Big Data: ethical issues at the face of research

Big Data: ethical issues at the face of research

University of Leeds, 27-28 June 2017

This conference will explore central ethical issues regarding data analytics and big data research.  Sponsored by the EPSRC-funded QuantiCode project, the conference will bring together practitioners and theorists in data analytics to examine areas such as societal research, privacy by design, the value of informed consent, and the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation.  Particular focus will be paid to the ethical and compliance issues arising from the methods and practices of data analytics, rather than the end use of the analytic process.  This will contribute to broad thinking around the issues of data analytics as well as the QuantiCode project itself.

Provisional Programme 

Day 1

12-12:45           Registration and lunch

12:45-1:45       Ethical Issues in Data Analytics Methods Research - Dr Kevin Macnish (University of Leeds)

1:45-2:15         Empirical Evidence About Risks and Harms: Are We Overreacting? - Prof Justin Keen (University of Leeds)

2:15 - 2:45       Privacy Preserving Approaches - Dr Anna Palzcewska  (University of Leeds)

2:45-3:30         Coffee and Networking

3:30-5              TBC - Baroness Prof Onora O'Neill (University of Cambridge)

5-6                  PhD Presentations and Posters

Day 2

9-10:15           Privacy in the Law and the GDPR - Andrew Dyson (DLA Piper)

10:15-10:30     Coffee

10:30-11:30     Privacy in Big Data Analytics under Opacity? - Vincent Muller  (University of Leeds)

11:30-12:15     Big Data and Compliance - Alex Hubbard (Senior Policy Officer, Information Commissioner's Office)

12:15-1:15       TBC - Chris Martin  (University of Warwick)

1:30                 Lunch

The conference will take place in the Great Hall Building and the Woodhouse Suite in University House at the University of Leeds, LS2 9JT.  Information on how to get to the university and car parking (including tariffs) can be found here: https://www.meetinleeds.co.uk/location/getting-to-the-university-of-leeds/

Registration is available via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethical-issues-at-the-face-of-big-data-research-tickets-34317614910

Kevin Macnish

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Dr Kevin Macnish
Teaching Fellow and Consultant

Chair, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures Research Ethics Committee

LITE Teaching Enhancement Project Leader
http://leeds.academia.edu/KevinMacnish

Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied
University of Leeds
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Leeds LS2 9JT

Tel: 0113 343 2768