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Privacy+Security Forum

Join me at the Privacy+Security Forum November 12-14 in Washington, DC. Experience over 60 sessions, 4 workshops and 3 amazing keynotes. This event attracts 900+ attendees and offers CLE credits.

Here is a current schedule of events but we are adding more every day!

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Keynotes

Keynotes PSF Fall 2025

Speakers

A

  • Darren Abernethy – Greenberg Traurig
  • Hanna Abrams – Maryland Office of the Attorney General
  • Sam Adriance – Block
  • John Ailes – Aon’s Cyber Solutions
  • Daniel Alvarez – Willkie Farr & Gallagher
  • Vanessa Avery – McCarter & English

B

  • Ian Ballon – Greenberg Traurig
  • Christina Baptista – U.S. Department of Justice
  • Sara Berkson – Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Daniel Berrick – Future of Privacy Forum
  • Samir Bhavsar – Baker Botts
  • Robert Botkin – Parker Poe
  • Michelle Bowling – ArentFox Schiff
  • Justin Bryant – Baker Botts
  • Aaron Burstein – Kelley Drye & Warren

C

  • Libbie Canter – Covington
  • Aaron Charfoos – Paul Hastings
  • Christine Chong – Freshfields
  • Shannon Coe – U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Matthew Coleman – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Jacqueline Cooney – Arnall Golden Gregory
  • Aaron Cooper – Jenner & Block
  • Nicholas Cramer – IDX
  • Taryn Crane – BDO

D

  • Brock Dahl – Freshfields
  • Jodi Daniels – Red Clover Advisors
  • Jo Ann Davaris – Booking Holdings
  • Nikole Davenport – Forvis Mazars
  • Michelle Dennedy – Abaxx Technologies
  • Donald DePass – Hogan Lovells
  • Christine Desrosiers – Boltive
  • Egon Donnarumma – GE Aerospace
  • Erin Doyle – Arnall Golden Gregory
  • Leah Druckerman – Venable

E

  • Joseph Emerson – Protiviti
  • Rebecca Engrav – Perkins Coie
  • Andrew Epstein – Cooley

F

  • Fran Faircloth – Ropes & Gray
  • Nita Farahany – Duke University
  • Reed Freeman – ArentFox Schiff

G

  • Tony Gaidhane – Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Jennifer Garone – Comcast
  • Frank Giguere – U.S. Department of Justice
  • Alexandra Reeve Givens – Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Leila Golchehreh – Relyance AI
  • Kate Goodloe – BSA, The Software Alliance
  • Desarie Green – Cengage Group
  • Adam Greene – Davis Wright Tremaine
  • Sabrina Guenther Frigo – TruStage
  • Anil Gupta – Relyance AI

H

  • Aaron Haberman – Perkins Coie
  • Parker Hancock – Baker Botts
  • Kate Hanniford – Alston & Bird
  • Greg Harvey – National Grid
  • Brian Hengesbaugh – Baker McKenzie
  • Andy Hepburn – SafeGuard Privacy
  • Todd Hindman – IDX
  • Lindsay Hohler – Grant Thornton Advisors
  • Doug Howard – Pondurance
  • Gary Howarth – National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Kara Hughley – Zoom

J

  • Laura Jehl – Willkie Farr & Gallagher
  • Krysten Jenci – Cisco
  • Ali Jessani – WilmerHale

K

  • Odia Kagan – Fox Rothschild
  • David Keating – Alston & Bird
  • James Koenig – Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Lasse Konrad – Härting Law
  • William Kovacic – George Washington University Law School
  • Heather Kuhn – Genuine Parts Company
  • Rachel Kurzweil – Paul Hastings
  • Elizabeth Kwok – FTI Consulting

L

  • Mariah Leffingwell – Clark Hill
  • Nancy Libin – Davis Wright Tremaine
  • Liz Lyons – HP

M

  • Deven McGraw – Citizen Health
  • Ed McNicholas – Ropes & Gray
  • Douglas Miller – Doug Miller Strategies
  • Kelly Miller – FTI Consulting
  • Laura Mujenda – Meta
  • Zachary Myers – McCarter & English

N

  • Kirk Nahra – WilmerHale
  • Maria Nava – Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

P

  • Shanna Pearce – Epic Games
  • David Peloquin – Ropes & Gray
  • Nancy Perkins – Arnold & Porter
  • Leah Perry – Box
  • Amy Pimentel – McDermott Will & Emery
  • Jayne Ponder – Covington
  • Brianne Powers – Paul Hastings
  • Erin Prest – McCarter & English

Q

  • Mark Quist – Wells Fargo

R

  • Shannon Ralich – Machinify
  • Michelle Ramsden – U.S. Department of Justice
  • Brian Rasquinha – Privacy Analytics
  • Michelle Reed – Paul Hastings
  • David Rice – Davis Wright Tremaine
  • Brendan Rooney – Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Marci Rozen – ZwillGen

S

  • Vinny Sakore – Arete
  • Nathan Salminen – Hogan Lovells
  • Karen Schuler – BDO
  • Paul Schwartz – UC Berkeley School of Law
  • Anand Shah – KPMG
  • Stuart Shapiro – MITRE Corporation
  • Robert Silvers – Ropes & Gray
  • Dorian Simmons – Alston & Bird
  • Peter Simonsen – Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
  • Doug Smith – E*TRADE/Morgan Stanley
  • Mark Smith – The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL)
  • Emma Smizer – Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
  • Julie Snyder – MITRE Corporation
  • Daniel Solove – George Washington University Law School
  • Divya Sridhar – BBB National Programs
  • Ryan Steidl – Constangy
  • Maco Stewart – Salesforce
  • Alex Stout – Uber Technologies
  • Siri Swayampu – Lowe’s Companies

T

  • Emily Tabatabai – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Nik Theodorakis – Wilson Sonsini
  • Aaron Ting – Contentful
  • Shannon Togawa Mercer – OpenAI
  • Jamie Tolles – IDX

V

  • Elena Vekilov – NielsenIQ
  • Cody Venzke – American Civil Liberties Union
  • Jim Vint – Secretariat

W

  • Heidi Wachs – Aon’s Cyber Solutions
  • Ann Waldo – Waldo Law Offices
  • Justin Weiss – Crowell & Moring
  • David White – AlixPartners
  • Lauren Winchester – Travelers
  • Susan Wise – Biogen
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Sessions

  • Defensible by Design: In-House Counsel and the Operational Cyber Program
  • How Vendors Can Become Your Liability
  • Privacy Issues Associated with Agentic AI and AI Agents
  • Future-Proofing Privacy Programs: Lessons from PADFAA and the Bulk Data Access Rule
  • Game of Phones: Protecting Kids in the Digital Realm
  • Making Your Privacy Program AI-Ready: Practical Ways to Leverage Privacy Compliance for AI Regulation
  • The DOJ’s Bulk Rule’s Impact on Life Sciences and Digital Health Companies
  • What’s the Deal?: Privacy and AI Trends in M&A and Other Data-Driven Transactions
  • AI Masterclass: A 201 Session for Professionals
  • Little Profiles, Big Problems: Key Updates in Children’s Privacy
  • Update on the FTC’s Privacy Program Under Trump/Ferguson
  • Whose Breach Is It Anyway? – Untangling Liability, Disclosure, and Control In Vendor/Supply Chain Hacks
  • AI Dealmaking: The Importance of Diligence in M&A Involving AI Companies
  • Building Brand Trust and Loyalty in Difficult Environments with Responsible Data Practices
  • When AI Breaks Bad: The New Playbook for Incident Response
  • Asset or Obstacle: Understanding AI’s Transformative Role in Incident Response
  • Proactive AI Risk Management: Empowering Legal Teams to Navigate and Mitigate Emerging Compliance Challenges
  • Regulators Aren’t Buying It: Mitigating Enforcement Risk in Digital Advertising
  • Avoiding the Next Headline: Enforcement Lessons and Technical Pitfalls from the Latest State Legislation
  • Challenges in the Privacy Landscape for Clinical Research: The DOJ Bulk Data Rule, State Privacy Laws, and GDPR
  • Privacy Hopscotch or Privacy Pole Vault? Tackling the Strategic and Operational Challenges of State-Specific vs High Bar Approaches
  • Reporting Live! From the Changing Tides of Federal AI Governance
  • A Legally Dubious Incident Response Tabletop
  • Digital Marketing and Consumer Surveillance – What You Need to Know to Avoid and Defend Consumer Class Actions
  • Drowning in DPAs? Practical Tips for Privacy Agreements in a Shifting Legal Landscape
  • Must I Call the Feds? Navigating Government Involvement During a Cyber Incident
  • AI vs. the Workforce: Disruption or Cognitive Partnering in Cyber and Privacy Law, Cyber Insurance, and Cybersecurity
  • Breach Mode: From Investigation to Notification and Call Centers—Best Practices for Managing the Madness
  • DOJ Final Rule
  • Up-Leveling Your Privacy Program To Make Sense of The Latest State Law Developments
  • Agentic AI: Privacy in the Age of Autonomous AI Agents
  • Cybersecurity Developments in the Trump Administration
  • Friends: Ai’ll Be There for You. Ai Chatbots and the Future of Online Safety Legislation
  • State AG Privacy Enforcement: Current Priorities and Tips for Success
  • The Race for Frontier AI: National Security, Data Security, Trade and Beyond
  • Neural, Reproductive, and Other Sensitive Health Data: Privacy Risks and Transparency Responsibilities
  • Opt-Ins and Opt-Outs on your Website: How You Should be Providing Choices to Consumers for Adtech, AI, Chatbots and Other Website Tools
  • The Latest on Global Cross-Border Data Transfers
  • The Long Term Enforcement Future for Privacy and AI
  • More Than Crumbs In The Cookie Jar: Why Tracking Technologies Are Still A Top Concern For All Organizations
  • The Operational Intersection between Privacy and Security
  • Tokenization and Linkage: Privacy Consideration and Practical Implementations
  • Bulk Data Decoded: Insights, Challenges, and the Road Ahead for DOJ’s Data Security Program
  • Data Protection Considerations for In-House Counsel
  • New Developments in Health Information Privacy and Security Law
  • Privacy Threat Modeling Genomic Workflows
  • Inside the Headset: Privacy In VR
  • No Gatekeeping: Empowering Use of Responsible AI
  • Preventive Digital Oncology: Eradicating High-Risk Website Trackers
  • The EU Data Act — Privacy Friend or Foe?
  • AgeTech and Privacy – Is Grandma Ready for the Brave New World?
  • Building Trusted Environments: Architecture, Privacy, and Design
  • Navigating Data Flows: A Multilateral Approach to Cross-Border Data Transfers

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