Our 14th AGM will be hosted by Belgium members, Litiguard in Antwerp

It would be impossible to ignore the rise of AI over the past few months – with ChatGPT taking most of the headlines but facing competition from Google’s Bard and from Amazon and Facebook’s own AI offers.
With AI taking the headlines of the day it’s easy to forget about some of the other news stories that were (and may yet be) the next big thing, whether that be the continued evolution of the GDPR, the rise of the Metaverse or the implementation of new laws around digital services.
It’s a challenging time to be a data lawyer – with lots of potential distractions. In this issue we’ve picked up various of these ongoing themes, taking the perspective of different jurisdictions

In a few weeks, we will finally meet again, after more than two years of a forced break. We, from the Board and our friends from Babiaczyk Skrocki I Wspolnicy, were so relieved to see that the virus wave is finally diminishing, which comforted us in our decision to maintain a physical AGM in Poznan, Poland. And then the war started… This year’s AGM seems to be defying all odds. I know that, to some of you, the mere idea of having a fun time while Europe – and Poland in particular – is hosting millions of Ukrainian refugees may seem inadequate. I am convinced, however, that even under these dramatic circumstances, this meeting makes a lot of sense. You may want to look at it this way: the AGM is – after all – a place where people from many countries gather peacefully with open hearts, exchange their views, open their minds to those of the other network members.