and is ranked as a Leading

Individual for data protection by Chambers UK.Ustaran has been instrumental

to the development of IAPP Europe through his involvement in the European

Advisory Board and co-chairmanship of KnowledgeNet London.

Eija Warma

Attorney-at-Law, Senior Associate

Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd.

Attorney Eija Warma has worked for Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd since

2005. Eija is responsible for the firm’s privacy practise and she is one of the

few Finnish attorneys specialised exclusively in privacy and data protection

matters. Eija's long expertise, wide national and international expertise in the

field as well as her experience working at the Finnish Data Protection

Ombudsman's office make her a well-recognised privacy and data protection

specialist in Finland. Eija has also studied law in the United States at Tulane

Law School and the University of Minnesota Law School, where she

completed an LL.M. degree.

Dr. Mirjam Dora Weiße

Synikusanwältin/Senior Legal Counsel

Siemens AG

Justin Weiss, CIPP/US

International Privacy Director

Yahoo! Inc.

Justin B. Weiss serves as Senior Director for International Privacy and Policy

within Yahoo!’s Privacy, Trust & Safety Group, focusing on online privacy

matters for the company’s many global properties, with specific emphasis on

online advertising privacy and consumer-facing communications and tools

adapted to diverse cultural and legal contexts. Leveraging his experience as a

lead drafter for US self-regulatory codes of conduct for online behavioral

advertising, he represents Yahoo! before world governments and within

international trade associations and helps advise on the development of self-

regulatory industry standards for publishers, ad networks, agencies and

advertisers, and their adaptation to new business models and changing

technology.

Boris Wojtan, CIPP/E

Data Privacy Compliance Lead EALA

Accenture

Boris joined Accenture in April 2007 and is responsible for data privacy

compliance in the EALA (Europe Africa and Latin America) region. His duties

include maintaining a compliance programmes for both Accenture owned

personal data and client data, advising on client and vendor contracts,

carrying out privacy impact assessments on new client offerings or new

internal systems, managing a network of DPOs, liaising with regulators,

responsibility for Accenture’s BCR approval and anticipating regulatory

changes. Before moving to Accenture, Boris spent three years at the UK

regulator, the Information Commissioner, where he liaised with other

European regulators regarding the innovative ‘Binding Corporate Rules’

process and advised on data privacy and freedom of information case work

and policy.

Will Wormell

EU and International Data Protection Policy

UK Ministry of Justice

William Wormell started working in the EU and International Data Protection

Policy team at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in September 2011, where he is

working on the new EU data protection proposals as well as the

modernisation of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. He is a European

Fast Streamer and therefore is set to work on a variety of EU-facing roles in

MoJ and elsewhere in Whitehall before looking to become a civil servant at

the European Commission. Before joining the civil service, he studied various

economics and European political science topics at the London School of

Economics, from which he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Government.