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Sébastien Ziegler

President of the IoT Forum and European Centre for Certification and Privacy
Mandat International / ECCP
Participates in 12 items

Sébastien Ziegler serves as President of the IoT Forum, and IoT Lab, as well as Chair of the Europrivacy International Board of Experts. It serves as Rapporteur on Research and Emerging Technologies at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU/SG20) and Director General of Mandat International. He coordinated and/or took part in over 20 international research projects in the area of ICT, including Internet of Things, personal data protection, IPv6, 5G, and cybersecurity across various verticals.

Sébastien has a PhD in Management with a specialization in Information Systems at the Faculty of Economy and Management of the University of Geneva. He graduated in International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, followed by a Master in Environment, a MBA in international administration (HEC Geneva), and complementary executive courses at Harvard Business School in Boston, Stanford University, UC Berkeley and EPFL. He is also a qualified expert in data protection accredited for Europrivacy, EuroPriSe and ISO 27001 certifications. Sébastien founded several foundations, SMEs and organizations.

Sessions in which Sébastien Ziegler participates

Monday 17 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Words of Welcome
30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Adrian Quesada Rodríguez, Mandat International (Moderator)

Ms Annalisa Trama, IDEA4RC (Speaker)

Sergio Guillen Barrionuevo, MYSPHERA (Speaker)

9:30 AM
9:30 AM

Santa Margherita - Auditorium

Plenary

Tiziana Lippiello, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Speaker)

Paolo Romor, Comune di Venezia​ (Speaker)

Dr Nataša Pirc Musar, Republic of Slovenia (Speaker)

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Speaker)

Prof Pasquale Stanzione, GPDP (Speaker)

Mr Bjørn Berge, Council of Europe (Speaker)

Ms Beatriz de Anchorena, Agency of Access to Public Information Argentina (Speaker)

Mr Philippe Dufresne, Office of the Privacy Commissioner Canada (Speaker)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Research Infrastructure and Privacy
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

University Ca' Foscari - Sala Archivio

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Mr Cédric Crettaz, IoT Lab (Speaker)

Ms Anna Squicciarini, National Science Foundation (Speaker)

Vasiliki Tsiompanidou, Mandat International / European Centre for Certification and Privacy (Speaker)

Alexandra Ivan, Mandat International (Speaker)

Steve Taylor, University of Southampton (Speaker)

This session will delve deeper into the interactions between privacy and research. It will focus on analy...

Tuesday 18 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Welcome Session and Opening Remarks
45 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Scuola Grande di San Rocco - Sala Capitolare

Plenary

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Ms Andrea Jelinek, EDPB / DSB (Speaker)

Prof Pasquale Stanzione, GPDP (Speaker)

Mr Peter Winn, US Department of Justice Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties (Speaker)

Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor (Speaker)

Ruth Berry, U.S. Department of State (Speaker)

Prof. Fabrizio Marrella, Ca' Foscari University (Speaker)

Mr Didier Reynders, DG Justice (Presenter)

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
The 5 Senses of Privacy
1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Scuola Grande di San Rocco - Sala Capitolare

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Mr Luca Leone, Sistemi H.S. S.p.A. (Speaker)

Loic Bisceglie, Firmenich (Speaker)

Wednesday 19 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
From Compliance to Certification
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

University Ca' Foscari - Aula Mario Baratto

Panel

Luca Bolognini, Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati (Speaker)

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Speaker)

Alain Herrmann, National Comission for Data Protection (CNPD) (Speaker)

Geert Somers, Timelex (Moderator)

Thursday 20 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
GDPR Certification
1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

University Ca' Foscari - Sala Archivio

Panel

Mr Pieter Gryffroy, Timelex (Moderator)

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Speaker)

Alain Herrmann, National Comission for Data Protection (CNPD) (Speaker)

Ms Chiara Romano, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (Speaker)

Emanuele Riva, ACCREDIA (Speaker)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna

Panel

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Cecilia del Barrio Arleo, European Central Bank (Speaker)

Julien Thomas, Standard & Poors (S&P Global Ratings) (Speaker)

Helena Koning, Mastercard (Speaker)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Closing Session
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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)

Friday 21 April, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Towards Common Certification Mechanisms?
1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Santa Margherita - Auditorium

Plenary

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Alain Herrmann, National Comission for Data Protection (CNPD) (Speaker)

Ms Chiara Romano, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (Speaker)

David Mudd, BSI (Speaker)

Emanuele Riva, ACCREDIA (Speaker)

Ms Shannon Coe, DoC US International Trade Administration (Speaker)

Evelyn Goh, Infocomm Media Development Authority (Speaker)

Junichi Ishii, Japan PPC (Speaker)

3:30 PM
3:30 PM

Santa Margherita - Auditorium

Plenary

Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Moderator)

Mr Philippe Dufresne, Office of the Privacy Commissioner Canada (Speaker)

Ms Katherine Harman-Stokes, Department of Justice (Speaker)

Mr Joaquín Pérez Catalán, Spanish Data Protection Agency (Speaker)