Pierre-Yves Lastic
Pierre-Yves has 17 years of experience in privacy and personal data protection. He is currently Vice-President of the French Union des DPO (UDPO) and an active member of the European Federation of DPO (EFDPO), as well as consultant for Privacy and Information Management in Life Sciences.
He was Global R&D Privacy Officer at Sanofi for 8 years before being appointed Chief Privacy Officer in 2013, setting up Sanofi Global Privacy Office.
He studied Biology, Languages and Computer Sciences in France and Germany, and holds a PhD in Biology from Bayreuth University. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a number of management functions including Data Management, Statistics, Clinical Trials Management, Electronic Regulatory Submissions, Information Management, Privacy and Personal Data Protection.
Pierre-Yves was member of the Board of Directors of the International Pharmaceutical & Medical devices Privacy Consortium (IPMPC) from 2005 to 2019 and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) from 2004 to 2016.
As a data standards and privacy expert, he was a member of the EudraVigilance Expert Working Group as well as the Telematics Implementation Group of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
He also teaches Data Management at the European Centre of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM) in Basel as well as Personal Data Protection at Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II).
He is also a member of the steering committee of Master in Personal Data Protection of the Mines Telecom Paris Business School.
Sessions in which Pierre-Yves Lastic participates
Thursday 15 May, 2025
Patients trust healthcare providers with their most sensitive data, but are their rights truly being upheld in practice? From the right to access medical records to the challenge of data portability and consent management, ensuring compliance becomes not only a legal requirement but also an ethical responsibility. This session tackles the real-world struggles of ensuring data subjects’ rights in the healthcare system and explores practical soluti...
Friday 16 May, 2025
This unique session explores the evolving responsibilities of DPOs in the field of AI governance, focusing on the challenges, ethical dilemmas, and opportunities that come with overseeing AI systems that may impact personal data. Join the panel for a forward-thinking discussion about how DPOs can steer the future of AI governance while staying true to their core mission of data protection.
The age of generative AI is one where machines can write, create, and predict with astonishing accuracy. Still, this brings new privacy challenges as AI plays a powerful role in our lives. This session will discuss the Gen AI Code of Practice, defined as a set of guidelines that aims to govern the use of generative AI while protecting privacy rights. The panel will explore what a solid and actionable code of practice looks like and how DPOs can p...