Speaker event: "What Stays in Vegas: World of Personal Data – Lifeblood of Big Business"
Adam Tanner, fellow of the Harvard University Institute for Quantitative Social Science and author of "What Stays in Vegas: The World of Personal Data – Lifeblood of Big Business –and the End of Privacy as We Know It” will be the featured speaker.
Sunday, October 5th @ 3pm
Multnomah Athletic Club
1849 SW Salmon St
Portland, OR 97205
The author and speaker, Adam Tanner, is a fellow at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science. He has recently completed the book "What Stays in Vegas: The World of Personal Data - Lifeblood of Big Business - and the End of Privacy as We Know It" to be published September 2, 2014. "What Stays in Vegas" tells how casinos and other businesses have mastered the use of personal data to help advance their businesses
Overall, Mr. Tanner's work is about the real-life human impact of the proliferation of personal data. He will share previously untold inside stories of how firms gather intimate details about customers, from the vantage point of the entrepreneurs aggregating and selling such data as well as the people impacted by such practices.
At the core of his work is original investigative reporting to bring to life key issues through lively narrative writing and public presentations. By focusing on accessible, original narratives of leading businesses and entrepreneurs as well as people affected by them, Mr. Tanner seeks to encourage business to embrace openness about their policies and empower consumers to make informed choices.
Mr. Tanner's publications
articles: www.BehindTheDataCurtain.com
book: www.WhatStaysinVegas.US
To help us plan and generate an attendee list for the venue front desk, your RSVP is necessary whether you are a "yes" or "maybe." $3 cost per person collected at the door to cover cost of venue. Friends and family are welcome too! Thank you.
Please email hucoregon@post.harvard.edu with questions.
Event co-host: James M. Carter, AB'01 (Leverett House)