Dr. Turner moderates “Identity Theft: A Ticking Time Bomb,” a panel at the Fifth Annual Information Privacy Forum to be held July 7-10, 2005 at the St. Regis Hotel, Aspen, Colorado. The panel included Institute Advisory Board member Howard Beales, Jim Harper of the CATO Institute, and Evan Hendricks of Privacy Times.

Dr. Turner spoke before Congress at a Financial Institutions Subcommittee Hearing on entitled, “Helping Consumers Obtain the Credit They Deserve.” His written testimony is available here. Additional information on the hearing is available here.

Dr. Michael Turner speaks about the U.S. credit reporting system at the U.S.-Japan Financial Technology Sector at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.

Dr. Michael Turner delivered a presentation on full-file credit reporting systems at an international credit reporting conference, the 4th Consumer Credit Reporting World Conference in Beijing. A copy of his presentation is available here.

The Information Policy Institute is scheduled to host worldwide sourcing panel at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Spring Taskforce Summit. Noted academics such as Professor Martin Kenney, Senior Project Director Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, and Professor Ashish Arora (unconfirmed), Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Michael Turner speaks to members of the New Jersey State Commerce Committee to discuss the impact of proposed financial services “opt-in” legislation.

Dr. Michael A. Turner, President and Senior Scholar of the Information Policy Institute, discusses offshoring at the Axciom Executive Symposium in Orlando, Florida during panel, “Privacy and Security — Managing Preferences, Permissions and Valued Relationships.” Other presenters included Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.

Dr. Michael A. Turner, President and Senior Scholar of the Information Policy Institute, discusses preemption in the context of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) of 2003 in Washington, D.C. The event was sponsored by Privacy and American Business.

On January 14th, Turner addressed a gathering of senior IT executives from firms in Northern Virginia’s “Digital Dominion” to discuss worldwide sourcing. The event was hosted by the Society for Information Management.

The Information Policy Institute hosted a symposium titled Offshoring and Outsourcing: What’s In America’s Best Interest? By all accounts, the event was an overwhelming success. Over 85 attendees from over 60 different organizations watched as representatives of labor, industry, government, and academia discussed this hotly contested phenomenon. Click here for more on the event.

Dr. Michael A. Turner, President and Senior Scholar of the Information Policy Institute to participate in panel hosted by the Congressional Economic Leadership Initiative. Appearing with Dr. Turner, Chariman Timothy Muris and Director Howard Beales of the FTC. Also slated to participate, Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director of U.S. PIRG. The panel will be moderated by David Klaus, Executive Director of CELI.

Institute participates in FTC Workshop, “Information Flows: The Costs and Benefits to Consumers and Businesses of the Collection and Use of Consumer Information.” FCRA Study methodology discussed at event.

Information Policy Institute’s interactive dataflow software focus of Financial Services Roundtable “Lunch and Learn” for staffers and policy makers. Rayburn House Office Building.

Institute President and Senior Scholar, Dr. Michael A. Turner testifies at House of Representatives Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. Hearing entitled “The Importance of the National Credit Reporting System to Consumers and the U.S. Economy”

Information Policy Institute co-hosts conference with Columbia Business School, “Media Concentration and Local Markets” at National Press Club. Participants included speakers from Consumer’s Union, Consumer Federation of America, as well as academics and business leaders.