The 2021 Thrower Symposium will explore various issues surrounding the technology industry today by bringing together a diverse and experienced array of speakers with different perspectives on key topics and solutions. In an era where technology has become ever-present in our lives, we will analyze some of the leading issues facing the technology industry, with a particular focus on Big Tech. The Symposium will tackle complex, controversial, and nuanced issues related to data privacy, the Fourth Amendment, and antitrust. We will explore innovative approaches to tackling these issues, and we will explore how the relationship between technology and the law can and should change.
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2021
Thursday, February 4th
8:00 AM

Event Program

Emory Law Journal

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM

Panel I: Personal Data Protection: How Technology Jeopardizes Privacy

Morgan Cloud, Emory University School of Law
Anita L. Allen, University of Pennsylvania
Roy E. Barnes, Barnes Law Group
Woodrow Hartzog, Northeastern University School of Law

Emory University School of Law via Zoom

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Keynote Address

Danielle Citron, University of Virginia School of Law

Emory University School of Law via Zoom

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

1:15 PM

Panel II: Technology and the Fourth Amendment: Surveillance and Security in the Digital Age

Kay L. Levine, Emory University School of Law
Chaz Arnett, University of Maryland Carey School of Law
Jamil N. Jaffer, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Jennifer Lynch, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Emory University School of Law via Zoom

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

3:00 PM

Panel III: Antitrust & Big Tech: Consolidation and the Resulting Tension

Lawrence A. Reicher, United States Department of Justice
Roger P. Alford, Notre Dame Law School
Marina Lao, Seton Hall University School of Law

Emory University School of Law via Zoom

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM