Deputy Commissioner Data Protection Commission Graham Doyle is Deputy Commissioner and Head of Media and Communications, Transparency, DPO Network and Stakeholder Engagement with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Partner William Fry Barry Scannell is internationally recognised as a leading expert in the area of AI law. He advises clients on issues relating to text and data mining, AI copyright infringement, machine learning, and AI ownership. He has expertise in AI specific contracts, licences, and dataset agreements. Barry specialises in advising on the AI Act and other legislation such as the DSA and GDPR from an AI compliance perspective.
Barry was appointed by the Irish Government to Ireland’s AI Advisory Council; has recently completed the writing stage of his PhD on AI and copyright; and is a member of the Law Society of Ireland’s IP & Technology Committee.
Denis Kelleher Denis Kelleher is a barrister. Until recently, he was Head of Privacy EMEA at LinkedIn, where he built and led the team advising on data protection and AI governance. Before that, he was a central banker, a diplomat and Advisory Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General. Denis now lectures in data protection law at IOB, and he is the author of leading texts on data protection and privacy law.
Jennifer Noctor Jennifer Noctor is a Partner at RDJ and is a member of the firm’s Cyber and Data Protection team, advising companies and state bodies on a broad range of data protection and privacy issues, including data protection litigation, regulatory investigations, data subjects’ rights, in particular advising and managing large data subject access requests.
Jennifer is also part of the Security Incident Response Team and is responsible for assisting clients and advising them throughout the management and investigation of cyber security incidents. She leads and manages large scale data reviews and advises on notifications to the Data Protection Commission, Data Controllers and Data Subjects and how to minimise the impacts of a security incidents.
Lisa Power Lisa Power has been an in-house DPO within the financial services sector for almost 10 years and holds various accreditations. Lisa is an active member of the Compliance Institute, Institute of Bankers, and sits on the Executive Committee of the Irish Association of Data Protection Officers (ADPO) and is Vice-Chair of the Strategic AI Network (SAIN).
Richard Greene Richard Greene is Data Protection Officer and Director, EMEA Privacy Counsel at Autodesk. A qualified Irish barrister, Richard has extensive experience in data protection, international data transfers and privacy governance, and advises on the evolving intersection of privacy, AI and European data regulation. He is a regular contributor to industry discussions on privacy and emerging technology
Partner RDJ LLP Ricky Kelly leads RDJ’s Technology Sector and has extensive experience advising in the areas of Information and Cyber Security, Data Protection, Artificial Intelligence, and ePrivacy. He leads the RDJ 24/7 Incident Response Service team that advise clients in the end-to-end investigation, management and recovery from security incidents, and regularly provides bespoke compliance training to organisations in relation to their implementation of and compliance with their Privacy, Data Protection and Information security obligations. He is also an active member of RDJ’s Dispute Resolution team and offers broad experience advising a range of foreign, national, multi-national and institutional clients in complex disputes before the various Civil Courts of Ireland.
Ruth Hughes Ruth Hughes is Partner in the Technology & Innovation Group. She has significant experience advising clients in the private and public sector on a wide range of commercial contract, IT outsourcing, intellectual property, data protection and freedom of information matters and also provides specialist advice in advertising.
Stephen Laffan Stephen Laffan is Global DPO at Workday. With a career spanning many years in Privacy and related Public Policy issues, Stephen began in regulatory oversight with Ireland's Data Protection Commission before moving into corporate governance in insurance and consulting. Advancing through Privacy Program Management at Workday, he rose to Global Data Protection Officer where he currently oversees enterprise privacy compliance
Legal Director EY Law Susan Walsh is a Legal Director in the Technology and Commercial department at EY Law Ireland. She specialises in commercial and technology law, with deep expertise in drafting and negotiating complex, mission-critical IT outsourcing and
implementation projects. Her practice spans cybersecurity, AI and emerging technologies, digital transformation and outsourcing projects including regulated outsourcing arrangements, as well as data projects. Prior to joining EY Ireland, Susan was a senior lawyer in the technology team of at one of Ireland’s leading corporate law firms and prior to that held senior legal roles at Macquarie Group and MinterEllison in Australia, advising on high-impact technology and regulatory matters. She has extensive experience supporting organisations through digital transformation, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity governance, including under GDPR, NIS2, and the EU AI Act, and the Australian equivalents. Susan regularly speaks at industry events on cybersecurity, AI and procurement, and contributes to legal publications on the topics. Susan leads the following PDP training courses: Data Security & Cyber Security and Cybersecurity for Data Protection Professionals. |
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