Victoria Conference Centre
Victoria, BC, Canada

About the Conference

Overview

The Annual Privacy and Security Conference and Exposition, hosted by the Province of British Columbia, has become a leading event in North America for those working in the information privacy and security fields. Held in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the two-day conference draws an international audience of over 1000 delegates with an interest in cutting edge policy, programs, research and technologies aimed at the protection of privacy and security.

International Target Audience:

• Senior government officials
• Governmental and non-governmental agencies
• Technology experts
• Academics and Legal Professionals

Plenary Session Topics:

• Cloud Computing
• Social Media
• Cyber Security
• Identity Management
• Behavioural Targeting
• Data Stewardship
• Law and Legislation
• Data Breaches
• Mobile Life
• Virtualization
• Data Loss Prevention
• Copyright and IP

CPE Credits:

A reminder that this conference qualifies for CPE credits for most professional associations (eg. IAPP, ISACA, ISC2, and CAPAPA).

*NOTE:

• The Law Society of British Columbia has approved the 2011 Privacy & Security Conference for 22 hours of professional development credits.
• A reminder to all 2010 attendees that the Law Society of British Columbia approved the 2010 Privacy and Security Conference for 15 hours of professional development credits.

Featured Speakers:

• Sigrid Arzt, Commissioner of the Federal Institute for Access to Public Information and Data Protection (IFAI), Mexico
• Shaun Brown, nNovation LLP
• Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, Canada
• Dr. Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa
• Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?
• Ritchie Leslie, TELUS
• Alice Marwick, Postdoctoral researcher, Microsoft Research
• Chris Swecker, retired Executive Assistant Director, FBI; and former Global Security Director, Bank of America
• Berin Szoka, Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation
• Jeff Wacker, Services Innovation Lead and HP Fellow, HP Enterprise Services

Accommodation:

The Fairmont Empress is offering a conference rate of $122.00 per night (government rate of $100.00). A limited number of rooms have been reserved for delegates. Mention Privacy Conference/Reboot Communications.

Please contact the Fairmont Empress:
Reservations: 1.800.441.1414
Phone: 250.384.8111
Fax: 250.381.4334
Email: theempress@fairmont.com
www.fairmont.com/empress

Conference Delegates will receive a 20% discount on 60 or 90 minute spa experiences compliments of The Willow Stream Spa at The Fairmont Empress http://www.willowstream.com/empress