Register for the Privacy+Security Spring Academy Covering Key Healthcare Privacy & Security Issues
  • May 6-8, 2026
  • George Washington University
  • Washington, DC
  • Click here for more info
FEATURING AN UPDATE ON HIPAA & OTHER
HEALTH INFORMATION DEVELOPMENTS BY

Adam Greene, JD, MPH
Partner and Co-chair, Health Information & HIPAA Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP; Former Senior Health Information Technology and Privacy Specialist, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Washington, DC

Timothy Noonan, JD
Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy, Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

HEALTH DATA RELATING TO WEARABLE DEVICES
AND AI PERSONALIZATION BY

Melinda Claybaugh, JD
Privacy Policy Director, Meta; Former Counsel for International Consumer Protection, Office of International Affairs, FTC, Washington, DC

Lynn Parker Dupree, JD
Partner, Finnegan; Former Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

Nils Tracy, MA
Founder & CEO, Authorship, New York, NY

Jordan Wrigley, MS, MS
Senior Technologist, Health & Wellness, AgeTech, Future of Privacy Forum, Denver, CO

GENOMIC DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY:
LESSONS LEARNED AND EMERGING TRENDS BY

Elizabeth Brim, JD
Associate, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC

Joe Franklin, JD
Chief Legal and Policy Officer, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO); Former Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, FDA, Washington, DC

Julia Post, JD
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC

ACADEMY CO-CHAIRS

Paul M. Schwartz, JD
Jefferson E. Peyser Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law; Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology; President of the Paul Schwartz Privacy LL, Berkeley, CA

Daniel J. Solove, JD
John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School; Founder, TeachPrivacy; Author, The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age, Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC USA -- HIT/HIPAA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- MAY 1, 2026: Join us for a lineup worth showing up early for. This year's conference will bring together leading voices from across the privacy field for an action-packed event featuring 60+ sessions, 3 workshops, and 3 keynotes, with roughly 900 attendees expected. CLE credits are available, and the conversations promise to be just as valuable.

We are pleased to welcome an exceptional lineup of speakers, including AI leaders, outside counsel, chief privacy officers, service providers, and regulators.





SESSIONS

AI Governance
  • The Algorithm Arms Race: AI and the Future of National Security
  • AI Companion Tech Governance
  • AI Threats, Proven Defenses: Applying Existing Risk Management Strategies to the AI-Driven Attack Surface
  • Autonomy with Oversight: Legal Guardrails for Agentic AI
  • Hiring by Algorithm: Legal Guardrails for AI Use in the Recruiting Lifecyle
  • Managing Long Term Risks for Privacy, Cybersecurity and AI
  • Prioritize AI Oversight and Enable Innovation: How AI Risk Tiering and Advanced Data Sharing Accelerates Implementation
  • Reporting Live! From the Changing Tides of Federal AI Governance
  • Sound and Fury? What Can State Privacy Enforcement Teach Us About the Future of State AI Enforcement?
  • When Geopolitics Meets the Stack: Data, Cybersecurity, and AI Risk in a Divided World
  • Hidden Trust Boundaries in Agentic AI: How Architecture Drives Risk
  • Who's on the Hook? Allocating Legal Responsibility Between AI Developers and Deployers
  • Responsible AI and the Future of Purpose Limitations
  • AI Testing and Monitoring — Lessons from Regulated Industries
Consumer Privacy
  • Tracking Technology Deep Dive
  • Privacy Court: Who Is Tracking Your Tracking Technologies?
  • Under the Hood: Security and Privacy Risks in Connected Vehicles
  • AgeTech: Promises, Pitfalls, and the Future of Aging
  • Teaching Privacy to Kids
  • Age Verification Laws — Valuable Safeguards or Privacy Threats?
  • Guarding the Playground: Enforcement Actions, Court Battles, and the Data Broker Crackdown in Children's Privacy
  • OOPS All Opt-Outs! Bringing Universal Privacy Preferences to Complex Company Practices
  • The Next Generation of Children's Privacy Law: What Comes Next
  • Phishing Unveiled: MFA Bypass & Downgrade, Mitigations & Defenses
  • Outpacing AI Attackers: A Supply Chain Survival Guide
  • Where AdTech Governance Meets Engineering
Incident Response
  • From IR Data Review to Defense: How Notification Strategy Shapes Litigation Outcomes
  • The Growing Trend of 3rd Party Breaches and How to Minimize the Risk
  • Whose Role is it Anyway? Scenarios for Incident Response Stakeholders
Health Privacy & HIPAA
  • Update on HIPAA and Other Health Information Privacy and Security Developments
  • Privacy Under Pressure: Part 2 at the Intersection of Law, Technology, and Care Delivery
  • Genomic Data Privacy and Security — Lessons Learned and Emerging Trends
  • Health Data Relating to Wearable Devices and AI Personalization
Litigation & Regulatory Trends
  • FTC Privacy Enforcement in 2026 and Beyond
  • Stirring the Pot: Anticipating Trends and Reading the Tea Leaves on State Privacy
  • Getting To "Yes": How to Maximize Data and AI Tools While Minimizing Litigation/Enforcement Risks
  • The Enemy Within: Lessons on Insider Threats from Investigations and Programs
  • Data, DOGE, and Danger: Accountability for the Federal Government's Activities with Our Data
  • Sound and Fury? What Can State Privacy Enforcement Teach Us About the Future of State AI Enforcement?
  • Contending With CIRCIA: Regardless of Whether You Say SIR-SEEYA or SIRSHA
  • The AI Regulatory and Enforcement Landscape: Key Developments and Trends
  • 18 Reasons to Panic (But Don't): Cracking the CCPA Cybersecurity Audit Code
  • The National Security Pivot: Navigating the DOJ's New Bulk Data Enforcement Era
  • Tracking Technologies & Chatbots: Managing Evolving Regulatory and Litigation Risks
International Privacy Law
  • Europe's Digital Rulebook: Privacy, AI, Enforcement, and the Global Impact
  • The Weaponization of Data Subject Access Requests in Disputes: A Cross-Border Analysis
Cybersecurity & Privacy Compliance
  • Retention Implementation Across Structured and Unstructured Systems
  • Technically Right & Powerless: Building Political Capital as a Security or Privacy Leader
  • Staying In Bounds: Avoiding UI/UX "Foot Faults" in Modern Privacy Compliance
  • How to Help Your Company (or Client) Pivot to Privacy: From Start Ups to Big Companies That Don't Yet Realize They Have Privacy Issues
  • Certified and Compromised: Why Compliant Organizations Keep Getting Breached
  • Threats Without Borders: Strengthening Cybersecurity through Public-Private Partnerships


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