Symposium

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology presents:

The Evolving Landscape of Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Law 2026 Biennial Symposium

Friday, February 27, 2026 | 8:45 AM - 4:15 PM
Walter F. Mondale Hall, Room 25
University of Minnesota Law School

The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology formally invites the Minnesota law community to a discussion on recent changes in U.S. and international privacy and cybersecurity law. 

Panels include U.S. Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Law updates, Sensitive Data and Civil Rights; and Cross-Border Data Transfers and International Governance.

Keynote addresses include Before the Algorithm: Race as a Technology of Surveillance with Prof. Emmanuel Mauleón, and Minnesota Privacy Law and State Regulation, which will be a conversation between Rep. Steve Elkins, the drafter of the MNCDPA, and Asst. Attorney General Sarah Doctor.

The event will be preceded by light refreshments and a happy hour co-hosted with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) will follow. 

Schedule

Check-In, Coffee, and Light Breakfast; 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM, Auerbach Commons
Collaboration with Technology Law and Digital Rights (TLDR)

Introductory Remarks; 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM, Room 25

Panel I: U.S. Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Regulation; 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM, Room 25
Kevin Frazier, University of Texas School of Law
Amanda Reid, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Brian Gudmundson, Zimmerman Reed LLP
Kerry Childe, MWH Law Group
Moderator: Alan Rozenshtein, University of Minnesota Law School

Panel II: Sensitive Data and Civil Rights; 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM, Room 25
Susan Tanner, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
Alicia Granse, ACLU Minnesota
Jay Stanley, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Moderator: Jane Kirtley, University of Minnesota Law School

Lunch and Keynote Address: Before the Algorithm: Race as a Technology of Surveillance; 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM, Room 25
Emmanuel Mauleón is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota School of Law, where he teaches Criminal Procedure, Critical Race Theory, Critical Theories of Policing, and Property. He writes about the role police and other state security actors play in producing social, political, and legal regimes of domination and subordination. He served as a Greenberg fellow in the Critical Race Studies Program at the UCLA School of Law, a Policing and Technology fellow at the Policing Project at NYU, and a Liberty and National Security Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. He clerked for the Hon. Sarah Netburn in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Panel III: Cross-Border Data Transfer and International Governance; 1:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Charlotte Tschider, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Dave Townsend, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Eran Kahana, Maslon LLP
Amanda McAllister Novak, Kennedys Law LLP
Moderator: Thomas F. Cotter, University of Minnesota Law School

Panel IV: Minnesota Privacy Law and State Regulation; 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Room 25
Steve Elkins, Minnesota State Representative
Sarah Doktori, Assistant Attorney General
Moderator: Noah Lewellen, Assistant Attorney General

Closing Remarks; 4:00 PM – 4:10 PM, Room 25

Reception; 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM, Auerbach Commons
Collaboration with IAPP

CLE Credits

5 Standard CLE Credits
Event Code 542027