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 included:

• 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 included:

• 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."