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The Second Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit The Second Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit The Leading Forum on Confidentiality, Security, Regulatory Requirements & Technology Tools Featured Speakers Include: J. Howard Beales, III, Ph.D., Federal Trade Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2002 Commission Phillip Bond, U.S. Department of Commerce Daniel Collins, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice Hyatt Regency Washington Kathleen H. Fyffe, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill, Amy Friend, Esq., Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Washington, DC Harriet Pearson, Esq., IBM Jules Polonetsky, DoubleClick, Inc. Larry Ponemon, Ph.D., Privacy Council Richard Purcell, Microsoft Corporation Mark Rotenberg, Esq., Electronic Privacy Information Center Howard A. Schmidt, Microsoft Corporation Zoe Strickland, U.S. Postal Service Peter Swire, Esq., George Washington University Co-Sponsored by American Insurance Association Chief Privacy Officers Council of the Internet Advertising Bureau Information Systems Security Association International Biometric Industry Association International Security, Trust and Privacy Alliance Internet Alliance Network Advertising Initiative Personal Communications Industry Association Privacy & American Business Privacy Council Privacy Leadership Initiative www.privacyassociation.org The Biometric Foundation And Financial Privacy Law Guide Information Security Magazine Privacy and Data Protection Journal Sponsored by Privacy Regulation Report INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRIVACY OFFICERS Privacy Times The New Voice for Privacy and Security Professionals SC Info Security The Informatics Review Resulting from the Merger of the Privacy Officers Association and the Association of Corporate Privacy Officers Major Supporters Davis Wright Tremaine ePrivacy Group Holland & Knight IBM Microsoft PricewaterhouseCoopers THE SECOND ANNUAL PRIVACY & DATA SECURITY SUMMIT: THE LEADING FORUM he International Association of Privacy Officers (IAPO) is Who Should Attend pleased to announce its groundbreaking event — The • Chief Executive Officers T Second Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit. IAPO was formed by combining the 2 preeminent privacy professional • Chief Operating Officers membership associations — The Privacy Officers Association • Chief Privacy Officers (“POA”) and the Association of Corporate Privacy Officers • Chief Security Officers (“ACPO”). Both the POA and ACPO were formed in mid-2000 by • Chief Technology Officers a group of individuals who noticed a need for a professional • Chief Financial Officers membership organization to provide a forum for the discussion • Compliance Officers and debate of issues related to developing and maintaining pri- vacy and data security programs and policies in business. Now • Corporate Counsel combined, these 2 professional groups will provide a new, uni- • Attorneys fied voice for Privacy Professionals around the world. • Medical Directors • Financial Services Executives In May 2001, more than 400 registrants attended POA’s First Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit. That conference • E-Commerce Executives received rave reviews from attendees, media, exhibitors and • Hospital Executives sponsors. The Summit is now being reconvened with an expert • Physicians faculty and promises to be even better as POA has taken its • Data Managers knowledge and combined it with ACPO, to become IAPO! The • Ethics Officers Second Annual Privacy Summit will address privacy and data • Consultants security issues as they relate to a multitude of industries. These industries include: Health Care, Financial Services, Marketing, • Government Agency Employees Telecommunications/Wireless, E-Commerce, Pharmaceutical • Risk Managers and Government Contractors/Partners, among others. • Information Technology Department Managers • HIPAA Project Managers Privacy and data security issues have become a never ending concern to those involved in maintaining a company’s privacy • GLB Project Managers policy and dealing with privacy issues. The ever-changing • Journalists government regulations make it imperative for you to be well • Executive Recruiters informed of the latest events, polices, laws and regulations. • Government Contractors The Second Annual Privacy & Data Security Summit promises to be your source for the most up to date privacy and data security information. Join our nation’s top business leaders and policy Continuing Education Credits makers as we explore the latest issues, regulations and trends in CISSP/SSCP — This program may qualify for security professional privacy and data security affecting business, the government and (CISSP) or security practitioner (SSCP) continuing education credit. CISSPs and SSCPs may apply for CPE credit for attending the 2nd Annual the world today. Privacy and Data Security Summit on-line at www.isc2.org. This informa- tion is provided for your convenience only by the Summit. Goals & Objectives CLE — Required sponsor documentation has been forwarded to and • To provide a comprehensive overview of the privacy and data credit requested from MCLE states with general requirements for all lawyers. We have requested a total of 19.75 from all MCLE states. security regulatory environment Lawyers seeking credit in Pennsylvania must pay fees of $1.50 per credit • To discuss the role of the Chief Privacy Officer in a variety hour directly to the PA CLE Board. The IAPO pays applicable fees in of industries, including health care, financial services and other states where the sponsor is required to do so, and in states where a late fee may become applicable. Please be aware that each state has its e-commerce own rules regulations, including its definition of “CLE”; therefore, certain • To discuss the intersection of privacy issues and security programs may not receive credit in some states. For information on approved credit hours for your state, please contact the IAPO at 800- • To analyze the key components of a privacy and data 266-6501 starting two to three weeks prior to the program date. security program Additional Continuting Education Units may be available. For additional • To provide a network of the nation’s leaders in privacy and information, please contact the IAPO National Office at 800-266-6501. data security 2 ON CONFIDENTIALITY, SECURITY, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS & TECHNOLOGY TOOLS Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:00 a.m. Summit Registration Opens 1:00 p.m OPTIONAL PRECONFERENCE SESSIONS — Choose One: Preconference Symposium I: Privacy Officer Training Ray Everett-Church, Esq., Senior Privacy Analyst, ePrivacy Group, San Jose, CA Jeff B. Richards, Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Strategy, ePrivacy Group, Washington, DC Stephen Cobb, CISSP, Vice President, Research & Education, ePrivacy Group, Saint Augustine, FL Preconference Symposium II: Security and Information Assurance Professor Lance J. Hoffman, Computer Sciences Department, George Washington University, Washington, DC Scott Charney, Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington, DC Preconference Symposium III: Biometrics, Counter Surveillance and Cybercrime M. Paul Collier, Executive Director, The Biometric Foundation, and Founder, ID Technology Partners, Inc., Washington, DC Preconference Symposium IV: Privacy Crises and Public Communications — How companies manage, mismanage and avoid brand damage from public scrutiny of their privacy practices Jason Catlett, President, Junkbusters Corp., and Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Green Brook NJ 5:00 p.m. Adjournment Thursday, January 31, 2002 7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview — Morning Plenary Session: Federal Privacy Regulator’s Roundtable Brenton Saunders, JD, MBA, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Past President, Health Care Compliance Association, and Founder, Privacy Officers Association, Washington, DC (Conference Co-Chair) Alan F. Westin, LLB, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Government, Columbia University, and Publisher, Privacy & American Business, Washington, DC (Conference Co-Chair) Agnes Bundy-Scanlan, Managing Director and Chief Privacy Officer, FleetBoston Financial, Boston, MA (Conference Co-Chair) 8:15 a.m. Privacy Regulation and the Federal Trade Commission J. Howard Beales, III, PhD, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 8:45 a.m. Privacy and Commerce Phillip Bond, Undersecretary for Technology, United States Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 9:15 a.m. Privacy and Financial Affairs Amy Friend, Esq., Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC 9:45 a.m. Healthcare Privacy, Security and HIPAA Compliance Kathleen H. Fyffe, Senior Advisor for Health Information Privacy Outreach, Office for Civil Rights, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 10:15 a.m. Prosecuting Privacy Violations Daniel Collins, Esq., Chief Privacy Officer, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 10:45 a.m. BREAK 11:00 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS I 1.01 Communicating Privacy Issues to the General Public Christopher Hamilton, Manager, Global Privacy Services, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Washington, DC 1.02 Advanced Issues in Healthcare Privacy and HIPAA Compliance Alan Goldberg, Esq., Partner, Goulston & Storrs, Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University Law School, and Moderator AHLA HIT List Serve, Boston, MA Keith Korenchuk, Esq., Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, Washington, DC 1.03 Wireless Privacy Issues Now Before the FCC Peter M. Connolly, Esq., Partner,
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