OpenDP

Thursday, August 22nd and Friday, August 23rd

OpenDP is joining forces with TPDP (Theory and Practice of Differential Privacy) the week of August 19th, 2024 where both events will be held at the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC).

An evening reception after the conclusion of TPDP and welcome to the OpenDP Community Meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 21st. Scroll down to look at the agenda – we plan to have more details, announcements, and social events information in the coming weeks.

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The OpenDP Community Meeting is an annual event where a wide variety of experts from industry, academia, non-profit, and government entities come together to discuss, brainstorm, and work on key topics in differential privacy. Understanding and addressing varying perspectives and challenges when it comes to opening up sensitive data for research, analysis, and decision making is instrumental for this collaborative open-source project.

Attending the meeting in-person or virtually is free and open for anyone interested in learning or contributing to the conversation.

2023 OpenDP Community Meeting Recap

Agenda

Plenary Talks

Parallel breakout sessions

Workshop & Hackathon

More Details Coming Soon!

All OpenDP Community Meeting sessions and events will be in the Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

Wednesday, August 21st, 2024

Time (ET)	Event	Location
To be announced	Evening Reception after the conclusion of TPDP and welcome to the OpenDP Community Meeting thanks to Diamond level sponsors Capital One, Microsoft, and Oblivious!	To be announced

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Time (ET)	Session	Speaker(s)	Location
8:30AM – 9:00AM	Registration Pick Up + Breakfast	First 100 in-person registered attendees will receive a free copy of the recently released Hands-On Differential Privacy book courtesy of Microsoft!	West Atrium
9:00AM – 9:10AM	Welcome	Salil Vadhan (Harvard University/OpenDP)	Winokur Hall
9:10AM – 9:40AM	To be announced	To be announced	Winokur Hall
9:40AM – 10:00AM	OpenDP Project: General Update	Annie Wu (Harvard University/OpenDP)	Winokur Hall
10:00AM – 10:15AM	OpenDP Community Strategy	Sharon Ayalde (OpenDP/Harvard University)	Winokur Hall
10:15AM – 10:20AM	To be announced	To be announced	Winokur Hall
10:20AM – 10:35AM	Break	Thanks to Silver level sponsors dpella and Tumult Labs!	West Atrium
10:35AM – 11:20AM	Guest Talk	To be announced	Winokur Hall
11:20AM – 12:05PM	OpenDP Technical Updates	Michael Shoemate (Harvard University/OpenDP)	Winokur Hall
12:05PM – 12:30PM	Community Pitch Anything 1	To be announced	Winokur Hall
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Lunch	Thanks to Platinum level sponsors Apple and Google!	West Atrium
1:30PM – 2:30PM	Industry Panel: Deploying DP in Practice	To be announced	Winokur Hall
2:30PM – 2:55PM	Community Pitch Anything 2	To be announced	Winokur Hall
2:55PM – 3:15PM	Break transition to Parallel Breakouts 1	Thanks to Silver level sponsors dpella and Tumult Labs!	Lower Level 2 (LL2)
3:15PM – 4:15PM	Parallel Breakouts: Learning by Doing: Teaching Applied DP	Katrina Ligett (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Moshe Shenfeld (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Joe Near (University of Vermont), Salil Vadhan (OpenDP/Harvard University), Rachel Cummings (Columbia University)	LL2 (room TBA)
3:15PM – 4:15PM	Parallel Breakouts: Privacy Attacks & Auditing	Jonathan Ullman (Northeastern University), Yves-Alexandre de Montoye (Imperial College), James Honaker (Anonym/OpenDP), Zachary Ratliff (Harvard University), Sharon Ayalde (OpenDP/Harvard University)	LL2 (room TBA)
4:15PM – 4:20PM	Transition back to Winokur Hall		Winokur Hall
4:20PM – 4:35PM	Parallel Breakout Report Backs	Breakout Leads	Winokur Hall
4:35PM – 4:45PM	Day 1 Closing Remarks	To be announced	Winokur Hall

(Times are subject to change)

Friday, August 23rd, 2024

Time (ET)	Session	Speaker(s)	Location
8:30AM – 9:00AM	Registration Pick Up + Breakfast		West Atrium
9:00AM – 9:10AM	Day 2 Welcome Back	To be announced	Winokur Hall
9:10AM – 9:50AM	Guest Talk	To be announced	Winokur Hall
9:50AM – 10:20AM	Community Pitch Anything 3	To be announced	Winokur Hall
10:20AM – 10:30AM	Break transition to Parallel Breakouts 2	Thanks to Silver level sponsors dpella and Tumult Labs!	Lower Level 2 (LL2)
10:30AM – 11:30AM	Parallel Breakouts: DP Beyond Algorithms (part 1)	Rachel Cummings (Columbia University), Gabriel Kaptchukis (University of Maryland, College Park), Elissa Redmiles (Georgetown University), Priyanka Nanayakkara (Northwestern University), Jayshree Sarathy (Columbia University)	LL2 (room TBA)
10:30AM – 11:30AM	Parallel Breakouts: OpenDP Research Challenges and Development Directions	Michael Shoemate (Harvard University/OpenDP), Vikrant Singhal (Harvard University/OpenDP)	LL2 (room TBA)
11:30AM – 11:40AM	Transition back to Winokur Hall		Winokur Hall
11:40AM – 11:55AM	Parallel Breakout Report Backs	Breakout Leads	Winokur Hall
11:55AM – 12:00PM	Day 2 Closing Remarks	To be announced	Winokur Hall
12:00PM – 1:00PM	Closing Reception Lunch	Thanks to Diamond level sponsors Capital One, Microsoft, and Oblivious!	West Atrium
1:00PM – 4:00PM	Workshop: DP Beyond Algorithms (part 2)	Rachel Cummings (Columbia University), Gabriel Kaptchukis (University of Maryland, College Park), Elissa Redmiles (Georgetown University), Priyanka Nanayakkara (Northwestern University), Jayshree Sarathy (Columbia University)	LL2 (room TBA)
1:00PM – 5:00PM	OpenDP Hackathon	Michael Shoemate (Harvard University/OpenDP), Yanis Vandecasteele (Harvard University) Thanks to Gold level sponsors Meta and TikTok!	LL2 (room TBA)