Dr. Haksoo Ko was appointed as the Chairperson of South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) in 2022.

He is a preeminent scholar in legal and regulatory issues related to data privacy and artificial intelligence who currently serves as a member of the UN’s High Level Advisory Body on AI. Prior to the current appointment at the PIPC in October 2022, he held numerous advisory positions for the Korean government as well as for various other public and private entities around the world. For his public service in technology-related areas, he was awarded a Service Merit Medal from the Korean government as well as a Presidential Citation.

Dr. Ko is currently on leave from his professor position at Seoul National University School of Law. He served as, among others, President of Asian Law and Economics Association; President of Korean Association for AI and Law; Co-director of SNU AI Policy Initiative; and Associate Director of SNU AI Institute. He had visitor appointments at UC Berkeley, University of Hamburg, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, University of Freiburg, and National University of Singapore. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University and received both J.D. and Ph.D. (Economics) degrees from Columbia University in New York, USA.

Born on October 15th, 1967, Marie-Laure Denis graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies “Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris” in 1988 and is a former student of the National Administration School “Ecole Nationale d’Administration”, “Condorcet” graduating class.

She held the positions of “auditeur” from 1992 to 1995 and then of “maître des requêtes” from 1998 to 2002 at the French Council of State “Conseil d’Etat”. Since 2017, she has been State Counselor “Conseiller d’Etat”, Rapporteur of the 6th Chamber of the Litigation section and member of the Reports and Studies section.

Marie-Laure Denis was Deputy chief of staff to the Mayor of Paris from 1996 to 1998, Chief of staff to the Deputy Minister for Family and Deputy chief of staff to the Minister of health, family and persons with disabilities from 2002 to 2004.

She was a member of the French Audiovisual Regulator “Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel” from 2004 to 2011 and then a member of the French Regulator for electronic communications and post “Autorité de régulation des communication électroniques et des postes” from 2011 to 2016. Since 2017, she has been a member of the Committee for the resolution of disputes and sanctions “Comité de règlement des différends et des sanctions” of the Energy regulation commission “Commission de regulation de l’énergie”.

Since February 2nd, 2019, Marie-Laure Denis has been appointed President of the CNIL. Her mandate of 5 years has been renewed by decree of the President of the French Republic of January 30th, 2024.

Simon Chesterman is David Marshall Professor of Law and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore, where he is also the founding Dean of NUS College. He serves as Senior Director of AI Governance at AI Singapore and Editor of the Asian Journal of International Law. Previously, he was Dean of NUS Law from 2012 to 2022 and Co-President of the Law Schools Global League from 2021 to 2023.

Julie Brill is one of the world’s foremost thought leaders in technology, governance, geopolitics, and global regulation. After being unanimously confirmed by the US Senate and serving as a Commissioner for the US Federal Trade Commission, Julie joined Microsoft in 2018 as a senior executive, serving as Microsoft’s Chief Privacy Officer, Corporate Vice President for Privacy, Safety and Regulatory Affairs, and Corporate Vice President for Global Tech and Regulatory Policy. 

In her leadership roles at Microsoft, Julie was a central figure in global internal and external regulatory policy, covering a broad set of domains that included data governance, privacy, responsible AI, and the data use strategy that is central to building trust in the AI era. She advised Microsoft's senior executive leaders and its customers about some of the most important geopolitical strategy issues facing businesses today.

At the FTC, Julie drove the broad agenda of one of the world’s most powerful regulatory agencies. She focused on issues of critical importance to industry, governments and consumers, including competition, global data flows and geopolitical concerns around data, privacy, health care, and financial fraud – driving outcomes that addressed key international and national regulatory issues. 

Julie is now channeling her vision and formidable expertise into her consultancy, Brill Strategies, with is focus on strategic guidance to help global enterprises navigate the rapidly shifting landscape of technology policy and regulation. Leveraging her decades at the forefront of digital innovation, Julie’s consultancy will empower leaders to navigate the complexities of geopolitics, responsible innovation, and regulatory change — helping organizations thrive in the AI-driven era. 

Julie has received numerous national awards for her work.  She has been recognized as one of Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women”, “a key player on national and international regulations”, the Federal Trade Commission’s “most important voice on privacy and security”, “one of the most powerful people in health care”, one of the “top minds in online privacy” and  a “Cybersecurity Trailblazer” for her thought leadership on these issues.  

Julie is also committed to advancing civil society’s role in helping shape regulatory policy.  She serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, on the Borad of Directors of Center for Democracy and Technology, and as a Governor of The Ditchley Foundation (UK). 

Julie graduated from Princeton University and from the New York University School of Law, where she was a Root Tilden Scholar.

Joe Jones serves as the Director of Research and Insights for the IAPP. Leading the Research & Insights team, he provides strategic direction and contributes to the development of practical content for privacy, AI governance, and digital responsibility professionals.

Previously, Joe served as a senior official in the UK Government with responsibility for international data policy matters, including data transfers between the UK and other countries.  Other prior roles include serving as the UK Government’s Deputy Head of Digital Trade policy and working in the private sector as a lawyer on international data issues with Covington & Burling LLP.

Joe has been globally recognized as a leader in privacy law and policy. In 2022, Politico named him as the fourth most influential ‘rulemaker’ in Europe as well as the Digital policy ‘Wonk of the week’ in September of 2021.

As Director, Policy & Technology at the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), Adeline oversees and drives the formulation of policies to enable the use and cross-border transfer of data in a responsible and trusted manner. She is interested in contributing to the shaping of the data regulatory landscape to enable and facilitate the use of innovative data technologies in Singapore.

Adeline has spent most of her career within the Singapore public sector, in roles that span economic and industry development, as well as planning and policy functions. With the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), she was involved in formulating and implementing industry strategies and plans for various sectors. She then led the Industry Division on ICT & Media policies as Director, Industry at the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) (now Ministry of Digital Development and Information of Singapore or MDDI). Subsequently, she helmed the role of Director, Planning, and led the strategic planning, corporate planning, corporate group planning and research & statistics units at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

Adeline graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Chris Taylor is responsible for ICO's international regulatory engagement and policy development. Leading on a wide range of bilateral and multilateral engagement activity and policy development in line with ICO strategic priorities, he chairs the GPA Global Frameworks and Standards Working Group. Prior to this, he led a variety of policy and assurance projects at the ICO, including setting up their Regulatory Sandbox, delivering a wide range of UK GDPR guidance for organisations including their GPA-award winning Accountability Framework and their Statutory Code of Practice on Journalism, and the development of the UK GDPR certification ecosystem. Before joining ICO, he had a wide variety of policy and engagement roles largely in the Higher Education sector.

Isabelle Vereecken is the Head of the Secretariat of the European Data Protection Board. She has been instrumental in establishing the Secretariat, building it from the ground up. The EDPB Secretariat deals with a range of tasks, from drafting EDPB documents, providing IT solutions to ensure transparent communications between all the European national data protection authorities, handling EDPB media relations as well as organising all EDPB meetings.

Prior working for the EDPB, she was a legal advisor at the Belgian Data Protection Authority for 10 years. In this position, she was in charge of international data transfers matters and she regularly contributed to the work of the Article 29 Working Party. In addition, she followed closely the negotiation of the General data protection regulation (GDPR), being detached at the European Commission working on the proposal and after by acting as an expert to support the Belgian government during the negotiation.

She started her career as a researcher and worked at the CRID (Computer and Law Research Centre – University of Namur) on data protection, intellectual property rights and e -commerce issues. She has a master degree in law from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) and a postgraduate degree in ICT law from the University of Namur.

Vikash holds a Master of Science degree in Cyber Laws & Information Security, from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India. In addition to his strong foundation in information security, he also holds an MBA degree, demonstrating his keen interest in management studies. 

Prior to joining the government sector, Vikash gained experience as an Information Security auditor at leading IT companies. Currently, at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), he holds dual roles: one as Staff Officer to the Secretary and another as Scientist 'D'. In these capacities, Vikash is deeply involved in the development and formulation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act and its associated rules. His contributions are instrumental in shaping and implementing legislation designed to safeguard digital personal data in India.

Dr. Khaled El Emam is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Medical AI at the University of Ottawa, where he is a Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). Khaled has founded or co-founded six product and services companies involved with data management and data analytics, with some having successful exits. Prior to his academic roles, he was a Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada. He also served as the head of the Quantitative Methods Group at the Fraunhofer Institute in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has a PhD from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, King’s College, at the University of London, England.

Sungkyu Jung is a Professor of Statistics and Director of the Institute for Data Innovation in Science at Seoul National University. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was previously on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on modern statistical theory and methods for non-Euclidean, high-dimensional, and multi-source data, including applications to dimension reduction, data privacy, and manifold-based analysis.

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Professor Ho Bae received his B.Sc. in Computer Science and M.Sc. in Information Security from University College London, and earned his Ph.D. in Security and Privacy in AI from Seoul National University.

After gaining industry experience, he joined Ewha Womans University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cybersecurity, College of AI, where he also serves as Head of Cybersecurity and Associate Dean.

His primary research focuses on AI security, and he has published extensively in leading international conferences and journals. In parallel, drawing on his leadership experience as CEO of CUBIG, a company specializing in secure synthetic data, he advances interdisciplinary research that bridges academia and industry—developing differential privacy-based synthetic data technologies in academia while addressing the protection of personal information against large external AI models in industry.

Prof. Ran Balicer is a physician scientist and executive, Deputy-DG and Chief Innovation Officer for Clalit - Israel's largest healthcare organization caring for over half of Israel’s population. He also serves as Founding Director of the Clalit Research Institute, the WHO Collaborating Center on Non-Communicable Diseases Research, Prevention and Control. In these roles, he is responsible for strategic planning, development and at-scale implementation of novel AI and data-driven interventions.

Prof Balicer is a Public Health Professor and Track Director of the MPH program at the Ben-Gurion University School of Public Health, and heads Israel’s first and only Public Health/Data Sciences combined physician residency program. Prof. Balicer also serves as Co-Chair of the Ivan and Francesca Berkowitz Family Living Laboratory at Harvard Medical School & Clalit Research Institute. In these capacities, Prof. Balicer mentored young scholars and authored over 250 scientific publications, books and book chapters.

In 2020-2023, Prof. Balicer served as Chairman of Israel's National Experts Team on COVID-19 Response, advising the Israeli Government and Prime Minister. He has led globally recognized groundbreaking real-world studies on COVID-19 risk stratification, mitigation strategies, and most notably - vaccine effectiveness and safety.

Prof. Balicer is a Board Member of HIMSS, and serves on multiple other national and global leadership roles, including as Chair of the Israeli Society for Quality in Healthcare and as an Advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) focusing on utilizing data science and AI for effective integrated healthcare provision. He served key roles on AI governance globally, including Membership in the High-Level UN Secretary-General Advisory Body on AI, the 3IA/AI cluster International Advisory Board to the French Government, and the WHO Europe Technical Advisory Group on Innovation.

Dr. Soo-Yong Shin received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Seoul National University, specializing in machine learning. He is currently the Head of Research and Chief Privacy Officer at Kakao Healthcare, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea.

Dr. Shin actively contributes to international standardization efforts in health informatics, genomics, and artificial intelligence through his work with ISO. He is also a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence and the OECD Expert Community on Data Free Flow with Trust. In recognition of his contributions to engineering and technology.

Michael McGrath assumed the role of EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection on 1 December 2024, as a member of the European Commission under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen.  

As a member of the College of Commissioners, Commissioner McGrath contributes to delivering on the Commission’s overall political priorities, set out in the Political Guidelines underpinning the European Commission 2024 – 2029.   

Commissioner McGrath has specific responsibility for upholding the rule of law, protecting democracy and fundamental rights, tackling disinformation, improving criminal justice cooperation and strengthening the rights of victims of crime, and improving EU competitiveness through the reform of company law and civil law. Commissioner McGrath has lead responsibility for consumer protection policy for almost 450 million consumers in the EU, and works to ensure full enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation, and promoting trusted data flows with international partners.  

Commissioner McGrath has been appointed by President von der Leyen as Chairperson of the Commission Project Group on Democracy, and is a member of the Project Groups on Artificial Intelligence; Startups and Scaleups; European Savings and Investment Union; and European internal Security.  

Prior to this, Commissioner McGrath served as Ireland’s Minister for Finance from 2022 to 2024, as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform from 2020 to 2022, and was an elected member of the Irish Parliament between 2007 to 2024. As Minister for Finance, he had a key role in decisions made across government, and was Ireland’s representative at the Eurogroup and Ecofin meetings of European Finance Ministers, and was Governor of a number of international bodies that Ireland is a member of, including the European Investment Bank, the IMF, the World Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

Commissioner McGrath holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Cork, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has undertaken studies with the London School of Economics and Political Science. He held senior roles in both the private and public sectors before entering politics full-time.

Bojana is the President of CIPL, a global privacy and data policy think tank in London, Washington, DC, and Brussels. Bojana works with global business and technology leaders, regulators, policy and law makers to shape global data policy and practice and develop thought leadership and best practices for privacy and responsible data use. With over 25 years of experience in privacy and data policy and compliance, she sits on several leading industry and regulatory advisory boards and panels.

Anu Talus has served as the Finnish Information Commissioner since autumn 2020. She is the Head of the Office of the Information Commissioner (TSV) and the Chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). 

Prior to her work at the IMY, Talus served as Senior Adviser at the Ministry of Justice for over ten years. At the Ministry of Justice she led the implementation of the GDPR in Finland and acted as representative of the Finnish government in the EU GDPR negotiations. Talus has also worked at the European Commission as Seconded National Expert.

Talus holds a Doctor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Vaasa.

Beatriz de Anchorena is the Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 and the Head of the Access to Public Information Agency (AAIP), Argentina’s Data Protection Authority (DPA). She holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), a Master’s in Public Policy and Development Management from Georgetown University, and is a PhD candidate in Social Sciences at UBA.

Dale Sunderland was appointed Commissioner for Data Protection in February 2024. Prior to his appointment he held the position of Director and Deputy Commissioner with responsibility for the Data Protection Commission’s Supervision, Guidance and International Affairs functions. Dale joined the DPC as Deputy Commissioner in May 2016, having previously worked at Ireland’s Department of Justice from 2002 to 2016. During his time at the Department Justice, Dale was Head Communications and Corporate Secretariat, and held various other positions working on Irish-British immigration cooperation, EU criminal justice and policing policy, corporate governance oversight, and international, parliamentary and media affairs.

Prof. Byoungpil Kim teaches at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He previously worked at Bae, Kim & Lee, a leading law firm in South Korea, and currently serves on the Public‑Private Joint Committee of the Personal Information Protection Commission. A recognized expert on AI and data privacy, he received the Personal Information Protection Merit Award in 2024. His research focuses on AI ethics, governance, and fairness in data use.

Denise is currently the Assistant Chief Executive (Data Innovation & Protection Group) of the Infocomm Media Development Authority. She is also the Deputy Commissioner of the Personal Data Protection Commission and oversees the administration and enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act. Her key responsibilities include formulation and implementation of policies relating to the protection of personal data, as well as enforcement actions to private organizations.

Jang Hyuk Choi was sworn in as the vice Chairperson of Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) in September 2022. 

Mr. Choi graduated from Seoul National University with a Bachelor in business Management. He also completed a course at the School of Environment Graduate School of Environmental Studies from the same university. 

Prior to becoming Vice Chairperson, Mr. Choi served as the Secretary-General at PIPC. From 1995 to 2001, he held the position of Vice Inspector at the Board of Audit & Inspection. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Choi was the General Manager for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. 

Mr. Choi’s previous positions also include the Head of Autonomy & Decentralization Management of the Presidential committee on autonomy & Decentralization, Vice Mayor for Administrative Affairs at Incheon Metropolitan city, head of E-Government bureau at the Ministry of Interior & Safety, and Director General for Planning & Coordination at Ulsan metropolitan city

He has experience working overseas as the Minister Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the US. 

Mr. Choi’s extensive experience as an administrator, especially in the E-Government and policy for data & personal information protection contributes to serving his current role as the Vice chairperson of PIPC. 

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Taylor is Global Practice Manager for Digital Safeguards at the World Bank, leading the group’s work on data governance and cybersecurity. 

Most recently, Taylor was the Technology Policy Director of MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative and oversaw the operations for the research group and led research lines on privacy enhancing technologies, leveraging cryptographic tools for measuring cyber risk, cyber risk modeling, and international AI policy. Taylor was previously a senior economist at the OECD and led the organization’s Information Economy Unit. Before joining the OECD, Taylor worked at the International Telecommunication Union, the World Bank and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (United States). Taylor has an MBA from MIT and a Ph.D. in Economics from American University in Washington, DC.

Massimo Marelli is the Head of the Data Protection Office at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He is also a member of the Advisory Board and a Fellow at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) at the University of Maastricht, and co-director of the Humanitarian Action Programme at ECPC.​

Catherine Lennman is Delegate for International Affairs and Francophonie at the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). She chairs the WG AID set up by the GPA and is vice-president of the Francophone Association of Protection Authorities of the Personal Data (AFAPDP).

Carmen Casado is the Global Data Protection Officer and Director of the World Food Programme’s Global Privacy Office, leading the organization’s privacy strategy since March 2021. With over two decades of experience in data protection and IT law, she has advised highly regulated sectors including life sciences, advertising, and telecoms. Prior to WFP, she served in Amgen Inc.’s Global Privacy Office, representing the company at EFPIA, and led the Technology, Media & Telecom Division at Fieldfisher Jausas. Carmen is also a contributor to EU-funded research, a university lecturer on privacy and technology, and an active member of professional associations. She holds an LLM in Computer & Communications Law from Queen Mary University of London and a law degree from the University of A Coruna.

Youngsu Jong currently serves as Senior Deputy Director at the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) of the Republic of Korea, where he leads the development and operation of the country’s cross-border personal data transfer system as a key practitioner. Previously, at the National Information Society Agency, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and PIPC, he was responsible for managing revisions to the Personal Information Protection Act and its implementing regulations, spearheading the introduction of Korea’s pseudonymized data framework, and contributing to the enactment of legislation that established the PIPC as a central administrative authority. He has also played a central role in formulating data protection guidelines across various sectors, including emergency response, human resources, public institutions, education, and artificial intelligence. In academia, he serves as an adjunct professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the Graduate School of Public Administration at Seoul National University and a Ph.D. in Law from Sungkyunkwan University.

Immaculate Kassait, MBS, serves as the Data Commissioner at Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), and holds the position of First Vice Chair of the Network of Data Protection Authorities. With 23 years of experience in the public sector, she has led complex initiatives in governance, compliance, training, and strategic planning. She played a key role in shaping Kenya’s data protection landscape, notably chairing the taskforce that developed the three sets of regulations that operationalized the Data Protection Act, 2019.

Hiroshi Miyashita is professor of law at Chuo University. His specializes in constitutional law and information law. Prior to this, he has served for the Office of Personal Information Protection in the Cabinet Office of Japan. He received his LL.D. from Hitotsubashi University and has conducted research on data privacy as a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School, Brussels Privacy Hub, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, CRIDS (Centre de Recherche Information, Droit et Société), University of Namur, and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. He published six single-authored books on privacy and data protection.

Alex Novikau is the Chief Data Protection and Privacy Officer a.i. for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is present in 135 countries worldwide and leads international action to protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless. Alex has been engaged in refugee and humanitarian work for more than 20 years. He first joined UNHCR in 2005 in Sudan and worked in human rights protection in multiple response operations around the world, including in Pakistan, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Uganda, Syria and Kenya. He is heading UNHCR Data Protection Office since its creation in 2023.

Wojciech Wiewiörowski is the European Data Protection Supervisor since December 2019. Previously, he served as Assistant European Data Protection Supervisor from 2014 to 2019 and as Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data at the Polish Data Protection Authority. He was also Vice Chair of the Working Party Article 29 Group in 2014. He is the author of numerous studies, publications and lectures in the field of personal data protection, IT law, e-government and legal informatics.

Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna is a globally recognized data protection law expert, with 15 years of experience split between Europe and the U.S., spanning academia, public service, consulting and policy. She currently is Vice President for Global Privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum and a member of the Reference Panel of the GPA. She is also a founding Advisory Board Member of Women in AI Governance, and an affiliated researcher to the LSTS Center of Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Carly Kind commenced as Australia’s Privacy Commissioner in February 2024 for a 5-year term. As Privacy Commissioner, she regulates the handling of personal information by entities covered by the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and seeks to influence the development of legislation and advance privacy protections for Australians. Prior to her appointment, she was the inaugural Director of the UK-based Ada Lovelace Institute from 2019 to 2024. She has worked with the European Commission, the Council of Europe, numerous UN bodies and a range of civil society organisations. She was formerly legal director of Privacy International, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting data rights and governance. Ms. Kind has a Masters of Science, International Relations (Hons) from the London School of Economics, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations) (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland.

Sangchul Park is an associate professor at Seoul National University School of Law. His primary research focuses on information technology law and the intersection of AI and law. He has advised Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission on the development of the AI Privacy Risk Assessment Framework, as well as other Korean government agencies on AI policy matters. Before entering academia, he spent over 13 years in private practice, specializing in technology, media, and telecommunications. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago and earned his undergraduate degree from Seoul National University.

Monika Tomczak-Górlikowska is the Global Head of Privacy, Digital & AI Governance for the Prosus Group - a multinational consumer internet group with headquarters in Europe and one of the largest technology investors in the world. Monika also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Monika began her career at the Legal Service of the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU in Brussels. She is now based in Amsterdam and previously was the Senior Data Privacy Legal Counsel at Shell International Limited in London. Monika is a licensed attorney (adwokat) with over 25-years in practice. Prior to her in-house tenures she was in private practice, including at the offices of Miller, Canfield in Poland. She holds a Master of European Law degree (LLM cum laude) from the Law Department of the College of Europe in Brugge (Belgium). Monika has also served as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Forum on International Privacy Law and a member of the IAPP European Advisory Board. Monika is also hexalingual: she speaks English, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Portuguese fluently.

Yong Lim is an Associate Professor at Seoul National University (“SNU”), School of Law, where he also served as Associate Dean of Student Affairs until 2020. He is the co-founder and director of SNU AI Policy Initiative (“SAPI”). SAPI is one of the labs currently spearheading a project at SNU’s Center for Trustworthy AI to establish normative and technical standards for AI. His areas of specialty include competition law, consumer protection, privacy and data governance. Yong graduated from Seoul National University, College of Law, and obtained his S.J.D. at Harvard Law School. Prior to joining academia, Yong practiced law at Kim & Chang in Seoul, Korea. Yong was a Bok International Professor at Penn Carey Law in 2023.

Jules has served for 15 years as CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, a global non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies. Jules has led the development of numerous codes of conduct and best practices, assisted in the drafting of data protection legislation and presented expert testimony with agencies and legislatures around the world.

Kate Charlet leads Google’s Privacy, Safety, and Security Center of Excellence within the Government Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) team. Her global team of subject matter experts address matters relating to privacy, security, children’s policy, and government access to data. Kate has spent most of her career at the intersection of technology and public policy. She was previously the inaugural director for Technology & International Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and spent a decade as a civil servant in the U.S. government, including as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (acting) for cyber policy, country director for Afghanistan, and director for strategic planning at the White House National Security Council. Kate has a Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and a Masters degree in Strategic Studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and two kids.

Youchul Kim is the Head of Strategy at LG AI Research (Seoul, Korea), leading AI strategy, ethics, and global collaborations. He co-founded LG's AI Ethics Principle, established AI risk management processes, and created the LG AI Academy for training. Kim is a UNESCO AI Business Council member, South Korean government AI ethics forum participant, and OECD DFFT expert. Previously, he worked at LG Electronics and LG Science Park. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University and completed an MIT Sloan MBA. In 2024, he received Korea's Presidential Citation for AI ethics expertise.

J. Trevor Hughes is the president and CEO of the IAPP, the global professional home for privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility. With over 90,000 members in more than 150 countries, the IAPP provides training, certification, publications, research, events and networking opportunities at the intersection of data, technology and humanity.

Trevor is widely recognized as a leading digital policy expert on the global stage. He is a sought-after speaker, appearing at SXSW, RSA Conference, TEDx, the Global Privacy Assembly and more. Recent speaking engagements have included ICA Live: Africa, World Bank Group Data Privacy Day, the FIFA Global Compliance Summit and the Mobile World Congress Ministerial Programme. He has lectured extensively around the world, including at Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, University of Texas at Austin, and Northeastern University Law School.

Trevor has contributed to media outlets such as The New York Times, TechCrunch and Wired and has testified digital policy issues before U.S. Congress, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, British Parliament and more.

A native of Canada, Trevor previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition.

He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law, where he is an adjunct professor.

At the CNIL, the French DPA, since February 2019, he is the Commissioner in charge of International Affairs, e-Privacy, Competition and Inter-regulation. He is a member of the sanction board.

In parallel, he is a career judge at the French Council of State (“Conseil d’Etat”) since 1989. As a State Counselor (“Conseiller d’Etat”) he seats in the Advisory branch and deals with Environmental Transition, Public Procurement and Energy and Transport.

He authored articles and books relating to public utility law, market regulation Law as well as information and communication technologies, and more generally on the interactions between Law and Economics.

Des Hogan was appointed as Commissioner for Data Protection and Chairperson of the Irish Data Protection Commission in February 2024. Prior to that he was Assistant Chief State Solicitor in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor in the period 2015-2024. He served as Acting Chief Executive in the Irish Human Rights Commission in 2007 and from 2012 to 2014. He previously worked for the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and for Amnesty International in Australia and its International Secretariat in London. A solicitor by profession, Dr Hogan was awarded a Masters in European Law from University College Dublin and a PhD in Philosophy of Law from Trinity College Dublin.

Stefano has been a part of Meta since 2019, where he holds the position of leading the Global Advocacy team within the Privacy Policy function. In this capacity, Stefano manages teams that facilitate engagement with privacy stakeholders and address product policy matters across multiple regions, including Africa, Middle East & Turkey, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin America.

Prior to his tenure at Meta, Stefano accumulated a decade of experience working with the Telefonica Group. During this time, he oversaw all legal aspects arising from the Global Digital Services and Big Data Divisions, as well as the Telefonica Insurance and Financial Service Divisions.

Stefano frequently appears before regulatory bodies and authorities on multiple continents. Additionally, he regularly serves as a speaker at international conferences focused on data protection, privacy, and technology.

Yeonjea Kim has led a wide range of services at Kakao as a technical leader and product owner, and later took charge of the company’s data policy and privacy initiatives. She now serves as Chief Privacy Officer, overseeing Kakao’s privacy strategy and compliance efforts. She emphasizes that in the age of AI, privacy has evolved beyond a purely legal or technical matter to a domain requiring humanistic and philosophical reflection. She highlights the need for an open challenge to achieve a balance between protection and responsible use, and conducts research at KAIST on privacy protection, interpretability, and safety in AI systems.

Philippe Dufresne was appointed Privacy Commissioner of Canada on June 27, 2022. A leading legal expert on human rights, administrative and constitutional law, he previously served as the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons. In this capacity, he was the chief legal officer of the House of Commons and led the office responsible for the provision of legal and legislative drafting services to the House of Commons, its Speaker, Members and committees, the Board of Internal Economy and the House Administration.

Prior to his appointment as Law Clerk of the House of Commons in 2015, he was the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s Senior General Counsel, responsible for legal services, litigation, investigations, mediations, employment equity and Access to Information and Privacy. During that time, he successfully represented the Commission before all levels of Canadian Courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, in a number of key human rights and constitutional cases over the last two decades. He has appeared before the Supreme Court on 15 occasions, on issues ranging from accessibility and equal pay for work of equal value, to the balancing of human rights and national security. As lead counsel for the Commission in the landmark parliamentary privilege case of House of Commons v. Vaid, he helped reinforce and clarify some of the country’s fundamental constitutional principles as they apply to the House of Commons and Parliament.

A member of the Bars of Quebec, Ontario, and Massachusetts, he has served his profession and community in several different capacities, including as president of the constitutional and human rights law section of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec Branch) and as a member of the editorial board for the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association’s CCCA Magazine. In 2014, he served as president of the International Commission of Jurists, an organization devoted to the protection of the rule of law and judicial independence in Canada and internationally.

Commissioner Dufresne holds degrees in common and civil law from McGill University’s Faculty of Law and has been a part-time professor with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Common Law and Queen’s University’s Faculty of Law where he taught international criminal law, human rights and appellate advocacy. He regularly speaks on issues of human rights, administrative, privacy, constitutional and parliamentary law in Canada.

ASAI Yuji is a Commissioner of the Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) Japan from February 2021.

Prior to join the PPC, he has been involved in marketing activities at the consumer business for many years in Japan and U.S.A. From 2004 to 2017, he has served as Chief Executive Officer of Boucheron Japan and later to 2020 as Senior Advisor of Pomellato Japan.

MICHAEL HARVEY was appointed to a six-year term as BC’s Information and Privacy Commissioner by unanimous motion of the Legislative Assembly in May 2024.

From 2019 until his appointment, Michael served as the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Newfoundland and Labrador. Prior to taking on that role, he led policy and planning initiatives in executive positions in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Health and Cabinet Secretariat.

He holds degrees in Political Science from Memorial University and Queen’s University and certificates in conflict management, change management and diversity, equity and inclusion. He has lectured on political science and public administration at Memorial University, the University of Guelph, and the University of Toronto.

Commissioner Melissa Holyoak has been a Commissioner of the United States Federal Trade Commission since March 2024. She has been a strong advocate for the FTC’s law enforcement work to protect consumers from fraud, promote competition, and protect children online.

Immediately prior to joining the FTC, she served as Solicitor General with the Attorney General’s Office for the State of Utah. There, she oversaw data privacy, antitrust, and other divisions and also managed multistate matters involving consumer protection, antitrust, and other issues.

She previously held leadership positions in firms where she represented class members challenging unfair class actions and consumers fighting regulatory abuse. She is also a former prosecutor and an attorney with O’Melveny & Myers LLP.

During her career, Commissioner Holyoak has litigated and argued matters in federal district and appellate courts throughout the United States. She graduated from the University of Utah and its S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Commissioner SangHee Park of the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) of the Republic of Korea is a leading expert in data privacy and currently serves as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Cyber Security & Privacy, Korea University. She has contributed significantly to the development of Korea’s data protection framework through her service as Secretary-General of the PIPC Secretariat (2020–2022) and as Director for Public Data Policy at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. In addition, as a Standing Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, she contributed her expertise to the advancement of human rights and integrity in the public sector.

Leanda Barrington-Leach is the Executive Director of the 5Rights Foundation, where she leads the work of the global team across advocacy, standardisation, compliance, research, and youth engagement, fighting for the digital world to cater for children, by design and default. Leanda is a passionate life-long advocate for human rights, with more than two decades experience in international policy spanning diplomacy, strategic consultancy and charity sector work.

Elaine is TikTok's European Head of Privacy and Data Protection. Based in Ireland, Elaine is a senior leader within TikTok's Global Privacy and Regulatory team, which provides strategic leadership and guidance to all arms of the TikTok business on the responsible use of data.

In her day to day work, she leads a team of privacy legal professionals responsible for ensuring that the personal data of those who use the TikTok platform and staff, located across Europe, is protected.

Elaine has been with TikTok since 2020, having previously held roles in other multi-national technology companies and a number of law firms. In 2024, Elaine was appointed as Head of TikTok Ireland and she also sits as a Director on the TikTok Ireland Board. Elaine is passionate about privacy by design, Al governance and technology, with a particular focus on driving deployment of privacy enhancing technology initiatives at scale in global tech companies.

Elaine is a frequent speaker on topics such as Al governance, privacy and data security and the challenges and opportunities of innovation and regulation.

Hilary Ware is the Head of Privacy at Apple. At Apple, she leads a global team of data privacy/protection and law enforcement compliance specialists in support of Apple's worldwide privacy, data protection, online safety and child protection efforts. She represents Apple with global policy makers, regulators, and legislators on these issues.

Board member of Consumers Japan, Chief director of Consumer Rights Japan. Previously served as a Policy Planning Officer at the Consumer Affairs Agency of Japan.

Guido Scorza, Board Member of the Italian Data Protection Authority, is a lawyer, journalist, and professor of technology and privacy law. He has held key roles in digital policy at national and European levels, including on AI and Internet governance. He teaches at several universities and is the author of numerous books on privacy, digital rights, and artificial intelligence.

Javier Ruiz Diaz is Advisor to the Asia Pacific Consumer Dialogue and Associate at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, University of Sussex. He specialises in digital rights, consumer protection, digital trade and cross-border data governance. Previously Policy Director at Open Rights Group and Global Digital Rights lead at Consumers International, he has extensive experience developing redress mechanisms and public interest tech policies across Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Natascha Gerlach holds the position of Director of Privacy Policy for the Center of information Policy Leadership (CIPL) in Brussels. Her work is focused on a range of privacy and data related topics including cross-border data flows, AI, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, children’s data privacy, data ethics and data governance.

Before joining CIPL, Natascha was a Senior Attorney with Cleary Gottlieb in their Brussels office, where she headed Cleary’s European eDiscovery group leveraging her experience in US eDiscovery by implementing new technologies and operationalizing the team. Natascha was also a senior member of Cleary’s Data Privacy group and advised clients on a wide array of data privacy issues, with a special focus on the cross section of international discovery and data protection.

Natascha is Chair Emerita of The Sedona Conference Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (WG6) Steering Committee. She is on the advisory board for the Georgetown Law AEDI, was on the ABA CBI Steering Committee since its inception in 2017 and is a founding member of the IDLF. 

Natascha publishes regularly on data protection topics and is a frequent speaker at relevant conferences.

Byoung-il Oh is the president of the Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet, a civil society organization based in South Korea that advocates for human rights in the information society, especially the rights to communication, free speech, and privacy. Recently, he has been focusing on activities to protect human rights from big tech monopolies and the dangers of artificial intelligence. He is also a board member of IPLeft, a nongovernmental organization that has criticized the strengthening of intellectual property and promoted access to knowledge, and a research fellow at the Institute for Digital Rights.

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Nitin is a privacy, information security, and AI compliance professional focused on managing privacy and AI compliance programs, driving business growth while managing privacy and AI risks. As Data Privacy Officer for Novartis Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, he drives regional / global initiatives and accountability. He believes in taking a pragmatic approach to enable responsible innovation and build trust.

Previously at Infosys Ltd, he led presales for Information Security and was later responsible for privacy programs across India, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Soyoung Yoo is an Associate Research Professor in Medical Statistics at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Head of Policy at Asan Medical Center, where she oversees the Big Data Research Center and the Clinical Research Protection Center. She conducts specialized research on healthcare data life-cycle governance and human research protection, and is directly responsible for operating the Data Review Board (DRB) and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Asan Medical Center. She has also served on national committees such as the Presidential Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Healthcare Subcommittee), the Prime Minister’s National Data Policy Committee, the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Healthcare Data Policy Committee, and the MFDS Central IRB, leading data policy and regulatory innovation. Her major research interests include strategies to minimize ELSI (Ethical, Legal, Social Issues) across the healthcare data life cycle, governance frameworks for the safe secondary use of data, and valuation of pseudonymized healthcare data. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, she contributes to building trust and fostering innovation across the healthcare ecosystem.

Gráinne Hawkes is a Deputy Commissioner at the DPC with responsibility for European Data Protection Board/International Affairs and AI Act Implementation. Her experience includes large scale inquiries, cross border complaints and as the DPC’s first Attaché in Brussels. She is a qualified solicitor and worked in Linklaters LLP in London and Singapore prior to joining the DPC. She holds a first class honours LLB from Trinity College Dublin, an LLM in European Law from the College of Europe, Bruges and an Msc in Business and Law from the University of Law in London.

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Zelda Gérard-Besset is a Legal Officer within the Compliance Tools Department at the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) in Paris since 2019.

Holding membership in both the Paris and New York bar, she has a 15 years’ experience practicing law and advising companies and organizations (NGOs) on GDPR compliance strategies. She is a member of several Expert subgroups within the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) as well as an active member of UNICEF expert advisory group working on children’s data governance.

Jasmina Byrne is the Chief of Foresight and Policy at the UNICEF Global Office of Research and Foresight. With over 25 years of experience in leading research, policy advocacy, program management, and humanitarian support, she has worked at the global level as well as in regions such as Southern and Eastern Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Currently, Jasmina leads UNICEF’s global foresight and anticipatory governance portfolio, where she provides analysis and advice on global trends and future scenarios, focusing on their impact on children. She also spearheads initiatives related to innovation in children's data governance, as well as EdTech and data governance.

Jasmina has authored and co-authored several studies and policy documents concerning children's use of digital technologies, internet, data and AI governance, and digital public services for children.

Jong-Youn Rha is a Professor of Consumer Science at Seoul National University, where she leads the Consumer Information & Retail Lab. Her research explores the impact of technological advancements on consumer behavior, welfare, and satisfaction. 

Her interests include consumer privacy in AI-driven environments, with a focus on promoting consumer autonomy and sovereignty through market-based and policy-driven solutions. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, including Computers in Human Behavior, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, and the Journal of Consumer Studies.

She has led several policy research projects on children’s online privacy and has been actively engaged in legislative development efforts in this area. In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded the Order of Service Merit by the Korean government in 2023.

She currently serves as the Vice President for Student Affairs at Seoul National University and holds leadership roles in various academic associations including President-elect of the Korean Society for Consumer Policy and Education, and Vice President of the Korean Consumer Association.

Patricia Kosseim brings to the IPC significant experience and a wealth of knowledge in the areas of privacy and access law, having worked in public, private and health sectors, and across various jurisdictions.

Prior to joining the IPC, Patricia was counsel in Osler’s Privacy and Data Management Group and provided strategic advice to clients on privacy, data governance, and access law. She also led a number of thought leadership initiatives as national co-leader of Osler’s AccessPrivacy knowledge platform.

Patricia served as senior general counsel and director general at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada in Ottawa. 

Patricia obtained her business and law degrees from McGill University in Montreal, and a Master’s Degree in Medical Law and Ethics from King’s College, University of London. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, as well as the Barreau du Quebec, and is fluently bilingual in English and French.

Ivy Grace is the Chief of the Policy Development Division of the National Privacy Commission (NPC), an independent body mandated to administer and implement the Philippines’ Data Privacy Act of 2012. She joined the NPC in October 2016. She is actively involved in the Commission's policy making mandate, coordination with local and international regulators, data protection authorities, and other stakeholders, and the management of the Commission's international commitments with the Global CBPR Forum, Global Privacy Assembly, APPA Forum, among others. She is a lawyer and has been in the practice since 2010.

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