21.05.2025 - 23.05.2025
The World is Watching
18th edition
CPDP 2025
With 84 panels, over 37 workshops, and a vibrant programme of talks, keynotes, art, and radio, CPDP.ai 2025 brought together global voices for sharp, timely conversations about the state of digital rights and regulation. From AI to data spaces, from critical theory to compliance, the conference offered a space to question, connect, and collaborate.
On this page you’ll find panel and Culture Club video recordings (where available), daily photo galleries (use the code for downloads), audio from Avatar.fm, and a selection of session reflections written by our rapporteurs. We begin with the Opening Night, followed by day-by-day overviews of the main conference, a dedicated section on the Digital Rights Lounge, and links to download the full programme or order the CPDP conference book.
Whether you’re revisiting favourite moments or catching up on what you missed — welcome back.
Opening Night
CPDP.ai 2025 opened with reflections from artist and author James Bridle, whose cover artwork set the tone for this year’s theme, and legal scholar Mireille Hildebrandt, who explored AGI, the GDPR, and constitutional democracy — followed by a panel debate and a cocktail reception provided by Brussels Privacy Hub and Privacy Salon.
Day 1
CPDP.ai 2025 set off strongly, as always, with lively sessions across tracks and the traditional opening by Paul De Hert. The day featured the very first Dedicated Track for Computer Sciences, a cocktail offered by the EDPS, and the much-anticipated Ultimate CPDPUB Quiz hosted by the Digital Privacy Scholars Network.
Day 2
Day 2 featured the Dedicated Track for DPOs co-curated by Jolien Ghyselinck and Peter Berghmans and a thought-provoking cocktail hosted by the Centre for Future Generations, sharing insights from their session on youth mental health and neurotech. Later, the Mozilla Party brought everyone together over local beers at Brasserie de la Senne.
Day 3
Day 3 concluded with closing remarks by Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor — a CPDP tradition (the closing remarks can be downloaded on the EDPS website here). The final cocktail reception, hosted by the Center for AI and Digital Policy, featured the CAIDP AI Policy Leader Award and brought the conference to a festive close.
Digital Rights Lounge - powered by Privacy Camp
On 20 May, in the run-up to CPDP.ai 2025, we gathered the Privacy Camp community for the Digital Rights Lounge — powered by Privacy Camp. It was a space to explore key issues impacting digital rights, with perspectives from academia, artists, civil society, advocacy, activism, impacted groups, and other stakeholders.
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CPDP Book: Call for Chapters
Published since 2009, the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection series brings together academics, lawyers, practitioners, policy-makers, industry, and civil society in the spirit that defines CPDP itself. We are now inviting contributions to Volume 19: Data Protection, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence: Competing Visions, Shared Futures.
This volume grows out of CPDP 2026 and its central question: who gets to define the digital future, and on whose terms? Submissions should engage broadly with the themes explored during this year's conference.
Contribute to next volume
Academic contributions should be between 5,000 and 12,000 words and will undergo a blind peer-review process. We also welcome shorter pieces for the Practitioners' Corner — accessible reflections from professionals directly engaged with the issues we explore at the conference.
Interested in contributing a chapter to Volume 19?
Contact Jonas Breuer
The volume will be ready before CPDP 2027.