The closing keynote speech, “Why Online Privacy Matters in the Face of Heightened Surveillance Measures” at April 8th’s upcoming conference, “Cybersecurity and You: Issues in Higher Education and Beyond” will be delivered by well-known online privacy researcher, Dr. Alessandro Acquisti.  His 2013 TED talk “What will a future without secrets look like?” has been viewed over million times.

Dr. Alessandro Acquisti is Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and a member of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine. He is also the director of the Peex (Privacy Economics Experiments) lab at CMU, the co-director of CMU CBDR (Center for Behavioral and Decision Research), and a a member of the National Academies’ Committee on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media and Associated Privacy Considerations.

Please join us at the “Cybersecurity and You: Issues in Higher Education and Beyond” conference this Friday. The conference begins at 10 AM, and Dr. Acquisti’s closing keynote is scheduled at 2:45 PM if you just want to join us for his talk. For late conference registration, please call the HS/HSL Administration at 410-706-7545. The conference will also be livestreamed, and the recording will be made available afterwards.