"Being a DPO in 2025: between regulatory storm and strategic opportunity"

In five years, the role of the DPO has profoundly evolved. From gaining visibility with the GDPR to facing a true regulatory tsunami (DSA, AI Act, Data Governance Act…), DPOs must cope with limited resources, internal resistance, and demanding regulatory monitoring.

Yet, their role has never been so strategic: in a context where every data breach makes headlines, DPOs turn constraints into competitive advantages. The major challenge remains shifting from being a mere compliance guardian to becoming a true strategic partner of the company.

Nathalie Ragheno – Lawyer, Senior Advisor at FEB

"What Data Protection Has Taught Us About AI Governance"

At a time when artificial intelligence is transforming our practices, what lessons can be drawn from the GDPR to guide its development? This conference explores the bridges between regulation and innovation, and reveals how GDPR principles can inspire responsible, ethical, and human-centered AI governance. Come and discover how compliance can go hand in hand with trust and performance!

Paul-Emmanuel Bidault – DASTRA

"Reinventing the User Experience: Turning It into a Strategic and Economic Asset for Your Company"

Terms and conditions should not be an obstacle but a strategic lever. Discover how Axeptio is reinventing the user experience around online consent and legal notices: clarity, trust, and better conversions. An inspiring conference on transforming a legal obligation into a true asset for the company.

Gordon Plomp – Director, Axeptio Benelux

"Mastering the Data Lifecycle: Your Asset to Support Organizations’ Strategic Challenges"

Capture, identification, retention, integrity, deletion, archiving… Mastering the data lifecycle is not just an operational requirement: it is a strategic lever to strengthen the protection of personal data. The legal framework and good data governance practices provide DPOs not only with the tools to achieve GDPR compliance, but also the opportunity to turn it into a true asset for the organization.

Florian Delabie – Data Governance Consultant, CRANIUM

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"Cybersecurity and Compliance: Good and Bad Practices in the Use of Generative AI"

The exposure of sensitive and personal data: How can this risk be managed?

Mustapha Annouh – Co-Founder of SHIELD AI

"From GDPR, NIS2, DORA to Operational Resilience: When DPOs and CISOs Become the Architects of Business Continuity"

The world has changed… once again! And in this new context, personal data is more vulnerable than ever and, through it, our citizens, our employees, and ultimately our democracies are at risk.

In this presentation, we will explore the essential role that DPOs and CISOs must play in building and safeguarding the future in which we want to live.

Christian De Boeck – Synergit