Digital Trust 2018 – Wellington – 30 August 2018

Have you ever wondered about how companies such as Google manage your information – and how you can get more control? And how secure is your bank information? And that’s just you as an individual – what about the organisations that you work for – how do you ensure that your customers feel they are safe when dealing with you?

We’ve pulled together an evening event where you can hear from the experts about these things. Our main keynote speaker is Ross Young from Google will talk about what they store but also about how to know more about that information.

Ross will join us for a panel with Serena Chen, from BNZ Digital who will offer her perspective of security online, and Ben Creet, Policy manager at InternetNZ

I can promise you that this evening will be enlightening and you’ll come away with a better sense of what’s happening when you interact online.

More about Ross : Born and bred in Wellington, Ross manages public policy for Google in New Zealand. After completing degrees in psychology and law, he worked in the public and private sectors in New Zealand and overseas – including the BBC, Vodafone Australia, Minority Rights Group International and the Commerce Commission. He lives in Wellington with his husband and exuberant 7 year old daughter.

Serena Chen is a product designer building frameworks at BNZ Digital. She is an ex-physicist/mathematician, teen magazine founder, and hacker at heart. She believes deeply in using technology to build a kinder, fairer, and better world.

Creeture (aka Ben Creet) is a policy analyst, technology geek and cybersecurity professional who has a dayjob with InternetNZ doing Internet policy stuff. Ben is a member of the New Zealand Internet Task Force, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security’s Reference Group, InternetNZ, a part time Master of Strategic Studies student at Victoria University of Wellington and an national expert on vulnerability disclosure policy. A tabletop & xbox gamer, a football fan and a NatSec nerd, Ben is mostly importantly parent/pack-leader to #LilCreeture, #LittlestCreeture and #CreeturePup.

Please note: The event opens at 5.00pm with the formal parts of the evening getting underway at 5.30pm.