Michael Whitt, Partner, Patent Agent, Trademark Agent, Co-Head of Information Technology, Bennett Jones to Speak at KC’s Event

New York, NY, April 10, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today Michael Whitt, Partner, Patent Agent, Trademark Agent, Co-Head of Information Technology, Bennett Jones will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Ambient Services: The Evolution of Cloud Computing: What You Need to Know in 2015 Live Webcast.” This event is scheduled for April 17, 2015 @ 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (ET)

For further details, please visit:
http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/ambient-services-the-evolution-of-cloud-computing-what-you-need-to-know-in-2015-live-webcast/

About Michael Whitt

Michael Whitt is a lawyer, the co-leader of the Bennett Jones’ Information Technology Practice Group, Patent Agent and a Trademark Agent and advises technology-based businesses on commercialization and compliance matters, and the structure, negotiation and documentation of novel business models, strategies and transactions regarding intellectual property and information and other technologies.

Michael has been involved with computer and information technologies for over three decades and assists clients with the protection of personal information and privacy, data protection and anti-spam regulatory compliance, policy review and advice, contract terms in IT and other information-handling and information-flow transactions and operations, breach mitigation and notification, and response to regulatory inquiries and demands in private sector and health information matters both provincially and federally. He has spoken to and advised various professional bodies about technological impacts on work and ethics.

About Bennett Jones

Bennett Jones is home to more than 380 lawyers and business advisors in ten offices – Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Doha, Dubai, Washington, DC, Bermuda, and Beijing. The firm’s professional practice encompasses virtually every sector of business, industry and government. Operating as an integrated unit across its geographic locations, the firm’s business practice is to assign lawyers to work on client files who have the skills and experience that best meet clients’ needs.

The firm’s ranks are filled with leaders in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, energy and natural resources, corporate finance and banking, bankruptcy and restructuring, commercial litigation, climate change, environment construction, technology and intellectual property, tax, competition, international trade and public policy.

KC Event Synopsis

In this CLE Webinar, a panel of thought leaders and practitioners assembled by The Knowledge Group will discuss the significant and latest issues you need to know in Cloud Computing.

Some of the major topics that will be covered in this course are:

What is “Cloud Computing” –

NIST Definitions and Essential Features
Public, Hybrid, Private, Special Purpose/Ad hoc, Etc.

What does today’s “Cloud Market” look like?

3 Logical Layers or Tiers of Provider-Types
Specialized Markets Emerge, Mature

Nuts and Bolts – Ts&Cs – Constraints, Market Pull, Cost/Benefit

Data Governance (Security, Ownership, Protection, Encryption, Audit)
Where is your data? At rest, during processing and handling, in Transit
Security and Breach Notification, Disaster Assistance, Termination
Getting Your Data Back, Secondary Use Issues, Forensic Issues

Pricing

Race to the Bottom
Get What You Pay For

Trends

Software Eats the World
All Clouds are Not Equal

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress is a series of live webcasts produced by The Knowledge Group, LLC, which examine trends, regulatory, and technology changes across a variety of industries. For further details, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org.