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Nigel Smart
ProfessorKU LeuvenSmart received a BSc degree in mathematics from the University of Reading in 1989 and his PhD degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1992. Smart proceeded to work as a research fellow at the University of Kent, the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Cardiff University until 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he was a lecturer at the University of Kent, and then spent three years at Hewlett-Packard from 1997 to 2000. From 2000 to 2017 he was at the University of Bristol, where he founded the cryptology research group. From 2018 he has been based in the COSIC group at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Smart held a Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award (2008-2013), and two ERC Advanced Grant (2011-2016 and 2016-2021). He was a director of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (2012-2014), and was elected Vice President for the period 2014-2016. In 2016 he was named as a Fellow of the IACR.
Smart carries out research on a wide variety of topics in cryptography. Smart is known for his work in elliptic curve cryptography. He has also worked on pairing-based cryptography contributing a number of algorithms such as the SK-KEM and the Ate-pairing. His work with Gentry and Halevi on performing the first large calculation using Fully Homomorphic Encryption won the IBM Pat Goldberg Best Paper Award for 2012. In the last decade he has worked on making secure multiparty computation practical.
In addition to his three years at HP Laboratories, Smart was a founder of the startup Identum, which was bought by Trend Micro in 2008. In 2013 he formed, with Yehuda Lindell, Unbound Security, a company deploying products based on multi-party computations. He is also the co-founder, along with Kenny Paterson, of the Real World Cryptography conference series.
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John Bowman
Chief Privacy Office - AI Ethics Market Strategy LeadIBMJohn Bowman, joined IBM’s Chief Privacy Office in October 2022 with a primary mission to deliver client success and drive growth in IBM, including advising on enhancements to support regulatory compliance, helping to create a deployment framework, and commercialisation of select CPO assets. Previously, John was a Senior Principal in Promontory, a Business Unit of IBM Consulting, having joined the company in 2014. John’s client engagements included managing privacy change programmes, preparing applications for Binding Corporate Rules, helping organisations prepare for regulatory audits, and advising on issues of risk, compliance, and public policy. Prior to joining Promontory, John worked at the UK Ministry of Justice where he was Head of EU and International Data Protection Policy. In this role, he served as the UK government’s lead negotiator on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). John served on the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) European Advisory Board 2019-2020 and has over 25 articles published on privacy-related topics.
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Elli Papageorgiou
Senior Counsel, Privacy and Data ProtectionMastercardElli is a privacy and data protection professional working in the technology and payments industry, with a strong academic background. She has been advising on various privacy topics including biometric authentication, digital identity, data analytics and anonymization. Currently working with Mastercard's Data and Services business unit providing privacy by design advice on innovative data solutions. Admitted to practice law in New York and Athens, Greece.
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Pavle Avramović
Emerging Tech & ResearchFinancial Conduct Authority -
Lawrence Lundy-Bryan
Partner, ResearchLunar Ventures -
Joanne Biggadike
Deputy Head of Data UKDUAL Group -
Claire Clements
Strategic IG LeadNECS -
Phillip May
Group Data Protection OfficerHastings Direct -
Odvar A. Bjerkholt
Principal Lawyer - Data & Digital TransformationBT Group -
Bilal Husein
Data AnalystRocheDoing science, selling science.
Go-to expert within Roche Pharmaceuticals when in need for inspiration on data solutions for real problems.
I bring a touch of marketing to the pragmatic field of data science - then put together teams of scientists, analysts & engineers to deliver products.
I believe in making data science self-service on the long run.
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Dr. June Brawner
Senior Policy Adviser for Data and Digital TechnologiesThe Royal SocietyDr. June Brawner is a policy advisor at The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. She leads the Society’s work on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) within the Data and AI policy team, which is developing policy and promoting debate that helps the UK safely and rapidly realise the growing benefits of data science and digital technologies.
June’s career in academic and policy research spans the US, UK, and Central / Eastern Europe, with a focus on environmental data for policymaking. Prior to her current role she worked as a research consultant and has previously completed fellowships with the Fulbright Commission and Columbia University’s Council for European Studies.
As an anthropologist, June is especially interested in the ‘social life’ of data: the cultural and political factors that hinder or promote the equitable use of data for research, innovation, and decision-making. To this end, she sees upholding the right to privacy as a key technical and social challenge in using data for societal benefit.
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David Pollington
Head of ResearchBloc Ventures -
Iker Perez Lopez
Principal Research ScientistFeaturespace -
Antonio Rocha
Data Protection ExpertCouncil of Europe -
Jovan Powar
Privacy and Security ResearcherAlan Turing Institute -
Dr Ismini Psychoula
Senior Technical Advisor – Machine Learning, PETs, & Trustworthy AIOFCOM -
Asad Preuss-Dodhy
Principal Data Anonymisation and Privacy Technologies ExpertRoche Information Solutions -
Daugaile Syrusaite
Group DPOCooperCompanies
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