Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit as the headlining keynote speaker. Cook will join the annual summit in Washington D.C. between April 11-13th.
The Global Privacy Summit is an annual summit that focuses on international privacy, and global data protection, while bringing many of the major figures in the privacy and security sectors, including Apple CEO Tim Cook. The Cupertino-based giant has set privacy and data protection as one of its primary goals as a global corportation.
The IAPP announced that Cook will headline this year’s summit with remarks expected on April 12th at 9 A.M. EST:
“The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource, today announces Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, will headline this year’s Global Privacy Summit. Cook’s keynote will kick off the first full day of the Summit with remarks expected on April 12th at 9 A.M. EST. The session will be open to all in-person attendees and livestreamed via YouTube.”
IAPP’s President and CEO J. Trevor Hughes said that “Tim Cook is a leading and influential voice for the privacy community, especially as Apple remains a critical player in the broader environment in which the digital economy operates. We look forward to his contributions to the event’s powerful dialogue on privacy and trust in the digital economy.”
Cook will join Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Lina Khan, and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders as well as many others.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Tim Cook will join as our headlining keynote speaker at the Global Privacy Summit, April 11-13 in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/cuxlI18uZ8 pic.twitter.com/dCffGNAJz4
— IAPP (@PrivacyPros) April 5, 2022