The panellists will discuss technical principles and protocols, laws and regulatory requirements, and social norms and values that underlie the technology. The discussion will involve consideration of the contexts and issues that should be taken into account when regulating encryption for Aotearoa New Zealand.

TeLENZ Project Lead, Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles, will discuss the issues with a panel of two speakers:

1. Michael Dizon

2. Kate Pearce.

The presentation by the legal researcher, Michael Dizon, will draw on, but not necessarily be limited to, research findings from the interdisciplinary and collaborative study that was supported by the New Zealand Law Foundation:

• “A Matter of Security, Privacy and Trust: A study of the principles and values of encryption in New Zealand”

• Researchers/Authors: Dr Michael Dizon, Professor Ryan Ko, and Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles

• For the full report, click here or visit https://www.lawfoundation.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2017_ILAP_10_Research-Report_Study-of-principles-values-of-encryption-in-NZ_12.12.2019.pdf
• For the media advisory (12 December 2019) click here.
• The link to the Principal Investigator’s webpage is here.

Information about the Panellists

Michael Dizon, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Waikato. His principal area of research is law and ICT (information and communications technology). He has conducted and published research on law and technology topics such as encryption, hacking, information security, cybercrime, intellectual property, and technology regulation. He was a Principal Investigator of a research project that published a study on the principles and values of encryption in New Zealand. The project was supported by grants from the New Zealand Law Foundation and the University of Waikato.

Kate Pearce is the Head of Security for Trademe and has worked with clients across the globe on cyber security, helping them building secure systems on scales from small companies to multinational corporations. She has undertaken research into the security of network protocols, and novel offense and defense techniques. Kate is an organizer of BSides Wellington (http://bsides.nz), an inclusive event for cyber security education. She has become involved with promoting diversity, particularly the involvement of women and LBGTQIA+ people, in internet and computer security spaces.

Provisional runsheet for the one-hour webinar:

1:00 pm Start: Chairperson (TeLENZ Project Lead, Wayne Rumbles) - Welcome & Introduction of Presenters/Panellists

1:05 pm First presenter: Michael Dizon

1:25 pm Second presenter: Kate Pearce

1:45 pm Chairperson, Wayne Rumbles, facilitates initial discussion between presenters, and then opens the Q&A session to all attendees

2:00 pm Chairperson ends and thanks presenters and all attendess

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TeLENZ (Technology in Legal Education for New Zealand) is a nationwide collaborative initiative that facilitates the further integration of Information Technology-related content into core legal undergraduate education.

TeLENZ involves all New Zealand law faculties/schools and is led by Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles (Jun 2015 - Feb 2020 Dean of Law, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato): https://telenz.nz/

Previous TeLENZ webinars can be viewed here or visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEGzIdjposMFAW-1wTIigDw/featured.

The New Zealand Law Foundation, through its Information Law and Policy Project, is the funder for the TeLENZ initiative: click here or visit www.lawfoundation.org.nz.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Fleur Mullen (fleur.mullen@waikato.ac.nz) or Richman Wee (+ 64 21 623 622).