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Conference: Reinventing Data Protection (12th - 13th of October 2007 @ Brussels)

Objectives of the Conference:
Assessing the 12 years of existence of the E.U. Data Protection Directive and the 26 years of the Council of Europe Data Protection Convention, the conference will evaluate and rethink data protection by analysing the problems, lacunae and bottlenecks of current data protection law. More can be found on the event page.

Conference:

  • Date: 12 & 13 October 2007 @ Brussels
  • Conference Venue: Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren (facing the Opera La Monnaie), Leopoldstraat 6, 1000 Brussels
  • More can be found on the event page.

The Conference aims at:

  1. Identifying the new challenges faced by data protection regulation,
  2. Examining challenges and issues raised by new ICT developments,
  3. Bringing together in a high quality expertise symposium most of the key academic specialists in the field, Data Protection Commissioners and representatives from standardization bodies and ICT industries,
  4. Addressing recommendations to private and public policy makers in the context of the review of the E.U. Data Protection Directive.

Organised by:

  • Tilburg University, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society TILT (NL),
  • Université de Namur, Centre de Recherches Informatique et Droit CRID (BE),
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Research group on Law, Science, Technology and Society LSTS (BE),
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren, Brussels

Scientific committee:

  • Paul DE HERT (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, LSTS & Tilburg University TILT)
  • Cécile DE TERWANGNE (Université de Namur FUNDP, CRID)
  • Serge GUTWIRTH (Vrije Universiteit Brussel LSTS)
  • Thierry LÉONARD (Facultés Universitaires Saint Louis, Brussels)
  • Emilio MORDINI (Università La Sapienza, Rome, Center for Science, Society and Citizenship)
  • Sjaak NOUWT (Tilburg University TILT)
  • Yves POULLET (Université de Namur FUNDP, CRID)
  • Corien PRINS (Tilburg University)
  • Charles RAAB (University of Edinburgh SSPS)

Organizing committee:

  • Paul DE HERT (Vrije Universiteit Brussel LSTS, Tilburg University TILT)
  • Cécile DE TERWANGNE (Université de Namur FUNDP, CRID)
  • Grietje GORIS (Vrije Universiteit Brussel iPAVUB)
  • Serge GUTWIRTH (Vrije Universiteit Brussel LSTS)
  • Sjaak NOUWT (Tilburg University TILT)
  • Yves POULLET (Université de Namur FUNDP, CRID)
  • Dorian VAN DER BREMPT (Vlaams-Nederlands huis deBuren, Brussels)