Leading figures to speak at 80/20 launch in London

80/20 Thinking will be formally launched in London on 20 May, 2008.

The evening event, which has already attracted the interest of key media, government, industry and political figures will hear 

keynote speakers, including:
 
  •  Gavin Grant, Chairman, Burson-Marsteller UK

  •  The Earl of Northesk

  •  Ray Stanton, global head of business continuity, security & governance, BT plc

  •  Jules Polonetsky, Senior Vice President & Chief Privacy Officer, AOL

  •  Karen Banks, network coordinator, Association for Progressive Communication
 
At the event Simon Davies, CEO of 80/20, will announce two important and exciting global initiatives that the

 company will manage over coming months.

The Phorm system: a Town Hall dialogue and briefing 

 Tuesday April 15th, 18.30-20.30

The Lecture Theatre, Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental & African Studies

University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG

Please note: we have arranged for this meeting to be professionally filmed. The entire event will be

placed unedited on the Web shortly. If you are concerned about being filmed, please let a member of the organising team

know in advance. It is also likely that a national TV news programme will also be present. 

NB The video footage is not currently available 

80/20 Thinking Ltd has been engaged by Phorm Inc to conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment of its system. An interim version of this PIA was published in March.

The purpose of the PIA is to assess the privacy status of a technology or system and to establish a set of procedures and methodologies to ensure that privacy is maintained to a high standard. The PIA process is voluntary.

80/20 Thinking, with the full cooperation of Phorm, has decided to organise a public meeting as part of the PIA assessment process. We intend to use feedback from this event to inform the PIA. A final version of the PIA will be published by the end of April 2008.

Attendees are encouraged to read in advance the technical analysis produced by Dr Richard Clayton of the Foundation for Information Policy Research available here.

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   Programme

   Chair: Dr Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute

   Introduction and PIA outline, Simon Davies, 80/20 Thinking Ltd

   Overview by Kent Ertugrul, CEO, Phorm Inc.

   Implications of the system: Dr Richard Clayton, FIPR 

   Consumer criticisms: Alexander Hanff, IT specialist

   Technical presentation: Marc Burgess, VP Technology, Phorm Inc.

    Panel discussion with audience: Kent Ertugrul & Marc Burgess 

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Location details of the venue can be found here.

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