Varun Badhwar

Vice President

Product Management, CipherCloud

As a founding member of CipherCloud, Varun Badhwar is responsible for

product strategy, product marketing, evangelism, and sales enablement.

Prior to joining CipherCloud, Varun led the team responsible for ensuring the

security of the Force.com ecosystem at Salesforce.com, which included over

1,500 applications from partners across the globe. Prior to Salesforce.com,

he was a Consultant within the Risk Advisory Services group at KPMG. Varun

Badhwar holds a BS degree in Computer Science from the University of

Southern California. He is a Certified Information Systems Security

Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Robert Bast

Director

Amex Bank of Canada

Chantal Bernier

Assistant

Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Chantal Bernier was appointed Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada in

December 2008Ms. Bernier started her career in the federal government as a

lawyer in the Department of Justice Canada. She went on to hold a

directorship at the Privy Council Office before being appointed Assistant

Deputy Minister at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and later on at Public

Safety Canada.

She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Sherbrooke and a

Masters in Public International Law from the London School of Economics

and Political Science.

Rafae Bhatti

Cyber Security Research Manager

Accenture Technology Labs

Rafae Bhatti is a Research Manager in Cyber Security at Accenture

Technology Labs, where he is helping develop Labs's strategic vision on

emerging areas of security and privacy. His research is focused on innovative

solutions to security and privacy for technology paradigms that help enable

online business applications, and developing points of view and technology

assets around them. Prior to Accenture, he has worked at IBM Research and

Oracle. His doctoral work has been cited by the OASIS industry consortium

in connection with standards such as RBAC and SAML. He received a PhD in

Computer Engineering from Purdue University in 2006.

Speaker Bios

Shaun Brown

Partner

nNovation LLP

Shaun Brown is a partner with nNovation LLP, a pre-eminent Canadian law

firm that advises private and public sector organizations in connection with a

broad range of Canadian regulatory regimes. With several years of

experience both in the public and private sectors, Shaun’s practice focuses

on e-marketing, e-commerce, privacy, and access to information.

Alex Cameron

Associate

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Alex Cameron is a lawyer with Fasken Martineau, practising in the areas of

civil litigation and privacy law. He has acted as counsel in several precedent-

setting privacy cases, including most recently in Jones v Tsige, 2012 ONCA

32. He has received high-profile commissions from the Office of the Privacy

Commissioner of Canada, including a privacy handbook for the legal

profession titled PIPEDA and Your Practice: A Privacy Handbook for Lawyers

and a landmark report titled Leading by Example: Key Developments in the

First Seven Years of PIPEDA. Alex is also the Chair of the Canadian Bar

Association National Privacy & Access Law Section and co-author of the book

Electronic Evidence and E-Discovery.

Blair Campbell, CIPP/C

Senior Manager, Privacy

Scotiabank

Blair Campbell is a privacy professional with 15 years of experience in

information security who holds the CISSP, CISA, and CIPP/C

certifications.Blair is Senior Manager, Privacy, for Scotiabank. His role is the

effective management of privacy issues to reduce legal, reputational and

regulatory risk, and attendant financial cost. He oversees the internal PIA

process as well as provides consulting services, training and awareness

across the business lines with emphasis on breach and incident handling.

Additionally, he is also responsible for the rollout of (ISC)²’s Canadian

offering of Safe and Secure Online. Before his career in information security,

Blair managed a renowned Northwest Coast Native art gallery in Vancouver,

B.C.

Janice Campbell

Risk Manager & Privacy Officer

SickKids

Fred Carter

Policy & Information Analyst

Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario

Fred Carter serves the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC)

in a variety of demanding roles as Senior Policy and Technology Advisor. His

primary responsibilities involve providing strategic research, information, and

advisory services to the IPC Commissioners, management and staff on a

wide range of technology and privacy policy issues. He contributed to recent

IPC publications on Identity Theft, Identity Management, Radio Frequency

Identification (RFID), and Biometric Encryption. Prior to joining the IPC, Mr.

Carter worked for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Zero-Knowledge

Systems, and the Standards Council of Canada in similar policy capacities.

Dr. Ann Cavoukian

Information and Privacy Commissioner

Ontario, Canada

Dr. Ann Cavoukian is recognized as one of the leading privacy experts in the

world. Noted for her seminal work on privacy enhancing technologies (PETs)

in 1995, her concept of Privacy by Design seeks to proactively embed

privacy into the design specifications of information technology and

accountable business practices, thereby achieving the strongest protection

possible. In October 2010, regulators from around the world gathered at the

annual assembly of International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners

in Jerusalem, Israel, and unanimously passed a landmark resolution

recognizing Privacy by Design as an essential component of fundamental

privacy protection. This was followed by the U.S. Federal Trade

Commission’s inclusion of Privacy by Design as one of its three

recommended practices for protecting online privacy—a major validation of

its significance.

Yim Chan, CIPP/C

Privacy and Data Protection Executive, IBM Corporation

Chief Privacy Officer IBM Canada

Yim Chan has been with IBM for over 30 years. She has been IBM Canada's

Chief Privacy Officer since 2002 and has also been the Global Privacy

Executive for the IBM Corporation since 2007. Her responsibilities include

developing and implementing programs at the enterprise level and

embedding privacy into IBM's relevant business processes. Managing both

roles reflects the increasing complexity of the privacy requirements

demanded of globally-integrated organizations such as IBM and the steps

necessary to be taken to maintain recognition as a technology and business

leader. Yim sits on two Privacy Advisory Boards: the International

Association of Privacy Professionals and an alumni member of the University

of Waterloo.

Kevin Chan

Director, Policy and Research, Legal Services, Policy and Research Branch

Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada

Kevin is Director of Policy, Parliamentary Affairs and Research in the Office of

the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. He has extensive experience working

at the centre of both Government and Opposition. From 2009 – 2011 he

was Director of Policy, and Senior Policy Advisor and Transition Secretary, to

the Leader of the Opposition. In June 2009, the Leader appointed him to the

Government-Opposition Employment Insurance. Kevin graduated from

Harvard Kennedy School and the Ivey School of Business, where he was a

President Scholar. He also studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

and is an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Jill Clayton

Information and Privacy Commissioner

Alberta, Canada

Jill Clayton was sworn in as Alberta’s third Information and Privacy

Commissioner on February 1, 2012.Ms. Clayton began her career with

Alberta’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) in 2004

as a portfolio officer with the team responsible for ensuring oversight and

compliance with Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). She

served as acting director, PIPA, from 2007 to 2008 and director, PIPA, from

2008 to 2011. In June of 2010 Ms. Clayton was appointed Assistant

Commissioner, responsible for the development, implementation and

oversight of amendments to PIPA, particularly mandatory breach notification

requirements. Ms. Clayton holds degrees in History (BA) and Environmental

Design (MEDes Planning) from the University of Calgary.

Estella Cohen

Issues Manager

Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner

Estella Cohen is an Issues Manager at the Office of the Information and

Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC), the independent body that oversees

the privacy and access laws in Ontario. Most of her professional experience

has been in the Ontario Public Service (OPS), where she was responsible for

several strategic projects, both at Management Board and the Ministry of

Government Services. In 2006, Estella was charged with developing and

implementing a comprehensive privacy awareness program for Ontario

Shared Services. The program was awarded a Public Sector Quality Award in

2008. For the past three years, Estella has coordinated Privacy by Design

workshops in Madrid, Jerusalem and Mexico City.

Alyssa Daku, CIPP/C

Manager of Corporate Information Governance

City of Regina

Alyssa Daku is presently the Manager of Corporate Information Governance

at the City of Regina. In addition to her municipal and health sector

experience, Alyssa has provided consulting services for various organizations

on information governance issues including privacy and access. She has a

Masters in Public Administration and her CIPP/C. Other areas of expertise

include open government, health policy, data protection and use of new

technologies in government.

Laura Davison, CIPP/US, CIPP/C

Chief Privacy Officer

Institute for Clinial Evaluative Sciences

Laura Davison is Chief Privacy Officer of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative

Sciences. Laura came to ICES from Deloitte, where she served as Deputy

Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer for

Deloitte in Canada since 2006. Laura is also an active contributor to the

development of the privacy bar and wider privacy profession. She has been

a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ advisory

board for Canada since its inception, and an active member of the OBA

Privacy Law Section executive of which she is currently chair.

Elizabeth Denham

Information and Privacy Commissioner

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia

Effective November 1, 2007, Elizabeth Denham was appointed Assistant

Privacy Commissioner of Canada with primary responsibility for the federal

private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic

Documents Act (PIPEDA). Immediately prior to this appointment, she served

as Director of Research, Analysis and Stakeholder Relations with the Office of

the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Ms. Denham has extensive experience

in the privacy and access field from the perspectives of both government and

private sector, including several years of senior level leadership in provincial

and municipal governments, as well as health and regulatory organizations

in Alberta.She holds degrees in history (Bachelor of Arts) and archival and

information science (Masters of Arts) from the University of British Columbia.

Michael DeSantis

Legal Counsel

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Dave Douglas

Policy Advisor

Office of the Chief Information & Privacy Officer

Dave Douglas has worked in various capacities in access and privacy in the

Ontario Government over the past 20 years, including Freedom of

Information and Privacy Coordinator and Program Advisor. For the past 4

years he has held the position of Enterprise Freedom of Information

Coordinator, in the Information, Privacy and Archives Division of the Ministry

of Government Services.

Keith P. Enright, CIPP/US, CIPP/G

Senior Corporate Counsel, Privacy

Google Inc.

Keith Enright joined Google in March 2011 as senior privacy counsel. Prior to

then, Enright served as chief privacy officer and vice president for Macy's

Inc., and as chief privacy officer and director, Enterprise Information Policy,

for Limited Brands Inc.

Previous roles include senior consultant and privacy technology lead at IBM

business consulting services’ public sector security, privacy and wireless

practice, and general counsel and vice president of ISP relations for

Adknowledge Inc.

Enright serves on a number of industry advisory boards and is frequently a

featured speaker at industry events focusing on privacy and IT security.

Lindsey Finch, CIPP

Senior Global Privacy Counsel

salesforce.com

Lindsey Finch is salesforce.com’s first Privacy Counsel, where she is

responsible for coordinating salesforce.com’s global privacy policies and

practices. Lindsey works directly with salesforce.com’s customers on their

privacy and data protection concerns, builds internal policies and training

employees on their privacy responsibilities, and works with developers to

build privacy architecture into salesforce.com’s services. A practicing

attorney and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Lindsey

reports directly to salesforce.com’s General Counsel. Lindsey received her

Juris Doctor from American University, Washington College of Law and her

B.A. in Communication and Political Science from University of California,

San Diego. Lindsey is a member of the California Bar. (12-08)

Gilles Fourchet, CIPP/IT

Information Privacy & Security Specialist

Ministry of Community and Social Services

Gilles is the Information Privacy & Security Specialist for the 2 Ministries in

charge of the Social Assistance programs in Ontario. Gilles has spent his

entire career in IT, educating his customers about security issues. For the

past 8 years, Gilles has worked for organizations dealing with both access to

information and protection of sensitive personal information, such as health,

insurance and governmental organizations. Gilles recognizes the importance

and value of Privacy and has always promoted the use of Privacy and

Security as a unique solution.

David T S Fraser

Partner

McInnes Cooper, Halifax

David Fraser is a partner with McInnes Cooper, working with a range of

private and public sector clients to implement compliance programs for

Canadian privacy legislation. He regularly provides opinions related to

Canadian privacy law for both Canadian and international clients and is a

frequently invited speaker on this topic. David also acts for complainants and

respondents in matters referred to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

He is the author of the popular Canadian Privacy Law Blog

(www.privacylawyer.ca/blog). In addition, David is the President of the

Canadian IT Law Association and the Chair of National Privacy and Access

Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association.

David Goodis

Director Legal Services

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

David is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario’s law school, and

was called to the Ontario bar in 1988. David represents the IPC in judicial

review hearings before the Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal,

and provides legal advice to the Commissioner on a wide range of access

and privacy matters. David has also served as the IPC’s Manager of

Adjudication and Senior Adjudicator, and in that role managed a team of

adjudicators, and conducted inquiries and issued orders on access to

information appeals. In addition, David is the Past Chair of the Ontario Bar

Association’s Administrative Law Section, and taught Public Law to bar

admission students.

Robin Gould-Soil, CIPP, CIPP/C

Former Director PIPEDA

Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Robin Gould-Soil, is the Chief Privacy Officer at TD Bank Financial Group, a

position she has held since November 2000. In this role, she is charged with

overseeing the development and execution of the Bank’s corporate privacy

strategy as well as that of its insurance, securities and other subsidiaries in

Canada. Her responsibilities; ensuring the integration of privacy

management into business planning and operations; fostering the

development of a privacy culture and mindset within the organization

through privacy training, education and other communications; advising

employees on resolving privacy complaints and requests; monitoring

risk/control issues and developing tools to help implement, monitor and

evaluate compliance throughout the organization; and liaising with external

privacy bodies and industry groups. (2009)

Jeff Green

VP Global Compliance & Chief Privacy Officer

RBC Royal Bank

As vice-president, Global Compliance & Chief Privacy Officer, Mr. Green is

part of the Group Risk Management function where he leads and is

responsible for setting the strategic direction for regulatory and compliance

risk management and controls for Canadian Banking and Caribbean Banking,

consistent with RBC’s strategic objectives and risk appetite, while promoting

a strong culture of compliance across RBC. He provides oversight of

regulatory and compliance controls as it relates to laws, regulations and

regulatory expectations which govern the activities of Canadian Banking and

Caribbean Banking in all jurisdictions in which they operate. As Chief Privacy

Officer, Mr. Green oversees the strategic management of privacy and

information risk on an enterprise-wide basis.

Ann-Marie Hayden

Director, Communications

Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada

Anne-Marie Hayden is Director General of Communications for the Office of

the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and has been with the OPC for

more than a decade. She is responsible for leading the office’s

communications team, and all internal and external communications and

outreach activities, including media relations and media analysis,

publications and production, special events and speeches, public opinion

research, translation, web and multimedia, as well as the OPC’s client service

centre. Prior to joining the OPC, Anne-Marie worked as a communications

consultant in the private sector, for a public relations and communications

firm based in the National Capital Region.

Brent Homan

Director General, PIPEDA Investigations

Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada

John Jager, CIPP/C

VP Research Services

NYMITY, Inc.

John Jager, CIPP/US, CIPP/C, is an accredited and experienced privacy

professional who has been Nymity’s Vice President, Research Services since

2006. John’s experience in privacy includes 2 years as the Chief Privacy

Officer at Sears Canada Inc. John is a regulator contributor to the IAPP’s

monthly newsletter, The Privacy Advisor, on issues relating to Canadian

privacy developments, a frequent presenter at privacy conferences and is co-

author of the Nymity Privacy Compliance Guide published by LexisNexis.

John has served on a number of industry privacy bodies including chair of

the Canadian Marketing Association’s Privacy and Ethics Committee and co-

chair of the Retail Council of Canada’s Privacy Committee.

Constantine Karbaliotis, CIPP, CIPP/C, CIPP/IT

Americas Privacy Officer

Mercer

Constantine Karbaliotis became Americas privacy leader at Mercer in 2010,

and acts as its chief privacy officer for the Americas, assisting Mercer in

complying with applicable privacy legislation and standards in the Americas.

Reporting to Mercer's chief compliance officer - Americas, Karbaliotis

manages the company's internal compliance and the development and

implementation of privacy programs, policies and initiatives within Mercer.

Karbaliotis previously acted as information privacy lead for Symantec,

responsible for its global privacy compliance program. Karbaliotis received

his law degree from Queen's University in 1984, was called to the Bar of the

Province of Ontario as barrister and solicitor in 1986 and was in private

practice for 10 years.

Adam Kardash

Partner

Heenan Blaikie LLP

Adam Kardash is co-head of Heenan Blaikie’s National Privacy and

Information Management group, and Managing Director and Head of Access

Privacy, a Heenan Blaikie consulting services company.

Adam has extensive experience in the privacy law area, and regularly

advises on a broad range of data protection issues and privacy compliance

initiatives. He assists in-house counsel and Chief Privacy Officers of

organizations in the private, health and not-for-profit sectors on conducting

privacy impact assessments and privacy and security reviews/audits;

drafting privacy policies, practises and procedures; undertaking privacy

compliance initiatives; managing security breaches; representing

organizations on privacy regulatory investigations, and the drafting and

negotiation of service provider arrangements involving personal information,

including transborder data flows.

Kris Klein, CIPP/C

Managing Director

IAPP Canada

Kris Klein has more than a decade of experience in the federal regulatory

arena, which he gained in both the public and private sectors in Canada. He

is also one of the country’s leading experts on the application of the Access

to Information Act, the Privacy Act and the Personal Information Protection

and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Klein practiced law with a

preeminent national firm for several years prior to gaining a significant

amount of litigation experience working for the Federal Department of

Justice. He also has provided instrumental and crucial legal advice for the

Privy Council Office.

Tracy Ann Kosa

PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Science, Computer Science Department

UOIT

Tracy Ann Kosa is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of

Ontario Institute of Technology. Her research examines the use of artificial

intelligence techniques for predicting privacy preferences, trust models for

privacy, privacy analysis of GSM services, and a model for predicting privacy

risk for organizations. Ms. Kosa has written over 25 articles, as well as

presented regularly at conferences discussing privacy in the public and

health sectors.

Peter Kosmala, CIPP

Senior Vice President, Government Relations

4As

Ryan LaSalle

Senior Director Cyber Security R&D

Accenture Technology Labs

Ryan LaSalle is a Senior Executive with the Accenture Technology Labs,

serving as head of Cyber R&D and the Washington, D.C. Technology Lab.

Ryan leads cyber security research for the Labs with a focus on bringing

analytics, knowledge discovery and mission assurance together to develop

new approaches to threat assessments and successful responses. The

Security R&D group within Accenture Technology Labs is focused on the

broader use of emerging technologies to enable stronger identity assurance,

protect against cyber threats and drive greater business value from security

investments.

Philippe Leclerc

Interactive Communications Manager

City of Regina

Philippe Leclerc is currently the Manager of Interactive Communications at

the City of Regina. For the past 14 years, Philippe has helped lead

organizations to re-assess their use of interactive technologies to improve

business and customer engagement. He has worked as the lead consultant

with HSBC Hong Kong and Citibank (Korea and Australia). In 2009, he

launched an ACE communications award-winning social media citizen

engagement campaign at the City of Regina. He is a certified usability

analyst with a background in information design. Most recently the City of

Regina has been nationally recognized with a Gold medal from the 2011

Government Technology awards for its use of social media in municipal

government.

Andre Leduc

Manager, National Anti-spam Coordinating Body

Industry Canada

Mr. Andre Leduc is the Manager of the National Anti-spam Coordinating Body

with the Electronic Commerce Branch at Industry Canada, where he

specializes in policies related to cybercrime, spam and related online threats,

cryptography and cybersecurity. Andre was the lead analyst in the creation

of Canada’s Anti-spam Law (CASL) and has appeared in front of

Parliamentary Committees in defense of the legislation.His previous

government role was as an e-business development analyst in Industry

Canada where he worked closely with both Statistics Canada and the private

sector in developing metrics to track electronic commerce in Canada. He was

also a member of the Canadian e-Business Initiative secretariat and played a

leading role in the development of the Canadian Net Impact Studies.

Caitlin Lemiski

Policy Analyst

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia

Paul Lewis, CIPP/C, CIPP/IT

Managing Director

Ethtelligent Consulting Inc.

Paul is managing director of Ethtelligent Consulting Inc. which specializes in

IT Security, Privacy, Management Consulting and Advisory services. Paul has

more than 24 years international consulting experience and has held senior

management positions in leading technology and “big 4” audit firms

advising clients on complex security and privacy issues. Paul has an honors

degree in Computer Science from Manchester University in the UK, the

leading computer science educational institution and birthplace of the

modern computer.

Theo Ling

Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Theo Ling is a Baker & McKenzie partner and Chair of the firm's Global

Privacy and Information Management Steering Committee. Mr. Ling's

international commercial/regulatory practice is focused on technology-based

issues and the converging computer, Internet and communications

industries. Theo is a senior member of B&M's Global Information

Technology/Communications Practice Group, which is top ranked by

Chambers and Partners in each of the areas of Data Protection, Outsourcing,

and Technology & Communications. Mr. Ling is a lead editor of the Global

Privacy Handbook, and coordinator of BakerGPS (Global Privacy Strategy).

Theo serves on the Advisory Council for Nymity, a leading privacy-research

firm and Panel of Experts for DataGuidance, a publisher of global data

protection and privacy compliance information.

Jay Loder, CIPP/C

Manager, Privacy

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Jay has worked on privacy and access to information matters for close to

ten years with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. In these

areas, Jay has worked on a wide variety of regulatory matters involving

entities in the public and private sectors in relation to privacy complaints

and access to information requests and appeals. Jay has also led

investigations in compliance matters, developed policies, service provider

arrangements, audits, reviews, negotiations, privacy impact assessments

and responses to privacy breaches and the impact of privacy on litigation.

Jay was a founding member of the British Columbia Privacy Professionals

Network and is the current co-chair. Jay has been an active Advisory Board

member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (Canada).

Stephen McCammon

Legal Counsel

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Stephen McCammon is Legal Counsel at the Office of the Ontario Information

and Privacy Commissioner. Stephen provides the Commissioner with a

broad range of legal services with an emphasis on issues relating to

administrative law, privacy, transparency and the state. As a part of the

IPC’s litigation team, he has represented the Commissioner before the

Ontario Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Supreme

Court of Canada. Prior to arriving at the Commissioner's Office in 2004,

Stephen spent 10 years at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, 1st as an

articling student, then as staff counsel.

Barbara A. McIsaac

Borden Ladner Gervais

Barbara McIsaac is Counsel in the Ottawa office of Borden Ladner Gervais

LLP where she advises private sector clients, governments and government

agencies on issues relating to public procurements, Charter and Human

Rights issues, legislative mandates, jurisdiction and the conduct of

investigations. Barbara is recognized as one of the leading Canadian

practitioners in the areas of procurement law and privacy and access to

information law and is co-author of The Law of Privacy in Canada (Carswell,

2000). She served as senior counsel to the Somalia Inquiry and senior

counsel for the Government of Canada for the Arar Inquiry. Barbara received

her LLB from Queen's University.

Peter McLaughlin, CIPP

Senior Counsel

Foley & Lardner LLP

Peter F. McLaughlin is senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member

of the firm’s Privacy Practice and the Health Care Industry Team. As the

former global privacy director and assistant general counsel of a Fortune 20

health care company, Mr. McLaughlin has specific experience in data privacy

and security issues relevant to the health care sector.

In 2010, the Legal 500 recognized Mr. McLaughlin’s work in the area of data

protection and privacy. Mr. McLaughlin received his J.D. from Georgetown

Law Center in 1993 and his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in

1986. He is vice-chair of the ABA’s Information Security Committee.

Terry McQuay, CIPP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G

President

NYMITY, Inc.

Terry McQuay is President and Founder of Nymity, a global privacy and data

protection research firm best known for its compliance and accountability

tools for privacy professionals. Terry is CIPP,CIPP/C, CIPP/E and CIPP/G

certified, a Fellow for the Ponemon Institute, on the Advisory Council for The

Future of Privacy Forum(FPF), resides on the IAPP US Certification Advisory

Board, is an IAPP Professional Privacy Trainer, co-chair of an IAPP

KnowledgeNet and is an IAPP CIPP Foundations Trainer. Terry is a member

of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL) and a Privacy by

Design (PbD) Ambassador and is also involved with the USCIB, BIAC, ICC

and attends OECD and APEC privacy meetings.

David Morgan, CIPP, CIPP/C

Privacy Manager

Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information

David Morgan is the Privacy Manager at the Newfoundland and Labrador

Centre for Health Information. As Privacy Manager, David provides general

privacy guidance on all Centre activities, including the development of the

Provincial Electronic Health Record.

David has a Ph.D. in Computing Science from University of Alberta and holds

Certified Information Privacy Professional designations from the International

Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). As a privacy professional, David

has served on the Publication Advisory Board of the IAPP, and is currently a

member of the Canada Health Infoway Health Information Privacy Group, as

well as the COACH Privacy and Security Steering Committee.

Brian Neill

Manager, Platform Security

Research in Motion Ltd.

Fazila Nurani, CIPP/C

President

PrivaTech Consulting

Fazila Nurani was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2001, and is the President

and Founder of PrivaTech Consulting (www.privatech.ca). PrivaTech

specializes in advising organizations on implementing privacy and

information security best practices, and complying with Canadian privacy

laws. Fazila’s privacy consulting, legal and training services have benefited

those operating in a variety of industries to better manage privacy and

information security risks, including marketing firms, the insurance and

health sectors, debt collectors, technology companies, retailers, the staffing

industry and financial service providers. Fazila has also worked extensively

with the Federal and Ontario governments, providing direction on the

implementation of initiatives with privacy implications.

Claudiu Popa, CIPP

President

Informatica Corporation

Claudiu Popa is the Chief Executive Officer of Informatica Corporation, an

industry leading management consulting firm focused on information asset

protection, advisory services and strategic consulting within governance, risk

management and compliance (GRC).Mr. Popa oversees the strategic

direction of the company with a focus on executive advisory programs,

partnerships, educational programs and media relationships.He is directly

involved in the development of systems, methodologies and programs that

deliver increasing value and innovation to an exclusive clientele across North

America. He is a published author and respected authority within his field,

routinely approached by media and notable publications such as the

CBC,CityNews, GlobalTV, the Globe and Mail, the Financial Post and

numerous technology trade publications.

Norine Primeau-Menzies, CIPP/C

Vice President, Customer Services & Chief Privacy Offier

Ontario Telemedicine Network

Norine Primeau-Menzies is the Vice President, Customer Services and Chief

Privacy Officer for OTN (Ontario Telemedicine Network). A Registered Nurse,

with 20 years’ experience in healthcare leadership in Ontario, Norine holds a

Master’s Degree in Health Studies from Athabasca University in Alberta (CA),

and is currently completing her Masters of Business Administration at the

Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa). Norine is also a CIPP/C

through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In

addition to providing leadership for the privacy function, Norine leads all

operations for OTN’s Contact Center/scheduling, e-learning and training,

member service deployment and service optimization at OTN.

Thérèse Reilly, CIPP/C

Law Office, M Therese Reilly

Thérèse Reilly, JD, LLM and CIPP/C specializing in privacy law and providing

privacy risk advice. Her expertise includes 18 years of leadership as in-house

legal counsel and roles in corporate governance and as Director of Privacy

for AOL-Canada and Chief Privacy Officer of the Financial Advisors

Association of Canada. She specializes in privacy and the management of

data security and personal information breaches. She counsels clients on the

essentials of a privacy compliant management program, breach response,

privacy policies, training, terms of use and the rules governing the use of

user-generated content on websites. Thérèse is a member of the IAPP

Canadian Advisory Board. She holds a Master’s of Law in Alternative Dispute

Resolution from York University, and an LLB and BA from the University of

Alberta.

Joe Rosenbaum

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Della Shea, CIPP/C

Chief Privacy & Information Risk Officer

Symcor Inc.

Dale E. Skivington

Executive Director of Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer

Dell

Dale Skivington joined Dell last June as the global lead for Compliance and

Privacy. Prior to joining Dell she was an Assistant General Counsel at

Eastman Kodak and its first Chief Privacy Officer. Dale is especially excited to

lead such as talented group of privacy professionals at Dell and looks

forward to maturing the program as Dell moves into new businesses. When

not connecting with staff in Austin and around the globe from her upstate

New York home, Dale spends her time on Upper Saranac Lake in the

Adirondacks in either a sail boat or kayak.

Amalia Steiu, CIPP/IT

Enterprise Risk Advisor

Informatica Corporation

Amalia is an information risk, security and privacy advisor with

experience spanning two decades in the pharmaceutical and healthcare

sectors, with a focus on Canadian, US and UK privacy compliance. Amalia

leads the Healthcare Risk Advisor practice for Informatica Security

Corporation, manages privacy re-engineering projects for legacy processes

and works closely with Informatica Research on initiatives to benefit the

industry and advance the profession as a whole. Amalia is a CIPP/IT, PMP

and CRISC certified professional who believes privacy adoption is of

paramount importance in bolstering every organization's information risk

maturity

Lynsday Wasser

Partner

McMillan, LLP

John Weigelt

National Technology Officer

Microsoft Canada Co.

As the national technology officer for Microsoft Canada, John Weigelt drives

the company’s strategic policy and technology efforts. He is the company’s

lead public advocate on the development of national technology policy and

the use of technology by government, education and the healthcare

community; leads outreach for economic development, environmental

sustainability, accessibility, privacy, critical infrastructure protection,

government 2.0 and interoperability; and is responsible for the development

and implementation of strategies that strengthen the company’s

relationships with the Canadian technology industry at large.

Alma Whitten

Director of Privacy for Product and Engineering

Google Inc.

Alma Whitten joined Google in 2003 and is currently Google's director of

privacy for product and engineering. In 2004, she received her computer

science PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, where she specialized in

human factors challenges for computer security.

Bill Wilson

Chief Privacy Technologist

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

William (Bill) Wilson is the Chief Privacy Technologist at the Office of the

Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) through an Interchange program

from Breckenhill Inc. since June 2009. As a practitioner, Bill’s responsibilities

included providing astute analysis, workable solutions and risk mitigation

strategies for the daily problems faced by public and private sector

executives struggling with governance and control challenges in the

increasingly invasive, complex and rapidly changing technical environment of

the Internet, collaborative software and business intelligence.Bill is a

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified in the

Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), both received from the Information

Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

Blair Witzel

Senior Privacy Analyst

MD+A Healthc Solutions

Blair Witzel is an experienced IM/IT consultant with 12 years in healthcare

informatics, which includes 8 years of experience providing privacy advisory

services to health organizations. Blair’s work includes leading privacy impact

assessments, and developing privacy policies and requirements for programs

and enterprises. Blair has extensive experience working directly with

healthcare organizations in the customization and deployment of health

information systems at the clinical level. This provides him with a strong

understanding of the real-world scenarios in which privacy solutions are

deployed, and ensures he is able to integrate solutions with patient privacy,

treatment and care.

Nicole Wolters Ruckert

Attorney

Kenedy Van der Laan

Nicole has been focusing more on advising on privacy matters, personal data

protection and information technology. She advises various international

businesses on all sorts of issues in the field of personal data protection: for

example, with the implementation of centralized personnel systems, on e-

mail and internet monitoring, whistle blowing and internal complaint

mechanisms, and on the international transfer of personal data. She advises

on issues concerning the international transfer of data to a large degree.

Nicole graduated in law in Belgium and next completed a master's degree

program International Business Law at the Amsterdam Nyenrode Law

School. In 2008, Nicole successfully completed the Grotius Information Law

Training.

Andrea York

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Andrea York is a Partner in the Labour & Employment and Privacy Groups at

Blakes. She represents employers in a variety of business contexts involving

all aspects of the employment relationship. Andrea's privacy law practice

includes assisting organizations in compliance matters, responding to

privacy-related complaints, dealing with data breaches and drafting and

implementing privacy and social media policies. Andrea is also the Privacy

Officer at Blakes, Chair of the Firm’s Privacy Group, Co-chair of the Firm’s

Equity & Diversity Committee, and has been a member of the Firm’s Social

Media Working Group.

Howard Young

Program Manager

IBM Canada

Howard Young is the Privacy Program Manager in the Corporate Privacy

Office responsible for the privacy risk management software tools. In his

current technical role, he leverages his business school training and business

transformation consulting skills in helping the Corporate Privacy Office meet

its objectives for pro-actively and responsibly handling personal information

of IBM employees, clients and business partners.

He has Finance Industry and Business Consulting background with global

experience through various international assignments within IBM. He has a

MBA and has several IBM patents.