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UK- Brazil Dialogue on Data Governance

When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Where: CCLS, Room 3.1, Queen Mary, University of London, 69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A

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This event brought together academics and policy-makers from Brazil and the United Kingdom in order to debate data governance challenges that are common to the two jurisdictions, with a view to facilitating mutual learning on effective data governance strategies. It featured a discussion on the attempts made in both jurisdictions to promote open data, data sharing and interoperability in some key sectors of the economy, as well as a specific focus on health, where Brazil tried to replicate the successful dynamics observed in the financial sector.

13:00 - 13:30 Registration

13:30 - 13:40 Opening Remarks - Professor Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University

13:40 - 15:00 Panel 1: Health Data Governance: When Sharing (Responsibly) is Caring

This panel highlighted the main promises and challenges faced by Brazil and the UK in making effective (re)use of data that is available to patients and health professionals, whilst respecting the applicable data protection legislation. This included a mapping out existing datasets and types of beneficial uses, the infrastructural and legal challenges in operationalizing effective sharing and re-use of data, and emerging solutions for a responsible data governance approach given the peculiarities of the health sector.

Speakers:

  • Nicolo Zingales, Professor of Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas (moderator)
  • Adriana Macedo, Data Protection Officer at the Brazilian Ministry of Health
  • Michael Veale, Associate Professor in Digital Rights and Regulation at University College of London
  • Claude Chelala, Professor of Bioinformatics at Queen Mary University
  • Sara Nogueira da Silva, Researcher at Queen Mary University

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:30 Panel 2: Towards Effective Data Strategies: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

This panel focused on learned lessons and devising best practices in data governance regimes by looking at the implementation of existing sectorial initiatives, such as open finance and open insurance, and exploring the potential for horizontal solutions. It began with a presentation of the Brazilian draft bill on the data economy law and the UK smart data roadmap 2024-2025, followed by reactions of a diverse set of speakers with the aim to provide insights of sectorial developments in data sharing. It identified the common challenges, best practices and cross-sectoral dynamics that can be harnessed to foster more effective data strategies.

Speakers:

  • Maria Ioannidou, Associate Professor of Law at Queen Mary University (moderator)
  • Marcos Pinto, General Coordinator for the Digital Economy at Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services
  • Dominic Hember, Smart Data, Consumer and Competition Policy, Department for Business and Trade
  • Bill Roberts, CCAF's Honorary Fellow, former Head of Open Banking, Competition and Markets Authority
  • Natascha Schmitt, Professor of Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas

17:30 - 17:40 Closing Remarks - Nicolo Zingales, Professor of Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas

17:40 Drinks Reception

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