The Brussels Privacy Symposium: Agenda - Future of Privacy Forum

Brussels Privacy Symposium

Identifiability: Policy and Practical Solutions for

Anonymization and Pseudonymization

November 8, 2016 • Rome and Lisbon Conference Room

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel

Lower ground floor, Institute of European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 5, 1050, Brussel

Presented By:

9:00 – 9:30

Registration

9:30 – 9:45
Welcome & Introduction

Christopher Kuner, Co-Director, Brussels Privacy Hub
Jules Polonetsky, CEO, Future of Privacy Forum
Ira Rubinstein, Research Fellow, New York University School of Law

Framing the Discussion

9:45– 10:30
Preserving the Utility of Data and Privacy of Individuals

Moni Naor, Technical Solutions Professor, the Judith Kleeman Professorial Chair in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Dr. Claus D. Ulmer, Senior Vice President and Global Data Privacy Officer, Deutsche Telekom AG

10:30 – 11:30
De-identification Frameworks
Moderator: Jules Polonetsky, CEO, Future of Privacy Forum

Alexandra Wood, Legal Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

Practical Approaches to Big Data Privacy Over Time (co-authored with Dr. Micah Altman, David R. O’Brien, and Urs Gasser)

Mark Elliot, Chair of Data Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester and Elaine Mackey, Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester

The Anonymisation Decision Making Framework (co-authored with Dr. Kieron O’Hara)

Orit Levin, Principal Program Manager and Standards Professional, Microsoft

The Two Dimensions of Data Privacy Measures

11:30 – 12:00
Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:00
Risk-Based Approaches
Moderator: Rosamunde Van Brakel, Researcher, LSTS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Khaled El Emam, Director, Real World Evidence Solutions, Privacy Analytics

The Seven States of Data (co-authored with Jules Polonetsky, Eloïse Gratton, and Luk Arbuckle).

Claude Castelluccia, Senior Research Scientist, Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (Inria)

Testing the Robustness of Anonymization Techniques: Acceptable Versus Unacceptable Inferences (co-authored with Gergely Acs and Daniel Le Métayer)

Alessandro Spina, Data Protection Officer, European Medicines Agency

Notes on the Anonymization of Clinical Study Reports for the Purpose of Ensuring Regulatory Transparency (co-authored with Monica Dias and Frank Petavy)

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:30
Fireside Chat: Policymaker Reaction

Omer Tene, Senior Fellow, Future of Privacy Forum
Paul Nemitz, Director – Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
DG Justice, European Commission

14:30 – 15:30
New Perspectives
Moderator: Ira Rubinstein, Research Fellow, New York University School of Law

Dr. Daniel C. Barth-Jones, Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Why a Systems-Science Perspective is Needed to Better Inform Data Privacy De-identification Public Policy, Regulation and Law

Dr. Gemma G. Clavell, Public Policy, Eticas Research & Consulting

Tailoring Responsible Data Management Solutions to Specific Data-intensive Technologies (co-authored with Leticia Duboc)

Mathias Cellarius, Data Protection Officer, Head of Regulatories and Processes, SAP
Nicola Jentzsch, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Competition and Data Protection Policies in the Era of Big Data: Privacy Guarantees as Policy Tool

15:30 – 15:45
Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:45
Law and Policy
Moderator: Dr. Christopher Kuner, Co-Director, Brussels Privacy Hub