Programme for journalists

Wednesday 25th September at 15:50 – 16:30 
“Kino-13”

A Panel discussion with Carol Cadwalladr, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Jessika Aro & Cecilia Álvarez

The panel’s topic: “How to rebuild the trust in the era of scandals, data breaches and data misuse.”

Wednesday 25th September, at 17:00 – 18:00
“Office”

Cocktail -hour for media

Organized in cooperation with Business Finland, Sitra and The Finnish Ministry of Transport & Communications, and The Finnish State Development Company Vake Oy

Thursday 26th September at 11:00
“Data Forest, E103”

MyData 2019 Press Conference

During the press conference you hear about the most interesting highlights in the programme of MyData 2019.

Participation

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Programme details

A Panel discussion with Carol Cadwalladr (The Guardian), Paul-Olivier Dehaye (PersonalData.IO, MyData Global), Jessikka Aro (YLE) and Cecilia Álvarez (Facebook)

The panel will happen after a screening of The Great Hack Netflix documentary – a movie about the Cambridge Analytica scandal on Thursday 25th September at 15:50 – 16:30 

The panel’s topic: “How to rebuild the trust in the era of scandals, data breaches and data misuse.”

People attending the panel:

  • Carole Cadwalladr, Journalist for the Guardian Observer behind the Cambridge Analytica investigation
  • Cecilia Álvarez is the EMEA Privacy Policy Director at Facebook
  • Jessikka Aro, is Finnish investigative journalist from the national broadcasting company YLE, she began to investigate pro-Russian Internet trolls, but became a victim of their activities herself. This harassment led to three people being convicted in October 2018.
  • Paul-Olivier Dahaye, founder of Personaldata.IO focusing on making data protection rights useful, he appears in the Great Hack movie and is also a board member of MyData Global

Cocktail -hour for media organized with Business Finland, Sitra, The Finnish Ministry of Transport & Communications and The Finnish State Development Company Vake Oy

Wednesday 25th Sept, 5 – 6 pm.

MyData 2019 is an official side event of Finland’s EU Presidency period, and the concept was included in the new Finnish Government Programme. During the cocktail hour you will see short examples on how Finland is supporting new global data solutions in a sustainable way.

  • 17.00 – 17.10 Beginning cocktails serving 
  • 17.10 – 17.15 Welcome words
    Teemu Ropponen, General Manager of MyData Global
  • 17.15 – 17.25 “Trust-based innovation as a driver for growth in Europe”
    Jaana Sinipuro, Project Director, IHAN Fair Data Economy, Sitra  
  • 17.25 – 17.35 “MyData – from talks to walks”
    Pia Erkinheimo – The Finnish State Development Company Vake Oy
  • 17.35 – 17.45 “Building human-centric, thriving and balanced data economy for Europe”
    Maria Rautavirta, Director of Data Business Unit, Data Department, The Finnish Ministry of Transport & Communications

MyData 2019 Press Conference

During the press conference you will hear interesting highlights from the programme of MyData 2019. Come and ask challenging questions to our acclaimed presenters about the individual’s control over personal data, the political commitment to change, or about the technical opportunities.

Presenters at the press conference

  • Mikko Rusama, Chief Digital Office at the City of Helsinki
  • Katryna Dow, CEO Meeco
  • John Havens, Executive Director of The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems

See who are the most established presenters and a list of all the presenters. If you wish to interview some of the presenters please contact ansku@mydata.org, and we will try to arrange it.