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Privacy-Enhancing Technology North America Summit 2024
May 2025

Why Should Investors Attend PETs NA 2024?

Are you an investor looking to understand more about PETs and the ever-increasing need for PET implementation within data-heavy applications and systems? Are you looking for real-world applications of the technologies? Check out some sessions below that will enhance your understanding of PETs and their enterprise-level implementation.

If you'd like to find out more information about attending as an investor, register your interest here

Featured Speakers Include

Author:

Brandon Seltenrich

Senior Vice President, Global Privacy
Paramount

Brandon Seltenrich

Senior Vice President, Global Privacy
Paramount

Author:

Orrie Dinstein

Global Chief Privacy Officer
Marsh McLennan

Orrie Dinstein

Global Chief Privacy Officer
Marsh McLennan

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.

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:

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. 

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:

Jean Bozman

President
Cloud Architects Advisors, LLC

Jean S. Bozman is an IT industry analyst focusing on cloud infrastructure and the proud founder of a new company, Cloud Architects Advisors LLC.

She has had experience as an IDC Research VP for 10+ years and has covered the semiconductor industry as an analyst for over 20 years.

Jean Bozman

President
Cloud Architects Advisors, LLC

Jean S. Bozman is an IT industry analyst focusing on cloud infrastructure and the proud founder of a new company, Cloud Architects Advisors LLC.

She has had experience as an IDC Research VP for 10+ years and has covered the semiconductor industry as an analyst for over 20 years.

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.

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.

Agenda Highlights

PANEL: How PETs Enhance Data Governance and Accountability, Helping Achieve Business Success

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. 

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).

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).

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.

Sharone Hutterer

Executive Director, CCB Privacy
JPMorgan & Chase Co.

PANEL: Exploring The Implications Of AI For PETs: Harnessing Data & Developing An AI Toolkit

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

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS AND KEYNOTE: Adopting PETs: Questions and Considerations for Privacy Tech Implementers

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.

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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