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Smart Cities Week is a highly interactive conference and expo that showcases cutting-edge technologies, real-world solutions and proven strategies government leaders need to build more livable, workable, sustainable cities. City leaders will have an opportunity to see, hear and experience the next wave of innovative, integrated technologies that are already helping cities around the world become more compassionate, connected and sustainable.
The Smart Cities Week program will show you how to better engage your city’s citizens and improve transportation to increase equity and access to opportunity. You’ll learn how smart water systems can reduce costs and improve efficiency, and what to do with all the data your city collects. See below for just some of the topics currently in development and be sure to check back in for updates on sessions in development on Smart Buildings, Street Lighting, Microgrids and Distributed Energy, Public Safety, Waste Management, Telecommunication, and more.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
TRANSPORTATION
DATA MANAGEMENT
SMART WATER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
SMART CITY LEADERSHIP
As the nation faces a political transition, the time is ripe to highlight and examine the underlying economics of policies that will ensure America’s leadership in the deployment and adoption of cutting-edge digital infrastructure. This Economic Summit will assemble leading economists from across the country to: (1) consider the principal economic policy challenges influencing the ongoing deployment of broadband technologies; (2) discuss current economic policy developments that impact investment in and deployment of digital infrastructures; and (3) offer recommendations for next-administration economic policies.
Technology disrupts all aspects of our lives – in good ways and bad. Meanwhile, basic rights such as privacy, freedom of expression and non-discrimination are under unprecedented strain. Big Data and the Internet of Things bring policy, regulatory and enforcement challenges that require a holistic approach to ensure that the rights and interests of individuals are safeguarded in the coming decades.
The EDPS, in collaboration with European consumer organisation BEUC, is hosting a joint conference on Big Data: individual rights and smart enforcement in Brussels on Thursday 29 September 2016. The conference will include panels on online platforms, smart technologies and the Digital Single Market. Speakers include EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, Federal Trade Commissoner Terrell McSweeny, BEUC Director General Monique Goyens and European Data Protection Supervisor, Giovanni Buttarelli.
This high level conference will bring together leading regulators and experts in the competition, data protection and consumer protection spheres to discuss key areas of economic and societal change, to promote closer dialogue and cooperation among regulatory and enforcement bodies and explore how to better respond to the challenges our society is facing.
The registration was closed on Monday 12 September, but the event will be webstreamed live.
When it comes to developing sustainable computing systems, private, secure, open and ethical IT is the way of the future. The General Data Protection Legislation passed in January 2016 has been a landmark in this endeavor, however beyond legislation the time is ripe for societal and technological changes.
On the occasion of the inaugural event of the WU’s Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab, we analyse where we stand in terms of privacy for sustainable computing. This event brings together current perspectives from NGO’s, standardisation bodies, researchers, engineers, business and legal representatives.
The Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) will hold a two-day seminar on data protection in the FinTech, insurance and medical services sectors. Hosted by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the event is open to both lawyers and non-lawyers and will take place between 30 September and 1 October 2016.
The FinTech, insurance and medical services sectors all face common challenges when dealing with particularly sensitive data. While big data and new technologies have created new opportunities for these sectors, these developments also raise significant data protection concerns. The seminar will explore the challenges of finding a balance between the adoption of these new technologies, the search for competitiveness and the need to protect personal data, and how we can address them. Conclusions will be presented by European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli alongside Dean Spielmann, a judge at the General Court of the European Union.
WELCOME TO TPRC44!
ARLINGTON, VA
September 30 – October 1, 2016
The 44th Research Conference on Communications, Information,
and Internet Policy
Overview: TPRC is an annual conference on information policy that convenes researchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. TPRC strives to inspire top quality information, communications, and technology policy research, and to connect researchers, policymakers, lawyers, and practitioners. TPRC is the longest-running conference of its kind, and has a legacy of showcasing cutting-edge research across multiple disciplines and international perspectives.
Dates and Location: The 2016 conference will be held from the morning of Friday, September 30 through Saturday, October 1, 2016, at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. A Capitol Hill event and the Graduate Student Consortium will take place a day before the conference on Thursday, September 29. Details for these events are found by following the applicable links. Our long-standing attendees should take note of the change in format from prior years: TPRC will be held all day Friday, September 30 and all day Saturday, October 1. There will be no Sunday sessions.
TPRC is a great place to meet new people, and to reconnect with experts in the field of Internet policy, communications, and information. We are a diverse and energetic community of scholars, and we welcome your participation!
In 2009, Congress passed the HITECH Act to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (IT). In particular, Congress intended for this legislation to create the conditions so that every American would soon have access to a private, secure, and portable electronic health record. While the United States has made substantial progress in meaningful use of health IT, most patients are still unable to easily transfer their complete medical record to a new provider, share their records securely with other family members or care givers, or donate their medical data for research. These problems lower the quality of care patients receive, reduce competition among providers, raise costs for health care payers, and stand in the way of advancements in data-driven medicine.
As part of National Health IT Week, please join ITIF and a panel of experts for a discussion about the future of medical data sharing and the steps Congress and the next administration can take to reduce health information blocking, give consumers access to their medical data, and fully realize the benefits of the health information revolution.
Additonal panelists to be announced.
Abuse exists in many forms on the Internet. While many malicious online activities are considered crimes, the distribution of sexually explicit images without the subjects’ consent—commonly referred to as “revenge porn”—continues to exist in a legal gray area throughout much of the United States. Revenge porn can have dramatic consequences for victims, damaging their reputations and job prospects, subjecting them to threats, and intimidating them into silence. Because there is no universal legal recourse, victims are often unable to stop the spread of images or take action against the perpetrator.
Join ITIF and an expert panel for a discussion about how policymakers can criminalize revenge porn, while protecting important speech on the Internet. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), who introduced the Intimate Privacy Protection Act, will deliver opening remarks.
The event is free and open to the public. The event will be live-streamed and a recording will be available following the event. Follow @ITIFdcduring the event, and join the conversation using #ITIFprivacy.
The European Privacy Association (EPA) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) webinars will be held throughout the year and are aimed at all professionals interested in the regulation of data protection. Each webinar will be chaired by Dr. Paolo Balboni, President and Noriswadi Ismail, Scientific Director and members of our Scientific Committee and will last for 60 minutes, ending with a Q&A session.The webinars will focus on compliance, governance, business controls and operational aspects in relation to the forthcoming GDPR relevant for all companies doing business in Europe. The GDPR debate and discussion have dominated the European marketplace for the past 4 years. Organisations and stakeholders have 2 years to operationalise their GDPR readiness programme to avoid non-compliance enforcement actions from national Data Protection Authorities.NB: If you weren’t able to sign up before the first webinar it is still possible to sign up for the series. In compensation you will receive a detailed summary of the April 20th presentation.
The price of attendance for the remaining webinars is €670.00 (excluding VAT)
Fellows receive a special discount of 50% for a total of €350.00 (excluding VAT) for all remaining webinars
To become Fellow of EPA it is necessary to send your CV to info [@]europeanprivacyassociation. eu and subject to a positive EPA Board evaluation of your profile, you will need to contribute to EPA. Fellow annual supportership is €100.00 (excluding VAT).
If you would like to know more about the benefits of becoming a Fellow please contact us.
– All webinars will be recorded in case you cannot attend and have paid for the package –
Feel free to contact us for further information.
Please RSVP to webinar [@] europeanprivacyassociation.eu