- Full time member/director of the Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information (COC, Data Protection Authority for police and certain law enforcement matters)
- Member of the Belgian Data Protection Authority between 2004 and 2019
- Attorney-general (senior deputy prosecutor-general) at the Ghent (Belgium) Court of Appeal
- Teaching assistant and researcher at Ghent University, Law Faculty, ‘Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy’ (IRCP) and the Interdisciplinary Knowledge and Research Platform on ‘Privacy, Information Exchange, Law Enforcement & Surveillance’
- Published more than 200 articles and a few books on police matters, data protection law and criminal and police law
- Author of multiple reports for the Standing Police Monitoring Committee, the Belgian DPA and the Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information
What does Frank do?
Frank Schuermans is currently a full time member/director of the Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information (COC, Data Protection Authority for police and certain law enforcement matters).
Frank at the Data Protection Institute
- Member of the Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information (6 years)
- Public prosecutor at the Court of first instance and Court of Appeal Ghent (B) (30 years)
- Member of the standing police monitoring committee (Committee P) (5 years)
- Political experience (justice, home affairs and budget) as a deputy chief of staff to the Minister of the Interior and Vice-prime Minister (11 years)
- Academic experience (VUB and Ghent University): penal (procedure) law, data protection& privacy law, police law (18 years
- Member of the former Belgian Data Protection Authority (13 years)
- Member of the Flemish Data Protection Authority (9 years)
- Member of the Appeal Body for Security Clearances, certificates and advice (10 years)
“Technical expertise remains the prerequisite for optimal functioning combined with a lot of commons sense.”
Frank as a teacher
Make sure that participants to the seminar come out of the training better equipped to deal with their day to day issues and problems and constantly striking that balance between data protection and operational police necessities
Andere lesgevers
Arnd De Weirdt
- International privacy counsel & DPO EMEA with Randstad Sourceright and Randstad Enterprise Group
- Previous role as head of privacy with SD Worx
- Prior experience as privacy consultant
- Background in law, CIPP/E certified
Isabel Plets
- Of Counsel bij Lydian en praktijklector bij Universiteit Gent, vakgroep sociaal recht (2001 – heden)
- Master Rechten – specialisatie social recht met grote onderscheiding (1996)
Evelien Delbeke
- Advocaat Gezondheidsrecht, partner Sanalex Advocaten;
- Doctor in de rechten, Gastprofessor Universiteit Antwerpen (Leerstoel en Postgraduaat Gezondheidsrecht en – Gezondheidsethiek);
- Erkend bemiddelaar in burgerlijke en handelszaken en collaboratief onderhandelaar;
- Lid van het College Klinische Proeven;
- Lid van de Redactieraad van het Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidsrecht;
- Lid van de ethische en deontologische commissie van de Vlaamse Vereniging van Logopedisten.
Chris De Vuyst
- (University of Ghent)
- Active in the field of information security and data protection since 2002
- Security advisor/auditor with broad knowledge of all aspects of information security and with extensive eGov experience (social security, ehealth, military, …) in various roles (security consultant/officer, IT security researcher, CISO/DPO as-a-service)
- Since 2019 senior advisor Information Security & ICT at COC
Laurine Vierendeels
- Juriste titulaire d’un master en droit à finalité civile et pénale
- Spécialisation en droit des technologies de l’information et de la communication
- Juriste depuis 2019 au sein de l’Organe de contrôle de l’information policière (COC), autorité de protection des données et de contrôle belge
Stefan De Proft
- Commissioner-investigator at the Belgian Supervisory Body of Police Information
- Employed for more than 20 years in the Belgian Federal Police in different positions both at national and regional level, always related to the management of operational police information, including public order and judicial police
- Involved in the development of a national ANPR network
- Head of service at the Communication and Information Service of the District of Halle Vilvoorde
- Worked as chief operations for the Belgian Air Support Unit and for the Intelligence Department of the National Public Order Directorate.
- Involved in the functional development of several police applications, and acted as a representative in working groups with regards to police law and national guidelines for the processing of police information
- Occasionally sent abroad to participate in international information exchange centers established at the occasion of large scale international events such as G8 Summits and NATO meetings
- Participated to several international seminars and trainings
- Participate to several international courses and seminars
- Sent to Burundi twice in order to contribute to the training of local police officers and in order to develop a national communication center with regards to the 2015 national elections
- Guest lecturer at different police academies with regards to police information matters
Ronny Saelens
- Jurist
- Wetenschappelijk medewerker (bezoldigd) aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel, onderzoeksgroep Law, Science, Technology & Society
- Adviseur bij de (toenmalige) Vlaamse Toezichtcommissie
- Rechtskundig adviseur bij de Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit
- Expert en commissaris-onderzoeker in het Controleorgaan op de politionele informatie (sinds 5 september 2018)
- Lesgever opleiding aspirant commissaris (ANPA) aan de Nationale Politieacademie
- Lesgever ‘Grondrechten en veiligheid’, aan de Securitas Academie
Frank Schuermans
- Full time member/director of the Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information (COC, Data Protection Authority for police and certain law enforcement matters)
- Member of the Belgian Data Protection Authority between 2004 and 2019
- Attorney-general (senior deputy prosecutor-general) at the Ghent (Belgium) Court of Appeal
- Teaching assistant and researcher at Ghent University, Law Faculty, ‘Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy’ (IRCP) and the Interdisciplinary Knowledge and Research Platform on ‘Privacy, Information Exchange, Law Enforcement & Surveillance’
- Published more than 200 articles and a few books on police matters, data protection law and criminal and police law
- Author of multiple reports for the Standing Police Monitoring Committee, the Belgian DPA and the Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information
Eric De Smedt
- Over 30 years of experience in IT, mainly in information security
- Expert Security Consultant at Toreon since 2019
- 8 years at Telenet, the last 4 of which as being responsible for information security (CISO-role)
- 23 years at EDS (later HP) in various technical roles including development, conducting security assessments for international clients, security incident response and forensics and a lot more…
- CISSP since 2008
- ISO27001 Lead Implementer
Thomas Heyman
- PhD in secure software engineering from the KU Leuven
- 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and secure software engineering
Steven Wierckx
- Application Security Expert at Toreon
- Guest lecturer at various colleges
- More than 20 years of experience in programming, testing and security
Sebastien Deleersnyder
- Master degree in applied Computer science at the University of Ghent
- 20+ years of experience in cybersecurity and privacy
- Co-founder and CTO at Toreon
- Threat modeling trainer at Black Hat
- Co-founder and chapter leader of OWASP Belgium
Patrick Soenen
- Partner at Qualified Audit Academy
- 20 years of Experience in Audit related to information technology, governance and privacy
- Trainer at Institute of Internal Auditors, UCL, ICHEC, ISACA, IFACI
- Secretary General of DPO-pro (Professional Assocation of DPO’s in Belgium)
- Board Member at Institute of Fraud Auditors
Franck Dumortier
- Chercheur au Cyber & Data Security Lab de la Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- Senior Consultant chez Cybersecurity-law.be
- Membre effectif de la Commission de contrôle bruxelloise
Christoph Balduck
- Managing Partner Data Trust Associates
- Meer dan 10 jaar ervaring in data management (o.a. bij Volvo) en 18 jaar ervaring in IT
- EU gecertificeerd Data Protection Officer (certificatie door European Institute of Public Administration sinds 2015)
- Trainer bij Vlerick Business School en I.T. Works
Peter Berghmans
- Managing partner en trainer bij Data Protection Institute
- Docent Informatiebeveiliging aan Thomas More Hogeschool Mechelen (sinds 1999)
- DPO in de zorgsector
- Lid van de Vlaamse Toezichtcommissie (VTC)
- Sinds 2003 actief in gegevensbescherming en informatieveiligheid
Koenraad Beroudiaux
- BSI Certification Auditor ISO27001 & ISO9001, and tutor ISO27001
- Executive PhD student AMS in het domein van strategie management en Artificial Intelligence
Nico De Bock
- Master in de TEW, MBA
- Meer dan 30 jaar actief in de internationale IT bedrijfswereld
- ISO 27001 Internal Auditor
- Certified Sales Specialist
- Certified DPO
- GDPR Consultant
Dirk De Bot
- Zaakvoerder van Data Protection Services for you (DPS4U), opgericht in 2015.
- Licentiaat (KULeuven) en doctor (VUB, 2015) in de rechten
- 5 jaar ervaring als advocaat aan de balie van Brussel
- 25 jaar ervaring als juridisch specialist op vlak van informaticarecht en privacywetgeving, waarvan 18 jaar bij financiële instellingen
- Expert voor de Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit voor de opvolging van de GDPR-verordening en -richtlijn (2012-2015)
Frans Macken
- 25 jaar als intern auditor bij Fortis
- Academische vorming: Master in economics
- Certified Internal auditor
Herman Maes
- Industrieel Ingenieur Electronica/ICT
- Sinds 2002 als blogger online actief waarbij hij digitale trends ook steeds zelf gaat ondervinden
- 10 jaar IT consultancy ervaring
- Freelance marketing strateeg bij Intracto (sinds 2014)
- Docent bij Thomas More en praktijkassistent bij Uhasselt
Maarten Stassen
- Partner bij Crowell & Moring LLP
- Ervaring als advocaat in België en Spanje
- Gespecialiseerd in privacy en GDPR
- Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
- Voormalig lid van de adviesraad van International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Bart van Buitenen
- Zaakvoerder White Wire, opgericht in 2017
- Data Protection Officer en consultant gegevensbescherming
- Gastdocent Information Security aan Thomas More Hogeschool
- 7 jaar ervaring met gegevensbescherming binnen de privé-, publieke en zorgsector.
Bart Van den Brande
- Managing Partner bij Sirius Legal Advocaten, opgericht in 2010
- 8 jaar expertise in databescherming en privacy voor de media- , reclame- en entertainment sector
- Lid van Legal Comité van BAM (Belgian Association of Marketing)
- Lid van de IP Practice Group van Consulegis, een internationaal netwerk van onafhankelijke advocatenkantoren
- Ervaring als docent opsteltechnieken voor handelscontracten aan VUB (2005-2013)
- Ervaren spreker op seminaries en verschillende opleidingen
Johan Vandendriessche
- Licentiaat in de Rechten (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
- 20 jaar ervaring in ICT-recht, intellectueel eigendomsrecht, privacy en verwerking van persoonsgegevens
- Advocaat-vennoot bij Affluo
- Advocaat-vennoot bij Advocatenkantoor Johan Vandendriessche BVBA
- Gastdocent
- Odisee
- Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
- Gastprofessor
- ICT-recht | UGent
- ICT & Data Protection Law | HoWest
- Co-editor | Praktijkboek Recht en ICT
Kenny Willems
- Quality & Compliance Specialist bij Corilus
- Specialist voor het implementeren en beheren van GDPR en ISO-27001 trajecten
- EuroPriSe expert
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