Good evening,
I hope you are all keeping well.
Fireside chat with Emma Redmond
I’m delighted to announce that Emma Redmond from OpenAI will be our guest speaker at our General Counsel Summit in Dublin on Tuesday 28 January 2025.
I am really looking forward to Emma joining us for our fireside chat to discuss her career journey and lessons she has learned along the way.
Emma Redmond Emma, Associate General Counsel, Head of EU Data Protection, OpenAI
Emma Redmond is Associate General Counsel, Head of Privacy and Data Protection at OpenAI.
She was formerly Global Head of Privacy and Chief Privacy Officer at Stripe, with previous roles as the Head of International Data Protection at both Ancestry and LinkedIn.
Emma is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at University College Dublin and was honored with a selection for the Leadership in Law programme at Harvard Law School in May 2017.
She is a member of the Government of Ireland’s AI Advisory Council and featured in the 100 Top Tech People in Ireland.
General Counsel Summit, Dublin
On the day, we will be joined by a number of excellent and inspiring guest speakers.
Niamh Hodnett – Online Safety Commissioner
Niamh is the Online Safety Commissioner at Coimisiún na Meán. She oversees the organisation’s Policy & Research Division, including responsibility for the development of the Online Safety Code.
Niamh has extensive experience in designing, enforcing and managing compliance with regulatory obligations at both an Irish and EU level. Her expertise spans online safety, data protection, cybersecurity, competition, consumer protection and communications regulation. Niamh has brought criminal prosecutions for regulatory breaches, as well as civil enforcement compliance proceedings. She has in-depth litigation experience of appeals and judicial reviews.
A qualified solicitor, Niamh has previously worked at ComReg, Ireland’s communications regulator, at law firms in both Ireland and Brussels, and in a variety of in-house legal and regulatory roles. She has co-authored books on European law and Irish regulatory law.
Maureen Daly, General Counsel of the Irish Life Group
Maureen Daly is General Counsel with the Irish Life Group.
Maureen graduated from the University of Limerick with a degree in Law and European Studies in 2002 and qualified as a solicitor with the Law Society of Ireland in 2005.
Maureen’s legal career began in 2003 with the Irish corporate firm, William Fry.
Maureen joined Irish Life in 2015 where her original focus was on providing the legal support for the Irish group’s mergers and acquisitions activities. Maureen was appointed General Counsel in 2020.
General Counsel from a Plc
We’ll also be joined by an excellent General Counsel from a public limited company. Please stay tuned for more details.
Rising-Stars from the Irish In-House Legal Community
We will have a “Rising-Stars” panel discussion with some of the rising-stars based in Ireland that will be the GC’s of tomorrow.
I’m looking for nominations for Rising Stars and would be very grateful if you were to get in touch with your nominations. My email is: colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com
Event Details
Forum: The Lawyers’ BD Club (est’d in 2011 in London)
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Time: 12 noon to 3.00 PM
Venue: Pinsent Masons, 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2
Sponsor & Host: Pinsent Masons
Our GC Summit will be kindly sponsored and hosted in the wonderful event space at Pinsent Masons, 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2.
RSVP
It promises to be an excellent event.
If you would like to receive an invitation, please feel free to email me and I’d be delighted to hear from you.
RSVP: colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com
Many thanks,
Colin
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