Overview

Save the date for the 10th anniversary edition of the Brussels Privacy Symposium, taking place on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, at Les Ateliers des Tanneurs. Jointly presented by Brussels Privacy Hub of Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Future of Privacy Forum.

As the GDPR passes its 10-year anniversary, the Brussels Privacy Symposium celebrates 10 years of examining, unpacking, and driving substantive data protection scholarship and thought leadership. During this decade, Data Protection Authorities have matured in their guidance and enforcement measures, the CJEU has issued significant judgements supporting the interpretation of EU data protection law, and the European Commission has begun (and advanced in) its Omnibus process. Technology, too, has accelerated, driving increasingly complex and important questions of relevant regulatory approaches. In this year’s special edition of the Symposium, titled “The Next Decade of Data Protection: Retreat or Reinvention?”, we look at the opportunities, conflicts, and paths forward in tech policy, alongside academic researchers, civil society, industry representatives, and policymakers.

The Brussels Privacy Symposium is a multidisciplinary global convening of practical, applicable, and substantive privacy research and scholarship, bringing together policymakers, academic researchers, civil society representatives, and industry experts. The Symposium offers a dynamic forum to examine and debate some of the most pressing issues shaping Europe’s digital society today and in the years ahead.

Our full program and speaker announcements are coming soon. Stay tuned!

While we prepare for the 2026 edition, you can explore highlights from last year’s discussion in the Brussels Privacy Symposium Report 2025, which captures key insights, notes, and summaries from the day’s sessions and debates.

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