Dr Hielke Hijmans
Prof Dr Hielke Hijmans is President of the Litigation Chamber and Member Executive Board of the Belgian Data Protection Authority. On part time basis he is Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Institute European Studies), member of the Meijers Committee (ngo on EU fundamental rights) and lecturer at Luxembourg University.
He is author of The European Union as Guardian of Internet Privacy: The Story of Art 16 TFEU (Springer 2016), based on his doctorate thesis.
Before his appointment at the Belgian DPA, he worked:
• as consultant on EU law and data protection, e.g. at the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (a think based in Washington, London and Brussels) and at Considerati (a consultancy based in Amsterdam) (2016-2019),
• at the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), e.g. as head of unit Policy & Consultation policy unit (2004-2016),
• at the Court of Justice of the European Union (Cabinet of Advocate General Geelhoed) (2000-2004)
• and at the Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Justice in The Hague, mostly dealing with legislation and EU law (until 2000).
He holds a law degree at Leiden University and a doctorate in law at the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels.
Sessions in which Dr Hielke Hijmans participates
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Keynote
Prof Herke Kranenborg, Maastricht University (Keynote speaker)
Dr Hielke Hijmans, Belgian Data Protection Authority (Chair)
Ca' Dolfin - Aula Magna
Panel
Dr Hielke Hijmans, Belgian Data Protection Authority (Chair)
Ms Anna Buchta, EDPS - European Data Protection Supervisor (Keynote speaker)
Mr Spiros Tassis, EFDPO (Keynote speaker)
Dr Nóra Ní Loideáin, University of London (Speaker)
Prof Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University (Speaker)
Scuola Grande S.G. Evangelista
Panel
Mr Peter Kimpian, Council of Europe (Keynote speaker)
Dr Ulrich Kelber, The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Keynote speaker)
Alain Herrmann, National Comission for Data Protection (CNPD) (Keynote speaker)
Sébastien Ziegler, Mandat International / ECCP (Chair)
Ms Shannon Coe, DoC US International Trade Administration (Speaker)
Mr Bruno Gencarelli, EC DG Justice - International Affairs and Data Flows (Speaker)
Dr Hielke Hijmans, Belgian Data Protection Authority (Speaker)