Jimmy Wales confirmed as opening keynote speaker at IP EXPO Europe 2015

Jimmy Wales, entrepreneur and founder of Wikipedia, will deliver the opening keynote speech this year at Europeโ€™s number one IT event, IP EXPO Europe 2015, taking place at Londonโ€™s ExCeL.ย At the event on Wednesday 7th October, Wales will discuss the current state and future of Internet privacy and online censorship.

Famous for creating the worldโ€™s largest online encyclopaedia and for his controversial views on online freedom of speech, in this insightful speech, Jimmy will address the dangers of government snooping, the value of encryption, and the negative impact of cyber security failures on freedom of expression and democracy.

Bradley Maule-ffinch, IP EXPO Europeโ€™s Director of Strategy, says: โ€œJimmy has strong views on European regulations relating to Internet censorship and the impact this has on businesses, so we are very excited to hear him speak at this yearโ€™s IP EXPO Europe.โ€

Wales is also expected to discuss the business impact of Edward Snowdenโ€™s NSA disclosures, as well as the UK Governmentโ€™s Investigatory Powers Bill, or โ€˜Snoopersโ€™ Charterโ€™, which calls for ISPs and mobile network operators to keep records of individual usersโ€™ browsing activity over a 12 month period.

Walesโ€™ keynote will take place at 10am on Wednesday 7th October, in the IP EXPO Europe keynote theatre, ExCel London. For further information, or to register FREE, visit www.ipexpoeurope.com or search for #IPEXPO on Twitter.

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Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances Snowden will no longer be speaking at IP Expo.

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