ICEL’s Annual Privacy and Data Protection Law Conference
The Irish Centre for European Law’s (ICEL) Annual Privacy and Data Protection Law Conference returns this year on Friday, 15 May 2026 from 2-5pm in Chartered Accountants House, 47-49 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 and streamed live online.
The conference theme will be “Ten Years of GDPR: Reflections, Insights and Lessons”.
The conference will feature leading Irish and international speakers including:
(i) Helen Dixon who is a Global Digital Regulatory Consultant and the former Commissioner of both the Data Protection Commission and Commission for Communications Regulation. Ms Dixon has unrivalled regulatory insight into the evolving oversight of digital platforms and technology and data governance.
(ii) Professor Herke Kranenborg who is a professor in European Data Protection and Privacy Law at Maastricht University. Mr Kranenborg is also a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission working in the area of privacy and data protection.
(iii) David Fennelly SC, is a barrister practising from the Law Library, Dublin. Mr Fennelly specialises in public law and became a senior counsel in 2024. Mr Fennelly also lectures in the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin.
This will be a hybrid conference with tickets for ICEL members €95 for in-person attendance or €45 for online attendance. For non-members, tickets are €145 for in-person attendance or €95 for online attendance.
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Tickets can be purchased here.
Coffee and tea refreshments will be provided on arrival.
There are 2.5 CPD points available for this conference.
