CPDP Conferences
CPDP is a leading interdisciplinary forum for multidisciplinary debates on technological development and the digital society in Europe.
8–11 March 2027, Brussels.
Reminder: CPDP 2026 Call for Workshops 📣
A gentle reminder that the CPDP 2026 Call for Workshops is still open for another week, with submissions closing on Friday, 22 February 2026.
🔗 We look forward to your submissions https://www.cpdpconferences.org/call-for-workshops-2026
#CPDP2026 #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures #CPDPCallforWorkshops
The future of technology is about more than AI: A conversation about right sized technology
Organised by Mozilla Foundation with Claire Pershan (moderator), Benoît Courty, Nadia Nadesan, @agnes007@mastodon.social
More information: https://cpdp.be/129200
“Get out of my feed!”: Child-centered strategies to enhance well-being and agency on social media
Organised by University of Lausanne
with Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux (moderator), Sandra Cortesi, Luka Bekavac, Ulrik Lyngs, @mikarv@someone.elses.computer
More information: https://cpdp.be/120740
Beyond the Encryption Debate: A Children’s Rights Perspective on Online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Investigations
Organised by Crime & Society Research Group (CRiS), VUB with Orla Drummond (moderator), Karen Garland, Tamara Polajnar, Aagje Ieven, Desara Dushi
More information: https://cpdp.be/124844
Simplification for Whom? Unpacking the Consumer Impact of the Digital Omnibus
Organised by BEUC with Cláudio Teixeira (moderator), @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social Diana Vlad-Calcic, Andreea Șerban, Romain Robert
More information: https://cpdp.be/124052
Eye tracking in video games: Opportunities for game development and risks to privacy
Organised by Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI with Murat Karaboga (moderator), Michael Raschke, Theresa Krampe, Christian L. Geminn
More information: https://cpdp.be/122081
"My Chatbot, My Confidant?” Protecting User Privacy in Generative AI Conversations
Organised by AI.REGULATION.COM Chair, MIAI, University Grenoble Alpes
with Theodore CHRISTAKIS (moderator), William Malcolm, Rafaella Nicolazzi, Peter Swire, Yann Padova
More information: https://cpdp.be/121469
Early Bird🐦registration for #CPDP2026 is open for another 12 days!
Join us in Brussels 19–21 May 2026 for panels, workshops, Culture Club, and much more.
🔗 Take advantage of our Early Bird rates until 2 March https://lnkd.in/eXfPw4as
🏛️ We look forward to welcoming you to the charming Maison de la Poste!
📣 #CPDP2026 Call for Panels now open!
If you are part of a research organisation, university, research project, think tank, public sector body, or civil society group working on privacy, data protection, or digital rights, we invite you to shape the CPDP 2026 programme with your proposals.
8 December 2025 ➡️ Deadline for panel proposal submission
You can find the complete Call for Panels with the concept note, example topics and all submission rules here:
Designed to Hook: The Roots of Platform Addiction and Ways Forward
Organised by @bitsoffreedom@chaos.social with Evelyn Austin (moderator), Caroline Sinders, Romayne Gab el Rab, @kimvsparrentak@eupolicy.social, Maryant Fernández
More information: https://cpdp.be/2063
Deadline Call for Chapters right around the corner 📣
You can still contribute to the CPDP.ai 2025 conference book!
🗓️ Deadline: 25 July 2025
✍️ Length: 5,000–12,000 words
(including footnotes and bibliography)
🔗 Submission platform & details: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/call-for-chapters
Let’s shape the next volume together!
📣 Reminder: Call for Panels for #CPDP2026 is open until 12 January 2026
The Dedicated Tracks return for CPDP 2026. We invite panel proposals shaping each track directly.
ℹ️ More on Dedicated Tracks: https://lnkd.in/eRjmtaTm
🔗 Full Call for Panels: https://lnkd.in/ed4XmREX
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
#CPDPCallforPanels #CPDPDedicatedTracks #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures
Hackademie: Deadline Extended!
Are you a Dutch-speaking master’s student passionate about digital rights, AI, and data protection? Would you like to share your knowledge and enthusiasm with 15- to 16-year-olds?
We’re currently looking for you to mentor 15–16-year-olds in Brussels on digital rights, AI & privacy for our new initiative.
Apply by 13 May 👉 https://lnkd.in/eS_RaBGJ
Unpacking the real world impact of the Digital & AI Omnibus - what’s at stake and who benefits?
Organised by Ada Lovelace Institute with Valentina Pavel (moderator), Karolina Mojzesowicz, Max von Thun, Orla Lynskey, Laura Brodahl
More information: https://cpdp.be/127617
The individual and collective value of data subject access rights
Organised by Université Paris 8 - CÉMTI with @julienrossi@piaille.fr (moderator), René Mahieu, Jessica Pidoux, Florence Gaullier
More information: https://cpdp.be/122903
When Big Tech rules universities: reclaiming academic freedom through digital sovereignty
Organised by AlgoSoc with Maria Luisa Stasi (moderator), Cecilia Rikap, Natali Helberger, Wladimir Mufty, Frank Karlitschek
More information: https://cpdp.be/123803
EU Tech Sovereignty: Translating Emerging Requirements Into Practical Strategies
Organised by IAPP with Isabelle Roccia (moderator), Clément Perarnaud, Paul McDonagh-Forde, Thomas Boué
More information: https://cpdp.be/136345
📢 CPDP 2026 Pre-Events and a new initiative
Post-Quantum Cryptography
📅19.05
Explore how quantum computers & PQC affect encryption and long-term privacy with experts.
Digital Rights Lounge
📅19.05
Discuss digital & LGBTQIA+ rights with activists, researchers, and artists.
Location, timing and registration links for the pre-events will be announced soon.
Hackademie
📅14.04 & 20.05
Empowering youth in Brussels on digital rights, privacy, and data protection.
🔗Apply: https://lnkd.in/eS_RaBGJ
Call for Panels deadline extended! 📢
If you still interested in organising a panel at CPDP, we encourage you to take advantage of the extended deadline and submit your proposal by 12 Jan 2026, 23:59 CET.
This additional time aims to give our community more room to prepare thoughtful, well-balanced, and ambitious panels for this year’s edition, Competing Visions, Shared Futures 🤝.
🔗 More info: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/call-for-panels-2026
Data protection law as a shield, not a weapon: empowering historically marginalized communities in the EU in times of de-regulation
Organised by ALTI with Vardâyani Djwalapersad (moderator), Kave Noori, Bahija Aarrass, Ellen Lefley, Pia Groenewolt
More information: https://cpdp.be/121795
#CPDP2026 Reminder Call for Papers 📣
📅 Important dates:
24 January 2026 ➡️ Deadline for paper submission
You can find the complete Call for Papers with the concept note, example topics and all submission rules here:
🔗 https://www.cpdpconferences.org/call-for-papers-2026
Is Palantir governing your workplace? intermediaries, lock-in and data infrastructures
Organised by ETUI with Aida Ponce Del Castillo (moderator), Dimitra Kotouza, Oliver Marsh, Irmak Erdogan, Pablo Trigo Kramcsák
More information: https://cpdp.be/121979
Digital Sovereignty in Wartime: Legal and Cybersecurity Considerations
Organised by Law and Internet Foundation
with Polina Petrova (moderator), George Dimitrov, José Borges, Guy Banim
More information: https://cpdp.be/123177
Submissions open for CPDP Book Series Vol. 18:
“Data Protection, Privacy and AI – The World is Watching”
We welcome legal, tech, and interdisciplinary work (5k–12k words) engaging with the 2025 conference theme.
Peer-reviewed, published with Hart Publishing.
🗓️ Deadline: 25 July 2025
📍 Details: https://cpdpconferences.org/call-for-chapters
#CPDP2025 #CallForChapters #AI #Privacy #DataProtection #AcademicPublishing #CPDPBookSeries
Early Bird🐦
Registration for #CPDP2026 is now open!
Join us in Brussels from 19–21 May 2026 for engaging panels, interactive workshops, dedicated tracks and The Culture Club featuring book clubs and an innovative AvatarFM show.
Take advantage of our Early Bird rates until 2 March
🔗https://lnkd.in/gJCHPjp
Pseudonymity, Automation, and Responsibility on Public, Permissionless Blockchains under the GDPR
Organised by European Ethereum Institute (EEI) with Veronika Hurina (moderator), Ondrej Kovarik, Vyara Savova, Amandine Jambert
More information: https://cpdp.be/123330
Human-centric “simplification”: a contradiction in terms?
Organised by
@edri@eupolicy.social x Rules to Protect
with Olivier Hoedeman (moderator), Alyna Smith, Diana Vlad-Calcic, Isabelle Schömann
More information: https://cpdp.be/124659
Ban vs. Regulation, that is the spyware question
Organised by @datarights@eupolicy.social
with Lori Roussey (moderator), Luigi Malferari, Sophie in t' Veld, Celia Carbonell, Ádám Ramport
More information: https://cpdp.be/121670
Reminder: #CPDP2026 Call for Workshops 📣
📅 Important dates:
22 February 2026 ➡️ Deadline for workshop submission
We are pleased to share that we have received a propelling number of panel submissions. While we are reviewing these proposals, we would like to remind you that there is still an opportunity to contribute to the CPDP 2026 programme through the Call for Workshops.
🔗 We look forward to your submissions https://lnkd.in/eA4Zc3A2
Dedicated Tracks #CPDP2026
This year, the Dedicated Tracks include a DPOs track, a Digital Youth Future track, a Future of Finance track and an IT Security track.
More information on Dedicated Tracks ➡️https://www.cpdpconferences.org/dedciated_tracks
💡Panel organisers are encouraged to submit proposals aligned with these tracks
#CPDP2026 #CPDPDedicatedTracks #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@CPDPconferences/116080417591316081
Last reminder for the CPDP Call for Workshop 📣
Would you like to host an interactive workshop at CPDP 2026?
❗ Submit your proposal by this Sunday, 22 February 2026 and join the 19th edition of our renowned data protection conference, themed “Competing Visions, Shared Futures”.
🔗 We look forward to your submissions: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/call-for-workshops-2026
Beyond the Encryption Debate: A Children’s Rights Perspective on Online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Investigations
Organised by Crime & Society Research Group (CRiS), VUB
with Orla Drummond (moderator), Karen Garland, Tamara Polajnar, Aagje Ieven
More information: https://cpdp.be/124844
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@CPDPconferences/115854311325643378
Today is the final day to submit your panel proposal for hashtag#CPDP2026 📣
All information on the hashtag#CPDPCallforPanels can be found here:
🔗 https://www.cpdpconferences.org/call-for-panels-2026
We very much look forward to receiving your submissions!
Sandboxing the AI Sandboxes: Opportunities and Practical Challenges
Organised by @EDPS@social.edps.europa.eu with
Leonardo Cervera Navas, Aleida Alcaide, Antonino Rotolo, Yvonne Finger
More information: https://cpdp.be/137605
2026 marks a moment of reflection for CPDP. Ten years after the GDPR, questions on its impact meet wider debates on innovation, competition, and digital sovereignty. These define the backdrop for this year’s edition:
Competing Visions, Shared Futures. 🤝
You can find the full concept note on our website: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/
CPDP2026 Opening night
You’re invited 📣
19 May CPDP OpeningNight with @BrusselsPrivacyHub@eupolicy.social
Fireside chat with Philippe Latombe and Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon on issues shaping the future of privacy and data protection, followed by a dialogue with Alicia Asín Pérez & Simon Denny on innovation, AI & regulation
📍 Maison de la Poste | 18:00 | 🍸 20:00
Academic Session III
Organised by CPDP with Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius (moderator), Giulia Campaioli, Eduardo Brito, xu xu, Àndrés Chomczyk Penedo
More information: https://cpdp.be/129186
Dedicated Tracks #CPDP2026
Another new addition to Dedicated Tracks is Engineering Privacy and Data Protection!
More information on Dedicated Tracks ➡️https://lnkd.in/eRjmtaTm
💡Panel and workshop organisers are encouraged to submit proposals aligned with the dedicated tracks
🔗https://lnkd.in/ed4XmREX
#CPDP2026 #CPDPDedicatedTracks #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures
After the Omnibus: Consent or Red Lights?
Organised by Ping (Privacy in Germany) & German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein)
with Niko Härting (moderator), Christiane Wendehorst, Christopher Millard, Markus Wünschelbaum, Merel Van Aar
More information: https://cpdp.be/122960
📣 #CPDP2026 Call for Papers is now open!
We invite researchers to submit original work exploring this year’s theme: Competing Visions, Shared Futures.
We welcome papers on digital governance, AI, shifting power dynamics, and the future of rights. Contributions aligned with the theme are encouraged; research on any CPDP topic is also welcome.
Deadline ➡️ 24 Jan 2026
🔗 Full call & submission details: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/call-for-papers-2026
📣 Reminder: #CallforPanels
Want to contribute to #CPDP2026? We invite panel submissions until 12 Jan 2026, 23:59 CET 💡
"Finding the needle without exposing the haystack": how to preserve fundamental rights in AI-driven analysis of data in criminal investigations?
Organised by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
with Johan van Banning (moderator), Teresa Quintel, Katalin Ligeti, Mojca Plesničar, Lonneke Stevens
More information: https://cpdp.be/124269
The CPDP 2026 Preliminary Programme is live!
Get a first look at this year’s theme: “Competing Visions, Shared Futures.”
Panels, workshops, and academic sessions are already shaping up thanks to our amazing community.
🔎 Explore the programme & build your schedule: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/schedule
More speaker announcements and session details coming in early May.
#CPDP2026 #CPDPPreliminaryProgramme #CompetingVisionsSharedFutures
What is the public interest in the EU digital rulebook?
Organised by Law Department, University of Turin with Ludovica Paseri (moderator), Sofia Ranchordás, Teodora Groza, Veronique Ciminà, Laura Caroli
More information: https://cpdp.be/123347
Rhetoric over rights: the Digital Omnibus, competitiveness and the end of European values?
Organised by ULD with @felixbieker@mas.to (moderator), Maria Magierska, Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, Midas Nouwens
More information: https://cpdp.be/121696


