This week, I spent several hours working with the IAPP programming folks and the Canadian Advisory Board members, as we poured over  hundreds of speaking proposals we received for next spring’s IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium.

The discussions were insightful. Difficult decisions to choose some sessions over others were made. All that needs to be done now are the finishing touches and the winning proposals can receive their acceptance emails in the near the future.

It’s probably the strongest program I’ve ever seen for a Canadian privacy conference, so I’m pretty excited about it. It will have the perfect mix of policy, operationalization, theory and practical elements. The topics covered include legislative reform, the new Quebec law, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, e-marketing, employee monitoring, deidentification, privacy-enhancing technologies and vendor management — just to name a few. And, yes, I’ve purposefully kept those vague. You’ll just have to wait for the IAPP’s email to find out if yours was chosen.

Registration to attend the conference will also open soon, so get this great opportunity on your learning plan!

Another neat thing I did this week was spend a bit of time speaking with Information and Privacy Commissioner Ron Kruzeniski from Saskatchewan. Like a few other regulators in Canada, he hosts a podcast and I was honored to chat with him about the IAPP and, in particular, how great the conference in Toronto is every spring. I gently nudged him to attend in 2023 so we can all enjoy his company during the next Commissioners’ Game Show. As soon as his podcast is ready for distribution, I’ll share it via LinkedIn. 

Enough from me. There’s a fair amount of privacy news this week, so please pour that second cup of coffee and get caught up. Have a great weekend.