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Kelli McCune

Director, Freshwater & Food Transformation
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Kelli McCune, Director, Freshwater & Food Transformation, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) advances regenerative agriculture as a key part of transforming food systems within WWF’s vision for a future where nature and people thrive. Prior to joining WWF, Kelli worked at Sustainable Conservation, a California non-profit.

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Kelli McCune

Director, Freshwater & Food Transformation
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Kelli McCune

Director, Freshwater & Food Transformation
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Kelli McCune, Director, Freshwater & Food Transformation, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) advances regenerative agriculture as a key part of transforming food systems within WWF’s vision for a future where nature and people thrive. Prior to joining WWF, Kelli worked at Sustainable Conservation, a California non-profit. During her 13-year tenure, Kelli built diverse stakeholder collaborations to develop solutions on working lands that improve water, biodiversity, climate outcomes, and producers’ livelihoods. Her work demonstrated innovative voluntary performance-based incentives in agricultural lending and regulatory programs. Kelli received her B.A. in Environmental Science and Spanish from Northern Michigan University and her master’s degree in Environmental Science & Management from UC Santa Barbara. 

 

Samantha Buchalter

VP
The Russell Group

Samantha joined The Russell Group in 2017 and quickly rose through the ranks to become a member of the firm’s senior lobbying team. In her role as Vice President, she advises clients on an array of policy issues and oversees the firm’s Legislative and Regulatory Affairs division.

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Samantha Buchalter

VP
The Russell Group

Samantha Buchalter

VP
The Russell Group

Samantha joined The Russell Group in 2017 and quickly rose through the ranks to become a member of the firm’s senior lobbying team. In her role as Vice President, she advises clients on an array of policy issues and oversees the firm’s Legislative and Regulatory Affairs division.

During her time with The Russell Group, Samantha has been instrumental in building out the firm’s climate and sustainability practice, delivering counsel and developing advocacy strategies that position clients to take on a leadership role in reducing GHG emissions and promoting resiliency throughout the agricultural supply chain. She has also managed the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance – a first-of-its-kind effort uniting key agriculture, forestry, and environmental stakeholders in support of voluntary and incentive-based climate solutions – since its inception in early 2020.

Samantha is passionate about vocational agriculture education and cultivating the next generation of student leaders. She is a proud byproduct of her hometown agriscience program in central Connecticut and went on to earn a B.A. from the George Washington University

She now resides in Capitol Hill with her husband, Adam, and their two Siamese cats (who make an appearance on Zoom calls from time to time). In her free time, Samantha enjoys sampling the city’s newest restaurants, exploring new hiking trails, and mentoring teens through the DC Family and Youth Initiative.

 

Megan Rock

Chief Sustainability Officer
CHS

Megan Rock is vice president of sustainability and innovation at CHS, the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative and an agronomy, global energy, grains and food company.

In 2022, Rock joined CHS as the company’s first VP of sustainability and innovation. Prior to CHS, she served as VP of corporate responsibility and sustainability and global lead of sustainability solutions at Bunge, Inc., and held sustainability and environmental management positions in government and banking.

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Megan Rock

Chief Sustainability Officer
CHS

Megan Rock

Chief Sustainability Officer
CHS

Megan Rock is vice president of sustainability and innovation at CHS, the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative and an agronomy, global energy, grains and food company.

In 2022, Rock joined CHS as the company’s first VP of sustainability and innovation. Prior to CHS, she served as VP of corporate responsibility and sustainability and global lead of sustainability solutions at Bunge, Inc., and held sustainability and environmental management positions in government and banking.

In her new role, Rock will lead CHS efforts to develop and execute sustainability and innovation strategies across its $48 billion enterprise.

Rock holds a bachelor of science degree in soil, environmental and atmospheric science from the University of Missouri and a graduate certificate in advanced studies in environmental policy and management from the University of Denver. 

Rock has served on the board of directors for Field to Market and Ag Future of America. In 2015, she received the Changemaker of Tomorrow award from Keep Akron (Ohio) Beautiful, and she is a member of the St. Louis Business Journal’s 40 under 40 class of 2020. She lives in St. Louis with her three children and two French bulldogs.

 

Kylie Long

Venture Partner
Coyote Ventures

Kylie Long

Venture Partner
Coyote Ventures

Kylie Long

Venture Partner
Coyote Ventures
 

Raven Kyles

Starbucks Coffee Company
Ethics and Compliance Investigator

Because a person’s occupation is often one of the most defining aspects of his or her identity, Raven Kyles is on a mission to help businesses understand ethical compliance in the workplace is impactful to employees — but also to the employer’s bottom line.  

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Raven Kyles

Starbucks Coffee Company
Ethics and Compliance Investigator

Raven Kyles

Starbucks Coffee Company
Ethics and Compliance Investigator

Because a person’s occupation is often one of the most defining aspects of his or her identity, Raven Kyles is on a mission to help businesses understand ethical compliance in the workplace is impactful to employees — but also to the employer’s bottom line.  

Raven Kyles is a labor and employment attorney who received her juris doctor from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas. Upon receiving her law license, Raven focused her practice on federal sector labor and employment law and litigated cases on behalf of employees. Currently, Raven works as an Ethics and Compliance Investigator for Starbucks Coffee Company

Again in groups, attendees will be presented with a series of often faced challenges that potential PETs adopters will encounter and discuss best practices for mitigating them. Attendees will take part in one discussion from round A and one from round B.

Round A:

  • Handling and overcoming internal pushback
  • Identifying use cases and implementing in practice
  • Determining core privacy challenges

Round B:

  • Effectively utilising and maximising the potential of synthesised data
  • Establishing data-sharing initiatives with market competitors
  • Leveraging PETs to convince customers their data is safe

In intimate groups filtered by industry, attendees will discuss the use cases, challenges and opportunities they have experienced when looking to implement PETs. Attendees will also seek to identify the single most pressing privacy or data concern they currently face and how PETs could be a solution, before presenting back to the wider room to encourage cross industry benchmarking.

Groups to be split into:

  • Finance
  • Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing, Advertising and Social Media
  • Transport, Shipping and Logistics
  • Hospitality
  • Aerospace and Defence
  • Public Sector

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Ryan Lasmaili

Co-Founder & CEO
Vaultree

Ryan has since childhood been fascinated by technology breakthroughs from space travel to EnviroTech, and in the last 12 years he has been involved with technology startups developing solutions to major problems. Ryan’s background is in financial mathematics with a passion for astrophysics and economics, having also worked in corporate environments in roles ranging from project manager to senior analyst, reporting to executives in listed multinationals. Ryan is always looking for ways to improve and apply his out of the box thinking to solving major cybersecurity problems with his biggest undertaking to date solving today’s and tomorrow’s data encryption & protection challenges.

 

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Ryan Lasmaili

Co-Founder & CEO
Vaultree

Ryan has since childhood been fascinated by technology breakthroughs from space travel to EnviroTech, and in the last 12 years he has been involved with technology startups developing solutions to major problems. Ryan’s background is in financial mathematics with a passion for astrophysics and economics, having also worked in corporate environments in roles ranging from project manager to senior analyst, reporting to executives in listed multinationals. Ryan is always looking for ways to improve and apply his out of the box thinking to solving major cybersecurity problems with his biggest undertaking to date solving today’s and tomorrow’s data encryption & protection challenges.

 

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Ross Parker

Head of Information Governance and Privacy
S&P Global

Ross Parker is the Head of Data Governance and Privacy Compliance for S&P Global Inc. In his current role, Ross leads the strategic planning, management, and direction of S&P Global's Privacy program. Ross has coordinated, or overseen, all stages of the implementation of compliance programs, policies and procedures for GDPR, CCPA, and emerging privacy regulations across the world.

Ross works with his team to assess S&P Global’s existing data management and privacy practices, identifying risk areas and opportunities for improvement, and provide global-level guidance and oversight for privacy compliance operations across the enterprise.

Ross currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia and, when not working, enjoys skiing, playing music, and spending time with his two daughters

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Ross Parker

Head of Information Governance and Privacy
S&P Global

Ross Parker is the Head of Data Governance and Privacy Compliance for S&P Global Inc. In his current role, Ross leads the strategic planning, management, and direction of S&P Global's Privacy program. Ross has coordinated, or overseen, all stages of the implementation of compliance programs, policies and procedures for GDPR, CCPA, and emerging privacy regulations across the world.

Ross works with his team to assess S&P Global’s existing data management and privacy practices, identifying risk areas and opportunities for improvement, and provide global-level guidance and oversight for privacy compliance operations across the enterprise.

Ross currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia and, when not working, enjoys skiing, playing music, and spending time with his two daughters

One of the key capabilities of PETs provide is the ability to anonymise data, allowing for that data to be shared internally and externally in full compliance without risk of breach. This panel will focus on the subsequent benefits and practical steps for implementation.

  • Retaining data utility and quality after anonymisation
  • The implications of pseudonymised vs anonymised data
  • Building the infrastructure required for internal and external data sharing initiatives
  • Avoiding risk and understanding where liability lies if there were a breach

Author:

Alon Ben-Chorin

Director, Investigations - International Banking
Scotiabank
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Alon Ben-Chorin

Director, Investigations - International Banking
Scotiabank

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John Athanasiades

Senior Director, Financial Crime Management and Corporate Security
National Bank of Canada

John Athanasiades leads National Bank of Canada’s Financial Crime and Corporate Security division which includes anti-money laundering, fraud, terrorist financing and corporate / internal threat investigations.  He is responsible for putting in place a robust risk management and mitigation program by continuing to develop and reinforce strategies surrounding these issues.  Prior to joining National Bank, he had a career of nearly 30 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police managing and collaborating on several national and international strategic initiatives and investigations involving national security, anti-money laundering, terrorism, financial crime and intelligence. Before he retired, he led the Financial Integrity Program for the RCMP in the province of Quebec.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from McGill University as well as completing a CAMS certification

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John Athanasiades

Senior Director, Financial Crime Management and Corporate Security
National Bank of Canada

John Athanasiades leads National Bank of Canada’s Financial Crime and Corporate Security division which includes anti-money laundering, fraud, terrorist financing and corporate / internal threat investigations.  He is responsible for putting in place a robust risk management and mitigation program by continuing to develop and reinforce strategies surrounding these issues.  Prior to joining National Bank, he had a career of nearly 30 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police managing and collaborating on several national and international strategic initiatives and investigations involving national security, anti-money laundering, terrorism, financial crime and intelligence. Before he retired, he led the Financial Integrity Program for the RCMP in the province of Quebec.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from McGill University as well as completing a CAMS certification

Author:

Sarah Knight

VP, Chief Privacy Officer
Stryker
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Sarah Knight

VP, Chief Privacy Officer
Stryker