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CPDP is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and we will follow recommendations concerning travel and public events. At this time, we are continuing preparations for CPDP2022 to take place in Brussels on January 26-28 2022. However, we will review this on an ongoing basis as well as engaging in contingency planning. We are also working on alternatives to the physical conference. We will update you on any decisions promptly.

This call for panels is aimed at academic consortia, research projects, think tanks and other research organisations. (Another call, to individuals for academic research papers, will go out in June 2021).There has been a major shift in technology adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic as emergency measures have forced societies and economies to become more reliant on digital technologies and data infrastructures. The increased reliance on data-driven technologies also means depending on a few corporate big tech companies for vital technological infrastructure. This situation has escalated calls for ‘digital sovereignty’ in Europe. Besides bidding to form future models for data governance and the data economy, the EU has also laid out plans to pioneer legislation governing the use of artificial intelligence.The pandemic has led to the reassertion of nations, sovereignty and borders in myriad ways. Among the most evident realities of the pandemic was sorting populations back into their nations of passport. It has also enabled new means of establishing and justifying borders with long term closures and the introduction of new digital identity infrastructure such as vaccine passports.Amidst all these developments, what will the aftermath of this global pandemic hold for data protection? What is law’s task in the wake of a pandemic which has exacerbated inequalities and unjust data practices? While “data as asset” approach is gaining a stronghold in political discourse, what are the future imaginaries for data protection law?The theme of CPDP2022 is ‘Data Protection in a Post-Pandemic World’. We welcome cutting edge panels in all areas related to technology, privacy and data protection, but particularly invite proposals that fit the general conference theme.  

We particularly seek panel proposals addressing the following topics:

Data sovereignty and other emerging data governance modelsDigital borders and data protection lawDigital infrastructures as sites of powerData cooperatives and community ownership of dataAI governancePublic health surveillanceSurveillance of migration and bordersData protection and law enforcementFundamental rights in the digital environmentNew perspectives on privacy and data protectionRegulatory platform governance approaches 

We encourage panels that are well-balanced, multidisciplinary, geographically and gender diverse. We also welcome different types of sessions such as debates, roundtables, workshops and other non-conventional formats. More information about rules for panel composition and submission can be found here.