IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2025

Julie Brill serves as Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Global Technology and Regulatory Policy. She orchestrates Microsoft’s regulatory strategy, tech policy initiatives, and governance across a broad spectrum of the most critical technology and regulatory issues that underpin the world’s digital transformation.

Brill is considered one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on technology, governance, geopolitics, and global regulation. In her current role, she serves as a central figure in Microsoft’s advocacy and strategy around privacy, digital safety, lawful access, accessibility, responsible AI and the data use issues that are central to building trust in the AI era and she advises Microsoft and its customers on the most important geopolitical issues facing businesses today.

Prior to her role at Microsoft, Brill was a commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Brill has received numerous national awards for her work and has been elected to the American Law Institute. She serves as a Member of the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Center for Democracy and Technology, and a Governor for The Ditchley Foundation.

Julie Brill graduated from Princeton University and New York University School of Law.

J. Trevor Hughes is the president and CEO of the IAPP, the professional home for privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility globally. With over 80,000 members in more than 150 countries, the IAPP provides training, certification, publications, research, events and networking opportunities to respond to growing need for professionals to manage the intersections of data, technology and humanity.

A native of Canada, Hughes previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition.

Hughes is widely recognized as a leading digital policy expert on the global stage. He is a sought-after speaker, appearing at SXSW, RSA Conference, TEDx, the Global Privacy Assembly and more. Recent speaking engagements have included ICA Live: Africa, World Bank Group Data Privacy Day, the FIFA Global Compliance Summit and the Mobile World Congress Ministerial Programme. He has lectured extensively around the world, including at Harvard, MIT, London School of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, University of Texas at Austin, and Northeastern University Law School.

Trevor has contributed to media outlets such as The New York Times, TechCrunch and Wired and has testified on issues of privacy, surveillance and privacy-sensitive technologies before U.S. Congress, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, British Parliament and more.

He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his juris doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law, where he is an adjunct professor.

Molly Kinder is a nationally recognized expert in labor policy, economic inequality, low-wage work, and the present and future of work. Her research at Brookings examines the impact of generative AI on work and workers.

Kinder’s scholarship on workers has been covered widely by national media, and she has appeared regularly on NPR and other media outlets. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, NPR, Business Insider, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and the BBC. Kinder’s research on essential workers has influenced federal policy and state-level programs, and was cited in dozens of city and county government mandates requiring higher pay for frontline workers.

Previously, Kinder was a nonresident senior fellow at New America and directed research for its Work, Workers, and Technology initiative. She is the lead author of a report exploring the perspectives of workers across the country whose jobs are at high risk of automation. Kinder was also a professor of practice at Georgetown University, where she taught a new graduate-level course on the social, economic, and policy implications of AI.

Kinder has over 20 years of experience in public policy, social innovation, research, philanthropy, and teaching. Previously, she co-founded a $200 million social impact fund and was its vice president of policy. She served in the Obama administration as a director in a new innovation program and co-authored one of the Center for Global Development’s best-selling books. Kinder worked overseas in Liberia, India, and Pakistan with the World Bank and government of Liberia. She has a master’s in public administration in international development from Harvard’s Kennedy School and a bachelor’s from the University of Notre Dame.

Casey Newton co-hosts Hard Fork, the critically acclaimed New York Times podcast about the future that is already here, alongside Kevin Roose. Newton is also the founder and editor of Platformer, an independent publication devoted to exploring the intersection of technology and democracy. Always evolving with the news, Newton’s work focuses on the rise of artificial intelligence, how social media affects human behavior and politics, government regulation of Big Tech, as well as the declining trust in government and ongoing threats to democracy.

In 2020, Newton was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for his series of investigative reports about content moderation that lead to a USD52 million settlement for Facebook moderators who developed PTSD on the job. Prior to founding Platformer in 2020, Casey spent 10 years covering Silicon Valley for The Verge, CNET, and the San Francisco Chronicle. While at The Verge, he authored The Interface, a daily newsletter with over 20,000 subscribers, and hosted the Converge podcast, offering humorous and revealing conversations with Silicon Valley’s most fascinating entrepreneurs.

Kevin Roose co-hosts Hard Fork, the critically acclaimed New York Times podcast about the future that is already here, alongside Casey Newton. Roose is an award-winning technology columnist for The New York Times and the bestselling author of three books, “Futureproof,” “Young Money” and “The Unlikely Disciple.” His column, “The Shift”, examines the intersection of tech, business, and culture. He is a recurring guest on The Daily podcast and appears regularly on leading TV and radio shows. He writes and speaks frequently on topics including automation and artificial intelligence, social media, disinformation and cybersecurity, and digital wellness.

In addition to Hard Fork, Roose is the host of the New York Times podcast Rabbit Hole, an eight-part series released in 2020 about how the internet is influencing our beliefs and behavior.

After college, Roose joined The New York Times, followed by New York magazine, and wrote the book “Young Money,” which chronicled the lives of eight junior Wall Street investment bankers right after the 2008 financial crisis. Before rejoining The Times in 2017, Roose produced and co-hosted a TV documentary series about technology, called Real Future.

At The Times, Roose writes about technology and its effects on society. Recently, that has meant a lot of coverage of companies like Facebook and YouTube, as well as profiles of internet personalities like PewDiePie, and social phenomena like online radicalization and workplace automation.