Field Talk

A free, online data protection and privacy conference

17–19 November 2026

Vendor-free. Practitioner-led. Your voice matters.

Why Field Talk?

The data protection conference circuit has a problem. Too many of the larger events are vendor showcases dressed up as knowledge sharing. Many speakers are selected for their sponsor relationships, not their practitioner experience. The same panels, the same pitches, the same formats — year after year.

Field Talk is the counter-programme.

What it is

A free, online conference for data protection and privacy practitioners — the people doing the actual work. Three half-days across three time zones, designed so you can attend from wherever you are without losing your whole week.

  • 17 November — APAC / Europe
  • 18 November — Europe / MEA
  • 19 November — Americas / Europe

What makes it different

  • No vendor booths, no sponsored sessions. Every talk is selected on merit.
  • Practitioner-led. Speakers are people who have built, fixed, and run data protection programmes — not people selling tools to do it for you.
  • Your voice matters. We prioritise first-time speakers and underrepresented voices. If you have a story from the field, we want to hear it.

The themes

  • AI governance in practice — beyond the frameworks, what is actually working?
  • GDPR realities — eight years in, what have we learned?
  • Security and infrastructure — the operational side that rarely gets conference airtime

Field Talk is an initiative of Purpose & Means, a data protection and GRC consultancy based in Copenhagen.

Our manifesto

We believe conferences should serve practitioners, not sponsors.

We believe the best speakers are the ones doing the work, not selling the tools.

We believe first-time voices matter more than familiar faces.

We believe data protection deserves honest conversation, not polished marketing.

We believe access should be free and open to everyone, everywhere.

We believe in showing up, speaking up, and sharing what we have learned.

Register to attend

Free. No vendor pitches. Just practitioners sharing what actually works.

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Call for speakers

Got a story from the field? A lesson learned the hard way? We want to hear it.

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