David E. Aberman, CFE, P.I. with Grant Thornton brings more than twenty years of experience in providing a wide range of dispute advisory and complex litigation services. His specialization in forensic technology services includes experience in identification, preservation, collection, and analysis of electronically stored information for use in both proactive and reactive investigations.

Lori B. Andrews is a University Distinguished Professor of Law at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and Director of IIT's Institute for Science, Law and Technology. The author of 14 books, she's published widely on internet privacy, including her latest book, I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy (2013). Professor Andrews' path-breaking litigation about technologies caused the National Law Journal to list her as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America." She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Yale College and her J.D. from Yale Law School.

John Annakinis Chief Revenue Officer for ClearObject. John Annakin leads all sales and business development for the organization. ClearObject is an IoT systems integrator helping the world's best companies connect their bold ideas to the internet of things by building custom IOT solutions on common, global platforms. Under John's leadership, ClearObject has garnered several awards including Inc. Magazine's fastest-growing IT company in Indiana for the 4th consecutive year (2014-2017). In 2015 and 2016, ClearObject was also named a Red Herring Top 100 Global Award Winner. Finally, ClearObject was named to the Deloitte Tech Fast 500, Entrepreneur Magazine 360 in 2016 and 2017. Mr. Annakin has over 25 years of enterprise selling and team building and management experience in the application software, cloud platform and software-as-a-service space.

Kellie Mitchell Bubeck is an associate in the Kansas City office of Copilevitz-Canter and advises clients on federal and state telemarketing laws and First Amendment issues. In particular, she provides counsel regarding telemarketing registrations, do-not-call issues and other consumer protection issues. She has defended companies in a variety of class and individual actions including claims alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and unauthorized call recording under California's Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). Kellie also advises nonprofit clients on the formation, structuring and qualification of tax-exempt organizations. She publishes a column for the firm website regarding developments in telemarketing and related areas of law.

Brandi L. Burkeis a partner in the St. Louis office of Thompson Coburn LLP where she is a member of the business litigation, cybersecurity and insurance litigation practice groups. Brandi focuses her commercial litigation practice on the defense of corporate clients in nationwide class actions and other complex litigation, and has defended clients in class actions in a variety of contexts ranging from product liability and consumer class actions, to securities and tax litigation. Brandi has significant experience representing clients in state, federal and appellate courts in data breach and other privacy-related class action litigation.

Michael Carr is currently Senior Vice President, Cyber & Technology at Brit Global Specialty USA where he heads Brit's U.S. cyber underwriting team. For the last 15 years, he has focused on cyber and technology risks and insurance, authoring articles and conducting numerous seminars on data privacy and security. He has been a frequent panelist for PLUS events and was one of the founding co-chairs of the Plus Cyber Symposium. Prior to joining Brit, he was Technology Practice Leader for Argo Group, responsible for product development, underwriting standards, exposure aggregation and education for cyber/tech insurance. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and Head of U.S, Commercial Errors & Omissions underwriting for Argo Pro. His book included cyber insurance as well as liability coverage for accounts, architects & engineers, lawyers, miscellaneous and technology professionals. Michael is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and holds a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Northwestern University.

Guillermo S. Christensen is a partner at Brown Rudnick, where he chairs the cybersecurity practice, which is modeled in part on concepts drawn from the information security mindset of the intelligence community. Prior to his work as a lawyer, Guillermo served for almost 20 years as an intelligence officer with the CIA and later as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State. As an intelligence officer, he served in international and domestic assignments, including at the FBI and representing the CIA at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. In private practice, Guillermo has represented and counseled companies in international investigations involving insider threats, export controls, international sanctions, and corruption laws. He also represents companies in transactions involving national security through the Exon-Florio/CFIUS process. In 2010-2011, Guillermo returned to public service as the Science and Technology Advisor to the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris where he was responsible for telecommunications and internet policies, including cybersecurity, encryption, and data privacy. A graduate of the American University, Guillermo holds an MSFS and a JD from Georgetown University. Guillermo is life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the Reves Center for International Studies, College of William & Mary. He is currently involved in an initiative on data security in Working Group 11 of the Sedona Conference.

Amanda Craig is a Senior Cybersecurity Strategist in the Global Security Strategy and Diplomacy team at Microsoft. She focuses on policy issues related to cloud security, critical infrastructure protection, and vulnerability handling and disclosure, working to address complex global change and to advance trust in the computing ecosystem. She has co-authored two Microsoft publications, Transforming Government: Cloud policy framework for innovation, security, and resilience and Transforming Government: A cloud assurance program guide. She represents Microsoft as its point of contact on the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council and on the recently launched Cyber Readiness Institute. Amanda has also authored and co-authored numerous academic articles and served as co-chair of the Awareness and Adoption working group within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce's multi-stakeholder process on cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Prior to joining Microsoft, Amanda researched cybersecurity policy issues in China as a fellow of the Eric T. Werner Global Cybersecurity Policy Advancement program and was a contributor within Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, the U.S. Department of State's Office of Cyber Affairs, and Google's legal department. Amanda has a BS in Journalism and International Studies from Northwestern University, an MSc in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies from the University of Oxford, and a JD from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

Mark A. Fahleson is a Partner at Remboldt Ludtke LLP in Lincoln, Nebraska. His practice centers on management-side employment and labor law, including the defense of discrimination and other workplace claims and counseling employers to prevent such claims. Since 2006 he has been listed as a leading employment lawyer in Nebraska in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Mark also acts as City Attorney for the City of Waverly and the City of Ashland in addition to appointments as Special Assistant Nebraska Attorney General. Mark is a member of DRI's Law Institute

Terrance P. Flynn is co-leader of the Government Compliance and Investigations Practice Group at Harris Beach, and the former presidentially appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of New York. In addition to Mr. Flynn's leadership in the Government Compliance and Investigations Practice Group at Harris Beach, he is a member of the Firm's Business and Commercial Litigation and Cybersecurity Protection and Response Practice Groups, as well as the Financial Institutions and Capital Markets, and Racing and Gaming Industry Teams. Mr. Flynn's practice involves representing businesses across industries in both civil and criminal government investigations, and he is currently acting for the Department of Veteran's Affairs as the appointed independent monitor over an international corporation which was prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice. He regularly conducts both international and national internal corporate probes for clients, and advises clients among the Fortune 50 and large privately held companies on such matters as government compliance, commercial litigation, product liability or personal injury litigation. In addition to his roles at Harris Beach, Mr. Flynn is the Vice President of the National Association of Former United States Attorneys. Prior to joining Harris Beach, Mr. Flynn served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, where he was responsible for the overall civil affirmative enforcement, civil defense and criminal investigation and prosecution of approximately 4200 cases encompassing government compliance, health care fraud, international trade, white collar fraud, and numerous other civil and criminal matters.

Andrew M. Graap, FIP, CIPP/US/E, CIPT is a Senior Attorney at Deere & Company, where he provides advice and counsel on privacy and data protection-related matters. Andrew is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the US (CIPP/US) and Europe (CIPP/E) and is a Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) through the IAPP. He earned his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law, his M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business, and his undergraduate degree from Drake University.

Joseph J. Hamill, Jr. is a partner with Fineman Krekstein Harris and is a seasoned litigator/trial attorney, who is respected by his peers, having been named a Philadelphia Super Lawyer five out of the last six years. His experience ranges from simple premises liability cases through complex FDA cosmetics regulatory matters to providing advice on cyber security and data privacy.

Barry S. Herrin, CHPS, FAHIMA, FACHE is the Founder of Herrin Health Law, P.C., a boutique law practice dedicated to the needs of health care providers. Over his 25-plus year legal career, he has regularly represented health care providers in all segments of the industry and advised on a wide variety of regulatory and operational issues, including hospital and health care operations and compliance, medical information privacy and confidentiality, cybersecurity and data breach response, and the formation of provider collaborations for population health and managed care contracting. He is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Mr. Herrin is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association. He also holds a certificate in cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Herrin is an Eagle Scout and volunteers his time to the Boy Scouts of America, in which he serves as a member of the Executive Board of the Northeast Georgia Council. For his community service and good works, he was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel in 2012. He is retired from the United States Air Force Auxiliary, in which he served as the Chief Judge Advocate for 6 years, at the rank of colonel.

Toni Y. Hickey is Deputy General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel for Transactions & Strategy at Cummins Inc., and is responsible for managing IP transactional activities, through the conception, drafting and negotiation of high value acquisitions, licenses, JV agreements, and other processes and policies that are necessary to protect and add value to the company's intellectual property portfolio. She is responsible for developing comprehensive intellectual property (IP) strategies for Cummins worldwide, and helping to formulate and drive IP-related strategic planning. She also counsels on government, regulatory and trade policies that impact Cummins intellectual property rights and in this capacity, she interacts with the invention review committees and brand council, as well as supply chain and advanced concepts groups to identify, harvest, protect and acquire intellectual property rights in the U.S. and around the world. Toni also manages Cummins' trademark, copyright, industrial designs and domain name portfolio, including negotiating and drafting trademark license agreements, and managing trademark conflicts and infringements, including counterfeiting, oppositions and cancellations worldwide. Before coming to Cummins, Toni was Senior Counsel in the Washington, D.C. Office of a major law firm. She began her career with the United States Patent and Trademark Office where she was an examining attorney, an intellectual property rights attaché to the United States Embassy in Mexico and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Agency. Toni earned her law degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, and graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and accounting.

Ross B. Hofherr is Chair of the DRI Government Enforcement and Corporate Compliance Committee and co-leader of the Regional Financial Institutions Focus Team for the New York based law firm of Harris Beach PLLC. Ross represents financial institutions and other commercial clients in a wide range of compliance issues including consumer finance, bank regulatory, and international trade matters.

Patrick Hogan is the Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service's Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force. He manages a squad of special agents and task force officers involved in the investigation of cybercrimes occurring within the Chicago area. He has been involved in cyber investigations for the last seven years while in the Chicago Field Office. Prior to being in the Chicago Field Office, he was involved in the coordination of national and transnational cybercrime investigations at the headquarters level.

James H. Kallianis, Jr., 2017 Committee Chair, is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago. Among his areas of specialty is representing insurers in matters involving directors and officers, cyber, employment practices, general liability and professional liability policies. Chambers USA has described James as a "brilliant trial lawyer" that is recognized by his peers as someone who "fights hard but conducts himself professionally." James has also been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine from 2009 to the present and has been recognized by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Insurance Coverage and Reinsurance Law. He has tried cases in state and federal courts around the country and has argued appeals before state and federal appellate courts. James is a member of DRI's Insurance Law Committee as well as the organization's Data Management and Security Committee. He currently chairs DRI's Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee.

Laurie A. Kamaiko advises clients in a wide range of industries on emerging and complex risks associated with cybersecurity and helps them limit their exposure to cyber incidents and respond to data breaches and related litigation. She has extensive experience in counseling insurers and reinsurers on the handling of claims and coverage issues arising from these events, as well as from terrorism and natural catastrophes, and works closely with them on new product development and policy wordings. Insurers and reinsurers also rely on Laurie for advice on other complex coverage issues, negotiation of resolutions to coverage disputes and litigation of coverage actions under various lines of insurance. Her successful representations include matters involving: general liability &ndash Coverage A and Coverage B claims; professional liability insurance; crime and kidnap & ransom policies; environmental risks; extra contractual exposures; and first party coverages. All of these generally involve significant damages and complex liability issues that Laurie unwinds for her clients after taking the time to understand their needs and develop legal strategies in line with their goals.

Martha L. Kohlstrand is an associate in Ice Miller's Litigation Group, and handles class actions, business litigation and other matters. She is also a member of the Firm's Data Security and Privacy Group, with experience including data breach investigations, TCPA litigation, and ADA website compliance. Martha graduated cum laude from Northwestern Law in 2013 where she was on the staff of Northwestern's Journal of International Law and Business. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Bowling Green State University. Prior to joining Ice Miller, Martha was an associate at the Chicago office of an international law firm, where she began her practice. In 2017, she was recognized by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star." Martha also serves on the Editorial Board of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's flagship publication, Litigation News. She is very active with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, an organization whose mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and its complications. Her passion and commitment to JDRF began when her son was diagnosed with T1D at age 7. She is Vice President of JDRF Illinois' Young Leadership Committee and serves on the Auction Committee for JDRF's One Dream Gala in Chicago. Martha also volunteers in the area of special education law. On weekends, she can often be found at either Bowling Green or Northwestern football games, enjoying the theater or attending live music events.

Steven J. Levine is an Associate Regional Director in the Chicago Regional Office (CHRO) of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Levine directs the CHRO's Investment Adviser and Investment Company Examination Program. Prior to joining the CHRO's exam program in 2011, Mr. Levine was a trial counsel for the SEC for approximately a decade. Before joining the SEC, Mr. Levine was a Senior Trial Attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Chicago from 1994 to 2000. He received the Frank J. McGarr Award from the Chicago Federal Bar Association in 1999 for excellence in providing legal services on behalf of the United States Government. Mr. Levine began his legal career in New York as an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1991 and his B.A. from Cornell University in 1986.

Steven V. Long, MHA, FACHE is the President & CEO of Hancock Health (HH) in Greenfield, Indiana. HH is a healthcare system employing 1,000+ exceptional caregivers serving the health care needs of the residents of Hancock County, and surrounding areas, in cooperation with an outstanding active medical staff of nearly 400 physicians and other providers. Prior to his arrival at HH, Steve served as the President & CEO of Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa. Steve earned his undergraduate degree in business and two masters' degrees (MBA and MHA) from the University of Iowa. Steve is married to his lovely wife, Dorothy, and they have four children including their oldest daughter who is married and blessed Steve and Dorothy with two grandsons.

Jennifer M. McAdam serves as Legal Counsel to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. She provides counsel on cybersecurity matters and was involved in drafting the Insurance Data Security Model Law. She also advised insurance regulators on the multistate examination of the Anthem data breach. She serves as editor of the NAIC Model Laws, Regulations and Guidelines and assists NAIC committees with the model law development process. Ms. McAdam has written amicus briefs for the NAIC to appellate courts, including to the U.S. Supreme Court. She writes the annual case law update for the Journal of Insurance Regulation. Additionally, she provides counsel on corporate and business operations of the NAIC. Prior to joining the NAIC, Jennifer represented corporate policyholders in complex insurance coverage litigation. She has given presentations on a number of insurance topics and has written on insurance coverage matters for New Appleman on Insurance Law publications. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Corporate Counsel, Mid-America Chapter. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas and received her law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She is a member of the bar in Missouri and Kansas.

Nicholas R. Merker is a partner and co-chair of Ice Miller's Data Security and Privacy Practice. His experience is unique, as he is only one of a handful of DSP lawyers in the country who can say that they've worked as a computer systems, network and security engineer for 10 years before practicing law. Nick's forte is being able to quickly judge a room at a client site and determining which hat to wear - lawyer, technologist, or some combination thereof Nick's technology background gives him the unique ability to bridge the gap between lawyers and technologists, often times translating between the two disparate disciplines to resolve legal issues. He strives to provide practical advice to clients that they can go implement immediately rather than generate long-winded academic answers to basic legal questions. Clients seek Nick's counsel in all areas where data security and privacy are an issue, including PCI-DSS, the HIPAA Security Rule, online privacy statements, vendor contract issues, the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), anti-SPAM issues, regulatory enforcement, privacy due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, privacy audits (i.e. GAPP), and data security standards and audits (i.e. NERC, SSAE 16, etc.).Nick also strives to educate others on trending privacy issues. He is Faculty at the International Association of Privacy Professionals where he leads privacy training across the globe to executives, engineers, lawyers and managers. Nick teaches a Data Security and Privacy Law course at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law at Indiana University, and is a frequent author and speaker on privacy issues at conferences and in multiple publications.

Cinthia Granados Motley is the Director of Dykema's Global Data Privacy and Information Security practice group. She has an active national and international practice assisting clients implement effective information security practices, address current and emerging regulatory compliance issues, including cross-border data transfer and information governance, as well as litigation readiness and regulatory inquiry matters. She routinely acts as incident response counsel to national and multi-national entities, as well as privacy litigation counsel. In her litigation practice, Cinthia handles consumer and privacy litigation, international contract disputes, directors and officers liability, ERISA, e-discovery and professional liability matters. She routinely counsels clients in complex commercial disputes both domestically and abroad. Ms. Motley is the Program Vice Chair for the 2018 DRI Cybersecurity and Data Management SEminar

Lysa Myers with ESET Security North America began her tenure in malware research labs in the weeks before the Melissa virus outbreak in 1999. She has seen dramatic changes both in the malware landscape and in the security technologies used help to prevent these threats. Because keeping up with all this change can be difficult for even the most tech-savvy users, she enjoys explaining security issues in an approachable manner for companies and consumers alike.

Carrie S. Parikh is Vice President, Legal at Wyndham Hotel Group. In this role, Carrie provides vision, leadership, and direction to attorneys, paralegals and privacy professionals. Prior to her position as VP, Carrie was Senior Counsel, Lead Global Privacy and Data Security where she managed the company's global privacy and data security program. Before joining Wyndham, Carrie was a Claims Manager for Technology, Media and Business Services claims at Beazley where she handled complex E&O claims in the tech and media world as well as privacy and health care breaches. Carrie began her legal career as associate at Manfredi & Associates, a small law firm in Hoboken where she practiced housing law representing many of New Jersey's Public Housing Authorities. After a federal judicial clerkship with the Honorable Esther Salas (D.N.J.), she spent six years as an associate at DLA Piper, a large New York City law firm, where she focused on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on insurance and securities law. Carrie received her B.A. from Syracuse University and J.D. from Rutgers University-Newark. During law school Mrs. Parikh was named an Eagleton Institute of Politics Graduate Fellow. She is admitted to practice law in the states of New York and New Jersey. In 2013, Carrie was named as a Super Lawyers, Rising Star for the metro New York area. In 2016 she served as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention. Carrie is currently a Glass Leadership Institute Fellow with the Anti-Defamation League.

Alexander E. (Alex) Potente is an experienced trial lawyer who represents insurers in complex commercial insurance litigation matters including disputes pertaining to general liability and professional liability policies, with an emphasis on bad faith litigation and coverage issues arising from claims involving class actions, product defects, public sector liability and environmental and other long-tail insurance coverage disputes. Alex is active in DRI and, in connection with his coverage work on privacy and cyber issues, he serves as co-chair of the DRI Data Breach Subcommittee. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable James B. Zagel of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1997-1999. Alex currently is the vice chair of DRI's Cybersecrity and Data Privavcy Committee.

Stephen E. Reynolds, CIPP/US, CISSP is a partner in Ice Miller's Litigation Group, and co-chair of the Data Security and Privacy Practice, with a practice that focuses on commercial litigation and data security and privacy law. He has represented companies in several types of litigation, including products liability cases, mass torts litigation, construction litigation, trade secrets litigation, securities litigation and other commercial litigation. Originally from Sebastian, Fla., Stephen earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida in 2004. Upon graduation, he was employed as a computer programmer and IT analyst. Stephen received his juris doctorate from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2008, where he was a member of the Indiana Law Journal. As a former computer programmer and IT analyst, Stephen is uniquely able to and routinely uses his computer background in cases involving data security and privacy, electronic discovery, social media discovery, and computer forensics. Stephen has given presentations on data security and privacy, electronic discovery and social media discovery, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).Stephen is also one of the leaders of Ice Miller's Internet of Things (IoT) industry initiative. He has worked with manufacturers of interconnected devices to identify risks associated with collecting and transferring of data, respond to cyber-attacks, and assist with reporting obligations and corrective action plans with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Stephen is Program Chair of the DRI Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Seminar.

Amy E. Richardson is a partner with the law firm of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP. Ms. Richardson practices in Washington, D.C. and Raleigh, North Carolina. She focuses on complex civil litigation and legal ethics and malpractice. Ms. Richardson has represented clients in state and federal court proceedings at both the trial and appellate levels and in arbitration. Ms. Richardson works closely with retailers and mobile marketers in cases involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. She also has extensive experience with multidistrict litigations. Ms. Richardson has been recognized by Super Lawyers, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and ranked among Business North Carolina magazine's "Legal Elite." She is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University School of Law.

Emily Myers Ruzic handles complex business litigation matters, including non-compete and breach-of-contract cases; trade secret, trademark, and copyright infringement litigation; and Federal Trade Commission investigations. She works on a diverse range of matters for a variety of industries, including insurance, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and real estate.

Richik Sarkar with McGlinchy Stafford has been named as one of "The Best Lawyers in America®" and an "Ohio Super Lawyer" with a broad, varied practice in which he handles and directs: (1) litigation, (2) special projects such as organizational updates, policies, strategies, and investigations, and (3) risk and crisis management; for a variety of clients across several industries, ranging from sports and media agencies to local, regional, and global companies and financial institutions. Working with such organizations, he has become an expert in, among other subjects, the areas of: corporate strategy, complex litigation, data privacy and cyber-security, policy and process management, director and officer liability, governance, unfair competition, class action defense, and regulatory compliance and investigations. Through comprehensive strategy, advocacy, and grit, Richik anticipates and addresses his clients' legal, compliance, and business issues before they become complicated and costly disputes and increase risk.

Judy Selby brings 25 years of insurance coverage litigation experience on behalf of insurers and policyholders to her insurance consulting and expert witness practice. She has a particular expertise in cyber insurance and coverage under various policy forms for today's emerging risks. She provides coverage evaluation, policy negotiation, and gap analysis services to companies across multiple industries, helping them to make the most of their insurance premium dollars. She also provides consulting services to experienced attorneys seeking to transition into new practice areas or careers. Judy is a prolific author and speaker, and has been quoted in leading publications including the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and Reuters. In addition to my law degree, she has completed courses in Finance with Harvard Business School HBX, Big Data, Crisis Management/Business Continuity, Cyber Security and the Internet of Things (IoT) with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Professional Education, and Cloud Computing with the IEEE.

Kristin A. Shepard is a Shareholder at Carlton Fields Jorden Burt PA, where her practice focuses on the defense of insurance companies and other financial institution clients in high-stakes litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts. She has defended financial service companies in nationwide class actions, multidistrict litigation, and market conduct litigation. Ms. Shepard is an editor of the firm's Classified Class Action Blog, and a frequent writer and speaker on cutting-edge developments in class action law, including data breach class actions and cybersecurity litigation. She received 2017 and 2016 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards as a Top Author for Class Action Defense.

Kirsten E. Small, CIPP/US is a Member in the Greenville, South Carolina office of Nexsen Pruet LLC, where she focuses her practice on appeals and complex federal litigation. In her appellate practice, in addition to briefing and arguing cases in state and federal appellate courts, Kirsten frequently works with trial counsel to protect their clients' appellate rights through strategic issue framing, critical motions practice, and error preservation. Kirsten's trial-level work focuses on high-stakes, high-complexity federal proceedings, including civil and criminal RICO, antitrust, and qui tam actions under the federal False Claims Act. Kristen has served as Program Chair for the 2017 Women in the Law Seminar and is an active member of DRI's Appellate Advocacy Committee (she coordinates the monthly "Writers' Corner" column that appears in DRI's monthly magazine, For The Defense). She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence.

Anna M. Stafford is Senior Counsel with Travelers Claim Legal in Hartford, Connecticut. She has been practicing insurance coverage law for 16 years, with the last 8 years as in-house coverage counsel. Currently, she serves as the Business Torts Practice Lead for the Travelers General Liability Major Case team, providing coverage advice, training and litigation management principally related to "personal injury", "advertising injury", medical technology and Cyber claims. Prior to her current role, she provided legal advice and training to Travelers underwriting and product development teams related to general liability policies, with an emphasis on Technology and Coverage B products. Prior to going in-house, Ms. Stafford practiced with Hunton & Williams and Shaw Pittman in Northern Virginia, litigating complex, large-loss coverage suits and declaratory judgment actions on behalf of insurers under both "occurrence" and claims-made commercial general liability, errors and omissions liability, and excess and umbrella liability insurance policies. She also advised insurers regarding risk management, proper claims handling and settlement practices, and bad faith and extra-contractual liability. Ms. Stafford is a graduate of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary (J.D. 1999), and the George Washington University (B.A., History and Political Science, magna cum laude 1994). She is a member of the Virginia Bar and is registered as authorized house counsel in Connecticut.

Brittney S. Steele is an in-house counsel at KONE Inc., a vertical transportation manufacturer and service provider. She supports KONE's North America business functions by ensuring compliance with applicable privacy laws and assists with cybersecurity/data breach management and procurement of IT products and services. She attended Marquette University Law School and DePauw University.

Mark J. Swearingen with Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC focuses his practice in the area of health information privacy and security, including HIPAA and HITECH compliance. Mr. Swearingen regularly provides counsel on matters such as: HIPAA compliance investigations; the permissible use and disclosure of health information; creation of privacy and security policies; data breach response and notification; business associate agreements; and HIPAA audits. His counsel to clients also includes a variety of health care topics related to regulatory compliance, including certificate of need, physician and clinical services contracting and risk management. Mr. Swearingen also provides Independent Review Organization services to organizations subject to corporate integrity agreements. He has provided services to a broad spectrum of health care organizations, including health systems, hospitals, physician practices, diagnostic imaging centers, ambulatory surgical centers and long-term care facilities. Mr. Swearingen has spoken and written nationally and regionally on numerous topics, including HIPAA and HITECH compliance data breaches and electronic medical records.

Christopher K. Veatchwith Perkins Coie LLP is a White Collar & Investigations practice partner and is the former Chief of the National Security & Cybercrimes Section with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago). His more than 12-year tenure as a federal prosecutor included serving as a Deputy Chief in the National Security and General Crimes Sections, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Major Case, Complex Fraud, and Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Sections. In addition to his leadership positions, Chris was the office's Crisis Management Coordinator for many years, and served as one of its Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) Coordinators. Chris has extensive experience investigating and prosecuting complex and sensitive matters, including those involving cybercrime; securities, bank, accounting, healthcare, tax and other fraud; international bribery and money laundering schemes; copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets and economic espionage; export controls and U.S. sanctions programs (including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Arms Export Control Act (AECA), International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR), Iranian Transactions Regulations (ITR) and other Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions programs); and, other national security matters.

Hanchen Wang is a securities analyst on the listed infrastructure investment team within the Liquid Real Assets group at DWS He focuses on North American energy infrastructure companies and has been leading the team's systematic data analysis and automation efforts. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2014 with a double degree in Electrical Engineering as well as Economics and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences. He has followed the development of crypto-currencies largely academically, first encountering the topic in the context of an undergraduate engineering course.

Bert Weingarten is the CEO of PAN AMP, Hamburg. Born in 1970 in Lübeck, Weingarten graduated from the Max-Planck-Institute, in information and communications technology. He created and developed early concepts for using internet access in the public sphere. He operated the first public internet points in Germany, and thus had a decisive role in the enlargement of the internet in Germany. With the foundation of PAN AMP in 1998, Weingarten was responsible for the development of internet filters and security technologies as well as automatic internet analysis and forensic processes. Weingarten supports the security scene of Europe through Key-Notes to Ministers of the Interior, Police Presidents and Directors of State Offices of Criminal Investigation, European Parliament's Sub-Committee on Security and Defence with his skill on Cyberwar and Defence. Furthermore he is as a specialist a solicited lecturer in the audiences of the offices of the German Federal States and the Federal Government, where he optimises the skills of internet agents with Forensic engineering. With those activities Weingarten could early contribute in an essential way to the preventive calculation of dangerous situations in Europe.

David S. Weinstein is a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP's White Collar Crime Group. Mr. Weinstein's clients include corporate and individual clients in need of assistance negotiating the complex myriad of State and Federal laws, rules and regulations. He is admitted to practice in the State of Florida and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. Mr. Weinstein is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton and the University of Miami School of Law. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2013 in the White Collar Criminal Defense Category. He currently serves as the President Elect and Board Member of the South Florida Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He is a member of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Dade County Bar Association's Criminal Court's Committee. Prior to joining Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, David practiced at two different firms in Miami. He was a senior member of the white collar practice teams at each firm. Before entering private practice, he served as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County Florida from 1989-1998, where he was a line assistant and then the Chief of the Robbery Career Criminal Section, the Narcotics Section, the Racketeering/Organized Crime Section and prior to his departure, as the Deputy Chief of the Felony Division. In 1998 he became an Assistant United States Attorney with the United Sates Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. As an Assistant United States Attorney he focused on the investigation and prosecution of multi-defendant narcotics trafficking and money laundering cases. In addition to trial work, he also held management positions as the Chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force/Narcotics Section and prior to leaving the Office in 2009, he was the Chief of the Public Integrity/National Security/Civil Rights section.