Speaker Bio

Michael Power
Partner, Chief Privacy Officer
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

Topic: "Between a rock and a hard place": balancing obligations to customers with demands by law enforcement

Michael Power, a partner and Chief Privacy Officer at the Ottawa office of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, provides strategic and legal advice to public and private sector clients in the areas of privacy, information technology security and electronic government. He recently co-authored "Sailing in Dangerous Waters: A Director's Guide to Data Governance" to be published by the American Bar Association in August 2005.Prior to joining Gowlings, Mr. Power held various positions within the Department of Justice, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, which included responsibilities for legal advice, policy development and issue management pertaining to information technology, electronic commerce and international trade and investment issues. He currently is a member of the National Executive of the Privacy Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Information Technology Law Association, and the American Bar Association's Cyberspace Law Committee. Mr. Power received his LL.B and M.B.A. from Dalhousie University in 1983.