In Public
- Feb 23, 2023 - MC/Hosted Bitdevs.ca Vancouver
- Jun 08, 2022 - Understanding NFTs & fungible tokens with several case studies and unlimited Q&A
- Jun 25, 2019 - TRACE Bribery and Economic Crime Summit - Using blockchain to protect privacy and prevent cybercrimes
- Jan09,2018 - Net2Van - Practical Security for Nonprofits: Spectre and Meltdown
- Jan09,2018 - Net2Van - Cryptocurrency for non-profits
- March30,2017 - Innovation and Inclusion: How Can Social Media & Digital Platforms Help Us to Cross the Digital Divide & Promote Democratic Participation? - RightsCon via Global Affairs Canada - Brussels, Belgium
- March29,2017 - Harnessing the Power of Digital Technology to Counter the Proliferation of Online Hate - RightsCon via Global Affairs Canada - Brussels, Belgium
- Feb22,2017 - Open Media's screening of Do Not Track and IXmaps. Privacy expert on panel discussing online surveillance
- Feb10,2017 - Reboot Privacy & Security Conference in Victoria - Understanding The Right Questions to Ask to Protect Your Privacy and Security
- Feb05,2016 - Reboot Privacy & Security Conference in Victoria - The Top 10 Free, Open Source Tools for Protecting your Privacy
- Jan28,2015 - Hosted ASC in Vancouver.
- Mar09,2013 - Spoke about ASC and Ideas Meetings at "Moving from Vision to Action: Making Your Community or Neighhourhood Project Thrive" by BC Health Communities and Smart Planning BC
- Feb5&6, 2013 - Providing training for those interested in challenging the IAPP's CIPP/C exam at the 14th annual Reboot Privacy and Security conference.
- Sep13,2012 - CryptoParty in Portsmouth, NH
- Aug2,2012 - Pecha Kucha #10 in Victoria
- May2,2012 - Spoke on privacy in social media to the High-Noon Hump day luncheon in Victoria #HNHD
- April 7&8,2012 - BarCampBoston7 Boston, MA
- Dec8,2011 - MC - IdeaWave session on the main stage at Discover Tectoria Victoria, BC
- Nov14,2011 - Moderator - World Cafe on municipal politics issues in Victoria, BC.
- Oct15,2011 - Celebrity guest server - Harvest and apple pie day - Moss street market Victoria, BC
- Sep23,2011 - The Vancouver riots and social media - Panel discussion at MISA2011 Sydney, BC
- Apr18,2011 - Presented with my good friend Chris Parsons on privacy in context of social media at Social Media Club - Victoria, BC
- Feb17,2011 - I spoke at the 2011 Privacy and Security conference on Thursday, February 17th from 3:00 – 4:15 on a panel discussion entitled, The ‘Naked’ Traveler – is all this necessary? Victoria, BC
- Dec02,2010 - Represented Ecovision Asia at the Deloitte Fast 500 Asia/Pacific luncheon in Hong Kong
- Nov 20,2010 - I was one of the three judges for Homebrew Korea's Brew your best fest, the largest home brew beer competition in Korea's history. Seoul, South Korea
- Nov 19,2010 - Taught an ethical hacking class at an international school in Suwon, South Korea
- Nov 13,2010 - Participated in the Tokyo Hackerspace fundraiser. Tokyo, Japan
- Oct 03,2010 - Myself and Christopher Parsons spoke on some of the privacy issues around social media at Social Media Camp - Victoria, BC
- May08,2010 - My Leadership Victoria team along with the CRD hosted Trail Day Victoria, BC
- May26,2009 - Hosted DemoCampVictoria03 Victoria, BC
- Aug 21,2008 - Spoke on behalf of the Canadian Pacific Lawn Bowling Club at another Victoria city council meeting, Victoria, BC
- May 1-4, 2007 - Spoke along with CIPPIC colleagues at Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference on Digital Rights Management (DRM) Technologies and Consumer Privacy: A Canadian Market Survey and Privacy Impact Assessment (link to the full report in pdf) Montreal, QC
- Dec04,2004 - University of Lima, Peru - Spoke on how the US Patriot Act affects those outside of the United States of America. Lima, Peru
Events I've attended via invite, or been involved with:
- June 23&24,2012 - Represented Canada on team Gila Contacts at AngelHack Boston, MA
- June 15&16,2012 - Recon.cx - Montreal, Quebec
- June 12-14 - Represented Canada with the top 40 in DIY-BIO globally at FBI-DIYBIO - Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
- May 9-11,2012 - IAPP Privacy Symposium - Toronto, Ontario
- March 7-9,2012 CanSecWest - Vancouver, BC