Post-Pandemic Privacy Symposium


2022 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium

"Post-Pandemic Privacy: Health, Data, and Dignity"

Friday, February 11, 2022

9 a.m. - 1 p.m. CST

Virtual event

Post-Pandemic Privacy SymposiumThis year’s virtual symposium will focus on post-pandemic privacy implications concerning health care, technology and cybersecurity, and will include two panels and a roundtable discussion. The event is co-hosted by the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy and PrivacyPraxis.

Panel One’s focus is on the post-pandemic reshaping of the health care system and issues regarding telehealth, technology and social disparities. Panel Two’s focus is on post-pandemic technology concerns regarding security, surveillance, biometric and location data, and other technology-related privacy implications. During a roundtable discussion, panelists will discuss the disproportionate impact of the pandemic in racially marginalized communities.

No CLE credit will be offered during the symposium.



Speakers and Panelists

Keynote Speaker: 

  • Kimberly Mutcherson, Reproductive Justice in a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons We Should Learn (But Probably Won’t)
    Co-Dean and Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School in Camden

Panel One:

  • Renée Landers, Protecting Privacy While Providing Health Care, Promoting Public Health, and Enhancing Economic Security
    Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Health and Biomedical Law Concentration and the Masters of Law: Life Sciences program, Suffolk University Law School
  • Leah Fowler, COVID-19 & The Myth of Health Data Privacy
    Research Assistant Professor and Research Director in the Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center
  • Barry R. Furrow, Mainstreaming Telehealth? Constraints on Broad Use
    Director of the Health Law Program and Professor of Law, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University

Panel Two:

  • Jacob Elberg, Balancing Telehealth Availability with Fraud and Abuse Concerns
    Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law, Seton Hall Law School
  • Sam Halabi, New Global Health Surveillance Technologies and the Protection of Community and Patient Privacy
    Senior Scholar and Visiting Professor, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • David Opderbeck, Contact Tracing, Vaccination Status, and Privacy: The EU Example
    Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology, Seton Hall Law School

Panel Three/Roundtable Discussion:

  • Teri Dobbins Baxter
    Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor, The University of Tennessee College of Law
  • Thomas Williams
    Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the JD/MA in Bioethics and Science Policy, Duke Law School

Symposium Agenda

Symposium Schedule
Time (CST)Speaker
9 a.m.Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Stephen Mazza, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law
  • Najarian Peters, Associate Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law
  • Melinda Foshat, Symposium Editor, Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy
9:30 a.m.Keynote Speaker: Kimberly Mutcherson, Reproductive Justice in a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons We Should Learn (But Probably Won’t)
Co-Dean and Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School in Camden
10-11:25 a.m.Panel One Presentations
  • 10 a.m. - Renée Landers, Protecting Privacy While Providing Health Care, Promoting Public Health, and Enhancing Economic Security
    Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Health and Biomedical Law Concentration and the Masters of Law: Life Sciences program, Suffolk University Law School
  • 10:15 a.m. - Leah Fowler, COVID-19 & The Myth of Health Data Privacy
    Research Assistant Professor and Research Director in the Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center
  • 10:35 a.m. - Barry R. Furrow, Mainstreaming Telehealth? Constraints on Broad Use
    Director of the Health Law Program and Professor of Law, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University
10:50 - 11:05 a.m.Panel One Questions and Discussion
11:05 - 11:30 a.m.Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.

Panel Two Presentations

  • 11:30 a.m. - Jacob Elberg, Balancing Telehealth Availability with Fraud and Abuse Concerns
    Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law, Seton Hall Law School
  • 11:45 a.m. - Sam Halabi, New Global Health Surveillance Technologies and the Protection of Community and Patient Privacy
    Senior Scholar and Visiting Professor, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • 12:05 p.m. - David Opderbeck, Contact Tracing, Vaccination Status, and Privacy: The EU Example
    Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology, Seton Hall Law School
12:20 - 12:35 p.m.Panel Two Questions and Discussion
12:35 - 12:55 p.m.

Panel Three/Roundtable Discussion

  • Teri Dobbins Baxter
    Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor, The University of Tennessee College of Law
  • Thomas Williams
    Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the JD/MA in Bioethics and Science Policy, Duke Law School
12:55 - 1 p.m.Closing Remarks and Thank You

Cost

The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration will be required.


Registration

Registration for this event is closed.


Program Accessibility

Closed captioning will be provided during this virtual event. We accommodate persons with disabilities. Please submit your request no later than January 28 to Rebecca Clayton at rclayton@ku.edu or 785-864-2388 TTY: 711.


Symposium Issue

Scholarship associated with the symposium will be published in an upcoming issue of the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy.

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