The "DPD en xarxa" community opens registrations for its III Meeting, which this year will take place next 29 of October al Barcelona Biomedical Research Park.

The event will begin at 10 a.m., with the intervention of the director of the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT), Meritxell Borras, who will welcome the attendees. Next, the head of the Privacy and AI Office of CaixaBank, Esther garcia, will give a presentation on the impact of European digital regulation on the role of the data protection officer (DPD).

Day: October 29, 2026

Time: from 9:30 a.m. to 17 a.m

place: Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (c/ Doctor Aiguader, 88)

Registrations: required fill in the registration form.

Program
9.30 – Attendee registration
10.00 – Welcome, by Meritxell Borràs i Solé, director of the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT)
10.15 – Presentation: «The impact of European digital regulation on the role of the DPO», by Esther Garcia Encinas, head of CaixaBank's Privacy and AI Office
11.00 – Coffee break
11.30 – APDCAT legal news, by Xavier Urios Aparisi, head of the Legal Advisory Department of the APDCAT.

12.00 Tools to improve regulatory compliance in the age of AI.

• Albert Serra Pagès, coordinator of Technology and Information Security of the APDCAT
• Juan A. Martin Zubiaur, advisor on Modernization and Technology of the Basque Data Protection Agency
• Joana Marí Cardona, DPD and head of Strategic Projects at APDCAT

12.45 Thematic working groups

• We review the PIA (the CEPD model)
• AI Regulation and TRAL Report: From Risk to Assurance.
• EEDS: use of health data in the training and validation of algorithms
• TID: present and future of the EU-US privacy framework
• Future challenges: mentoring as a driver of knowledge transmission within 'DPD en xarja'
• The co-responsible for the treatment and the seven differences with the other figures
• FAQs to facilitate the application of data protection regulations in local police forces
• Exercise of rights and generative AI: challenges and criteria for managing it

14.15 Break – lunch

15.15 Presentation of results of the “Ethical and Responsible AI” working group: 'From the AI ​​Regulation to the TRAL report: requirements, guarantees and transparència in AI systems'

• Carme Callés, head of the Innovation Service of the Open Administration of Catalonia
• Patricia Mallén, Data Protection Delegate of the Open Administration of Catalonia

15.30 Presentation of conclusions from the working groups

17.00 Closing