Privacy Symposium 2025

Sébastien Ziegler serves as Chair of the Europrivacy International Board of Experts in Data Protection, as President of the IoT Forum and IoT Lab, as well as Rapporteur on Research and Emerging Technologies for the Internet of Things and for Smart Cities at the International Telecommunication Union (SG20). Sébastien has a PhD in Management from the Faculty of Economy and Management of the University of Geneva, with a focus on Information Management Systems.  He has an MBA in international administration (HEC Geneva), a Master in Science on Environment, and is graduated in International Relations (IHEI), with complementary executive education at Harvard (HBS), Stanford University, UC Berkeley and EPFL. He has served as Co-Director of the Master in Advanced Studies on the Internet of Things at the University of Geneva and has coordinated several European research projects related to personal data protection and emerging technologies. He is certified expert and lead auditor for ISO/IEC 27001, Europrivacy and EuroPriSe certifications.Stefan Schiffner is currently lecturing Computer Networks at the University of Münster. He has been a post-doctoral researcher at University of Luxembourg, an expert in information security at the European Union’s Cyber Security Agency (ENISA), and a post-doctoral researcher at TU Darmstadt, where he led a team of researchers on the topics of privacy and trust within the Telekooperation group. He holds a Ph.D. from KU Leuven (Topic: models for online privacy, trust and reputation) and the Degree of Diplom Informatiker from TU Dresden. His research interests focus on secure information technologies and their policy implications. This includes specifically Privacy Enhancing Technologies, computational trust, “by Design” Paradigms, and maturity and market readiness of technologies. A computer scientist by training, Stefan is an advocate for the free use of cryptographic techniques and anonymisation tools as means for individuals to exercise their right to privacy and freedom of speech.Adrian Quesada Rodriguez is a lawyer and mediator specialized in personal data protection and new technologies. Having obtained his law degrees (Ba. Lic.) at the University of Costa Rica and the associated recognition of his early work on Data Protection and convergent telecommunications with the first place in the 2014 Ibero-American Personal Data Protection Research Awards (held by the Spanish Data Protection Authority), Mr. Quesada Rodriguez pursued Master’s degrees in both International Law (IHEID, Switzerland) and Telecommunications Economics (UNED, Spain). He was recognized as a Privacy by Design Ambassador (Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada); and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for Europe, Certified Information Privacy Manager, and Fellow of Information Privacy of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). His professional experience ranges from various outreach and research positions on intellectual property and cybersecurity (UCR), Internet, standards, and regulations (Internet Society/Mandat International, ITU), digital policy (DiploFoundation), project management and personal data protection (IoTLab, Mandat International, and UDG Alliance); to executive work in mediation (UCR), governance (IGF Secretariat), and the aerospace sector (IATA, ACAE). Mr. Quesada Rodriguez currently serves as Senior Manager and Lead Researcher on law and ICT at Mandat International, where he has led research and compliance activities in various international (H2020 & Horizon Europe) projects. He is currently an Associate Rapporteur for emerging digital technologies, terminology, and definitions at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T SG20 Q5) and is also a member of the Europrivacy International Board of Experts where he co-authored the certification scheme’s core personal data protection evaluation criteria, adopted as European Data Protection Seal by the EDPB.

• Introduction.- Law and Data Protection.- Technology and Compliance.- Cybersecurity and Data Protection.- Data Protection in Practice.- Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, and Data Protection.- Socio-economic Dimension of Privacy, Data Protection, and Compliance.- Space and Data Protection.- Conclusion.