INTERFACE Sacramento Reno
Presented by Steve Smith • Chief Information Officer, University of Nevada Reno
Do you know who has access to data about you? What data, where it is, how it is shared, when (if ever) it is deleted? Facial recognition and other biometric tracking capabilities may be giving rise to surveillance capitalism. We are normalizing technologies that nobody knows how they will be used in the long term. At the same time laws like the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are imposing compliance requirements that impact how business is conducted. Learn the latest about the technologies and the policies that impact privacy and how it may impact the role of IT.
Bio:
Steve Smith is the Vice Provost for Information Technology and CIO for the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). UNR is a Carnegie Classified R-1 research university and the land grant institution for the state of Nevada. Steve has been at UNR since 2015. Prior to that, he held similar positions at the University of Hawaii system and the University of Alaska system with over 35 years of experience in information technology in higher education. He has extensive experience in networks and large systems for research and education. He is chair of the board for the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and Co-Chair of the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition Higher Education Policy Group. Steve is also a member of the Juniper Higher Education Advisory Board and the VMWare Higher Education Peer Advisory Board.