Speakers
Keynote Speakers
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Erika Eliasson-Norris
CEO
Beyond Governance
Mitch Christow
Group Product Manager at Google
Google
Rachael Hudson
Executive Mindset & Empowerment Coach
Rachael Hudson Coaching
Rafah Knight
CEO & Founder
SecureAI
Speakers
Andrew Harvey
Head of Information Governance / Data Protection Officer
Guy's & St Thomas' and Kings College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts
Anne Grzybowski
Acting Head of Information Governance
Heriot-Watt University
Arlette Walls
Founder, Principal Consultant
HEKATE IG Consulting
Ashley Lardner
Information Governance Manager
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Bernd Vellguth
Specialist for Risk Management and Compliance
Microsoft EMEA
Carmel du Parc Braham
Digital Information Manager
Dave Parsons
Wales Accord on the Sharing of Personal Information Code Manager
WASPI and the ICO in collaboration
David Canning
Head of Digital Knowledge & Information Management
Cabinet Office
David Teague
Acting Head of Welsh Affairs
ICO
Deborah Varenna
Directorate Co-ordinator
Disclosure and Barring Service
Eliza McKee
Principal Researcher - Northern Ireland Digitisation Project
The National Archives
Elizabeth Day
Assistant University Archivist for Records Managment
The American University in Cairo
Helen Sibson
Head of Information Governance and KIM Digital Projects
Integrated Corporate Services, DESNZ
Ibrahim Hasan
Director
Act Now Training
Idayat Ibraheem
Data Security Solution Engineer
Microsoft
Iram Ditta
Legal Group Chair
IRMS
Ismar Salimovic
Information Governance Lead
Oxfam GB
Jacqueline Stockwell
CEO & Founder
Leadership Through Data
James Lappin
Senior policy lead - digital knowledge and information management
Government Digital Service
Jamie Dawes-Hughes
Head of e-Discovery
Welsh Government
Joanna Kennedy
Global Group Data Governance Officer
SAE-PRI Group
Joetta Harty
Records Manager
BBC
Jos Arends
Senior Information Specialist
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Judith Ratcliffe
Privacy Consultant
Independent
Julia Bonder-Le Berre
Head of Global Privacy
Iron Mountain
Kate Valente
Information and Records Goverance Officer
Jisc
Kay Young
Information and Records Management Lead
Food Standards Agency
Kenneth Atuma
Lecturer in Information Studies
The University of Manchester
Klementyna de Sternberg Stojalowska
Founder/Copywriter
The Good Copywriter
Laura Palmariello
Proprietor - Data Protection Consultant
Data Protection & Privacy Expert
Lucy Maguire
Information Sharing Manager
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
Luke Spencer
Head of Knowledge Management, KIMU
The Home Office
Marcus Stewart
Data Governance, Knowledge and Information Manager
The Pensions Regulator
Maria Lim-Pittendrigh
Technology Partnerships Officer and IMTech Chair
IRMS
Mark Lester
E-Discovery Manager
Welsh Government
Paula Mcclure
Records Management SME (freelance)
BBC
Rachel Mitchell
Trainer & Consultant
Leadership Through Data
Rebekah Taylor
Information Manager
NHS Resolution
Rebekah Taylor-Mason
Treasurer
IRMS
Reynold Leming
Independent
Rob Bath
Digital Director
IRMS
Ryan John Murphy
Senior Compliance Specialist
Microsoft
Samira Teuteberg
Records and Print Manager
Travers Smith LLP
Sara Lloyd Williams
Privacy Manager
Oxfam Great Britain
Scott Sammons
Remote DPO & IG Consultant
Lighthouse IG
Sharon Smith
Senior Project Manager
Library and Archives Canada
Yagmur Sahin
Head of Business Development & Data Protection
Data Privacy Simplified Ltd
