IPC Privacy Day event — The power of PETs: Privacy enhancing technologies
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
9:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST
Toronto (MaRS Discovery District) and online
Join Commissioner Kosseim for a panel discussion with privacy experts from the public and private sectors, academia, and law to gain a clearer understanding of what privacy enhancing technologies are and how they can be adopted to help address some of the most pressing privacy and data issues facing organizations today.
Enhance your knowledge of which technologies are suitable for different types of challenges, and the activities that small and large organizations can pursue to help increase their adoption.
Key areas for discussion include:
- A primer on the different kinds of privacy enhancing technologies
- A discussion of the comparative advantages and disadvantages of each
- How privacy enhancing technologies are being applied in practice across various sectors
- The promise and perils of privacy enhancing technologies from an opportunity, risk, and reputational perspective
- How modern privacy laws are beginning to incorporate concepts of deidentification and anonymization
Panelists:
- Luk Arbuckle, Global AI Practice Leader and Chief Methodologist, IQVIA Applied AI Science
- Khaled El Emam, IPC Scholar in Residence; Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa; Senior Scientist, Electronic Health Information Laboratory, CHEO Research Institute
- Adam Kardash, Partner, Privacy and Data Management, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
- Additional panelists to be confirmed
Event agenda:
8:30 a.m. – Doors open for in person attendees
9:15 a.m. – Welcome and keynote by Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim
9:25 a.m. – Panel discussion moderated by Christopher Parsons, Acting Director of Technology Policy, IPC
10:25 a.m. – Break
10:40 a.m. – Panel discussion continues
11:40 a.m. – Audience Q&A
11:58 a.m. – Closing remarks by Assistant Commissioner, Michael Maddock
12:00 p.m. – Event ends
This is a free event, but registration is required. You can attend in person, although space may be limited. You can also register to participate online. Simultaneous French translation will be provided for the webcast.