Objective

The ever-growing accumulation and use of digital data raises legal challenges for private and public entities as regards data ownership, the cross-border use and the protection of these data. The conference will look at the EU legal framework and its loopholes, and offer a platform for discussion on how to adapt the framework to the European data economy.

Key topics

• Proposed EU Regulation on the free flow of non-personal data (COM (2017)495)
• Distinction between personal and non-personal data and their legal regimes online
• Accessibility and reuse of public and publicly funded data, data sharing, and use of data for public-interest purposes
• Competition law aspects: data concentration and market power of online platforms
• Intellectual property, databases, trade secrets and other commercially confidential information
• Future EU strategy to encourage access to, fair use and sharing of Big Data
• The proposed EU e-Privacy Regulation: consequences for Big Data

Speakers

• Martin Bailey, Head of Unit, Digital Policy Development and Coordination, DG CNET, European Commission, Brussels 
• Malte Beyer-Katzenberger, Policy Officer, Big Data Unit, DG CNET, European Commission, Brussels
• Michael Dorner, Counsel, CMS, Munich
• Alberto Di Felice, Senior Policy Manager, Digital Europe, Brussels
• François Guerin, Senior Policy Advisor, Copa Cogeca, Brussels
• Lanah Kammourieh Donnelly, Public Policy Manager, Google, Paris
• Lokke Moerel, Professor, University of Tilburg, Senior Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster, Berlin
• Julia Reda, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels
• Cyril Ritter, Case Handler, DG COMP, European Commission, Brussels
• Agustin Reyna, Digital Team Leader, BEUC, Brussels
• Alain Strowel, Professor of Intellectual Property and Media Law, UCL Louvain and University Saint-Louis; Lawyer at the Brussels Bar
• Benoit Van Asbroeck, Partner, Bird & Bird, Brussels
• Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London
• Christiane Wendehorst, Professor of Civil Law, University of Vienna; President, European Law Institute (ELI)