IPRI Events
Research teams in IPRI hold events throughout the year. These can be high-profile, large scale events that bring together stakeholders in a sector or small focused workshops for scoping our future research.
MIT/FRS Annual Conference on Measuring Cyber Risk (2024)
On January 17-18, 2024, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Bank of
IPRI Talk: Stephanie Nguyen – US FTC CTO (2023)
Stephanie Nguyen spoke at MIT on May 17th, 2023 about the relationship between technological innovation
MIT/US Federal Reserve: Measuring Cyber Risk in the Financial Service Sector
Register for the event at: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/mit-federal-reserve-bank-wo
Defining Success for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Policy
Written by Sean Atkins1 Since the late 1990s, U.S. policy to secure its critical infrastructure
Designing Governable Computing Systems
On March 3, 2021, Daniel Weitzer spoke in an MIT CSAIL talk hosted by Hal
Democracy, Disinformation, AI, and Platform Regulation
On January 27, 2021, The CSAIL Computing and Society CoR and the MIT Internet Policy
1/27/2021: IAP Workshop on Democracy, Disinformation, AI, and Platform Regulation
January 27th 2021 | 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Zoom The Internet has transformed
10/10/2020: Defining Success and Mapping the Road Ahead: Public-Private Partnership and Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
On December 10th, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Zoom, join us for
COVID-19 Apps: Data Transparency and Data Governance Through UX/UI Design
Written by Stephanie Nguyen & Ilaria Liccardi Nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak in the
4/16/2020: ImPACT 2020
The virtual ImPACT 2020 Conference aimed to develop an understanding of how automated contact tracing
February 2020: 24th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium
The 24th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium will be held on February 27th and 28th 2020 at
IAP January 2020: AI Technology, Policy, and Society: Priorities, Opportunities, and Trade-Offs
This seminar will explore the current alignment of AI Technology, Public Policy, and Society with
12/4/19: Discussing the Digital Rise of China and the U.S./EU Response
On Wednesday December 4, 2019, the Harvard University Asia Center and Harvard Project on Europe
9/25/19: TALK: Digitalisation and European Welfare States
Join us on September 25, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in 32-D463 to hear J. Scott
3/14/19: Fiber Broadband, Cloud Computing, and Firm Growth
Join us on March 14, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. in 32-G575 to hear Timothy DeStefano,
3/12/19: World Wide Web 30-Year Anniversary
On March 12, 2019, the World Wide Web — created by Tim Berners-Lee — turned
1/15/19: 2019 MIT AI Policy Congress
The inaugural MIT AI Policy Congress occurred on January 15, 2019 when experts from industry,
12/6/18: IPRI End of the Year Presentations
How do law, policy, and technology interact? And how do these subjects relate to the
5/21/18: Daniel Weitzner at the Second Annual Privacy & Cybersecurity Conference
On May 21, 2018, Daniel Weitzner delivered a keynote address at the 2nd Annual Privacy
2/14/18: Arvind Narayanan Visits MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative
Arvind Narayanan is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and a main
11/15/17: Danny Weitzner and David Clark presenting at IPRI Hosted Track at ILP R&D Conference
MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative is hosting an IPRI Track at the Industry Liason Program’s
10/5/17: Sandro Gaycken speaking to IPRI on “Industrial Cyber Security in Germany”
Date: Thursday, October 5th Time: 4:30 – 5:30 PM Building 3-133 33 Mass Ave (rear)
9/22/17: Dr. Steve Unger – “Where the Policies Diverge: UK and U.S. Telecom Policy in a Precarious Era”
Speaking Event: Dr Steve Unger is the Group Director of Strategy, International, Technology and Economics,
9/20/17: IPRI Summer Fellows – Research Colloquium
On Wednesday, September 20, our Postgraduate Fellows — who have worked with us this summer to develop research
5/1/17: Erin Kenneally (DHS) Visits IPRI
Erin Kenneally is a program manager in the Cyber Security Division for the Homeland Security
4/24/17: Jean Pierre Blais Talks About Canadian Telecom Policy
Jean-Pierre Blais, the Canadian CRTC head, and and David Clark, Internet pioneer and MIT Senior
3/23/17: Julia Angwin Discusses Algorithmic Accountability
On 23 March 2017 (Thursday), MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative hosted ProPublica’s Julia Angwin for a
3/9/17: Polish Delegation Visits MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative
MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative was honored to host a Polish Delegation comprised of Undersecretaries
3/7/17: Dr. Caroline Paunov – “Making Innovation Benefit All”
Making innovation benefit all: Policies for inclusive growth On March 7, 2017, Caroline Paunov visited
11/30/16: Security, Privacy, and the Internet
Watch a video from the Security, Privacy and the Internet here: video . The event
10/12/16: Admiral Michael Rogers (U.S. Cyber Command) Visits IPRI
Admiral Michael Rogers of the U.S. Cyber Command and head of the NSA met with
9/21/16: Houlin Zhao (International Telecommunication Union Secretary General) Visits IPRI
The Secretary General of the ITU, Houlin Zhao, visited IPRI in September 2016. The meeting
7/19/16: Wonks, Engineers, and Innovators – Bringing New Perspectives to Governing
Who should make decisions about our governing our digital future? And how? Current and former
7/18/16: Is Internet Policy Economic Policy?
From the day he launched his 2008 presidential campaign, President Obama argued that the Internet
6/7/16: Mignon Clyburn (FCC Commissioner) Visits IPRI
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn visited IPRI in June, 2016 to talk with a group of
5/23/16: BEREC – Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communication
In May 2016, IPRI hosted the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) on
4/19/16: Giovanni Buttarelli (European Data Protection Supervisor) Visits IPRI
Ethics as the Root of Privacy and the Future of Data Protection IPRI hosted Mr.
3/11/16: Vice President Andrus Ansip (EC) and Secretary Penny Pritzker (US DoC) at IPRI
Why Internet policy matters for everything from MIT’s startup culture to the global economy European
3/7/16: Robert Hannigan (Director of GCHQ) Speaks at IPRI
IPRI hosted Robert Hannigan, the head of the British intelligence agency GCHQ, at MIT in
12/4/15: Power Wars – Inside Obama’s Post-9/11 Presidency
Charlie SAVAGE (website, flyer), a Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times journalist, and author of Power Wars:
10/30/15: Intersection, Scale, and Social Machines: Scholarship in the Digital World
David DE ROURE is a Professor of e-Research at University of Oxford, Director of the
10/21/15: Cost-benefit Analysis of Data Intelligence
All data intelligence processes are designed for processing a finite amount of data within a
3/3/14: Big Data Privacy Workshop
On March 3, 2014, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and MIT
U.S. Privacy Legislation: Now Is The Time
21 May 2018 Daniel Weitzner delivered a keynote address at the 2nd Annual Privacy &
Arvind Narayanan Visits MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative
By: Jonathan Frankle On February 14th, Arvind Narayanan visited IPRI from Princeton University, where he
Event: IPRI Summer Fellows – Research Colloquium
On Wednesday, September 20, IPRI’s Postgraduate Fellows — who have worked with IPRI this summer to develop research
CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais at MIT
By: Natalie Klym, Executive Director of MIT’s Communications Futures Program (CFP) April 24th, 2017 When
Speech: Brenner – Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Attacks
Joel Brenner gave a presentation on protecting America’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks to InfraGard,
Event: Forum on Data Privacy Convened by the Massachusetts Attorney General
Forum on Data Privacy Convened by the Massachusetts Attorney General Date: 24 Mar 2016 Thursday,
Research: Privacy Bridges – EU and US Privacy Experts in Search of Transatlantic Privacy Solutions
The EU and US share a common commitment to privacy protection as a cornerstone of
Event: Summary of White House-MIT Big Data Privacy Workshop
March 26, 2014 The following is an initial, personal summary of high-level observations from the