6th Annual Conference & Exposition
Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia
February 10-11, 2005

About the Conference

Overview

On behalf of Hon. Joyce Murray, Minister of Management Services, Government of British Columbia, we invite you to attend our sixth annual conference on privacy and security.

This conference and exposition is recognized as one of the pinnacle events on privacy and security in North America. More than 750 delegates from across North America attended the 2004 conference.

Keynote Speakers

• Jonathan Zittrain, Co-founder, Harvard Law School's Berkman School for Internet and Society - "High-tech battle between control and freedom, censorship, monitoring and the law"
• Margaret Bloodworth, Deputy Minister, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
• Janlori Goldman, Director, Health Privacy Project and Research Analyst, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons
• Chief Edgar MacLeod, President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
• Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada - Inter-jurisdictional privacy law issues
• Katherine Albrecht, Ed.M., Founder and Director, CASPIAN Consumer Advocacy Advanced Doctoral Candidate, Harvard University
• Dr. Ewa Kulesza, Inspector General for Personal Data Protection, Poland

* = invited

Featured speakers

• Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Management Services and Minister Responsible for the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Province of British Columbia
• Michael Thieme, Director of Special Projects, International Biometric Group

* = invited

Topics

• Emerging technologies
• Biometrics
• Wireless computing - can it be done securely?
• Authentication, authorization & identity management
• Identity theft
• Critical Infrastructure Security
• USA Patriot Act
• Cyber-crime forensics
• Privacy and Business