In Session 1 of this two-part event, the leaderships of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Science and Technology Assessment Panel discuss the recently-approved EU data protection package, the Privacy Shield and Umbrella agreements between the United Sates and the European Union, and the potential of big data.  

In Session 2, the Atlantic Council presents its report “Building a Transatlantic Digital Marketplace: Twenty Steps Toward 2020”, which identifies measures that the United States and the EU can take to build a transatlantic marketplace, encourage trust, and preserve the Internet as a global commercial commons and a public good. The report launch will include remarks by US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews and a discussion.    

Full agenda:

12:15 pm – Session 1:
Data and Privacy – Reaching a Transatlantic Consensus?  

Speakers:
Claude Moraes MEP
Chairman, Committee on Civil Liberties, 
Justice, and Home Affairs

European Parliament

Jan Philipp Albrecht MEP
 Vice-Chair, Committee on Civil Liberties, 
Justice, and Home Affairs 

European Parliament

Paul Ruebig MEP
Chair, Science and Technology Options 
Assessment Panel

European Parliament

Eva Kaili MEP
First Vice-Chair, Science and Technology Options 
Assessment Panel

European Parliament  

Moderated by:
Fran Burwell
 Vice President, EU and Special Initiatives
 Atlantic Council

1:30 p.m. Coffee Break

1:45 p.m. – Session 2
Building a Transatlantic Digital Marketplace: Twenty Steps Toward 2020

Report Presentation:
Fran Burwell
 Vice President, EU and Special Initiatives
 Atlantic Council

The Honorable William Kennard
 Former US Ambassador to the European Union and Co-Chair
 Atlantic Council Task Force on Advancing the Transatlantic Digital Agenda 

Keynote Comments:
The Honorable Bruce Andrews
 Deputy Secretary of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce

Panel
H.E. David O’Sullivan
 Ambassador of the European Union to the United States

The Honorable William Kennard
 Former US Ambassador to the European Union and Co-Chair
 Atlantic Council Task Force on Advancing the Transatlantic Digital Agenda