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Privacy-Enhancing Technology North America Summit 2024
May 2025

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Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
08:00am
REGISTRATION & NETWORKING
SESSION 1: THE VALUE OF DATA PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION
09:00am

PETs represent one link in the data release chain. This talk will consider some key questions organizations should ask before deploying PETs as part of their data work flow.  Examples from NIST's Collaborative Research Cycle will demonstrate the tension between data utility, fidelity, and privacy of synthetic data releases with specific regard to the difficulty in modeling diverse subpopulations.

Author:

Gary Howarth

Physical Scientist
NIST

Gary Howarth is a Physical Scientist for the Privacy Engineering Program and the Public Safety Communications Research Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In that role, he develops and implements programs designed to inform practical implementations of technology. He has a particular interest in the adoption of privacy-enhancing technologies. He earned his PhD in the Chemistry Department at Columbia University. He has previously taught high school science and co-founded the NET Charter High School in New Orleans. Gary lives with his wife and daughter in Rhode Island.

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Gary Howarth

Physical Scientist
NIST

Gary Howarth is a Physical Scientist for the Privacy Engineering Program and the Public Safety Communications Research Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In that role, he develops and implements programs designed to inform practical implementations of technology. He has a particular interest in the adoption of privacy-enhancing technologies. He earned his PhD in the Chemistry Department at Columbia University. He has previously taught high school science and co-founded the NET Charter High School in New Orleans. Gary lives with his wife and daughter in Rhode Island.

9.25am

Advancing the Global PETs ecosystem –  Galvanizing research, venture capital and policy efforts siloed across countries to accelerate PETs towards mainstream adoption. This talk explains the non-technical factors impeding PETs adoption and concrete steps public and private leaders across borders can take to alleviate them.

Author:

Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

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Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

09:30am

Author:

Sharone Hutterer

Executive Director, CCB Privacy
JPMorgan & Chase Co.
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Sharone Hutterer

Executive Director, CCB Privacy
JPMorgan & Chase Co.

Author:

Vamsi K Potluru

Research Director
JPMorgan & Chase Co.

Vamsi Potluru is a Research Director at JP Morgan AI Research where he leads synthetic data research. Projects include high quality synthetic data for various financial problems such as credit card marketing, anti-money laundering detection and fair lending.  Previously, he was a lead researcher at Comcast working on various projects in recommendations, search and speech domains involving sketching and bandit approaches among others. Prior to that he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Rutgers University after having obtained his PhD in matrix factorizations applied to brain imaging data. 

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Vamsi K Potluru

Research Director
JPMorgan & Chase Co.

Vamsi Potluru is a Research Director at JP Morgan AI Research where he leads synthetic data research. Projects include high quality synthetic data for various financial problems such as credit card marketing, anti-money laundering detection and fair lending.  Previously, he was a lead researcher at Comcast working on various projects in recommendations, search and speech domains involving sketching and bandit approaches among others. Prior to that he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Rutgers University after having obtained his PhD in matrix factorizations applied to brain imaging data. 

09:55am

Our access to data and our ability to process it, including with AI, are growing by the week. But at the same time, there is increasing concern about personal data - both from regulators (new laws are rapidly coming up in various countries) and from people - a strong cultural shift in society. How can organizations - particularly those that work in or with multiple countries - deal with the challenge of these conflicting dynamics, and turn it into an opportunity?

Author:

Lambert Hogenhout

Chief of Data, Analytics and Emerging Technologies
United Nations

Lambert Hogenhout is Chief Data, Analytics and Emerging Technologies at the United Nations Secretariat. He is also an author, keynote speaker and advisor on data, AI and responsible tech.

He has 25 years of experience working both in the private sector and with international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations. He leads policy, governance and strategy in the areas of data and AI. He researches the societal implications of technology and advises UN senior leaders on digital transformation and the ethics of data and AI. He recently published a book on Data Privacy in international context.

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Lambert Hogenhout

Chief of Data, Analytics and Emerging Technologies
United Nations

Lambert Hogenhout is Chief Data, Analytics and Emerging Technologies at the United Nations Secretariat. He is also an author, keynote speaker and advisor on data, AI and responsible tech.

He has 25 years of experience working both in the private sector and with international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations. He leads policy, governance and strategy in the areas of data and AI. He researches the societal implications of technology and advises UN senior leaders on digital transformation and the ethics of data and AI. He recently published a book on Data Privacy in international context.

Author:

Amanda Wang

Information Systems Officer
United Nations

Amanda Wang is an Information Systems Officer in the United Nations. She has over 20 years of experience in the areas of data management and information systems, and is actively involved in data privacy initiatives. She has passed the following certification exams: IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and DAMA’s Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP-data fundamentals).

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Amanda Wang

Information Systems Officer
United Nations

Amanda Wang is an Information Systems Officer in the United Nations. She has over 20 years of experience in the areas of data management and information systems, and is actively involved in data privacy initiatives. She has passed the following certification exams: IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and DAMA’s Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP-data fundamentals).

10:20am

Optalysys is developing cutting edge photonic technology to directly address the processing challenges of using FHE methods at speed. We recently launched our cloud platform Explore which allows users to engage with the hardware through integrations with the main FHE libraries. Dr New will provide an update on the platform and present the Optalysys vision for the future of secure computing. 

Author:

Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

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Nick New

Founder
Optalysys

Founded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.

10.45am
10:50am
NETWORKING BREAK
11:15am

Our presentation delves into the innovative integration of Differential Privacy (DP) and Secure Multiparty Computation (MPC) to develop advanced PETs for ad measurement. Our technology tackles the critical challenges of preserving user privacy in advertising by preventing advertisers and publishers from tracking users' activities across platforms. This approach not only safeguards user privacy but also enables valuable ad measurement insights, benefiting both advertisers and publishers.

Author:

Jian Du

Research Scientist
TikTok

Jian Du is a research scientist at TikTok, leading the research and development efforts focused on integrating privacy-enhancing technologies into TikTok's products. For instance, Jian leads the development of PrivacyGo, an open-source project available on GitHub. Privacy Go aims to synergistically fuse PETs to address real-world privacy challenges, such as combining secure multi-party computation and differential privacy to enable privacy-preserving ad measurement and optimization of ad models, as well as privacy-preserving large language models. Prior to joining TikTok, Jian worked on PETs at Ant Financial and held a postdoctoral research position at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Jian Du

Research Scientist
TikTok

Jian Du is a research scientist at TikTok, leading the research and development efforts focused on integrating privacy-enhancing technologies into TikTok's products. For instance, Jian leads the development of PrivacyGo, an open-source project available on GitHub. Privacy Go aims to synergistically fuse PETs to address real-world privacy challenges, such as combining secure multi-party computation and differential privacy to enable privacy-preserving ad measurement and optimization of ad models, as well as privacy-preserving large language models. Prior to joining TikTok, Jian worked on PETs at Ant Financial and held a postdoctoral research position at Carnegie Mellon University.

11:40am

The rise of prolific data breaches, coupled with the maturation of robust regulatory legislation, has led to a challenging landscape for businesses and institutions to pool their collective knowledge in a secure, legal fashion. With Vaultree Encrypted Data Sharing (VEDS) we are addressing this gap head on: VEDS allows data to be encrypted under multiple public keys owned by different parties, enabling them to perform collaborative computations and data analysis on the encrypted data while maintaining privacy and confidentiality.

Moreover, with our competitive speeds we can support state-of-the art AI insights, such as facial recognition, natural language processing using transformers and more. In this presentation we will introduce our proprietary FHE technology and the enrichment that VEDS provides, then demonstrate its application with a variety of ML driven use cases: With VEDS, the healthcare industry can securely collaborate on new medical discoveries, competing financial institutions can collectively tackle fraud, and advocacy groups can partner with law enforcement agencies to combat child abuse while respecting victims’ privacy.

Author:

Dr. Cathal Smyth

Lead Data Scientist
Vaultree

Dr. Cathal Smyth is Lead Data Scientist at Vaultree. His expertise lies at the intersection of Cybersecurity and Machine Learning, and focuses on the development of prototype ML solutions at Vaultree. Prior to joining Vaultree, Cathal worked at Shopify and Royal Bank of Canada, where he led teams in developing ML driven solutions to address fraud and cyber risks. Cathal has a PhD in Quantum Information from the University of Toronto.

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Dr. Cathal Smyth

Lead Data Scientist
Vaultree

Dr. Cathal Smyth is Lead Data Scientist at Vaultree. His expertise lies at the intersection of Cybersecurity and Machine Learning, and focuses on the development of prototype ML solutions at Vaultree. Prior to joining Vaultree, Cathal worked at Shopify and Royal Bank of Canada, where he led teams in developing ML driven solutions to address fraud and cyber risks. Cathal has a PhD in Quantum Information from the University of Toronto.

Author:

Anil Kumar Pradhan

Head of Cryptography Research
Vaultree

Anil Kumar Pradhan is Head of Cryptography Research at Vaultree. His expertise lies in various areas of cryptography and cybersecurity including Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Zero-Knowledge Proof & Blockchain. Prior to joining Vaultree, Anil had worked with multiple early stage startups to design novel cybersecurity solutions.

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Anil Kumar Pradhan

Head of Cryptography Research
Vaultree

Anil Kumar Pradhan is Head of Cryptography Research at Vaultree. His expertise lies in various areas of cryptography and cybersecurity including Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Zero-Knowledge Proof & Blockchain. Prior to joining Vaultree, Anil had worked with multiple early stage startups to design novel cybersecurity solutions.

12:05pm

This session will detail best practices and considerations when developing, procuring, and deploying Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs). Proper governance, accountability mechanisms, and vendor management are all key to the responsible adoption of PETs, yet few companies have experience developing robust procedures for managing an inventory of PETs. The FTC has already opined in a blog about potential future enforcement actions where companies could mismanage PETs, particularly concerning multi-party computations. We hope to provide an in-depth discussion of PETs governance to spur the thoughtful adoption of in-house and third-party accountability procedures so that companies understand how to leverage these nascent technologies without risking further regulatory scrutiny.

Moderator

Author:

Miles Light

Counsel, Privacy Technology
BBB National Programs

Miles Light is an attorney and technologist working across Privacy Initiatives at BBB National Programs. Before joining BBB National Programs, Miles worked at the Future of Privacy Forum on privacy and data protection issues related to Children, Education, and Smart Cities. Miles has a particular interest in children’s online safety, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and copyright issues surrounding Generative AI. Miles is a 2023-2025 Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellow. Before becoming an attorney, Miles was a librarian. He is still happiest when talking about books. 

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Miles Light

Counsel, Privacy Technology
BBB National Programs

Miles Light is an attorney and technologist working across Privacy Initiatives at BBB National Programs. Before joining BBB National Programs, Miles worked at the Future of Privacy Forum on privacy and data protection issues related to Children, Education, and Smart Cities. Miles has a particular interest in children’s online safety, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and copyright issues surrounding Generative AI. Miles is a 2023-2025 Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellow. Before becoming an attorney, Miles was a librarian. He is still happiest when talking about books. 

Author:

Myriah Jaworski

Member - Cyber Security
Clark Hill Law

Myriah Jaworski is a Data Privacy partner at Clark Hill.  Focusing her practice on the intersection of law and technology, Myriah represents clients in defense of data breach class actions, privacy torts and statutory claims (IRPA/BIPA/VPPA/CIPA), pixel tacking and commercial surveillance matters, internet defamation, technology disputes, and media liability claims. Myriah defends clients in response to regulatory inquiries and investigations arising out of data incidents and privacy practices, including before state Attorney General offices, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Human and Health Services – Office of Civil Rights (HHS/OCR). Myriah litigates in many state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States.  Myriah has defended clients in headline-making cyber bullying and data breach class actions, obtained a first-of-its-kind federal trial damages award in a misdirected wire transfer/business email compromise case, and represented the app developer at the center of the Cambridge Analytica matter in federal court proceedings.  She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, United States (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe (CIPP/E) as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Myriah began her career as a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).

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Myriah Jaworski

Member - Cyber Security
Clark Hill Law

Myriah Jaworski is a Data Privacy partner at Clark Hill.  Focusing her practice on the intersection of law and technology, Myriah represents clients in defense of data breach class actions, privacy torts and statutory claims (IRPA/BIPA/VPPA/CIPA), pixel tacking and commercial surveillance matters, internet defamation, technology disputes, and media liability claims. Myriah defends clients in response to regulatory inquiries and investigations arising out of data incidents and privacy practices, including before state Attorney General offices, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Human and Health Services – Office of Civil Rights (HHS/OCR). Myriah litigates in many state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States.  Myriah has defended clients in headline-making cyber bullying and data breach class actions, obtained a first-of-its-kind federal trial damages award in a misdirected wire transfer/business email compromise case, and represented the app developer at the center of the Cambridge Analytica matter in federal court proceedings.  She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, United States (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe (CIPP/E) as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Myriah began her career as a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).

Author:

Saraswathy RV

PET Engineer
HP Inc.

Saraswathy is a PET (Privacy Enhancing Technologies) Engineer in HP’s Global Privacy Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE).

In her role within the CoE, Sara works to apply a variety of PETs to enterprise scale use cases across the company. In her role she blends the theoretical underpinnings of PETs with a practical focus on business value and risk.

She earned her PhD in Mathematics from University of Cincinnati where her research focused on post quantum cryptography.

She has since worked on researching and developing solutions in privacy using multiple technologies including MultiParty Computation (MPC), Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and Differential Privacy (DP).

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Saraswathy RV

PET Engineer
HP Inc.

Saraswathy is a PET (Privacy Enhancing Technologies) Engineer in HP’s Global Privacy Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE).

In her role within the CoE, Sara works to apply a variety of PETs to enterprise scale use cases across the company. In her role she blends the theoretical underpinnings of PETs with a practical focus on business value and risk.

She earned her PhD in Mathematics from University of Cincinnati where her research focused on post quantum cryptography.

She has since worked on researching and developing solutions in privacy using multiple technologies including MultiParty Computation (MPC), Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and Differential Privacy (DP).

Author:

Sharone Hutterer

Executive Director, CCB Privacy
JPMorgan & Chase Co.
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Sharone Hutterer

Executive Director, CCB Privacy
JPMorgan & Chase Co.
12:50pm

At Partisia we are pioneers in building, tailoring and offering high-security privacy preserving software by providing new standards for secure solutions to protect and compute on confidential and highly regulated data. In this session we will present how Europe is currently focused on using privacy preserving measures in the healthcare industry to encrypt, protect and enable collaboration between hospitals and organizations using Multiparty Computation. In extension of that we will also present the future of data ownership, where each citizen is at the center of their own personal data, and has the power to controllably share it in a transparent and secure way across industries.

Author:

Mark Medum Bundgaard

Chief Product Officer
Partisia
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Mark Medum Bundgaard

Chief Product Officer
Partisia
1:15pm
LUNCH & NETWORKING
SESSION 2: BUSINESS SUCCESS THROUGH PET IMPLEMENTATION
2:15pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLES

This roundtable session comprises government officials, privacy organizations and vendors talking over how PETs is transforming data strategy, unlocking data collaboration opportunities and enabling a regulatory shift in the way data is viewed and used.

Author:

Joshua Rockoff

Senior Strategic Advisor
Red Krypton

Josh excels in decision-making, strategic planning, and implementing Consumer & Retail Commerce strategies across the omnichannel spectrum including Digital, Wholesale, Marketplaces, and Brick & Mortar. Josh is a 3x entrepreneur with successful exits with a web development agency, database marketing, and loyalty. He boasts an extensive leadership history advising private equity, venture capital, strategics, and public companies in traditional and digital marketing, brand positioning, transformation, and merchandising. Josh's stops include brands and retailers such as Diane Von Furstenberg, Urban Decay Cosmetics, Kmart, and Destination Maternity. His experience includes executive roles spanning manufacturing, beauty, cosmetics, SaaS, apparel, and luxury. Recently he served as interim CDO/CIO at the non-alcoholic retailer Boisson, managing digital commerce, customer service, merchandising, technology, omnichannel growth, retention, and performance marketing. Josh currently serves as a Senior Strategic Advisor at Red Krypton. He is an Adjunct Graduate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and NYU’s School of Professional Studies. He graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on Hellenistic Egyptology.

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Joshua Rockoff

Senior Strategic Advisor
Red Krypton

Josh excels in decision-making, strategic planning, and implementing Consumer & Retail Commerce strategies across the omnichannel spectrum including Digital, Wholesale, Marketplaces, and Brick & Mortar. Josh is a 3x entrepreneur with successful exits with a web development agency, database marketing, and loyalty. He boasts an extensive leadership history advising private equity, venture capital, strategics, and public companies in traditional and digital marketing, brand positioning, transformation, and merchandising. Josh's stops include brands and retailers such as Diane Von Furstenberg, Urban Decay Cosmetics, Kmart, and Destination Maternity. His experience includes executive roles spanning manufacturing, beauty, cosmetics, SaaS, apparel, and luxury. Recently he served as interim CDO/CIO at the non-alcoholic retailer Boisson, managing digital commerce, customer service, merchandising, technology, omnichannel growth, retention, and performance marketing. Josh currently serves as a Senior Strategic Advisor at Red Krypton. He is an Adjunct Graduate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and NYU’s School of Professional Studies. He graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on Hellenistic Egyptology.

Author:

Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

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Adhiraj Saxena

Senior Lead, Business Technology Incubation, Singapore IMDA
IMDA

Adhiraj is from the Singapore Government’s IMDA agency. He is the senior lead for its PET unit. As member of the PET Summit’s board, he helped bring the inaugural Asia Pacific PET Summit to Singapore in 2022. He sits in OECD’s PET Experts Workgroup to advice the G7 strategy on trusted data flow and AI safety. He has a background in data science and product development.

We invite companies to bring concrete use cases to discuss as a group and break down the details: how many parties, statistical vs. specific outcomes, interaction picture, data set size, computational complexity, security needs, etc, and suggest trade-offs to select a specific PET.

Author:

David Archer

CTO
Niobium

Dr. David Archer, Chief Technology Officer for Niobium Microsystems, has over 40 years of experience in computer hardware and software development, including over 12 years of R&D in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Dr. Archer developed foundations and application of PETs in well-known US Government programs such as DARPA PROCEED, SafeWare, Brandeis, SIEVE, and DPRIVE; IARPA HECTOR; as well as in programs for the US Departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy, the Census Bureau, and the US Intelligence Community. Dr. Archer is a founding member of the Privacy Preserving Technology Team, United Nations Statistics Division, and co-authored the first UN Privacy Preserving Technology Handbook. Dr. Archer was appointed by the Director of NIST and served as one of seven national judges on the US Privacy Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenge. Dr. Archer served as a Summer Scholar in PETs for the US Census Bureau in 2022.

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David Archer

CTO
Niobium

Dr. David Archer, Chief Technology Officer for Niobium Microsystems, has over 40 years of experience in computer hardware and software development, including over 12 years of R&D in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Dr. Archer developed foundations and application of PETs in well-known US Government programs such as DARPA PROCEED, SafeWare, Brandeis, SIEVE, and DPRIVE; IARPA HECTOR; as well as in programs for the US Departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy, the Census Bureau, and the US Intelligence Community. Dr. Archer is a founding member of the Privacy Preserving Technology Team, United Nations Statistics Division, and co-authored the first UN Privacy Preserving Technology Handbook. Dr. Archer was appointed by the Director of NIST and served as one of seven national judges on the US Privacy Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenge. Dr. Archer served as a Summer Scholar in PETs for the US Census Bureau in 2022.

PETs are a relatively new technology that has the potential to solve significant problems for organizations. Standardized PET solutions empower organizations to use and implement PETs in their own business solutions. However, PETs are based on complex mathematics and can be hard to choose and implement. The purpose of this round table is to discuss, how to make it easier for organizations to successfully choose and implement PETs.

Author:

Jesper Balman Gravgaard

VP of Engineering
Partisia

Jesper is the Vice President of Engineering at Partisia. In the world of software development he stands as a beacon of commercializing innovative ideas through the creation of valuable software solutions focused on meeting customer and user needs. At Partisia we’re dedicated to merging MPC with blockchain technologies, striving to establish a revolutionary benchmark for digital infrastructures. Our vision is to ensure secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security. 

Jesper holds a master of Computer Science and Mathematics. Before his current role he has worked in a variety of development, operations and management roles related to starting and maturing SaaS products. Jesper is also an external examiner on Computer Science for MSc / Bachelor examinations in Denmark.

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Jesper Balman Gravgaard

VP of Engineering
Partisia

Jesper is the Vice President of Engineering at Partisia. In the world of software development he stands as a beacon of commercializing innovative ideas through the creation of valuable software solutions focused on meeting customer and user needs. At Partisia we’re dedicated to merging MPC with blockchain technologies, striving to establish a revolutionary benchmark for digital infrastructures. Our vision is to ensure secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security. 

Jesper holds a master of Computer Science and Mathematics. Before his current role he has worked in a variety of development, operations and management roles related to starting and maturing SaaS products. Jesper is also an external examiner on Computer Science for MSc / Bachelor examinations in Denmark.

3:00pm

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Generative AI (GenAI), third-party vendor risk and sensitive data leakage pose significant challenges for enterprises, some of which may result in significant fines. Similar to other third-party products, nearly all GenAI tools are susceptible to these risks, complicating the development process and necessitating robust privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).

This session will explore innovative real-world implemented technical solutions to these challenges, focusing on real-time data masking and role-based permissions as effective strategies to safeguard sensitive information. We will highlight how pioneering companies, such as the startup Formal, are leading the way in implementing these technologies, and offer insights into their practical application and how auditing processes can detect data sharing.

For privacy professionals, the imperative to practice data minimization and safeguard sensitive information — whether for privacy, contractual, or regulatory reasons — is paramount. This talk will address practical guardrails for enabling GenAI development without compromising on privacy and provide a roadmap for navigating the complexities of data sharing in today's GenAI environment.

Author:

Ian Wardell

Privacy Engineering Lead
Gusto

Ian Wardell, JD is a privacy and security professional with expertise grounded in a deep understanding of the legal and technical aspects of privacy. His work focuses on real-world technical solutions, ensuring compliance and safeguarding data privacy across highly regulated sectors.

Before joining Gusto, Ian was involved in Artificial Intelligence Research at Intel, where he published conference papers, developed models, and contributed to industry ISO Standards for safer data utilization. Prior to this, Ian specialized in Intellectual Property and data protection at Mertzel Law PLLC, where he navigated complex legal landscapes to protect IP and data compliance. Ian has also worked as a manager, and high-performance compute systems administrator, at Rutgers University.

Ian holds a JD from Seton Hall University School of Law as well as a Masters in Cybersecurity and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Political Science from Rutgers University. His academic research includes publications on Product Liability Applied to Automated Decisions, Client-Side Malware Scanning In 802.1x Network Authentication, and AI & Machine Learning in Anomaly Detection.

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Ian Wardell

Privacy Engineering Lead
Gusto

Ian Wardell, JD is a privacy and security professional with expertise grounded in a deep understanding of the legal and technical aspects of privacy. His work focuses on real-world technical solutions, ensuring compliance and safeguarding data privacy across highly regulated sectors.

Before joining Gusto, Ian was involved in Artificial Intelligence Research at Intel, where he published conference papers, developed models, and contributed to industry ISO Standards for safer data utilization. Prior to this, Ian specialized in Intellectual Property and data protection at Mertzel Law PLLC, where he navigated complex legal landscapes to protect IP and data compliance. Ian has also worked as a manager, and high-performance compute systems administrator, at Rutgers University.

Ian holds a JD from Seton Hall University School of Law as well as a Masters in Cybersecurity and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Political Science from Rutgers University. His academic research includes publications on Product Liability Applied to Automated Decisions, Client-Side Malware Scanning In 802.1x Network Authentication, and AI & Machine Learning in Anomaly Detection.

3:20pm

The presentation covers:

  1. The selection process of PETs (internal use case selection, PET selection and vendor selection for that PET).
  2. Where PETs are applicable to a given use case.
  3. How teams need to frame PETs (scalability of process and technology).
  4. Processes to keep them on course to achieve objectives

Author:

Grady Nye

SVP, Assistant General Counsel
Mastercard

Grady is a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel on the Privacy & Data Protection team at Mastercard. Grady is the global privacy lead for Data Analytics, and Loyalty, managing a global team of experts that provide strategic data and privacy advice to Mastercard's fast-growing data analytics and loyalty business. He also plays an important role in the implementation of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), spearheading efforts to be on the cutting edge of product and technology design.

Prior to Mastercard, Grady was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity group.

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Grady Nye

SVP, Assistant General Counsel
Mastercard

Grady is a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel on the Privacy & Data Protection team at Mastercard. Grady is the global privacy lead for Data Analytics, and Loyalty, managing a global team of experts that provide strategic data and privacy advice to Mastercard's fast-growing data analytics and loyalty business. He also plays an important role in the implementation of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), spearheading efforts to be on the cutting edge of product and technology design.

Prior to Mastercard, Grady was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity group.

Author:

John Derrico

VP - Data Sourcing and Emerging Data Technologies
Mastercard
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John Derrico

VP - Data Sourcing and Emerging Data Technologies
Mastercard
3:40pm
COMFORT BREAK
SESSION 3: ADVANCED ANALYTICS, DATA PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION USE CASES
4:10pm

This panel delves into the changing nature of data in the prism of new Generative AI capabilities and the impact of these technologies and investments on the PETs landscape - helping organizations understand the interaction between Generative AI and PETs.

Moderator

Author:

Jeff Dobin

Strategic Accounts & PET Shorts & Data Sorts Host
Fiddler.ai

Jeff is a reformed lawyer and host of the PET Shorts & Data Sorts Podcast, a series focused on AI, data democratization, cybersecurity, and privacy tech. 

He also recently joined Fiddler, a top 10 AI company solving the AI "black box" problem with LLM and ML model explainability, monitoring, and bias assessments.

Additionally, Jeff serves as an advisor to the Responsible AI Leadership Consortium.

With experience leveraging synthetic data, homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, and other privacy preserving methods, Jeff brings a wealth of experience serving both the private and public sectors, in helping them run advanced analytics on protected data while implementing responsible AI by design.

The latest episode of the podcast is out on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music. See here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accelerating-your-ai-program-feat-bjorn-austraat-ex/id1669995307?i=1000648890182

 

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Jeff Dobin

Strategic Accounts & PET Shorts & Data Sorts Host
Fiddler.ai

Jeff is a reformed lawyer and host of the PET Shorts & Data Sorts Podcast, a series focused on AI, data democratization, cybersecurity, and privacy tech. 

He also recently joined Fiddler, a top 10 AI company solving the AI "black box" problem with LLM and ML model explainability, monitoring, and bias assessments.

Additionally, Jeff serves as an advisor to the Responsible AI Leadership Consortium.

With experience leveraging synthetic data, homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, and other privacy preserving methods, Jeff brings a wealth of experience serving both the private and public sectors, in helping them run advanced analytics on protected data while implementing responsible AI by design.

The latest episode of the podcast is out on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music. See here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accelerating-your-ai-program-feat-bjorn-austraat-ex/id1669995307?i=1000648890182

 

Author:

David Archer

CTO
Niobium

Dr. David Archer, Chief Technology Officer for Niobium Microsystems, has over 40 years of experience in computer hardware and software development, including over 12 years of R&D in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Dr. Archer developed foundations and application of PETs in well-known US Government programs such as DARPA PROCEED, SafeWare, Brandeis, SIEVE, and DPRIVE; IARPA HECTOR; as well as in programs for the US Departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy, the Census Bureau, and the US Intelligence Community. Dr. Archer is a founding member of the Privacy Preserving Technology Team, United Nations Statistics Division, and co-authored the first UN Privacy Preserving Technology Handbook. Dr. Archer was appointed by the Director of NIST and served as one of seven national judges on the US Privacy Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenge. Dr. Archer served as a Summer Scholar in PETs for the US Census Bureau in 2022.

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David Archer

CTO
Niobium

Dr. David Archer, Chief Technology Officer for Niobium Microsystems, has over 40 years of experience in computer hardware and software development, including over 12 years of R&D in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Dr. Archer developed foundations and application of PETs in well-known US Government programs such as DARPA PROCEED, SafeWare, Brandeis, SIEVE, and DPRIVE; IARPA HECTOR; as well as in programs for the US Departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy, the Census Bureau, and the US Intelligence Community. Dr. Archer is a founding member of the Privacy Preserving Technology Team, United Nations Statistics Division, and co-authored the first UN Privacy Preserving Technology Handbook. Dr. Archer was appointed by the Director of NIST and served as one of seven national judges on the US Privacy Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenge. Dr. Archer served as a Summer Scholar in PETs for the US Census Bureau in 2022.

Author:

Stavros Zervoudakis

Professor at NYU, and VP of AI
Mutual of America

With over two decades of experience, Stavros Zervoudakis has established himself as a forward-thinking AI leader, sculpting the future with innovative solutions. He boasts an impressive track record, having orchestrated the successful launch of 24 AI initiatives in just three years, including the implementation of a comprehensive Data Science, Analytics, and Machine Learning framework. His work has catalyzed monumental gains, with single projects injecting between $12M and $56M in value.   Recently, Stavros has architected and deployed a groundbreaking, modular Generative AI platform, enriching the digital ecosystem with four pioneering GenAI products seamlessly integrated across six input/output systems. At the helm of his company's AI voyage, he not only crafted the strategic blueprint but also executed the firm's inaugural AI/ML model in a mere three months, netting an impressive $450K in savings.   A natural leader, Stavros has guided teams towards the creation of business-transforming applications, leveraging the latest in technology through agile, SME-centric project methodologies. His tenure as an academic luminary at NYU and the University of Exeter has allowed him to disseminate his profound AI insights, nurturing the next wave of innovation.   His journey with agile startups and industry titans like Citigroup, led him to deep-rooted understanding of regulatory mandates and has empowered him to weave essential privacy and security measures into his strategic visions, product leadership, and advisory roles, benefiting startups and Fortune 500 firms.   Beyond the digital realm, Stavros is a connoisseur of photography, an avid reader, a globetrotter, and a passionate creator of a future Einstein. Connect with him on LinkedIn to explore common interests.

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Stavros Zervoudakis

Professor at NYU, and VP of AI
Mutual of America

With over two decades of experience, Stavros Zervoudakis has established himself as a forward-thinking AI leader, sculpting the future with innovative solutions. He boasts an impressive track record, having orchestrated the successful launch of 24 AI initiatives in just three years, including the implementation of a comprehensive Data Science, Analytics, and Machine Learning framework. His work has catalyzed monumental gains, with single projects injecting between $12M and $56M in value.   Recently, Stavros has architected and deployed a groundbreaking, modular Generative AI platform, enriching the digital ecosystem with four pioneering GenAI products seamlessly integrated across six input/output systems. At the helm of his company's AI voyage, he not only crafted the strategic blueprint but also executed the firm's inaugural AI/ML model in a mere three months, netting an impressive $450K in savings.   A natural leader, Stavros has guided teams towards the creation of business-transforming applications, leveraging the latest in technology through agile, SME-centric project methodologies. His tenure as an academic luminary at NYU and the University of Exeter has allowed him to disseminate his profound AI insights, nurturing the next wave of innovation.   His journey with agile startups and industry titans like Citigroup, led him to deep-rooted understanding of regulatory mandates and has empowered him to weave essential privacy and security measures into his strategic visions, product leadership, and advisory roles, benefiting startups and Fortune 500 firms.   Beyond the digital realm, Stavros is a connoisseur of photography, an avid reader, a globetrotter, and a passionate creator of a future Einstein. Connect with him on LinkedIn to explore common interests.

Author:

Connie Zhang

CEO
Rent|Vest

Decades of working experience spans Data & Analytics | Digital Transformation | FE@MBS/RMBS Prepayment across Banking Finance | Hedge funds | Proptech | FinTech | Pharma. Has built rounds of end-to-end data product with DM/DG & AI/ML capability with data standardization over 2K data feeds. MBA @ Investment Management, BS and MS @Computer Science & CFA.

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Connie Zhang

CEO
Rent|Vest

Decades of working experience spans Data & Analytics | Digital Transformation | FE@MBS/RMBS Prepayment across Banking Finance | Hedge funds | Proptech | FinTech | Pharma. Has built rounds of end-to-end data product with DM/DG & AI/ML capability with data standardization over 2K data feeds. MBA @ Investment Management, BS and MS @Computer Science & CFA.

Author:

Jesper Balman Gravgaard

VP of Engineering
Partisia

Jesper is the Vice President of Engineering at Partisia. In the world of software development he stands as a beacon of commercializing innovative ideas through the creation of valuable software solutions focused on meeting customer and user needs. At Partisia we’re dedicated to merging MPC with blockchain technologies, striving to establish a revolutionary benchmark for digital infrastructures. Our vision is to ensure secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security. 

Jesper holds a master of Computer Science and Mathematics. Before his current role he has worked in a variety of development, operations and management roles related to starting and maturing SaaS products. Jesper is also an external examiner on Computer Science for MSc / Bachelor examinations in Denmark.

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Jesper Balman Gravgaard

VP of Engineering
Partisia

Jesper is the Vice President of Engineering at Partisia. In the world of software development he stands as a beacon of commercializing innovative ideas through the creation of valuable software solutions focused on meeting customer and user needs. At Partisia we’re dedicated to merging MPC with blockchain technologies, striving to establish a revolutionary benchmark for digital infrastructures. Our vision is to ensure secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security. 

Jesper holds a master of Computer Science and Mathematics. Before his current role he has worked in a variety of development, operations and management roles related to starting and maturing SaaS products. Jesper is also an external examiner on Computer Science for MSc / Bachelor examinations in Denmark.

4:55pm

 This session will explore the complex landscape of privacy within higher education, emphasizing universal lessons learned about PETs and privacy programs through the lens of universities with operations and infrastructure the size and complexity of a small city - including healthcare, finance, and defense contracting. 

Author:

Joseph Gridley

Chief Privacy Officer
University of Maryland
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Joseph Gridley

Chief Privacy Officer
University of Maryland
5:15pm

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