"Who Owns the Data? An International Conference on Digital Assets, Data Philanthropy, and Public Benefit”

May 14, 2015

9:00 am – 5:30 pm PST

Check-in begins at 8:30 am

Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley

About

As countless social, commercial and civic transactions are rapidly moving to online platforms, and sensors in our houses, cars, and mobile devices send endless streams of data to servers around the world, discussions of “Big Data” have become commonplace. But what happens to the information once it leaves our fingertips or pockets? How are the data being used, who benefits, and what role do individual contributors of data play --wittingly or unwittingly-- in the revenue models that sustain the systems?

Building on successful conferences hosted at CITRIS, such as “Can Open Data Improve Democratic Governance?” (September 2013) and “Pan-Optics: Emerging Perspectives on Visual Privacy and Surveillance” (March 2014), we will convene a one-day public conference regarding data ownership and privacy, in spring 2015. “Who Owns the Data?” will bring together data scientists, elected officials, representatives of public agencies and advocacy organizations, and entrepreneurs from the United States and Europe.

Tentative Agenda

9:00 am: Welcome: Antoine Petit, CEO, Inria and Costas Spanos, Director, CITRIS

9:15 am: Introduction: Camille Crittenden, Deputy Director, CITRIS

9:30 - 10:15 am: Keynote Speech with Q&A: Brewster Kahle, Founder & Digital Librarian, The Internet Archive

10:15 - 10:30 am: 15-minute Break

10:30 - 11:45 am: Panel 1 "Public Data & Private Interests"

11:45 - 12:30 pm: Lunch Break

12:30 - 1:45 pm: Panel 2 “Privacy & Personal Data”

1:45 - 2:00 pm: 15-minute Break

2:00 - 3:15 pm: Panel 3 “Data Philanthropy & Corporate Social Responsibility”

3:15 - 4:00 pm: Keynote speech with Q&A: Francisco García Morán, Chief IT Advisor, European Commission

4:00 pm: Closing remarks 

4:15 - 5:30 pm: Reception & Networking

Keynote Speakers

Brewster Kahle, Founder and Digial Librarian, The Internet Archive, "Who Owns Culture? Internet Archive's Perspective"

Francisco García Morán, Chief IT Advisor, European Commission
"A European Perspective on Ownership of Public Data and Publicly Funded Research Data"

Panel Topics

Public Data & Private Interests 

• Ownership and distribution of data resulting from publicly funded research (e.g., the movement for open access, Public Library of Science, data collected during fieldwork for academic research and promotion)
• Ownership and management of public open data (e.g., civic data such as building permits, birth/death/marriage/adoption records, real estate transaction records, etc.)

Panelists

• Tom Andriola, CIO, University of California
• Stéphane Grumbach, Senior Researcher, Inria
• Hanna Niemi-Hugaerts, Project Manager, CitySDK project, Forum Virium
• Brandie Nonnecke, Research & Development Manager, CITRIS (Panel Moderator)
• MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian, UC Davis

Privacy & Personal Data

• Privacy and security concerns
• Models for personal data ownership
• Management of student data, personal health data

Panelists

• Nicolas Anciaux, Researcher, Inria 
• Stefano Foresti, UC Merced (Panel Moderator)
• Lise Getoor, UC Santa Cruz
• Kai Kuikkaniemi, Aalto University
• Greg Niemeyer, UC Berkeley

Data Philanthropy & Corporate Social Responsibility

• Data philanthropy and new frameworks for sharing private data for public good
• How is data being considered within the framework of corporate social responsibility?
• Questions about the responsibility and liability for data provenance, transmission and storage

Panelists

• Lucy Bernholz, Visiting Scholar, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University
• Claude Kirchner, Senior Researcher, Inria 
• Manas Mohapatra, Associate Director, Legal, Twitter
• Faris Natour, Director of Human Rights, Business for Social Responsibility (Panel Moderator)

FAQs

How do I get to CITRIS and what are my transport/parking options?

Please find visitor information here: http://citris-uc.org/visitor-information/

The Banatao Auditorium, Atrium and Tech Museum are located on the main floor/third floor of Sutardja Dai Hall. The nearest street address to Sutardja Dai Hall is 2594 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA., 94720. View Map.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Please contact CITRIS Events Manager Lorie Mariano at lorie@citris-uc.org or (510) 316-4922 for any event questions.  

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No, you do not need to print out a ticket to bring to either event. 

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