Privacy-centric Data Personalization

Mozilla is hosting a panel discussion on how to perform User Personalization while maintaining a user's privacy; covering the technical, ethical and philosophical aspects of the topic.

Confirmed speakers

• Wendy Davis, Writer at MediaPost specializing in Privacy & Behavioral Advertising

• Chris Maliwat, former director of PM for Personalization at Netflix, former Senior Manager of Tailored Shopping Experiences at eBay, currently head of PM at SkillShare.

• David Sontag, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at NYU

• Slobodan Vucetic, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Temple U.

Questions:

• How can we (mathematically/philosophically) represent user’s intent/interest?

• What information should companies be privy to? Where do we draw the line? What is acceptable personalization?

• How high level or granular should the information be?

• What industry trends do you foresee?

Schedule

• 7pm - Arrive, mingle, drinks, snacks

• 7.15pm - Panel presentations start (3x15 mins)

• 8pm - Audience discussion

• 8.45pm - Mingle and networking