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Digital Clearinghouse 2.0 - Programme

PROGRAMME

09:00 - 10:00 Accreditation & welcome coffee
10:00 - 10:15  Welcome by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor: key elements of the EDPS concept note ‘Towards a Digital Clearinghouse 2.0’
10:15 - 10:30 Keynote Speech by Alexandre de Streel, CERRE and Namur University: ‘Cooperation between regulators across different digital disciplines in Europe: what changed and what should be done’
10:30 - 10:50  Keynote Speech by Kate Jones, CEO, Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (UK): ‘An experience of fostering cooperation between digital regulators in the UK and beyond’
10:50 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:30 

Opportunities and challenges for effective cross-regulatory cooperation

This panel will take stock of how cross-regulatory cooperation of digital regulators is currently taking place at national and EU level. Expert speakers will discuss why cooperation is increasingly necessary in a complex regulatory landscape and share their insights on the opportunities and challenges ahead.

 

Moderator: Brendan van Alsenoy, Acting Head of Unit, Policy & Legislative Consultation Unit, European Data Protection Supervisor
 

Speakers:

  • Andreas Hartl, Deputy Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (DE)
  • Renate Nikolay, Deputy Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission
  • John Evans, Digital Services Commissioner, Coimisiún na Meán (IE)
  • Bruno Lasserre, Chair, Commission d’Accès aux Documents Administratifs (FR)

Open exchange of views with participants
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:45

Minding the gap(s): what is missing for horizontal cross-regulatory cooperation to happen

Based on the models and areas currently covered by cross-regulatory cooperation at EU and national levels, expert speakers will identify gaps and challenges to be addressed to ensure a consistent application of different EU digital laws across the European Economic Area.

 

Moderator: J. Scott Marcus, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies
 

Speakers:

  • Jan Penfrat, Senior Policy Advisor, EDRi
  • Anu Talus, Chair, European Data Protection Board
  • Robert Mourik, Chair, BEREC
  • Martijn Snoep, Chairman, Autoriteit Consument & Markt (NL)

Open exchange of views with participants
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 - 16:30

A roadmap towards cross-regulatory cooperation at scale

Speakers will propose ways of increasing cross-regulatory cooperation ‘at scale’, taking into account the plurality of regulators, jurisdictions and instruments. How can a horizontal cross-regulatory forum at EU-level effectively contribute to alignment of enforcement practices? What would be the prerequisites of an effective EU-level ‘forum of fora’ to foster cross-regulatory cooperation?

 

Moderator: Orla Lynskey, University College London
 

Speakers:

  • Michael Koenig, Head of Unit, DG COMP, European Commission
  • Kai Zenner, Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss
  • Agustín Reyna, Director General, BEUC
  • Gary Davis, Senior Director Regulatory Legal, Apple
  • Clarisse Girot, Head of Division—Data Flows, Governance and Privacy I Online Safety

Open exchange of views with participants
16:30 - 16:45 Closing remarks: Brendan van Alsenoy, Acting Head of Unit, Policy & Legislative Consultation Unit, European Data Protection Supervisor
18:00

SPECIAL EVENT

Data Protection Day celebrations organised by the Polish Permanent Representation to the EU, 
Av. De Cortenbergh 16, 1000 Brussels.

We are happy to invite you to the Data Protection Day Celebration event organised by the Permanent Representation of Poland and the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs on 27 January 2026.

Separate registration is required – the link will be available soon.