Workshop of the Effects of the Personal Data Protection Law on the Health and Insurance Sector

Date: December 23, 2017   
Time: 9.00-15.30
Place: santralistanbul Campus, Energy Museum-201 

The workshop, organized by İstanbul Bilgi University Information and Technology Law Institute, will discuss the effects of the ‘Protection of Personal Data Law’ No. 6698 on the health and insurance sector by bringing together regulatory bodies, related private sectors, non-governmental organizations, and academia to discuss the problems and solutions.

Please send your confirmation e-mail as  we have limited available. Please confirm your participation to healthtechworkshop@gmail.com. We ask that you register before December 15, 2017 (Friday) in order to determine the number of participants.

PROGRAM

09.00-09.30 Registration

09.30-10.15 Opening Speeches 

Dr. M. Mahir Ülgü (General Director of Health Information Systems, Ministry of Health)
Assoc. Prof. Leyla Keser Berber (Director of the Information and Technology Law Institute, İstanbul Bilgi University)
Prof. Dr. Faruk Bilir (President of the Personal Data Protection Authority)

10.15-10.30 Coffee Break

10.30-12.30 Workshop – First Session

Moderators: 
Yasin Beceni, LL.M (Information and Technology Law Institute Instructor, İstanbul Bilgi University; Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Part-Time Instructor, Sabancı University)
Assoc. Prof. Leyla Keser Berber (Director of the Information and Technology Law Institute, İstanbul Bilgi University)

Discussion Topics: 
- Current Issues Related to the Health Sector and Health Insurance Sector
- Use of Technology in the Health and Insurance Sector

12.30-13.30 Lunch Break

13.30-14.30 Workshop – Second Session

Moderators: 
Yasin Beceni, LL.M (Information and Technology Law Institute Instructor, İstanbul Bilgi University; Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Part-Time Instructor, Sabancı University)
Assoc. Prof. Leyla Keser Berber (Director of the Information and Technology Law Institute, İstanbul Bilgi University)

Discussion Topics: 
-Conditions for Processing of Personal Data in the Health and Insurance Sector – Conditions for Processing Special Categories of Personal Data: Terms for the ‘obligation to inform’ and ‘explicit consent’
- Data Security 

14.30-14.45 Wrap-up 

15.30-15.45  Closing Speeches