Morning Keynote Address 1

More Than Two Years of COVID-19’s & Impact on USA Data Privacy, Protection & Security

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 You will learn about:

• The privacy implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

• What is the price of privacy? What value can be tagged at privacy?

• Succeeding at the intersection of security and privacy

• Data protection and cybersecurity considerations

• What employers can do to control the spread and mitigate the effects of the virus, and what additional data can they process about their employees?

• How employers ensure good data protection and governance practices for employees working from home?

• Creating new normal data privacy models to track patterns of life

Morning Keynote Address 2

Whistleblower Protection in the USA: Current & Anticipated Landscape

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There has been a growing focus in recent years on whistleblowing issues within the legal sector and it is important, both from an employment law and a regulatory perspective, to ensure that where whistleblowing concerns arise, they are dealt with appropriately.

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• Current Whistleblowing Law in USA

• Overview and relevance of the current climate and culture around whistleblowing.

• What are the employment law obligations on law firms in relation to whistleblowing?

• What is expected of law firms and those working within them from a regulatory perspective?

• Practical steps to take to meet these obligations and expectations.

• Brief case study- how EY brand takes beating in case vs. whistleblower?

Morning Keynote Address 3

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Privacy Consent Management: Understanding Role in Privacy Compliance

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• Define the privacy and consent management landscape—and the drivers affecting its evolution

• Describe the intersection of privacy and consent management solutions with the broader marketing and advertising technology ecosystems

• Review the organizational requirements necessary to maximize the value of privacy and consent management solutions, inclusive of data, internal processes/ workflows and other assets

• Provide an outlook on the potential future evolution of the privacy and consent management market

Industry Leadership Session

Data Privacy and Data Security: How to Comply with Regulations?

 

There is no privacy without security. But security alone is not enough to protect your customer’s sensitive data. Strong privacy protection enables you to unlock data for new purposes and makes the job of the security team a lot easier.​

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​Join this session to learn:

• How to make sure your business complies with regulations?

• Why both data privacy and data security should matter to you?

• How robust security controls are not enough to adequately protect your data?

• How the focus is expanding from the perimeter to implementing privacy controls on the data itself?

• How privacy technologies and access controls work hand-in-hand to ensure your data is protected?

Industry Leadership Session

AI-Enabled GRC Platform & Uncover Hidden Risks

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• How organisations are right now seizing opportunities presented by their digitisation journey?

• Advances in AI for risk

• Advances in business intelligence for risk

• Maintain control of your data and build your competitive advantage. Understand how your data is managed?

Industry Leadership Session

GDPR Compliance-Means for a Non-EU Vendor

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• When a non-EU vendor wants to be “GDPR compliant” to satisfy its clients’ requirements, what does this entail?

• One should distinguish the situation where the Vendor is subject to GDPR by law (under the GDPR’s territorial scope) and where the Vendor is subject to GDPR as a result of the contractual arrangements with the client

• What are the requirements when it is (only) a contractual obligation?  Example of the EU standard contractual clauses (SCC)

Leadership Round Table Discussion & Idea Exchange (In-Person & LIVE Online Session)

 

This session is an opportunity for you to share feedback with peers regarding challenges you face that were not addressed in other conference sessions. Participate in discussions around hot topics and burning issues with your colleagues that are unique to the IP environment. Peers gladly share ideas, strategies and best practices to assist you in addressing difficulties. You may be surprised that you have an idea to share that will be of great value to another attendee. Take back to your office insightful tips to reduce risk or increase efficiency in a process or procedure within your firm that you didn't think needed improvement.

 

During the Idea Exchange, we plan to discuss the topics below. Please feel free to bring additional topics if you don't see a topic that you would like to discuss.

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Discussion Topic & Details-

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USA Roundtable: “Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Is a Real Challenge”

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• Challenges of privacy compliance in today's legal arena

• Data privacy risks and the paths to compliance in USA region

• USA: the costs of GDPR & privacy act compliance – where should they fall?

• Maintain control of your data and build your competitive advantage. Understand how your data is managed?

• Creating new normal data privacy models to track patterns of life

• National Cyber Security Strategy Beyond 2021-2022

• Consequences of cybersecurity breaches in international arbitration

• Technology resources for arbitration practitioners - cyber security and data privacy