Arendt Data Forum

We are pleased to invite you to the inaugural Arendt Data Forum, which will place on Wednesday 3 June 2026 at Arendt House.

Data has become one of the defining strategic assets of our time. Vast amounts of it are generated, shared and processed every day, driving innovation across all sectors, including the financial sector, reshaping the regulatory landscape and raising fundamental questions about sovereignty, security and trust. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is accelerating this transformation, creating both extraordinary opportunities and complex new challenges for regulated industries.

At the Arendt Data Forum, we will bring together senior figures from government, regulators, the financial industry and academia to explore the opportunities and challenges at the intersection of data, artificial intelligence and digital sovereignty and security.

Should you have any questions, please contact events@arendt.com.

Agenda

5.00 pm – Welcome and introduction

• Astrid Wagner and Marc Mouton, Partners, Arendt & Medernach

5.05 pm – Keynote speech by Stéphanie Obertin, Minister of Digitalisation

5.20 pm – Panel 1: Data and artificial intelligence

• Scott R. Cochrane, Managing Director, Head Of Products & Solutions, EMEA, BlackRock
• Jean-Pierre Faber, Director, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
• Pierre-Adrien Grange, Country Manager, Microsoft Luxembourg
• Ulf Herbig, Chair, EFAMA AI Taskforce and CEO, Kreios
• Anders Jensen, Executive Director, EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

Moderator: Faustine Cachera, Counsel, Arendt & Medernach

6.00 pm – Presentation: “Digital Sovereignty and European Clouds”

• Professor Christopher Millard, Professor of Privacy and Information Law, Queen Mary University of London and Senior Counsel, Bristows, London

6.30 pm – Panel 2: Data sovereignty and protection

• Cliff Konsbruck, CEO, POST Telecom and Deputy Director-General, POST Luxembourg
• Paul Konsbruck, CEO, LuxConnect
• Tine A. Larsen, President, Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD)
• Professor Christopher Millard
• Max Spielmann, Government Commissioner for data sovereignty, Commissariat du Gouvernement à la souveraineté des données (CGSD)

Moderator: Astrid Wagner, Partner, Arendt & Medernach 

7.10 pm – Closing remarks and networking drinks