WPF Summer & Fall 2018 Privacy Events

WPF will be speaking and/or participating in the following events this summer and fall. Please join us, or let us know if you will be attending.

Global Forum on Artificial Intelligence, Swiss Re Center for Global Dialogue, 9-10 July 2018. Zurich, Switzerland. Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director, delegate.

Europlace International Financial Forum, 11-12 July 2018. Paris, France. Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director, delegate.

GDPR & Biometrics: In conversation with the Privacy Expert Group, Webinar, 17 July 2018,
Biometrics Institute. Pam Dixon, Executive Director WPF co-presenting webinar with Daniel Bachenheimer, Principal Director, Accenture Security. This webinar is a follow-up to the in-person GDPR seminar held in Brussels, Belgium in April. Biometric Institute members are welcome to join.

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, 24 July 2018, Pam Dixon, Executive Director WPF, presentation on AI and privacy. Bangkok, Thailand, (via live video).

Annual Safety Net Meeting of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, 30 July – 1 August 2018. San Francisco, CA. WPF Executive Director Pam Dixon. Plenary session: Privacy Myths vs Realities: Practical Info About Where the Real Problems Are and How to Solve Them. This presentation is a deep dive into critically important privacy issues for NNEDV members, presentation will include biometrics, health data uses, and more.

Going Digital, Working Party on Security and Privacy in the Digital Economy, OECD, 24-25 Sept. 2018. Paris, France. Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director. https://www.oecd.org/going-digital/

Debating Ethics: Dignity and Respect in Data Driven Life, 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, 21-26 Oct. 2018. The European Data Protection Supervisor & Bulgarian Data Protection Commission are conference co-hosts for 2018. Brussels, Belgium. Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director. Panel participant on the topic of developing a new code of data ethics. https://privacyconference2018.org/en

Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest, 27-28 September 2018. Washington, D.C. Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director. Workshop on AI and privacy.

Going Digital, Working Party on Security and Privacy in the Digital Economy, OECD, Nov. 12-13, 2018. Paris, France. Pam Dixon, WPF Executive Director https://www.oecd.org/going-digital/

Posted July 16, 2018 in AI, Biometrics, Data Ethics, Digital Privacy, Events and Conferences, News, Press, and Media

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