22 and 23 April 2020, online

Protecting data against vulnerabilities:
Questions of trust, security, and privacy of data

Programme

Speakers

Report

Programme

Wednesday, April 22nd, 10.00 – 11.30  (Part 1)
10.00 – 10.15
Introduction
Jean-Pierre Reymond, Chargé de mission, Head of Innovation Partnerships, Permanent Mission of Switzerland in Geneva
Welcome and opening remarks
Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Chair: WIPO
10.15 – 11.30
Session 1- Protecting data: practice, needs and challenges
Panelists
  • Dennis Murathaty, Chief Security Officer, WIPO
  • Vincent Cassard, Deputy Head, Data Protection Office, ICRC
  • Christine Adam, Division Head, Office of the Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, International Organization for Migration
  • Enrica Porcari, Chief Information Officer and Director of Technology UN World Food Programme
  • Regina Scartazzini Ditsch, Legal Service Unit, Swiss Statistics Office
Moderator: Alica Daly, Senior Policy Officer on Artificial Intelligence and Data, WIPO
Thursday, April 23rd, 10.00 – 12.30  (Part 2)
10.00 – 10.10
Welcome and opening remarks
Balthasar Staehelin, Deputy Director General, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Chair: ICRC
10.10 – 11.00
Session 2 – Looking ahead: new actors and new approaches
  • Sophie Kwasny, Head of the Data Protection Unit of the Council of Europe
  • Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Director, PersonalData.IO
  • Jean-Yves Art, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft
  • Jonas Belina, Diplomatic Officer, Humanitarian Policy, Human Security Division, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Moderator: Yannick Heiniger, Partnerships Manager, Office for Digital Transformation, ICRC
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break with Remotely Green
Experience the unexpected and meet panellists & participants
11.30 – 12.30
Brainstorm Session
After learning what needs and challenges data protection poses for organizations and also what new approaches are being developed for data protection, the brainstorm session will gather small groups of panellists and participants (maximum 20) to discuss the questions indicated below :
11.30 – 11.40 Introduction by Professor Jovan Kurbalija, Founding Director of Diplo Foundation and Head of Geneva Internet Platform Brainstorming in small breakout groups (random selection) :
11.40 – 12.10
What proposals can we make to the UN World Data Forum?
  • Discuss & comment the WIPO-ICRC view

What is the role of Geneva when it comes to data protection?

  • Discuss & comment the WIPO-ICRC view
12.10 – 12.30 Reconvening in the plenary moderated by Jovan Kurbalija
Share the key idea emerging from each breakout group
Closing remarks: Jovan Kurbalija

Speakers

MR JEAN-PIERRE REYMOND

JEAN-YVES ART

PAUL-OLIVIER DEHAYE

DENNIS FRANCIS MURATHATY

VINCENT CASSARD

CHRISTINE ADAM

JONAS BELINA

REGINA SCARTAZZINI DITSCH

ENRICA PORCARI

ALICA DALY

BALTHASAR STAEHELIN

SOPHIE KWASNY

YANNICK HEINIGER

MARION JANSEN

CRAIG BURGESS

JOVAN KURBALIJA

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