Public Policy Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy and Data Security

Regulatory Transparency Project Co-Sponsored Event

In the wake of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica affair and recent high-profile data breaches, we are at an inflection point. There are increasing calls to rethink regulation of the digital economy, Congress is considering several bills to overhaul the laws governing the collection and use of consumer data, and the impact of the GDPR will be felt in the US in less than a month. What’s more, a new slate of FTC Commissioners has just started work.

Join us on June 1 for the 6th Annual Symposium on the Law & Economics of Privacy and Data Security where we tackle these issues with thought leaders from government, academia, think tanks, and industry.

This year’s symposium will include remarks from the new Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, Andrew Smith.

The symposium will also feature panels on A New Regulatory Regime for Digital Platforms?, Algorithmic “Fairness”, What Does the GDPR Mean for the US?, and Researching Bug Bounty Programs.

Click here to view a PDF of the agenda.


Registration and Continental Breakfast — Founders Hall Gallery (8:00 AM - 8:50 AM)

Welcome and Opening Remarks (8:50 AM - 9:00 AM)

  • James C. Cooper, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Program on Economics & Privacy, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
  • Devon Westhill, Director, Regulatory Transparency Project, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies

Morning Keynote (9:00 AM - 9:20 AM)

  • Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP

Panel 1: A New Regulatory Regime for Tech Companies? (9:20 AM - 10:20 AM)

Moderator

  • James C. Cooper, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Program on Economics & Privacy, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Panelists

  • Neil Chilson, Senior Research Fellow for Technology and Innovation, Charles Koch Institute
  • Caroline N. Holland, Tech Policy Fellow, Mozilla Foundation
  • Justin ‘Gus’ Hurwitz, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of Space, Cyber, and Telecom Law Program, University of Nebraska College of Law
  • Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP

Panel 2: Algorithmic Fairness (10:35 AM - 11:50 AM)

Moderator

  • Mark Verstraete, Privacy & Freedom of Speech Post-doctoral Research Associate, Center for Digital Society and Data Studies, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Panelists

  • Solon Barocas, Assistant Professor, Cornell University School of Information Science
  • Vincent M. Southerland, Executive Director, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, New York University School of Law
  • Megan T. Stevenson, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
  • Tal Zarsky, Vice Dean and Professor of Law, University of Haifa Faculty of Law

Luncheon Panel: The US Impact of the GDPR (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM)

Moderator

  • Dan Caprio, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Providence Group

Panelists

  • Leigh Freund, President & CEO, Network Advertising Initiative
  • Joseph Jerome, Policy Counsel, Privacy & Data, Center for Democracy & Technology
  • Daniel Sepulveda, Vice President of Global Government Relations, MediaMath
  • Gerard M. Stegmaier, Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Panel 4: Using Economic Incentives to Find Security Flaws - Bug Bounties (1:45 PM - 3:00 PM)

Moderator

  • Sasha L. Romanosky, Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Panelists

  • Leonard Bailey, Special Counsel for National Security, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, US Department of Justice
  • Alana Maurushat, Senior Lecturer and Academic Co-Director of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, University of new South Wales Law School
  • Alex Rice, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, HackerOne
  • Nathaniel J. Tisa, ASPIRE Cyber Law Fellow and JD Candidate, New York University School of Law

Adjourn (3:00 PM)