Brussels Practice

Speeches & Presentations

• "The EU General Data Protection Regulation: What You Need to Know," Crowell & Moring Brussels (May 12, 2017). Speakers and Participants: Frederik Van Remoortel, Emmanuel Plasschaert, Abhinar Kumar, Kapil Varshney, R. P. Singh, Bruno Gencarelli, Daniele Vecchi, Punit Bhatia.
• "Privacy Impact Assessments, The Full Picture," IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2017, Washington, D.C. (April 2017). Chair and Speaker: Maarten Stassen.
• “Orphan Drugs and Market Exclusivity," Medicines for Europe, Legal Affaire Conference, London, U.K. (March 22-23, 2017). Speaker: Kristof Roox.
• "Roundtable on UPC Developments," Medicines for Europe, Legal Affaire Conference, London, U.K. (March 22-23, 2017). Co-Chair: Kristof Roox.
• "Privacy Impact Assessment & Privacy by Design," CPDP Congress 2017, Brussels (January 25, 2017). Speaker: Maarten Stassen.
• "GDPR: Identifying Key Challenges from a Practitioners Perspective," LSEC Leaders in Security, Brussels (December 19, 2016). Advisory Panel Member: Maarten Stassen.
• "Customer Data: Their Rights, Your Obligations," European Customer Experience Conference, Athens, Greece (November 23, 2016). Speaker: Maarten Stassen.
• "Selected GDPR Topics and the Privacy Shield: Putting Theory into Practice and International Panel Discussion," Crowell & Moring Brussels (October 20, 2016). Speakers: Frederik Van Remoortel, Jeff Poston, Emmanuel Plasschaert, Jan Baas, Frédéric Sardain, Peter Huppertz and Cynthia O’Donoghue.
• "GDPR, Main Changes & Challenges," VOKA, Belgium (October 20, 2016). Speaker: Maarten Stassen.
• "Data Protection at the Workplace," Ateliers Data Protection, VBO-FEB, Brussels (September 28, 2016). Presenters and authors: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Frederik Van Remoortel.
• "Antitrust Enforcement in the Digital Economy - Current Trends in the EU," Crowell & Moring Seminar (September 22, 2016). Presenters: Judith Bussé, Dr. Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, Thomas De Meese, Thomas Kramler, and Emmelie Wijckmans.
• "EU General Data Protection Regulation, the Impact on Japanese Companies and the Reaction To Be Taken," Seminar, Japanese Desk Deloitte, Belgium (June 9, 2016). Speaker: Maarten Stassen.
• "Remedies in Belgian Merger Cases," TBM Studiedag (June 2, 2016). Presenter: Thomas De Meese.
• "The Impact of the EU Directive on Damages Actions," EU Competition Law: Current Issues in a Global Context, Brussels, Belgium (May 20, 2016). Presenter: Thomas De Meese.
• "Data Protection in Light of the ECJ Decision Regarding Safe Harbor and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)," Seminar in Collaboration with the IBJ (April 27, 2016). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel and Karel Janssens.
• "Corporate Compliance, Privacy Update," Euronext, Brussels (April 26, 2016). Speaker: Maarten Stassen.
• “Will the Unified Patent Court be Troll-Proof?” Fordham Intellectual Property Law and Policy Conference, New York, NY (April 1, 2016). Presenter: Jan-Diederik Lindemans.
• Half-Day Workshop, IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress, Brussels (2016). Chair and Speaker: Maarten Stassen.
• “Protected workers”, Crowell & Moring Seminar, Brussels, Belgium (December 10, 2015). Presenters: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Evelien Jamaels.
• "Propriété Intellectuelle et Legal Privilege, un Problème en Europe?" Association Francaise des Juristes D'Entreprise, Paris, France (December 4, 2015). Presenter: Jan-Diederik Lindemans.