Agenda: Tracking Protection WG Meeting 11-13 Februrary, 2013

Cambridge MA, Stata Center, Building 32, on the MIT campus
We are meeting in the Star Conference Room, 32-D463 (room map).

The Kendall/MIT Station of the T's Red Line is a short walk away. MIT provides directions for travel.
Regarding snow, MIT maintains an emergency status information page.

Self-hosted dinner on Tuesday is optional; details to follow.

Participant Preparations

Please read the following prior to attending:

Slides

Monday, Feb 11

NOTE: All times are Eastern Daylight Time

9:00
Room at Stata Center is open, with WiFi.
11:30
Lunch.
12:15
Opening Session: Includes logistics discussion for online calls. After general introduction, Swire will provide work plan for each of the approximately four or five groups. Focus on uses, including possible mechanisms for limiting length of time URIs are retained (and for what purposes).
1:30 - 3:15
Group calls, with a moderator, scribe, and chat room planned for each one. If you will not be attending in person, but expect to participate in the group calls, please email Yianni Lagos.
3:15 - 3:45
Break
3:45 - 5:15
Read-out from the group calls, with lessons learned and discussion of permitted uses, retention of URIs, and related topics. Depending on time, we may have fairly short prepared presentations (15 minutes) on German tele-media law (use of pseudonyms there) and market research. (Actual finish time may vary between 5:00 and 5:30.)
5:15
Adjourn to reception, in same building, with warming drinks and light food.

Tuesday, Feb 12

8:30 - 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 10:30
Welcome Back (Chairs) De-identification materials presented by Ed Felten. Swire will provide work plan for each of the approximately four or five groups. Focus on de-identification, including the language in current text based on FTC test for de-identification, and cases that should be (or not be) considered sufficiently de-identified to meet the standard. Also, discuss terminology of "de-identification" vs. "unlinkable" or alternatives.
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Group calls, with a moderator, scribe, and chat room planned for each one. If you will not be attending in person, but expect to participate in the group calls, please email Yianni Lagos.
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Read-out from the group calls about de-identification.

Begin discussion of other issues in compliance spec. These discussions are intended in part to educate the chair and other new participants about the lay of the land on these issues. Where possible, we will also assign action items to move toward closure on these issues.

Current candidate lists of issues to discuss:
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
Compliance -- Deidentification IV
17:00 - 17:30
Wrap-up of Day 2

Wednesday, Feb 13

08:30 - 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 09:15
Welcome Back (Chairs)
09:15 - 09:30
Presentations: Working Drafts and open issues, presented by editors.
      Tracking Preference Expression
Goals:
09:30 - 10:30
TPE Discussion of Open Issues:
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Further Discussions:
12:00 - 12:45
Proposed resolution on the following issues where we believe consensus is likely:
12:45 - 13:00
Wrap-up of Day 3
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch