Discuss how the CCPA becoming a federal law can impact vendors and businesses in the wake of fragmented industry laws. Gain valuable insights into the compliance culture differences and their implications for your business...
Gain valuable insights on potential global developmental strategies for corporate privacy posture, taking cultural expectations into account. Explore how data privacy can be used as a competitive differentiator or a marketing tool, similar to how Apple has done it. Ultimately, to learn how to successfully integrate privacy considerations into your business strategies.
Grady Nye
SVP, Assistant General Counsel
Mastercard
Grady is a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel on the Privacy & Data Protection team at Mastercard. Grady is the global privacy lead for Data Analytics, and Loyalty, managing a global team of experts that provide strategic data and privacy advice to Mastercard's fast-growing data analytics and loyalty business. He also plays an important role in the implementation of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), spearheading efforts to be on the cutting edge of product and technology design.
Prior to Mastercard, Grady was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity group.
Welcome to the second interactive PET showcase session focused on successful and unsuccessful PET implementation, where users and partners gather to share their experiences. During this session, you'll hear from in-house representatives and vendors about their challenges and solutions in implementing privacy-enhancing technology in various industries. Divided into three use cases on each day, we will explore PET implementation in real-life scenarios to help you understand the applicability of PET to your organization. By the end of this session, you'll have gained insights into successful and unsuccessful PET implementation strategies and be better equipped to implement PET in your organization.
This panel delves into the changing nature of data in the prism of new Generative AI capabilities and the impact of these technologies and investments on the PETs landscape - helping organizations understand the interaction between Generative AI and PETs.
Moderator
Jeff Dobin
Strategic Accounts & PET Shorts & Data Sorts Host
Fiddler.ai
Jeff is a reformed lawyer and host of the PET Shorts & Data Sorts Podcast, a series focused on AI, data democratization, cybersecurity, and privacy tech.
He also recently joined Fiddler, a top 10 AI company solving the AI "black box" problem with LLM and ML model explainability, monitoring, and bias assessments.
Additionally, Jeff serves as an advisor to the Responsible AI Leadership Consortium.
With experience leveraging synthetic data, homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, and other privacy preserving methods, Jeff brings a wealth of experience serving both the private and public sectors, in helping them run advanced analytics on protected data while implementing responsible AI by design.
The latest episode of the podcast is out on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music. See here:
David Archer
CTO
Niobium
Dr. David Archer, Chief Technology Officer for Niobium Microsystems, has over 40 years of experience in computer hardware and software development, including over 12 years of R&D in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Dr. Archer developed foundations and application of PETs in well-known US Government programs such as DARPA PROCEED, SafeWare, Brandeis, SIEVE, and DPRIVE; IARPA HECTOR; as well as in programs for the US Departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy, the Census Bureau, and the US Intelligence Community. Dr. Archer is a founding member of the Privacy Preserving Technology Team, United Nations Statistics Division, and co-authored the first UN Privacy Preserving Technology Handbook. Dr. Archer was appointed by the Director of NIST and served as one of seven national judges on the US Privacy Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenge. Dr. Archer served as a Summer Scholar in PETs for the US Census Bureau in 2022.
Stavros Zervoudakis
Professor at NYU, and VP of AI
Mutual of America
With over two decades of experience, Stavros Zervoudakis has established himself as a forward-thinking AI leader, sculpting the future with innovative solutions. He boasts an impressive track record, having orchestrated the successful launch of 24 AI initiatives in just three years, including the implementation of a comprehensive Data Science, Analytics, and Machine Learning framework. His work has catalyzed monumental gains, with single projects injecting between $12M and $56M in value. Recently, Stavros has architected and deployed a groundbreaking, modular Generative AI platform, enriching the digital ecosystem with four pioneering GenAI products seamlessly integrated across six input/output systems. At the helm of his company's AI voyage, he not only crafted the strategic blueprint but also executed the firm's inaugural AI/ML model in a mere three months, netting an impressive $450K in savings. A natural leader, Stavros has guided teams towards the creation of business-transforming applications, leveraging the latest in technology through agile, SME-centric project methodologies. His tenure as an academic luminary at NYU and the University of Exeter has allowed him to disseminate his profound AI insights, nurturing the next wave of innovation. His journey with agile startups and industry titans like Citigroup, led him to deep-rooted understanding of regulatory mandates and has empowered him to weave essential privacy and security measures into his strategic visions, product leadership, and advisory roles, benefiting startups and Fortune 500 firms. Beyond the digital realm, Stavros is a connoisseur of photography, an avid reader, a globetrotter, and a passionate creator of a future Einstein. Connect with him on LinkedIn to explore common interests.
Connie Zhang
CEO
Rent|Vest
Decades of working experience spans Data & Analytics | Digital Transformation | FE@MBS/RMBS Prepayment across Banking Finance | Hedge funds | Proptech | FinTech | Pharma. Has built rounds of end-to-end data product with DM/DG & AI/ML capability with data standardization over 2K data feeds. MBA @ Investment Management, BS and MS @Computer Science & CFA.
Jesper Balman Gravgaard
VP of Engineering
Partisia
Jesper is the Vice President of Engineering at Partisia. In the world of software development he stands as a beacon of commercializing innovative ideas through the creation of valuable software solutions focused on meeting customer and user needs. At Partisia we’re dedicated to merging MPC with blockchain technologies, striving to establish a revolutionary benchmark for digital infrastructures. Our vision is to ensure secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security.
Jesper holds a master of Computer Science and Mathematics. Before his current role he has worked in a variety of development, operations and management roles related to starting and maturing SaaS products. Jesper is also an external examiner on Computer Science for MSc / Bachelor examinations in Denmark.
Orrie Dinstein
Global Chief Privacy Officer
Marsh McLennan
Building a successful brand requires a delicate balance between risk-taking and caution. Join our panel of experts as they explore the challenges and opportunities of brand development in today's privacy-conscious landscape. Drawing on insights from the keynote presentation, this discussion will go in-depth on topics like data collection, marketing strategies, and customer trust. Walk away with a deeper understanding of how to navigate the risks and rewards of building a successful brand in the age of privacy-enhancing technologies.