Name: Cybersecurity: Personal Privacy in a Digital World
Start: 2017-11-08T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-11-08T10:30:00-05:00
Location: The Washington Post

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ABOUT

Cybercrimes are estimated to be costing American businesses over half a billion dollars a year and with security breaches regularly threatening the personal and financial information of broad swaths of the American public, the problem seems to be getting worse.

On November 8, 2017, The Washington Post will bring together business executives, leading cybersecurity experts, privacy advocates and others to discuss detection and prevention strategies for individuals and corporations. These experts will examine the current and future cyber threat landscape and the solutions that could help consumers cope with this urgent problem.

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TOPICS

Government and Corporate Cooperation

How government and businesses can work together to prevent cyber attacks and protect the consumer data of millions of Americans.

Detection and Prevention

How companies and other groups have responded to recent consumer data breaches, what new strategies are emerging for prevention and detection and the new technological advances that could help.

Vulnerability and Solutions

Best practices on the cybersecurity front as well as what options consumers have to protect their personal and financial information.

SPEAKERS

Sam curry

Chief Product and Security Officer, Cybereason

DANTE DISPARTE

Founder and Chief executive officer, Risk Cooperative

Rob Knake

Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity Policy, The Council on Foreign Relations

Mischel Kwon

President, MKACyber

Jeanette Manfra

Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications,

Department of Homeland Security

Eva Velasquez

President and Chief Executive Officer, Identity Theft Resource Center

Nuala O’Connor

President and CHIEF executive officer, the Center for Democracy & Technology

(SPONSORED SPEAKER)

Fran Rosch

Executive Vice President of Consumer Business, Symantec
(SPONSORed SPEAKER)

AGENDA

9:00 A.M.

Opening Remarks

- Kris Coratti, Vice President of Communications and Events, The Washington Post

Sponsored Remarks

- Jeffrey Lush, U.S. Federal Chief Technology Officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

9:05 a.m.

The View from the White House

An examination of the Trump administration’s view of and response to the most pressing cybersecurity threats facing the country featuring the White House’s top cybersecurity official.

- Rob Joyce, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator

Moderated by Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter, The Washington Post

9:40 a.m.

Threats Facing America

An assessment of the current state of international cooperation on cyber threats, including opportunities and challenges for coordination between government and industry on cyber issues.

- Richard Clarke, Former White House Cybersecurity Adviser

- Gen. Michael Hayden (Ret.), Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency

10:10 a.m.

Cybersecurity and Civil Liberties

An influential congressman and experts in their field discuss the delicate balance between security and individual liberty and the debate between public safety and privacy concerns.

- Christopher Furlow, President, Ridge Global and former Director for State Affairs, White House Office of Homeland Security

- Rep. Will Hurd (R-Tex.), Member, House Committee on Homeland Security and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

- Michelle Richardson, Deputy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology's Freedom, Security, and Technology Project

- Marcy Wheeler, National Security Journalist

Moderated by Brian Fung, Technology Reporter, The Washington Post

EVENT INFORMATION

REGISTER

Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Doors open: 8:30 a.m.
Program: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

The Washington Post
1301 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20071

Free to attend. Pre-registration is required.

The Washington Post is located near the McPherson Square Metro stop (Blue, Orange, and Silver lines.)

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SUPPORTING SPONSOR

AGENDA

9:00 - 9:35 a.m.

Addiction Crisis: A Nation Responds

A look at how the U.S. government and Congress are responding to the opioid epidemic. Senior elected officials will discuss what proposals are on the table and talk about the prospects for bipartisan action on Capitol Hill and in the states.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Chief Deputy Whip, House Democratic Caucus

Moderated by Mike DeBonis, Congressional Reporter, The Washington Post

9:35 - 10:05 a.m.

An Epidemic in America: Cause and Effect

An in-depth medical exploration of this public health crisis. Experts will discuss how doctors and prescription providers are looking at new approaches to prevent, treat, and break patterns of addiction in communities

across the country.

Dr. Leana Wen, Health Commissioner, Baltimore City

Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research, The Heller School for Social Policy And Management, Brandeis University

Moderated by Lenny Bernstein, Health and Medicine Reporter, The Washington Post

10:05 - 10:15 a.m.

Battelle Sponsored Segment | Addressing Addiction: A Look at Medication Assisted Treatment

A discussion about medication assisted treatment strategies aimed at reducing the number of people developing addiction problems and treating those who become addicted.

Joe Berger, Vice President and General Manager, Health and Consumer Solutions, Battelle

Dr. Wilson Compton, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

10:15 - 10:35 a.m.

Preventing Abuse: Seizing the Opportunity

A closer look at the challenges of addressing prescription drug abuse, including the development of abuse-deterrent formulations of opioid medications, non-opioid pain relief alternatives, and drugs that reverse the effects of overdoses.

Anne Pritchett, Vice President, Research and Policy, PhRMA

Interviewed by Lenny Bernstein, Health and Medicine Reporter, The Washington Post

10:40 - 11:00 a.m.

Coming Clean: Solutions for Combating Addiction

Former congressman Patrick J. Kennedy left behind a career in politics to focus on tackling addiction and mental health issues. Kennedy joins us to share his personal journey to sobriety and his latest efforts to combat the opioid crisis in America.

Patrick J. Kennedy, Member, White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis; Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-R.I.)

Interviewed by Mary Jordan, National Correspondent, The Washington Post

Speakers

Sir Richard Branson

Founder,
Virgin Group

Jonathan Capehart

Opinion Writer,

The Washington Post