Conferences

Here are my public talks and interventions in technology, data protection and health:

  • 2026 | À Bon Entendeur (RTS), “Mon nom piraté”. Television intervention on online identity theft and companies’ verification duties. Watch the programme.
  • 2025 | Les Rencontres Franco-Suisses, Paris. Panel “Switzerland: a digital safe for your data”, in partnership with Ydès (Hôtel Warwick). Digital sovereignty, data as an intangible asset, data localisation and individuals’ rights. Moderated by Jean-Christophe Chevallier, with Cyril Fabre, Frédéric Plottin, Vincent Pignon (Wecan) and Philippe Thomas.
  • 2022 | IAPP Data Protection Congress (#DPC22), Brussels. Talk in the Panoramic Hall, with Patrice Navarro: “Globalizing Privacy Strategies in the Life Science Sector: What the Health!”. Health data, connected devices, personalised medicines, transfers and localisation.
  • 2019 | The new Swiss Data Protection Act: what challenges for healthcare professionals? FMH Services, Aquatis Hotel, Lausanne, 24 October 2019.
  • 2019 | Libra, Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies. Webinar on the legal and regulatory challenges of cryptocurrencies (Facebook Libra). PrivacyRules YouTube, 25 September 2019.
  • 2019 | Telemedicine in daily practice: what does the law say? HUG, HIV colloquium, Geneva, 25 June 2019.
  • 2019 | Webinar on data transfers: Switzerland, Russia, Mexico and Japan. PrivacyRules YouTube.
  • 2019 | Doing business in Switzerland. PrivacyRules conference, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Beijing, 29 May 2019.
  • 2018 | The Swiss crypto-valley: a new eldorado? PrivacyRules founding conference, 15-16 October, ShakespeareMartineau, London.
  • 2018 | Telemedicine: legal framework for physicians. Assises de la médecine, Geneva (Palexpo), 4 October. Full programme.
  • 2018 | GDPR in the healthcare sector. FMH Consulting Services, Aquatis Hotel, Lausanne, 30 August 2018.
  • 2018 | When is a software a medical device? University Hospital of Geneva (HUG). Video.
  • 2018 | Privacy by design in connected and digital products, a lawyer’s perspective. Product Management Night, Lausanne.
  • 2016 | Connected medical devices and cybersecurity. ILCE conference, Neuchâtel.
  • 2015 | Round table “Photography books and rights”, Musée de l’Élysée, Lausanne. Copyright and the digitisation of works in museums. Details.

Need a lawyer for a talk or a round table, with practical insight? Feel free to contact me directly.

Contact me

gabriel.avigdor@datalex.ch