Time: 9:00—18:00 CET
Date: October 13, 2026
The Next Decade of Data Protection: Retreat or Reinvention?
This is the 10th anniversary edition of the Brussels Privacy Symposium, taking place on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, at Les Ateliers des Tanneurs. Jointly presented by Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Future of Privacy Forum.
As the GDPR passes its 10-year anniversary, the Brussels Privacy Symposium celebrates 10 years of examining, unpacking, and driving substantive data protection scholarship and thought leadership. During this decade, Data Protection Authorities have matured in their guidance and enforcement measures, the CJEU has issued significant judgements supporting the interpretation of EU data protection law, and the European Commission has begun (and advanced in) its Omnibus process. Technology, too, has accelerated, driving increasingly complex and important questions of relevant regulatory approaches. In this year’s special edition of the Symposium, titled “The Next Decade of Data Protection: Retreat or Reinvention?”, the event look at the opportunities, conflicts, and paths forward in tech policy, alongside academic researchers, civil society, industry representatives, and policymakers.
CDT Featured Speaker:
Laura Lazaro Cabrera, Counsel and Director of the Equity and Data Programme, CDT Europe