Abstract

The use of personal data is of enormous global concern. The Digital Person symposium is an annual event organised by the HAT Community Foundation and Wolfson College Cambridge that discusses personal data from three perspectives: (1) digital personhood, law, freedom and democracy (2) value, economics and markets and (3) data analytics, data science and technology. Aside from creating a unique environment for a robust discussion that is relevant and important, the symposium will also produce an annual white paper on the state of the digital person in a connected and digital society. Symposium participants are drawn from industry captains, policymakers, government representatives, combined with thought leaders from the sciences, humanities and social sciences with discussions relating to law, computer science, history, sociology, entrepreneurship, business, economics and the global society. The symposium is chaired by 3 eminent professors in the field, Professors John Naughton, Jon Crowcroft and Irene Ng. This unique cross-disciplinary symposium is organised jointly by Wolfson College Cambridge and the HAT Community Foundation.

SEGMENT 1 : PERSONAL DATA : DIGITAL PERSONHOOD , FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY This segment would discuss the following:

- expression of digital identity, curating personal, digital narratives and memories; - proxies of digital self, digital and physical world connections; - online identities and understanding how individuals and society interact digitally; - privacy, security, access rights, regulation; - law, democracy, and rights. This segment is chaired by Professor John Naughton, FRSA and would be from 9.30am – 11am

SEGMENT 2 : PERSONAL DATA : VALUE, ECONOMICS AND MARKETS This segment would discuss the following:

- personal data as an asset class; economic value chains of personal data; - economic and business models of personal data; - exchange mechanisms, transactions; - monetization, dataification, digitization. This segment is chaired by Professor Irene Ng and would be from 11.15am – 1.15pm

SEGMENT 3 : PERSONAL DATA : DATA ANALYTICS , DATA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY This segment would discuss the following:

- personal data creation; - schemas, analytics, private analytics; - machine learning algorithms, AI; - security, privacy; - technology and IoT. This segment is chaired by Professor Jon Crowcroft, FRS and would be from 2.15pm – 4pm

SEGMENT 4 : OPEN DISCUSSION 4 .30PM – 5.30PM This segment would be an open discussion on issues raised during the day