As a conference focusing on the Global South, we had the participation of professionals from India, Colombia, Nigeria, Bolivia and Iran. This allowed for a fruitful dialogue with professionals from the Global North, such as professor Anita Allen, who gave a talk on privacy and civil rights, and Gregory Smolynec, Deputy Privacy Commissioner of Canada, who addressed strategies for applying personal data protection standards. It is precisely the exchange between local and global, and between North and South, that makes the Data Privacy Global Conference a unique event on the international agenda of events in personal data protection.It is important to highlight the centrality of diversity in DPGC 2023. 

All panels had at least one person considered a minority (a black, brown or indigenous person). We did not have any panel with only male speakers. We seek gender diversity on all panels. This is part of an ethical commitment to diversity in all events we hold at Data Privacy Brasil.We also carried out an inclusion work, distributing scholarships to professionals who came from the five regions of Brazil. 

Thanks to the sponsorship of our partners, we were able to provide flights and hotels for a group of young people who will return to their regions with knowledge, new ideas and energy to lead their own projects.Three elements are characteristic of the 2023 edition of the Data Privacy Global Conference.The first is that this is not just a personal data protection conference. We debated topics such as AI governance, public data infrastructure, access rights and transparency in environmental regulation, for example. Despite the name “data privacy”, the conference addresses broader issues of digital rights and democracy.

The second characteristic is that diversity makes up the richness of the discussions. The best panels are those that can bring together diverse voices, allowing a dialogue between a peripheral reality and a central reality, for example. We believe that diversity is crucial for democratic analyses, with voices that are capable of analyzing the same problem from asymmetric and distinct realities.The third characteristic is that the DPGC has highlighted the emergence of a Global South agenda, which has been strongly manifested in the G20, especially in the transition between India and Brazil. The combination of social justice with inclusive digital transformation programs is a common element in countries like India and Brazil. In countries with colossal equity and inequality challenges, the task of building national strategies focused on the digitalization of public services, national data infrastructures and incentives for national economies to develop, generating decent jobs, becomes central.

All of this with an orientation focused on fundamental rights. We hope that, in 2024, Brazil will continue to be a stage for important democratic discussions. DPGC 2024 will take place in November 2024, close to the G20 Summit, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro. We are sure that 2024 will be a decisive year for the regulation of artificial intelligence, for articulating views from the Global South on inclusive digital transformation and for democracies that put digital technologies at the service of people and their rights.

Data Privacy Brasil team in the second edition of DPGC. Image: Júlia Sipereck

Bruno Bioni, Mariana Rielli & Rafael Zanatta
Directors of Data Privacy Brasil

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The Data Privacy Global Conference (DPGC) aims to facilitate the debate between new technologies and digital rights regulatory ecosystem actors while giving due support to Global South voices.

The first edition of the conference happened in November, 2022. The idea of organizing such an event came from the will to create a propitious space for exchanges between the main national and international actors involved in the debate around personal data protection, digital markets and social justice. Its main focus was to amplify knowledge on regulation through the Global South perspective in a qualified and multisectoral forum.

Aside from Brazilian panelists, the event hosted panelists from organizations based in Cameroons, United States, Ghana, Netherlands, India, UK, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Uganda, Uruguay, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

In the 2022 edition, there were 300 participants and 30 scholarships were offered through a public notice to promote diversity.

See the schedule of the event:

DAY 1

Welcome and opening

• José Neves Amorim (FAAP)
• Waldemar Gonçalves (ANPD)
• Orlando Silva (Rapporteur of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law)
• Estela Aranha (OAB)
• Raquel Gatto (CGI)
• Renato Leite Monteiro (Data Privacy Brasil Ensino) 
• Moderação: Nathan Paschoalini (Data Privacy Brasil Research Association)

Keynote speak: Present and future of privacy and data protection rights

• Ana Brian (UN privacy Rapporteur)
• Enrique Escobar (NED) – Presidente de mesa
• Moderação: Raphael Hernandes (Folha)

Panel 01 – Intersection between data protection, competition and concentration of power: a transatlantic vision

• Tommaso Valletti (Imperial College London)
• Vera Franz (Open Society Foundations)
• Sandeep Vaheesan (Open Market Institute)
• Victor Fernandes (CADE)
• Moderação: Camila Contri (IDEC) 

Panel 02 – Trends in the enforcement of personal data protection: regional and global challenges

• Gabriela Zanfir (Future of Privacy Forum)
• Luis Fernando García (R3D) 
• Isabelle Vereecken (EDPB)
• André Giachetta (Pinheiro Neto Advogados – law firm) 
• Moderação: Miriam Wimmer (IDP)

Panel 03 – Managing crises and creating opportunities: from security incidents and reputational damage to a competitive advantage

• Omer Tene (GoodWin Advogados – law firm)
• Adriana Prado (FTI Consulting) 
• Rodolfo Avelino (Coletivo Digital)
• Flávia Rabello (Trench Rossi – law firm) 
• Moderação: Juliana Ruiz (Jusbrasil) 

Keynote: Building trust in a digital world

• Bruno Gencarelli (European Commission) 
• Filipe Fonteles (Dannemman – law firm) – Presidente de Mesa
• Moderação: Fernando Bousso (BLuz – law firm)

Panel 04 – Data Protection and Innovation: pains and learnings

• Rodrigo Pacheco (Defensoria Pública RJ)
• Raíssa Moura (Nubank)
• Waldemar Gonçalves (ANPD) 
• Marcel Leonardi (Leonardi Advogados – law firm) 
• Moderação: Bruno Sousa (LabJaca) 

DAY 2

Panel 05 – Data justice: data protection as an instrument of social justice

• Joan Solano (Global Data Justice Project – Tilburg University)
• Johanna Monagreda (Data Privacy Brasil Research Association)
• Edrine Wanyama (CIPESA) 
• Moderação: Carolina Botero (Karisma) 

Panel 06 – Human Rights Impact Assessments and data protection impact reports

• Gbenga Sesan (Paradigm Initiative)
• Teki Akuetteh (Africa Digital Rights Hub)
• Maria Cecília Gomes (USP) 
• Isabella Henriques (Alana) 
• Moderação: Michel Souza (Derechos Digitales) 

Panel 07 – Governing AI in the Global South

• Boye Adegoke (Paradigm Initiative) 
• Edson Prestes (UFRGS) 
• Yasodora Cordova (Unico)
• Nayantara Ranganathan (Digital Asia Hub) 
• Moderação: Bárbara Simão (InternetLab)

Panel 08 – Open Privacy, Transparency and Data Trusts

• Fernanda Campagnucci (Open Knowledge Brasil) – 
• Cecília Oliveira (Fogo Cruzado) 
• Vinay Narayan (Aapti Institute)  
• Diogo Costa (ENAP) 
• Moderação: Jessica Brice (Bloomberg)

Panel 09 – Data protection and Democracy: Authoritarianism, Technology and Rights

• Swati Punia (University of Delhi)
• Nina Santos (Desinformante) 
• Paula Martins (APC)
• Jan Philipp Albrecht (Fundação Boll)
• Ingo Sarlet (PUCRS) 
• Moderação: Clarissa Gross (LAUT)  

Closing remarks

• Bruno Bioni (Data Privacy Brasil)
• Rafael Zanatta (Data Privacy Brasil Research Association)

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