Name: Yves

Family Name: POULLET

Affiliation: University of Namur

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Yves Poullet, Ph.D. in Law and graduated in Philosophy, is full professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Namur (FUNDP) and Liège (Ulg), Belgium.

He teaches different topics like : “Sources and Principles of the Law”, “Internet Regulations”, “International Commercial Law”, “Human Rights in the Information Society”.

Yves Poullet heads the CRID, since its creation in 1979. He conducts various researches in the field of new technologies with a special emphasis on privacy issues, individual and public freedom in the Information Society and Internet Governance.

He is legal experts near the UNESCO and the Council of Europe.

He has been during 12 years (1992-2004) member of the Belgian Commission on Data Protection (Commission belge de protection de la vie privée). In addition, he was since its origin, member of Legal Advisory Board of European Commission and the president of the Task Force “Electronic Democracy and Access to public records”.

He has received the Franqui Chair in 2004.

He also chaired the Belgian Computer Association ABDI (Association Belge de Droit de l'Informatique). Yves Poullet is an active member of the Editorial Board of various famous law reviews.

He is a founder of the European Telecommunication Forum, ECLIP and FIRILITE.

Title of the presentation

Beyond Data Protection traditional legislations: the e-privacy Directive

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