2016 Symposium: Privacy of the Home and the Internet of Things

Keynote by Mary Ellen Callahan Connected Homes and the Curtilage

Event Information

Registration Information

$85 for Attorneys Registering for CLE credit
$35 for the General Public
$20 for Non-UNC Students
Free for UNC Students and Faculty

Please fill out the registration form and pay the appropriate fee at the door.

Registration closes on February 11, 2016.

Symposium Schedule

8:00-8:30 — Registration and Breakfast

8:30-8:40 — Opening Remarks

8:40-9:20 — Panel 1 – Moderator: Anne Klinefelter, Associate Professor of Law, UNC-Chapel Hill

Tom Callahan, President, Sawyers Control Systems

Christopher Ayers, Executive Director of the North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff

9:20-9:35 — Q&A with Panel 1

9:35 -10:15 — Panel 2 – Moderator: Mary-Rose Papandrea, Professor of Law, UNC-Chapel Hill

David Hoffman, Director of Security Policy & Global Privacy Officer, Intel

Paula J. Bruening, Senior Counsel, Global Privacy Policy at Intel Corporation

10:15-10:30 — Q&A with Panel 2

10:30 – 10:40 — Break

10:40 -11:20 — Panel 3 – Moderator: Joseph Kennedy, Professor of Law, UNC-Chapel Hill

Stephanie Pell, Assistant Professor and Cyber Ethics Fellow at West Point’s Army Cyber Institute (ACI)

Woodrow Hartzog, Associate Professor at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law

11:20 – 11:35 — Q&A with Panel 3

11:35 – 12:00 — Keynote Address

Mary Ellen Callahan, Partner Jenner & Block, Founder and Chair of Jenner & Block’s Privacy and Information Governance Practice

12:00-12:15 — Q&A with Keynote

12:15-12:30 — Closing remarks

12:30-1:30 — Buffet Lunch

Keynote Speakers and Panelists

Key Note Speaker:

Mary Ellen Callahan**. Mary Ellen Callahan has unique and broad experience advising clients at the interface of privacy protection with cybersecurity and national security. A nationally recognized privacy attorney, she served as Chief Privacy Officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from March 2009 until August 2012. She is a prolific writer and speaker on cutting-edge commercial privacy issues. In October 2013, Mary Ellen received the Privacy Vanguard Award, given by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, an annual award honoring the privacy professional who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, knowledge and creativity in privacy and data protection.

Panel 1

Tom Callahan. Tom Callahan founded Sawyers Control Systems in 1987 when Building Automation was an emerging industry. Mr. Callahan graduated from Penn State in 1982 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering while specializing in Automatic Temperature Controls and Solar Energy Systems. He gained his sales experience in the Philadelphia area before a stint with Hypertek as their Field and Application Design Engineer. Since founding Sawyers Controls, he has helped the company grow into a multi-faceted firm that specializing in custom control applications. Mr. Callahan works on projects as simple as residential security to extensive worldwide integrated, multi-server platforms. His expertise covers Security, Fire, CCTV, Access Control, Energy Management, Audio/Video Integration, Home Automation, Phone Systems, and Computer Networks. Sawyers Control Systems, located in New Jersey, has been consistently recognized by CE Pro Magazine as one of their top 100 Dealers, and the company’s installations have won numerous Mark of Excellence Awards and have also been featured in CE Pro, Electronic House and Vision Magazines. The company’s “Home of the Year” Silver Award winner was featured on CNN. Tom is a Past Chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association TechHome Division where he has served as a board member for ten years and Chairman and Vice-Chairman for four years.

Chris Ayers. Mr. Ayers has served as Executive Director of the North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff since July ,2013. Mr. Ayers graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology in 1999. He received his Juris Doctor with Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002 where he also served as Managing Editor of the North Carolina Law Review. Mr. Ayers served as a law clerk to the Honorable Linda McGee with the North Carolina Court of Appeals from August 2002 to August 2003. From August 2003 to June 2009, he practiced law in Raleigh, North Carolina with the law firm of Hunton & Williams LLP. Mr. Ayers joined the law firm of Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh as a partner in June 2009 where he practiced law until July 2013. His primary areas of practice were utilities regulation, environmental and zoning and land use law. He also served a two-year term on the Environmental Management Commission from July 2011 through June 2013.

Panel 2

David A. Hoffman*. David A. Hoffman is Director of Security Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer at Intel Corporation, in which capacity he heads the organization that oversees Intel’s privacy compliance activities, legal support for privacy and security, and all external privacy/security engagements. Mr. Hoffman joined Intel in 1998 as Intel’s eBusiness attorney to manage the team providing legal support for Intel’s Chief Information Officer. In 2005, Mr. Hoffman moved to Munich, Germany, as Group Counsel in the Intel European Legal Department, while leading Intel’s Worldwide Privacy and Security Policy Team. Mr. Hoffman served on the TRUSTe Board of Directors from 2000-2006. From 2005 – 2009, Mr. Hoffman served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and he is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the Future of Privacy Forum and the Board of the Information Accountability Foundation. Mr. Hoffman is the co-chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Task Force on Data Protection and Privacy. Mr. Hoffman is also a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University School of Law where he teaches a class on Information Privacy and Surveillance Law. Mr. Hoffman has a JD from The Duke University School of Law, where he was a Member of the Duke Law Review. Mr. Hoffman also received an AB from Hamilton College.

Paula J. Bruening**. Paula J. Bruening is Senior Counsel, Global Privacy Policy at Intel Corporation in Washington, D.C. Ms. Bruening was formerly with the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, Hunton & Williams, LLP. She was also counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology and was director of compliance and policy at TRUSTe. Ms. Bruening also has experience as Senior Attorney-Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIA and was Senior Analyst for the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment.

Panel 3

Stephanie Pell**. Professor Pell teaches Cyber Ethics at West Point. She is also an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. She writes about privacy, surveillance and national security law and policy, and is particularly interested in the tensions inherent in enabling traditional law enforcement efforts and making our communications networks more secure. Prior to joining West Point’s faculty, Professor Pell served as Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, where she was lead counsel on Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) reform and PATRIOT Act reauthorization during the 111th Congress. Professor Pell was also a federal prosecutor for over fourteen years, working as a Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, as a Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. She was a lead prosecutor in U.S. v. Jose Padilla (American Citizen detained as an enemy combatant prior to criminal indictment and trial), for which she received the Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award, and in U.S. v. Conor Claxton (IRA operatives who purchased weapons in South Florida and smuggled them into Belfast, Northern Ireland during peace process negotiations). Professor Pell received her undergraduate, master’s and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Woodrow Hartzog**. Professor Hartzog is also an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. His research focuses on privacy, media, contracts, and robotics. His work has been published in numerous scholarly publications such as the Columbia Law Review, California Law Review, and Michigan Law Review and popular publications such as BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Wired, Bloomberg, New Scientist, The Atlantic and The Nation. He has been quoted or referenced in numerous articles and broadcasts, including NPR, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. Professor Hartzog holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an LL.M. in Intellectual Property from the George Washington University Law School and a J.D. from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. His book, Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies, is under contract with Harvard University Press.

*Indicates forthcoming publication in North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 17, Issue 3

**Indicates forthcoming publication in North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 17, Issue 4