CPDP - Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference 2025
CPDP is an annual conference on privacy and data protection hosted in Brussels. In 2025, it will take place from 21 to 23 May.
The event gathers academics, lawyers, practitioners, policy-makers, industry and civil society from all over the world, offering them an arena to exchange ideas and discuss the latest emerging issues and trends in the digital sphere.
The EDPS will organise two panels on Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection:
- Navigating regulatory complexities: Enforcing data protection in the field of AI
- Navigating the Interface Between the AI Act and GDPR: Combining Innovation and Privacy in Europe.
EDPS' experts will also participate as speakers in other panels and the Supervisor will deliver the conference's closing remarks.
You can find here below the table with all the EDPS interventions:
| DAY | TIME | PANEL | SPEAKER | LOCATION |
| 21/05 | 10:30 | Closing the Digital Backdoor: Strengthening Vulnerability Management to Combat Spyware | Speaker - Anna Buchta, Head of Unit 'Policy and Consultation' at EDPS | Class Room |
| 21/05 | 11:50 | Assessing Fundamental Rights Risks of AI: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead | Speaker - Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor | Grande Halle |
| 21/05 | 16:00 | EDPS PANEL - Navigating regulatory complexities: Enforcing data protection in the field of AI | Moderator - Fanny Coudert, Deputy Head of Unit 'Supervision and Enforcement' at EDPS | Orangerie |
| 21/05 | 18:40 | EDPS Cocktail | Speaker - Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor | Grande Halle |
| 22/05/2025 | 16:00 | EDPS PANEL - Navigating the Interface Between the AI Act and GDPR: Combining Innovation and Privacy in Europe | Moderator - Leonardo Cervera Navas, the Secretary General of the EDPS | Grande Halle |
| 23/05 | 08:45 | The World Is Watching – Us Lawyers? | Speaker -Leonardo Cervera Navas, the Secretary General of the EDPS | Maritime Room |
| 23/05 | 10:30 | Reclaiming Personhood in the Age of Disruption | Speaker - Romain Robert, Legal advisor at EDPS | Le Baixu Room |
| 23/05 | 10:30 | 'Effective remedies for AI-induced harms: lessons learned from data protection authorities on GDPR enforcement'' | Speaker - Thomas Zerdick, Head of Unit 'Supervision and Enforcement' at EDPS | Class Room |
| 23/05 | 16:00 | Protecting the Digital Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees | Speaker - Joanna Parkin, Legal Officer 'Supervision and Enforcement' Unit at EDPS | Grande Halle |
| 23/05 | 17:00 | CAIDP AI Policy Leader Award | Award receiver - Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor | Grande Halle |
| 23/05 | 18:40 | Closing speech | Speaker - Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor | Grande Halle |
| TBC | TBC | VUB - CPDPub Quiz 2025 | Moderator - Romain Robert, Legal advisor at EDPS | Grande Halle |
You can learn more about the conference and check the official programme to discover the panels organised by of EDPS.