Speakers

Francesco Vigna, DPO at Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS)

Francesco Vigna is a data protection expert. He obtained is PhD in Law, Science and Technology at the University of Bologna and at the University of Luxembourg. He also worked as data protection compliance expert for an hospital and for the faculty of Computer Science of the University of Turin. He is currently the DPO of the Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS).

Jérôme Commodi, Legal Counsel and Project Manager at the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) 

Jérôme Commodi, graduated in European Law from the University of Luxembourg, has 10 years professional experience as a lawyer in European, civil and commercial law. He is legal counsel and project manager at the CNPD. He coordinated the development of DAAZ tool and is actually coordinating the WTOON Project of the European Commission, in collaboration with BEE SECURE. He is also an experienced inspector of the Investigation Division of the CNPD Luxembourg and also a professional speaker in data protection conferences in Luxembourg (Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg House of Start-up, etc.) and abroad. Moreover, he provides data protection trainings to companies or actors in Luxembourg, within the Awareness Department of the CNPD.

Laurent Weber, CISO at the University of Luxembourg 

Laurent Weber is an experienced information security expert who has also served as an advisor to the government on internal security matters. He currently holds the position of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the University of Luxembourg. With a Master’s degree in IT Security and an MBA, Laurent has occupied significant roles in both information security and internal security within Luxembourg. He has a strong record of contributing to security initiatives at both the national and European levels.

Michael Hofmann, President of APDL, Association pour la Protection des Données au Luxembourg (APDL)

Founding President of ISACA Luxembourg ; President of Luxembourg Data Protection Association APDL ; Head of delegation within ICT Luxembourg ; Member of several professional working groups ; Instructor at Chambre des Salariès Luxembourg ; Executive Member of the Board @ EY PFS.

First accredited company to issue GDPS certifications.

Over 20 years of leading Privacy, Cyber, IT Audit, IT Forensic and IT Audit @ big4’s.

Certifications: several AI certifications, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, CISM, ISO27001LI, CCISO, Certified Europrivacy Implementer & Auditor.

Mickaël Tome, Partner at Togouna & Tome Avocats

Mickaël Tome is a lawyer and founding partner of Togouna & Tome. He has more than 15 years of experience of guiding organisations on complex issues in the field of data protection. He has gained experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with two national data protection regulators (CNIL & CNPD), and with a first-tier IP & IT law firm in Luxembourg.

Mickaël advises both public sector organisations and private companies in diverse sectors such as healthcare and public health, education and research, technology and digitisation, support services for individuals and vulnerable groups.

Sandrine Munoz, Data Protection Officer, University of Luxembourg 

After several years of experience in the banking sector as compliance officer Sandrine Munoz joined the University of Luxembourg as DPO. Sandrine Munoz is working for 7 years at the University of Luxembourg where she implemented a data protection office and she is assuming the function around 3 pillars; information, advising and monitoring of compliance in academics, research and administrative tasks of the University.

Shariq Arif, APDL Board member, Association pour la Protection des Données au Luxembourg (APDL)

Board member of Luxembourg Data Protection Association APDL ; Co-founder of a GenAI RegTech AI Startup ; Co-founded and led the Data Protection Practice for a leading Luxembourg based Advisory Professional Services institution ; PECB DPO trainer ; Data Protection trainer at the Agence de Transfert de Technologie Financière (ATTF).

Certifications: CIPP/E, ISO 27001 LI.