Spring Academy

Nov 4-6, 2026 | Washington, DC

Privacy + Security Forum

George Washington University, 800 21st St NW

Keynotes

Keynote Nov 4, 2026

Carissa Veliz

Keynote Nov 5, 2026

Cindy Cohn

Keynote Nov 6, 2026

Sabrina Ross

Carissa Veliz

Carissa Veliz

Associate Professor, Institute for Ethics in AI
University of Oxford

Cindy Cohn

Cindy Cohn

Former Executive Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Sabrina Ross

Sabrina Ross

Chief Privacy Auditor
California Privacy Protection Agency

Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026

Breakfast — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM

Breakfast

Morning Workshop — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 08:50 AM - 11:10 AM

AI Governance Workshop

Karen Schuler, Taryn Crane

Session 1.1 — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 08:50 AM - 09:50 AM

How AI is Affecting Cybersecurity

Megan Kayo, John Morgan, Steve Elovitz, Greg Kaufman

Privacy for Children and Teens

Nerissa Coyle McGinn, Chanda Marlowe

Session 1.2 — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM

Be Reasonable! Interpreting Flexible Legal Standards in Privacy and Cybersecurity

Fran Faircloth

Effective Privacy Counseling at AI-Driven Companies

Katie Cramer

Navigating The Evolving State Privacy Landscape: Latest Developments and Key Trends

Libbie Canter, Liz Lyons Kate Goodloe, Hanna Abrams

Update on FTC Privacy Enforcement and Policy Development

Reed Freeman, Michelle Bowling

Session 1.3 — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Prying Open the Black Box – What Happens When AI Stops Behaving?

Bruce Chiu, Caroline Bailey

Strengthening Cybersecurity

Brian Lichter

The Enforcers Speak: What is on the Horizon for Privacy Enforcers in the Coming Year

Aaron Charfoos

Lunch — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch

Keynote — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

Keynote Nov 4, 2026

Carissa Veliz

Afternoon Workshop — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 02:30 PM - 05:00 PM

AI Workshop: Deploying Systems

Ian Ballon

Session 1.4 — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM

Cookie Deep Dive: Practical Tips to Maximize Value and Monetize Data While Minimizing Risk

Elliot Golding

The Business-Enabling AI Lawyer: Practical Playbooks for Innovation, Risk, and Trust

Wim Nauwelaerts, Heather Kuhn

Update on HIPAA and Health Information Privacy and Security Developments

Adam Greene, Janine Fadul

Session 1.5 — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Avoiding Ransomware Roulette: Key Questions to Consider Before an Attack

Kamran Salour, Savanna Boyles, Lynn Peachey

Privacy Class Actions: A Product and Defense Counsel’s Playbook

Peter Devlin, Regina Gerhardt

Privacy Issues with Agentic AI

David Rice, Nancy Libin

Reception — Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Welcome Reception

Thursday, Nov 5, 2026

Breakfast — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM

Breakfast

Morning Workshop — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 08:50 AM - 11:10 AM

AI Vendor Compromise Workshop: Live Tabletop Experience

Vinny Sakore, Brendan McGann, Tony Kim, Paul Otto

Session 2.1 — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 08:50 AM-09:50 AM

Fighting Fire with Fire: Leveraging AI to Defend Against AI-Enabled Cyber Attacks

Kate Hanniford

Hot Topics in Health Data Privacy & Security

Christine Moundas

Session 2.2 — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 10:10 AM-11:10 AM

Hire Intelligence: Use of AI in HR and Employment

Jayne Ponder, Carolyn Rashby

Journalism’s Impact on the Development of Privacy Law

Kirk Nahra

The Marketing Privacy Gauntlet: Ad Tech Enforcement, TCPA, CIPA, and AI Advertising Risk in 2026–2027

Darren Abernethy

Trends in State AG Privacy Enforcement

Steve Provazza, John Eakins, Chandler Crenshaw

Session 2.3 — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 11:30 AM-12:30 PM

Framework to Launch Gate: How Legal, Compliance, Red Teams, and Infrastructure Leaders Accelerate AI Deployment

Phil Hodgkins, Steven Gawthorpe, James Sherer, Jerry Lavish

Global Privacy, Local Mandates: Privacy and Medical Devices

Isaiah Soval-Levine

Scenarios for Incident Response

Heidi Wachs

Lunch — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch

Keynote — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 01:30 PM-02:30 PM

Keynote Nov 5, 2026

Cindy Cohn

Session 2.4 — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 02:30 PM-03:30 PM

Genetic, Biometric, and Location Data: New Processing Restrictions Create a Minefield of Legal Risks

Nancy Perkins, Cody Venzke

Implications of Chatrie on Government Data Demands and the Market for Location Data

Marc Zwillinger, Laura-Kate Bernstein, Greg Nojeim

Regulatory Frontier: Cybersecurity In a World of New AI Models

Rohan Massey, Maya Song

The AI Breach Playbook: Legal, Security, and Business Response

Michelle Reed

Session 2.5 — Thursday, Nov 5, 2026: 04:00 PM-05:00 PM

Cyber Exposure Intelligence: Using Prior Exposure Data to Challenge Class Standing

Matthew Liebner, Andrew Nauer

Operationalizing California’s Final CCPA Regulations: Cyber Audits, Risk Assessments, and Automated Decision-Making Technology

Colleen Yushchak, Ankur Sheth, Whitney Schneider-White, Danielle Manner

Using Data in the Public Interest: Analytics, Governance, and the Fight Against Fraud

Brian Tengel

Friday, Nov 6, 2026

Breakfast — Friday, Nov 6, 2026: 08:00 AM - 08:50 AM

Breakfast

Session 3.1 — Friday, Nov 6, 2026: 08:50 AM-09:50 AM

Consumer Rights Are Not a PR Problem — They’re a YOU Problem

Heidi Saas, Melanie Ensign

Features vs. Friction: How to Build Data-Driven Products Without Breaking Your Consent Framework

Jason Henderson, Tom Shebar, Sean Vargas-Barlow

Session 3.2 — Friday, Nov 6, 2026: 10:10 AM-11:10 AM

Governing AI Agents: Mandate, Gate, Attest Controls at the Tool-Call Boundaries

Jenifer McIntosh

Stories from the Frontline: Lessons from Today’s Cyber Incidents

George Little, Mark Seifert, Siobhan Gorman, Zoe Hetzner

The Challenges and Opportunities of Health-Related Advertising

Ali Jessani, Tony Ficarotta, Robyn Eckerling, Mayra Cavazos

Session 3.3 — Friday, Nov 6, 2026: 11:30 AM-12:30 PM

AI-Enabled Detection and Response: From Alert Fatigue to Autonomous Defense

David Faraone

Europe’s Privacy, AI, and Cybersecurity Playbook

Nik Theodorakis, Rohan Massey

No Encryption Required: What Attackers Changed and What Your Playbook Didn’t

Jamie Tolles, Jamie Elbert

Lunch — Friday, Nov 6, 2026: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Lunch

Keynote — Friday, Nov 6, 2026: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

Keynote Nov 6, 2026

Sabrina Ross

Session 3.4 — Friday, Nov 6, 2026: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM

Comprehensive State Privacy Laws: Enforcers Discussion

Katie Blevins

Is De-De-Identification Upon Us?

Ann Waldo, Jordan Wrigley

Conference Day 1

08:00am-08:50am	Breakfast
08:50am-09:50am	Session 1.1 & Workshop*
09:50am-10:10am	Break
10:10am-11:10am	Session 1.2 & Workshop*
11:10am-11:30am	Break
11:30pm-12:30pm	Session 1.3
12:30pm-01:30pm	Lunch
01:30pm-02:30pm	Keynote
02:30pm-03:30pm	Session 1.4 & Workshop*
03:30pm-04:00pm	Ice Cream Social
04:00pm-05:00pm	Session 1.5 & Workshop*
05:00pm-06:00pm	Reception

Conference Day 2

08:00am-08:50am	Breakfast
08:50am-09:50am	Session 2.1 & Workshop*
09:50am-10:10am	Break
10:10am-11:10am	Session 2.2 & Workshop*
11:10am-11:30am	Break
11:30pm-12:30pm	Session 2.3
12:30pm-01:30pm	Lunch
01:30pm-02:30pm	Keynote
02:30pm-03:30pm	Session 2.4 & Workshop*
03:30pm-04:00pm	Ice Cream Social
04:00pm-05:00pm	Session 2.5 & Workshop*

Conference Day 3

08:00am-08:50am	Breakfast
08:50am-09:50am	Session 3.1
09:50am-10:10am	Break
10:10am-11:10am	Session 3.2
11:10am-11:30am	Break
11:30pm-12:30pm	Session 3.3
12:30pm-01:30pm	Lunch
01:30pm-02:30pm	Keynote
02:30pm-03:30pm	Session 3.4
03:30pm-04:00pm	Ice Cream Social

*Workshops are 2 hours long and will provide an intensive background on a topic. Workshops require a separate admission fee.

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