Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONFERENCES: FTC announces final agenda and panelists for Big Data workshop, (Sep 3, 2014)
The FTC has announced the final agenda and panelists for its upcoming workshop—“Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?”—which is taking place on September 15 in Washington, D.C.
“Big data” generally refers to advancing technologies that are dramatically expanding the commercial collection, analysis, use, and storage of data. The workshop will examine the use of big data and its impact on consumers, including low-income and underserved consumers. The day-long program will feature presentations and panel discussions with academic researchers, consumer groups, industry representatives, and others with expertise on these issues.
The workshop will include remarks by FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioner Julie Brill and a presentation by Solon Barocas, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy.
The seminar moderators are Katherine Armstrong, Tiffany George, and Katherine Worthman, Senior Attorneys, FTC Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, and Christopher Olsen, Assistant Director, FTC Division of Privacy and Identity Protection.
Panel discussions will include the following:
Assessing the Current Environment – an examination of the current uses of big data in a variety of contexts and how these uses impact consumers;
What’s on the Horizon with Big Data? – a discussion of potential uses of big data as well as the potential benefits and harms for particular groups of consumers;
Surveying the Legal Landscape – a review of antidiscrimination and consumer protection laws and their application to the use of big data; and
Considerations on the Path Forward – an exploration of the best practices for the use of big data to protect consumers.
The all-day workshop, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the auditorium of the Constitution Center located at 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m.
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