Ms. Román Vergara is currently a Commissioner of INAI for the 2019 – 2026 period.
In 2013, she was appointed Commissioner of the Institute of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data of the State of Mexico and its Municipalities, where a year later, she was elected as the President Commissioner, a position she held until 2017. From November 2015 to November 2016, she was the first Coordinator of the System of Supervisory Bodies of the Federative Entities of the National System of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data. In 2018, she was the Technical Secretary of the Executive Secretariat of the Anticorruption System of the State of Mexico and its Municipalities
She holds a Law Degree from the Universidad del Estado de México’s Law School, an LLM in Corporate Law from Universidad Anahuac Law School and a Ph. D in Law from the Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Law.
Sessions in which Ms Josefina Román Vergara participates
Santa Margherita - Auditorium
Panel
Ms Elsa Mein, Council of Europe (Moderator)
Isabel Hahn, European Data Protection Supervisor (Speaker)
Pablo Manuel Mateos Gascueña, Spain DPA (Speaker)
Ms Josefina Román Vergara, INAI (Speaker)
Scuola Grande di San Rocco - Sala Capitolare
Ms Josefina Román Vergara, INAI (Moderator)
Olivier Sylvain, Federal Trade Commission (Speaker)
Mr Adrian Lobsiger, FDPIC - Swiss DPA (Speaker)
Michihito Kojima, Personal Information Protection Commission (Speaker)
Santa Margherita - Auditorium
Dr José Luis Piñar, CEU San Pablo University. Google Data Governance Chair (Moderator)
Ms Josefina Román Vergara, INAI (Speaker)
Mr Joaquín Pérez Catalán, Spanish Data Protection Agency (Speaker)
Mr Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior, National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) (Presenter)
Santa Margherita - Auditorium
Plenary
Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)
Ms Andrea Jelinek, EDPB / DSB (Speaker)
Dr Ana Brian Nougrères, OHCHR (Speaker)
Luca Bolognini, Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati (Speaker)
Ms Josefina Román Vergara, INAI (Speaker)
Mr Peter Winn, US Department of Justice Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties (Speaker)
Santa Margherita - Auditorium
Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)
Dr Ana Brian Nougrères, OHCHR (Speaker)
Ms Josefina Román Vergara, INAI (Speaker)
Mr Peter Winn, US Department of Justice Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties (Speaker)