Interested in current and future trends in privacy? What about developments around the world? Come and hear from representatives from Google and Facebook as well as international data protection and privacy commissioners and privacy researchers at our International Privacy Forum in Wellington on 4 December 2018.

Topics to be discussed include the GDPR six months after implementation; privacy developments in the Asia-Pacific region including China’s social credit system; and future privacy trends around the world, including the use and storage of genetic material, and lessons learned from the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

Speakers confirmed so far:
• Elizabeth Denham - UK Information Commissioner
• Peter Fleischer - Global Privacy Counsel, Google
• Arianne Jimenez - Privacy & Public Policy Manager, Asia Pacific, Facebook
• Angelene Falk - Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner
• Melinda Claybugh - Senior Staff Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, US
• Maja Smoltczyk - Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
• Gehan Gunasekara - Associate Professor, Commercial Law, University of Auckland
• Andelka Phillips – University of Waikato, University of Oxford Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies.

The International Privacy Forum is a half-day event in Wellington. A final programme is now available. You can find it here: https://privacy.org.nz/forums-and-seminars/international-forums/international-privacy-forum/

The cost to attend this forum is $475 (GST inclusive). Registrations close on 3 December 2018.

In addition, if you have any dietary requirements, please inform us by emailing sharyn.leonard@privacy.org.nz.