Join us for a stimulating discussion with Data Protection Officers (DPOs) from various public bodies and enterprises. Our panel features representatives from the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT), the Brussels Intercommunal Transport company (STIB/MIVB), the Single Resolution Board (SRB), the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX), the European External Action Service (EEAS), as moderator.

The discussion will spotlight the challenging role of DPOs in the public sector, offering a dynamic mix of experiences and perspectives. Our speakers will delve into the complexities of the DPO function, sharing real-life examples related to access requests, complaints, data breaches, and more. They will provide invaluable advice, share personal experiences, and reveal effective strategies to handle difficult situations, and more generally interactions with data subjects, controllers, or supervisory authorities, and how to avoid being between the rock and the hard place.

The DPO Agora welcomes you to join and ‘listen in’, share your experience and engage in a lively, interactive discussion in a real ‘agora spirit’.

Brief overview on the organisations participating in the discussion:

1. The Catalan Data Protection Authority (Autoritat Catalana de Protecció des Dades) is an independent body with the mission to safeguard the rights of protection of personal data and access to information;
2. The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, also known as STIB/MIVB, is the local public transport operator responsible for the metro, bus and tram lines and linkages with regional networks;
3. The Single Resolution Board, SRB, being the central resolution authority within the Banking Union, deals with resolution planning and enhancing resolvability, to avoid impacts of bank failures on the economy and financial stability;
4. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, supports EU Member States and Schengen-associated countries in the management of the EU's external borders and the fight against cross-border crime;
5. The European External Action Service, EEAS, is the European Union’s diplomatic service, carrying out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy to promote peace, prosperity and security.