Big Data and Privacy Workshop 2015

Date: Nov 30, 2015
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong

Panel I:  Big Data: Its Fascination and Frustration

Chair: Prof Zhao Yun (Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

• Dr Reynold C.K. Cheng, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, The Age of Big Data
• Ms Lily Chan, Director for Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft, Hong Kong, Big Data vs Privacy – Challenge or Opportunity?
• Prof John Bacon-Shone, Professor, Associate Dean (Knowledge Dean), Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Big Data + Smart City = Weak Privacy + Weak Security?
• Mr Philip Kwok, Associate & Beijing Office Representative, Winston & Strawn, The Development of Cloud Computing in Mainland China and its Regulatory Regime
• Dr Yongxi Chen, Post-Doctorate Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, Government Initiatives about Big Data and Their Privacy Implications in China

Panel II:  Big Data and its Challenges (A)

Chair: Dr Marcelo Thompson, Deputy Director of Law and Technology Centre, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

• Dr Philip L.H. Yu, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong, Statistical Challenges in Big Data
• Professor Wolfgang Schulz, Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hamburg & Mr Felix Krupar, The University of Hamburg, Doctoral researcher, Hans-Bredow-Institut, Joint Presentation: Big Personal Data?
• Dr Henry Chang, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong, Privacy Risks of Big Data Analytics – From a Regulator’s Point of View

Panel III: Big Data and its Challenges (B)

Chair: Dr Felix Chan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

• Dr Wen-tsong Chiou, Associate Research Professor, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, The Big Data Rush and Its Discontent in Taiwan
• Dr K.P. Chow, Director of Law and Technology Centre, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Big Data Analysis in Cyber Security
• Prof Anne Cheung, Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, Re-thinking Personal Data in the Age of Consumer Profiling and Big Data

For full details, visit the Workshop Website