Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: FTC announces agenda, panelists for “Internet of Things” workshop, (Nov 8, 2013)

The FTC has announced the agenda and panelists for its workshop entitled Internet of Things: Privacy and Security in a Connected World, to be held in Washington, D.C. on November 19.

The workshop will address how increasingly connected technology affects consumers in their homes, cars, healthcare and fitness, and the problem of balancing the benefits of greater interconnectedness with the threats posed to consumer privacy and security. Workshop topics include “Privacy and Security in a Connected World”, “Contextual Privacy”, the “Smart Home”, “Connected Health and Fitness”, and “Connected Cars”.

The keynote speaker for the workshop will be Vinton Cerf, Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist. Mr. Cerf, recipient of the National Medal of Technology and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, is considered to be the co-creator of TCP/IP, the Internet’s communications protocol.

Other speakers and panelists scheduled to appear include representatives from the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, GE Appliances, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Future of Privacy Forum, Federal Smart Grid Task Force, WellDoc Communications, InGuardians, Toyota Technical Center, Indiana University, University of Washington School of Law, the University of Colorado School of Law, and the FTC Division of Privacy.

The workshop, free and open to the public, will be held on November 19, 2013, starting at 8:30 a.m., at:

and will also be available live over the Internet as a webcast.

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