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Conference Organiser

Forum Europe www.forum-europe.com

At Forum Europe, we've been staging leading European political events for over 20 years. Our in-depth knowledge of the Brussels and EU market makes us the number one choice for companies and organisations staging political and policy events in Europe and beyond.

With offices in the heart of Europe, at La Bibliotheque Solvay in Brussels, our multilingual and dynamic team delivers excellent networking opportunities and high quality content, feeding directly into the policy formulation process. Our operations are divided into two distinct but complementary services:

- Conference Production

- Event Management

We work with a range of clients with varying interests, from large multinational corporations to NGOs and charities – and everything in between. We know that the success of every event depends on forming a strong, close working relationship with our partner or client.

Platinum Sponsor

BSA | The Software Alliance www.bsa.org

BSA | The Software Alliance is the leading global advocate for the software industry. It is an association of world-class companies that invest billions of dollars annually to create software solutions that spark the economy and improve modern life. Through international government relations, intellectual property enforcement and educational activities, BSA expands the horizons of the digital world and builds trust and confidence in the new technologies driving it forward.

Dell www.dell.com

For more than 26 years, Dell has empowered countries, communities, customers and people everywhere to use technology to realize their dreams. Customers trust us to deliver technology solutions that help them do and achieve more, whether they’re at home, work, school or anywhere in their world. For more information, visit www.dell.com and www.dellintheclouds.com

Deutsche Telekom www.telekom.com

Deutsche Telekom AG is one of the world's leading telecommunications and information technology service companies. We have almost 200 million customers and offer them all kinds of products and services for connected life and work.

Deutsche Telekom has an international focus and is represented in approximately 50 countries.

Deutsche Telekom focuses on major technical and social trends and plays a key role in shaping them: the increasing digitization of many spheres of life, the personalization of products and services, growing mobilization and internationalization.

Deutsche Telekom provides network access, communications services and value-added services with ever increasing bandwidth via the fixed and mobile networks.

In addition to its core business (classic fixed-network and mobile access business), the company is specifically tapping new growth areas through investments in intelligent networks and its portfolio of IT, Internet and network services.

GSMA www.gsmworld.com

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Uniting nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators and more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, the GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, and driving the growth of the mobile industry. It also produces the premier industry events including the GSMA Mobile World Congress and the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress.

For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at www.gsmworld.com

Hewlett-Packard www.hp.com

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.

 

ICOMP www.i-comp.org

ICOMP, the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace, is an industry initiative for businesses and organisations involved in Internet commerce. Its overall objective is the sustainable growth of the Internet and key goals are to encourage competition, transparency, data privacy and respect for intellectual property protection as well as the adoption of best practices to promote online creativity, innovation, safety and trust.

As an organisation concerned with the Internet, ICOMP brings together companies operating in the online marketplace across content, infrastructure and services sectors to identify and promote best practices. ICOMP helps to educate and inform stakeholders and decision-makers on how the online marketplace functions and the challenges being faced by those who operate within it.

Over 60 companies, trade associations and industry bodies are members of ICOMP and have endorsed ICOMP’s principles. These members represent 14 countries across Europe, North and South America, India, Austraila and the Middle East. ICOMP is funded by member contributions as well as sponsorship from Microsoft; Burson-Marsteller acts as its Secretariat, and Lord Alan Watson is ICOMP’s Chairman.

Intel www.intel.com

Intel Corporation is a world leader in computing innovation. Intel introduced the world’s first microprocessor in 1971. Today, the company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Nearly 9000 people work for Intel across the European Union, including more than 3700 in R&D.

Microsoft www.miscrosoft.com

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

 

Park Legal LLC

Park Legal LLC is an Indianapolis-based law firm that assists clients in the areas of data privacy, security and records management.   Unlike many other firms, our lawyers have decades of experience as in-house counsel as well as experience as regulators.  We also have information security experts working side-by-side with us.  As such, we offer a next generational approach to the practice of law by integrating technology into our operations and by providing materials to clients in a format that is business-focused and prioritized to address key risks.  We also eliminate the use of multiple associates and generalists who are not fully immersed in this specialized and continuously evolving area of law—and who therefore may overlook critical factors in providing counseling to you, or increase your bills unnecessarily as you pay for their research and training.

We offer end-to-end services to our clients though an affiliated on-line training company and a software company, making it easier, faster and more economical for your organization to ensure a solid level of compliance.  In addition, we collaborate with an international law firm with 21 offices across Europe and Asia, as well as external security experts in the U.S. and globally.  These resources can be added as needed in a seamless, cost-efficient manner to provide full service to your organization.

Our team of professionals includes Joan Antokol, a former Vice President and Global Head of Data Privacy for the 260 companies in the Novartis Group; Matt Light, a former Indiana Deputy Attorney General who previously assisted in managing the security breach division of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office and who drafted some of Indiana’s security breach laws; and Susan May, an attorney with an international Masters in Business Administration who has over 20 years of in-house counsel experience in privacy and healthcare compliance.  Our training and software affiliates include Monica Brown, a former director of training for Eli Lilly, as well as a former global head of enterprise risk management for a Fortune 100 global database hosting company.  You may reach us at +317-616-3350.

Van Bael & Bellis www.vbb.com

Van Bael & Bellis is a leading independent law firm based in Brussels. Our Data Protection Law Practice, headed by partner Monika Kuschewsky, has advised a broad range of clients from various industries and sectors on data protection matters for many years, both at EU and national level. With our multi-jurisdictional team of lawyers, we are particularly well placed to assist companies faced with the challenges arising from the complex and varying national legislation across Europe. Our expertise includes multinational compliance programmes and audits, data transfers, data protection clauses and agreements, registration with data protection authorities, data protection compliance training, data security breaches, cookies and new technologies.

Silver Sponsor

Motion Picture Association www.mpaa.org

The Motion Picture Association is a trade organisation representing six major international producers and distributors of films, home entertainment and television programmes. Its members are Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios LLC, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Nymity www.nymity.com

NYMITY Inc. is an innovative research firm. For over a decade, NYMITY has been helping the global privacy community with privacy & data protection compliance and accountability solutions, worldwide.

NYMITY's proprietary, online research tools help organizations to:

1) Understand Compliance Requirements

2) Maintain an Effective Privacy Program

3) Report the Status of the Privacy Program

4) Stay Informed on the Latest Privacy Compliance Developments

NYMITY's Advanced Research & Analysis is conducted by a dedicated in-house privacy research team and provides ongoing coverage of all global jurisdictions in the private and public sectors.

NYMITY - your source for global privacy & data protection.  To learn more, please contact us at sales@nymity.com.

Privacy Laws & Business www.privacylaws.com/

Privacy Laws & Business, established in 1987, provides an international privacy laws information service with information on over 100 countries and clients in over 50 countries. Services include publications, conferences, recruitment, training, consulting and auditing for corporations, law firms and consultants. We show why and how a positive approach to privacy laws reduces regulatory action, criminal penalties, civil claims and also increases your competitive advantage, helps build and sustain customer and employee trust, and can become a driver of your business strategy.

Clients include: 8 of the top 10 global companies; 10 of the top 20 US companies; and 7 of the top 10 European companies.

 

Privacy Laws & Busines 26th Annual International Conference, 1st - 3rd July 2013, Queens' College, Cambridge, UK: Join around 200 lawyers, company privacy managers, Data Protection Authorities and government representatives, consultants and academics from 20+ countries around the world. Register before the end of January for the greatest discounts and guarantee your place now as space is limited. www.privacylaws.com/annualconference

Media Partner

SecEUR www.seceur.info

SecEUR sprl is an information publisher and consulting company devoted to EU civil security-related policy, R&D and business. Based in Brussels, it informs and assists stakeholders in identifying and pursuing opportunities on the civil security market.

Its services include SECURITY EUROPE, the monthly e-newsletter; client-specific monitoring of policy, technology developments, funding opportunities; technical studies, training workshops on EU civil security; and help with partnering or applying for EU-funded security R&D projects and other opportunities in the sector.

Should you wish to know more about our products and services, please consult our website or contact us at: securityeurope@seceur.info. 

New Europe www.neurope.eu

New Europe, a the European weekly newspaper. New Europe reports on 49 countries in and around the European Union with a strong EU policy-making focus. With a 66,000 copy circulation in Europe, the diverse groups of NE’s readers come together to form a real power-base in the European making. In Brussels New Europe is delivered to all Members of the European Parliament, all Commissioners and their cabinets, and is made available to all European Parliament & Commission staff. NE readership includes embassies, universities, think-tanks, NGOs, companies and subscribing organisations