CPDP 2017 - Computers, Privacy and Data Protection
Last week we had the annual three-day CPDP event in Brussels. CPDP is a fairly big stakeholder conference. The theme this year was 'The age of intelligent machines”. Not so long ago IEEE organised a one-day seminar on "AI and ethics” also in Brussels. So you can sense some common concerns. However you can find details of CPDP here: http://www.cpdpconferences.org Perhaps as CPDP is held in Brussels - even if not in a typical institutional setting - the organisers succeed in attracting a very varied crowd. There were of course folk from the various EU bodies - the parliament, the commission, EDPS and so on. But also regulators from various EU member states and elsewhere, including the US. And the Council of Europe. And of course many academics and folk from industry. And there were well-known names such as Simon Davies, Bertrand de la Chapelle, Gus Hosein, Paul Nemitz, Bart Preneel, Marc Rotenberg, Marietje Schaake, Phil Zimmerman and many, many more, For a sense of industry involvement see: http://www.cpdpconferences.org/sponsors.html But the event is by no means dominated by industry, far from it. Between the implementation of the GDPR and Brexit and the new US administration and concerns about AI, encryption policy, cyber-warfare, mass surveillance, the so-called Internet of Things - internets of things? - and cloudy computing the programme was very rich. You can find the various sessions on YouTube: search with “CPDP 2017”. One that may be of immediate interest was the one organised by ICANN on: The GDPR impact on the domain name community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5We1t1bClro This was not the first time I had participated. But I did sense this year was even better, if only because there was a bit more participation by technology-aware folk. I would hope to see that continue. It would be good to see some RIPE people there next year. It would be even better if NCC could also get involved in some way. Organising a panel? Or sponsoring some nice coffee! Gordon
On 31-01-17 22:56, Gordon Lennox wrote:
Last week we had the annual three-day CPDP event in Brussels. CPDP is a fairly big stakeholder conference. The theme this year was 'The age of intelligent machines”.
Thanks, Gordon! Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend, so your links are really useful.
It would be good to see some RIPE people there next year. It would be even better if NCC could also get involved in some way. Organising a panel? Or sponsoring some nice coffee!
Good point - the concern might be that the RIPE stuff is too "technical" (or rather "operational") for the usual CPDP crowd. Julf
A number of community members were at CPDP. In particular, there was an ICANN-supported session, part of our outreach to civil society, on 'THE GDPR IMPACT ON THE DOMAIN NAME COMMUNITY'. It gathered a panel including ICANN GNSO Councillor Stefania Milan, ICANN NCSG member Stephanie Perrin, Professor Lee Bygrave, as well as my colleague Adam Peake, and Peter Kimpian of the Council of Europe (GAC observer). You can watch the session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5We1t1bClro (I haven't watched it all yet, so I hope you like it :-)) The panel was moderated by Professor Joanna Kulesza, University of Lodz, who I understand is now a member of the RIPE Accountability Task Force. Others I spotted on the CPDP programme included Bertrand de la Chapelle, on a panel related to cross-border law enforcement issues. Happy to discuss potential participation in future CPDPs with anyone interested. Jean-Jacques -----Original Message----- From: cooperation-wg [mailto:cooperation-wg-bounces@ripe.net] On Behalf Of Johan Helsingius Sent: 01 February 2017 09:46 To: cooperation-wg@ripe.net Subject: [Ext] Re: [cooperation-wg] CPDP 2017 - Computers, Privacy and Data Protection On 31-01-17 22:56, Gordon Lennox wrote:
Last week we had the annual three-day CPDP event in Brussels. CPDP is a fairly big stakeholder conference. The theme this year was 'The age of intelligent machines”.
Thanks, Gordon! Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend, so your links are really useful.
It would be good to see some RIPE people there next year. It would be even better if NCC could also get involved in some way. Organising a panel? Or sponsoring some nice coffee!
Good point - the concern might be that the RIPE stuff is too "technical" (or rather "operational") for the usual CPDP crowd. Julf
The CPDP crowd is changing. They don’t use the term multi-stakeholder. But I think the discussions are being improved by having a little more technical - and operational! - expertise in the room. And that has to be good thing. They are the folk who make the rules for the rest of us.So even a little engagement from RIPE folk could be useful. By the way I listened to a very good presentation by Laurence Blisson the other evening on mass surveillance. One of the best presentations I have heard on the topic. As somebody legally trained she made the point that she had found it very useful to talk to geeks. Apparently not easy at first. But very useful. And the result was a presentation I thought excellent! Anyway have a look at the ICANN session I pointed to - even just the intro - and see what you think. Gordon
On 1 Feb 2017, at 10:45, Johan Helsingius <julf@julf.com> wrote:
On 31-01-17 22:56, Gordon Lennox wrote:
Last week we had the annual three-day CPDP event in Brussels. CPDP is a fairly big stakeholder conference. The theme this year was 'The age of intelligent machines”.
Thanks, Gordon! Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend, so your links are really useful.
It would be good to see some RIPE people there next year. It would be even better if NCC could also get involved in some way. Organising a panel? Or sponsoring some nice coffee!
Good point - the concern might be that the RIPE stuff is too "technical" (or rather "operational") for the usual CPDP crowd.
Julf
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Johan Helsingius