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Pandemic Surveillance: Privacy, Security, and Data Ethics
November 12, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Kenan Institute for Ethics, InternetLab, Pennsylvania State University’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), and Penn State Law’s Policy Innovation Lab of Tomorrow (PILOT) are pleased to host a virtual data privacy conference, “Pandemic Surveillance: Privacy, Security, and Data Ethics”. On November 12-13, 9:00 am to Noon EST, join a group of international experts in a discussion on data privacy and security, and technological responses to curbing the spread of Covid-19. The event will feature experts from the US, Brazil, the Netherlands, UK, and Argentina. Topics will include how to frame privacy and security in a digital age; historical and contemporary frameworks for privacy and security; Covid-19 tracking technologies; and future potential reform proposals in law, cybersecurity, and data ethics.
Thursday, November 12
9:00 am: Framing and Defining Digital Privacy + Security
Jolynn Dellinger (Moderator), Stephen and Janet Bear Visiting Lecturer and Kenan Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University; Senior Lecturing Fellow, Privacy Law and Policy, Duke Law School; and Adjunct Professor, UNC School of Law (North Carolina, US)
Yasodora Córdova, MC/MPA Ford Foundation Mason Fellow at Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, at Harvard University (Boston, US and Brazil)
Andrea Matwyshyn, Penn State Law Associate Dean for Innovation and Technology; Founding Director, Penn State PILOT Lab (Policy Innovation Lab of Tomorrow); Professor of Law and Engineering Policy, Penn State University – University Park (Pennsylvania, US)
Davi Ottenheimer, VP Trust and Digital Ethics, Inrupt (Boston, US)
Daniel Susser, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences & Technology and Philosophy, Penn State College of Information Sciences & Technology; and Research Associate at the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University – University Park (Pennsylvania, US)
10:30 am: Regulating Privacy and Security: Contemporary Legal Frameworks
Nathalie Fragoso (Moderator), Head of Research, Privacy and Surveillance, InternetLab (Brazil)
Ian Brown, Visiting CyberBRICS professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School in Rio de Janeiro (UK and Brazil)
Els De Busser, Assistant Professor of Cyber Security Governance, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University (Netherlands, EU)
Joshua Fairfield, William Donald Bain Family Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law (Virginia, US)
Peter Margulies, Professor of Law, Roger Williams School of Law (Rhode Island, US)
Friday, November 13
9:00 am: Pandemic Surveillance and Emerging Tracking Technologies
Margaret Hu (Moderator), Professor of Law and International Affairs, Penn State Law and School of International Affairs, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Pennsylvania State University – University Park (Pennsylvania, US)
Bethânia de Araújo Almeida, Sociologist, Researcher at FIOCRUZ (Brazil).
Natalie Ram, Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (Maryland, US)
David Gray, Jacob A. France Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (Maryland, US)
Maria Soledad Segura, Adjunct Professor in the Faculties of Social Sciences (FCS) and Communication Sciences (FCC) at the National University of Córdoba (UNC) (Argentina)
10:30 am: Legal and Ethical Challenges of Pandemic Surveillance
Andrea Matwyshyn (Moderator), Penn State Law Associate Dean for Innovation and Technology; Founding Director, Penn State PILOT Lab (Policy Innovation Lab of Tomorrow); Professor of Law and Engineering Policy, Penn State University – University Park (Pennsylvania, US)
Stuart Brotman, Howard Distinguished Endowed Professor of Media Management and Law; Beaman Professor of Journalism and Electronic Media, School of Journalism and Electronic Media, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee – Knoxville (Tennessee, US)
Jolynn Dellinger, Stephen and Janet Bear Visiting Lecturer and Kenan Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University; Senior Lecturing Fellow, Privacy Law and Policy, Duke Law School, and Adjunct Professor; UNC School of Law (North Carolina, US)
Nathalie Fragoso, Head of Research, Privacy and Surveillance, InternetLab (Brazil)
Alan Rozenshtein, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School (Minnesota, US)