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Convention on Modern Liberty 28.2.2009 LondonBUSINESS GETS PERSONAL Organised by Open Rights GroupChaired by Jim Killock, Executive Director, Open Rights GroupPeter Bazalgette is a British media expert who helped create the independent TV production sector in the UK and went on to be the leading creative figure in the global TV company Endemol. He is a former board member of Channel 4 and is a non-executive director of the market research company, YouGov. He is a board member of English National Opera and is deputy chairman of the UK's National Film and Television School. He lectures on media convergence and creativity.Caspar Bowden is the chief privacy advisor at Microsoft. Caspar leads the privacy pillar of the Trustworthy Computing initiative across Europe, Middle-East and Africa, aiming to ensure Microsoft users that they control their own personal data. He is a specialist in data protection policy, privacy enhancing technology research, identity management and authentication. He was appointed expert adviser to the UK parliament for the passage of three bills concerning privacy issues, and was co-organizer of the influential Scrambling for Safety public conferences on UK encryption and surveillance policy.Wendy Grossman is a blogger, journalist and folk singer. She sits on the executive committee of the Association of British Science Writers and the Advisory Councils of the Open Rights Group and Privacy International. She founded and edited The Skeptic, a magazine examining extraordinary claims, exploring revolutionary ideas, and promoting good science. Skeptic is a leading international publication in the realm of skeptical inquiry.Iain Henderson is founder of Mydex, an organisation which provides tools, technology and services to help people manage their personal data better, allowing users to choose which organisations they give information to, and what they share. Iain Henderson is also the former Customer Data Strategy Manager for The Post Office, founder of The Customer’s Voice and an active participant in the Harvard University based Project VRM.David Smith is Deputy Information Commissioner (Data Protection) at the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK’s independent authority set up to promote access to official information and to protect personal information. His role is to ensure that the ICO meets its goal of 'strengthening public confidence in data protection by taking a practical, down-to-earth approach’.

• Release Date

  Mar 23, 2009

• Runtime

  35:03