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Time2018-05-24 | 14:00 - 16:30
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Venue:Four Seasons Hotel, QING 2+3
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Fee:Members: 300 |
Non Members: 600
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2018 could be dubbed ‘the year of data protection’ with major legislative changes in both China and the EU bringing truly global implications for business.
On 25th May, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force. Under GDPR there will be one set of data protection rules for all companies operating in the EU, regardless of where they are headquartered. Meanwhile closer to home, China’s Personal Information Protection Specification took effect on 1st May providing the first concrete guidelines on the data protection provisions outlined under China’s ambitious Cybersecurity Law.
Although some pieces of the data protection puzzle are still missing, including the rules governing cross-border data transfer, companies with global operations are now confronted with the challenge of meeting the requirements of two sets of equally comprehensive rules. Given these rules hold both similarities and discrepancies, companies are as a result obliged to rethink their compliance mechanisms on both a local and global level.
On the eve of GDPR’s formal implementation, the European Chamber is pleased to invite you to join a seminar featuring leading data protection experts, to jointly examine the data protection readiness of business in this increasingly complex global regulatory landscape.
Agenda
14:00-14:10 Opening Remarks by Michael Chang, Vice President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
14:10-14:40 Introduction to EU Data Protection Regulatory Framework by Dominique Klein, First Counsellor at EU Delegation to China
14:40-15:10 Introduction to Chinese Data Protection Regulatory Framework by Wu Shenkuo, Law Professor at Beijing Normal University, Senior Consultant of United Nations for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime, Consultant at Supreme People’s Court and Secretary-General of Research Centre of Internet Society of China
This speech will be given in Chinese with simultaneous translation provided
15:10-16:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Hong Yanqing, Research Director at Internet Development Research Institute, Peking University
Wu Shenkuo, Law Professor at Beijing Normal University, Senior Consultant of United Nations for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime, Consultant at Supreme People’s Court and Secretary-General of Research Centre of Internet Society of China
Bernard Tan, Assistant General Counsel & Data Protection and Privacy Officer
Bruce Fu, Vice Chair of ICT Working Group and Senior Director & Co-lead of Global Tech Practice at APCO Worldwide
Barbara Li, Vice Chair of Cybersecurity Sub-working Group & Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright
This panel will be held in Chinese with simultaneous translation provided
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Speakers
Dr. Wu Shenkuo
Dr. Wu Shenkuo
Law Professor and LLM Tutor of College for Criminal Law Science & Law School at Beijing Normal University. He gets his PhD and Post-doctor at University of Verona. He is also the associate researcher at the University of Verona and contract researcher at the University of Turin, as well as senior consultant of United Nations for cybersecurity and cybercrime issues, consultant at the Supreme Court of China, consultant of Politics and Law Committee of Beijing, Secretary-General of Research Centre of Internet Society of China, editorial board member of authoritative criminal journal Diritto Penale XXI Secolo, consultant of QS Ranking Group for academic reputation of international universities.
Prof. WU is specialized in Cyber Law,ICT Criminal Law (Cybercrime), Economic Criminal Law (White Collar Crime), Comparative Criminal Law and International Criminal Law (European Criminal Law). Prof. WU has already published, in Italian and English, one piece of monograph, two pieces of books in collaboration with his research team, about 10 pieces of articles on the foreign core journals and completed the Italian translations of Chinese Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Judicial Interpretation of Criminal Law. Besides, Prof. WU has also published more than 10 pieces of articles on CSSCI journals like Tsinghua Law Review and core presses like Guangming Daily. For the research projects, Prof. WU has been in charge of several international academic projects funded by Italian Central Bank, University of Turin, Cariverona Foundation, etc and several national academic projects funded by Chinese National Social Science Funds, China Scholarship Council, Beijing Normal University and so on.
Dr. Hong Yanqing
Dr. Hong Yanqing
Dr. Yanqing Hong is Professor in Beijing Institute of Technology. He focuses on data protection, cross-boarder data flow and cybersecurity related legal issues. He now leads the standardization project on personal data protection under the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee of China, and acts as deputy head of the drafting task force for Guidelines for Data Cross-Border Transfer Security Assessment. He regularly participates in the bilateral or multilateral dialogues on cyber related issues, such as China-EU Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Expert Working Group which is organized by the Cyberspace Administration of China and DG Connect of the EU Commission. He received his Ph.D. in Law from the School of Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Mr. Bruce Fu
Mr. Bruce Fu
Bruce Fu is a senior director and the co-lead of the global tech practice in APCO Worldwide's offices based in Beijing. He has a deep knowledge of China’s policy, technical standards, IPR, and competition-related issues in the ICT sector. At APCO, Mr. Fu provides clients with counsel on government relations building, operations management, stakeholder engagement and market entry strategy.
Prior to joining APCO, Mr. Fu was a business manager at the European Chamber, where he worked closely with the European telecommunications industry by lobbying China’s telecommunications policies and regulations. He worked closely with ICT Working Group members on telecommunications regulatory policies and TBT/Standards. He also directly engaged with Chinese authorities on antitrust issues related to implementing rules of Chinese anti-monopoly law.
Mr. Fu currently serves as the Vice Chair of the ICT Working Group of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China. He obtained master's degrees in European studies and European modern history from the Catholic University of Leuven. He is fluent in English and Chinese and speaks intermediate French.
Ms. Barbara Li
Ms. Barbara Li
Barbara is a partner based in Beijing. With almost three decades’ experience working in a senior in-house legal role at the Beijing and London offices of leading international firms, as well as providing business consultancy services at PwC, Barbara brings a wealth of knowledge to advising international and Chinese companies and financial institutions on doing business in China and globally. She focuses her practice on complex, cross-border M&As, joint ventures, strategic alliances and foreign direct investment in a wide range of industries including the high-tech, telecom, energy, infrastructure, automotive, pharma and high-end manufacturing industries. She also counsels Chinese companies on their outbound strategies and major transactions.
Barbara has a particular interest in the cyber, data, technology and FinTech sectors, with significant experience advising international companies and financial institutions on navigating China’s evolving legal regime governing data and cybersecurity. She is regularly engaged by clients to provide legal support on high-stakes data and cybersecurity-related issues including managing complex, cross-border data transfers, the digital transformation of businesses, and the deployment of emerging technologies such as AI, cloud computing and blockchain. Barbara also advises Chinese companies on global data compliance projects under the laws of other countries, such as the EU GDPR. She is recognised as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/EU) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and is an IAPP-designated writer for the Asia-Pacific region.
Barbara is widely recognised in the Chinese market as an eminent data/tech lawyer and is described as “having extensive experience in complex TMT regulatory issues” by Legal 500. She is ranked as a leading individual in corporate, M&A, TMT and FinTech by various legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, IFLR1000 and WhichLawyer, and received the China Top 15 TMT Lawyer award 2020 from Asian Legal Business.
Benefiting from her in-house experience, Barbara works closely with the industry and is frequently invited to share her insights at premier international professional and industry conferences organised by the IAPP, the Asia Privacy Forum and the Economist Corporate Intelligence Network, among others. She served as the vice chair of the Cybersecurity Sub-Working Group and the Construction Working Group of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China for several years.
Mr. Bernard Tan
Mr. Bernard Tan
Bernard is the Assistant General Counsel for SAP Greater China region. One of his main responsibilities is to help transform and grow SAP Greater China’s business through enabling customers to become Intelligent Enterprises, using SAP technology such as Cloud, AI, ML, IoT, Analytics and mobile solutions. In addition, Bernard is also the SAP Greater China’s Data Protection and Privacy Officer, and manages privacy and cybersecurity matters for the region. Bernard has been a technology lawyer for two decades and has been admitted to practice in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Singapore. Besides his law degree, Bernard has an LLM (LST) degree from Stanford Law School and an MSc (e-Business) degree from the NUS Business School.
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