Feras is Assistant General Counsel, Privacy at Dotdash Meredith, the largest digital and print publisher in America. Dotdash Meredith’s over 40 iconic brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, Food & Wine, The Spruce, Allrecipes, Byrdie, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, and Southern Living. Feras leads the privacy function that aims to maintain trust with Dotdash Meredith’s 200 million monthly readers. Before joining Dotdash Meredith, Feras was the privacy lead at several startups in the AR/VR, healthcare, facial recognition, and location data industries respectively. Feras holds a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and a B.A. from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Daniel Goldberg is Chair of the Privacy & Data Security Group at Frankfurt Kurnit. Widely considered one of the top privacy lawyers in the US, he has been consistently recognized by top legal rating organizations including Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and Super Lawyers. Mr. Goldberg counsels clients on all matters involving data – from collection and monetization to security and incident prevention. He has special expertise in ad tech and technology transactions, often negotiating sophisticated agreements on behalf of top agencies, brands, and technology providers. Mr. Goldberg regularly advises clients on GDPR and CCPA compliance, and is now actively preparing clients for new US privacy laws taking effect in 2023, including the CPRA, VCDPA, and CPA. He is based in Los Angeles and admitted to practice law in California.

Michael Hahn is Executive Vice President & General Counsel at IAB and IAB Tech Lab. Michael has responsibility for all legal matters, including the direction of legal strategy, privacy compliance, antitrust compliance, intellectual property rights issues, and general corporate matters. Michael is also responsible for serving as an advocate for the digital advertising industry on common legal issues affecting member companies.

Michael joined IAB and IAB Tech Lab from Lowenstein Sandler LLP where he served as Vice Chair of the firm’s Antitrust Practice Group. In that role, he provided clients with strategic counsel around competition, distribution and governance issues. In the area of litigation, Michael’s matters have included multiparty class action antitrust defense representation.

Michael served previously as Co-Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Antitrust Law Committee. He also previously served on the Editorial Advisory Board of Competition Law 360 and the Advisory Board of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s Civil Torts & RICO Committee. Michael frequently publishes on a range of legal and policy issues.

Michael earned his B.A. in History and Political Science from Rutgers University, M.P.P. from Georgetown University and J.D. for Georgetown University Law Center.

Jonathan Joseph leads Solutions and Marketing at Ketch, a platform for programmatic privacy, governance, and security. Passionate about innovation, his career is focused on data and disruptive technology. Prior to Ketch, Jonathan held strategy and innovation roles at Salesforce and Krux, a data management platform.

Rowena brings years of experience in product development of ad-supported casual games on mobile and web. Most recently, she led product at Jump Ramp Games where she was responsible for the strategic direction and vision of the consumer-facing mobile apps. This included the development and launch of several games, supporting internal tools, and ad monetization services. In addition to product leadership, Rowena also has a background in digital marketing. In her spare time, Rowena enjoys trying out new recipes and traveling.

Robyn Mohr counsels clients on a wide variety of matters related to new media, technology, mobile and digital marketing, advertising, and privacy. She also advises on compliance with various state and federal laws and regulations, representing clients in a variety of industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, internet and entertainment.

Dera Nevin is a data lawyer and expert with more than 20 years of experience addressing digital risk issues including privacy, data protection,
information risk management, e-discovery and the application of emerging
technologies to the delivery of legal services. Ms. Nevin specializes in
applying artificial intelligence, automation and synthetic data strategies to
complex client challenges.

Ms. Nevin works closely with corporate and law firm clients to establish litigation and
regulatory readiness programs and benchmark and operationalize technology-forward data
compliance frameworks. She is an expert across numerous areas of digital insights and risk
management and is known for her early work in e-discovery. Specifically, Dera pioneered
the use of novel forms of digital evidence within litigation and regulatory investigations and
assisted with the design and use of technology to acquire, process and present that
evidence. Ms. Nevin is widely regarded as a visionary and leader in the treatment of digital
legal information during complex cross-border movement of sensitive data.

Ms. Nevin’s experience includes supporting global organizations across information
governance, proactive privacy and data protection compliance, breach response, regulatory
investigations, technology implementation, e-discovery and the development of litigation
readiness programs. She has also facilitated privacy and data protection assessment
programs and provided scoping frameworks for privacy assessments and audits.

Prior to joining FTI Technology, Ms. Nevin was the Data Policy and Strategy Officer, legal
and compliance, at Blackstone, Inc., where she developed and oversaw global privacy, data
protection, information risk management and data science compliance programs, including
selection and implementation of privacy technology and data discovery technology. She
also established due diligence policies and frameworks for M&A activity and portfolio
company oversight. She has also practiced as a data lawyer at Baker & McKenzie and
Proskauer Rose, as well as at additional financial institutions and law firms.

Ms. Nevin is a frequent industry speaker, writer and mentor.

Julie Rubash is General Counsel and Chief Privacy Counsel for Sourcepoint, the data privacy software company. Julie brings over 15 years of legal experience both at law firms and as internal counsel in the media, technology, and advertising sectors. Prior to Sourcepoint, Julie served as the VP of Legal at advertising platform Nativo. She coordinates legal efforts for Sourcepoint and ensures that the product suite innovates and expands to meet the demands created by the changing regulatory landscape.

Ethan Sailers serves as a Solution Engineering Manager at OneTrustTM— part of the #1 most widely used privacy, security and marketing user experience technology platform. In his role, Sailers advises companies large and small on best practices to drive engaging user experiences and build trust while demonstrating compliance across 100s of global data privacy regulations, including the CCPA, TCPA, CASL and GDPR. Sailers is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (FIP, CIPP/E, CIPM) and earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

A veteran of high-profile representations in the digital advertising, media, and entertainment sectors, Matt brings a proven track record to his work for a broad range of clients.

Matt has represented clients in copyright, trademark, trade secret, and right-of-publicity matters—with a particular emphasis on how new and emerging technologies are disrupting traditional businesses—in the following sectors:

* Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
* Software (SaaS, PaaS, development, services)
* Big data
* Social media
* Advertising, financial, and education technology
* Media and entertainment
* Life sciences
* Retail (online and brick and mortar)
* Beauty and fashion
* Food and beverage
* Government contracting
* Investment management

His work also includes counseling clients on information privacy and data security issues (including the California Consumer Privacy Act [CCPA]), cybersquatting, domain name disputes, and technology licensing. He represents The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in connection with various investments and acquisitions, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property and right-of-publicity issues. He also represents News Corp. in connection with its digital advertising initiatives, and regularly drafts and negotiates endorsement, sponsorship, and personal appearance deals for athletes, celebrities, and major brands.

During his time as a litigator, Matt handled various entertainment, intellectual property, false advertising, right-of-publicity, and privacy disputes, including defending a copyright infringement suit filed by the Estate of Frank Zappa and assisting in the successful defense of David Chase in connection with The Sopranos.

Prior to joining Lowenstein, Matt worked for the Department of the Army, negotiating and drafting multi-million dollar procurements for communications and electronics equipment and related services, with an expertise with the FAR, DFARS, and AFARS.

Lartease Tiffith is the Executive Vice President for Public Policy at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). He leads IAB’s public policy team, which is responsible for advocating on behalf of IAB’s more than 700 member companies on complex issues, including consumer privacy, data security, global trade, international data transfer rules, and more. Lartease also leads IAB’s Public Policy Council, the marketing and media industry’s largest legislative and regulatory advisory group, with senior executives from more than 200 companies contributing to solutions to advance consumer benefits and economic growth. He also plays an important role in supporting IAB Tech Labs efforts to align the industry’s technical development and best practices. 

Lartease joined IAB from Amazon, where he led the company’s public policy work around advertising, privacy, security, data governance, cross-border data flows, and consumer protection issues. In his role, he provided counsel to internal legal and business partners on global public policy matters to help guide the development of products, services, and internal policies. During his tenure at Amazon, INSIDER named him as one of the key players in politics and the tech world. 

Prior to joining Amazon, Lartease served as Senior Counsel to then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, and Counsel to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Before working in the Senate, he practiced law at two international law firms (Kirkland & Ellis LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP) and the U.S. Department of Justice. Lartease began his legal career as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Roger L. Gregory, Circuit Judge, on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 

Lartease earned his B.A., J.D., and M.B.A. from Northwestern University.