The Honourable Minister of Communications, Paul Lewis is in Gibraltar for the first ‘Commonwealth Data Forum’, which is being held under the theme ‘The Data Revolution: Maximizing Opportunities & Managing Risks’.
The forum, from February 21 to 23, is being held by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development and Telecommunications in Gibraltar. The organisers said the forum will be a highly interactive platform with facilitated discussions on how data management can enhance economic and social change, and will examine how standards can assist change by determining regulation that will reduce breaches, whilst ensuring compliance.
The key topics to be covered include: monetising data; data ownership; privacy; security (especially on social media); legal and jurisdictional issues and data centres. Session one on ‘Monetising Data’ was held earlier today. During that session, Mr. Lewis was part of a panel which presented and discussed the topic, ‘Creating National Opportunities for Economic Growth Through Big Data’. Other panelists on the topic included, the honourable Minister for Economic Development, Telecommunications and the Gibraltar Savings Bank (GSB) of Gibraltar, Sir Joseph Bossano and the Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, Transportation and Communication of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Vaden Williams.
The organisers indicated that the event is being held before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is put into effect in Europe and will assist the international audience in getting a clear understanding of the current policy, legal and regulatory issues as well as the market trends and available data solutions.
The audience is comprised of international policy teams, national regulatory bodies, legal firms, managers working within big data and data analytics, service providers and additional stakeholders with an interest in data compliance.