Media, Internet & Data Protection Bar Association (MIDBA) Conference 2024

Date: Friday 21 June 2024

Time: Lunch 1pm / Registration 1.30pm / 2pm Start

Location: The Gaffney Room, Church St, Dublin 7 (The Bar of Ireland)

Topics for Discussion will include:

• Hate Speech and Freedom of Expression - Drawing the line

• Compensation for Data Breaches - Money for Nothing?

• Who goes there? - The issue of Online Anonymity

Speakers will include:

• Conor Power SC

• Emily Egan Mc Grath SC

• Mark Finan BL

• Claire Hogan BL

• Michael O' Doherty BL

• Grace Sullivan BL

• Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP

• Dr Des Hogan - Data Protection Commissioner & Chair of the DPC

• Liam Herrick – Irish Council for Civil Liberties

• Dr Katherine Nolan - University of Ulster

• Lorcan Moylan Burke, DLA Piper

• David Culleton, Kennedys Law

• Renato Monteiro - Global Head of Privacy at X “formerly Twitter."

3 CPD points.

This event is open to all.

The MIDBA Conference will take place on Friday 21 June 2024.

This conference is open to all members of the legal profession and relevant industry professionals, which will consider the major issues pertaining to media, data protection and internet law from the previous 12 months.

MIDBA Membership: Membership is open to Law Library members. Associate Membership is open to any solicitor, or qualified barrister or solicitor currently employed as an in-house legal practitioner. It provides for all the privilege of full membership, other than voting rights at General Meetings and membership of the MIDBA Committee. Associate members may, however, be co-opted onto sub-committees. If you wish to become a member, click here.

Register for the conference here.