AUDIO

Panelists:
- Becky Burr, Chief Privacy Officer, Neustar [Bio]
- Brian Eoff, Data Scientist, bit.ly [Bio]
- Erik Jones, Deputy General Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee [Bio]
- Paul Ohm, Senior Privacy Officer, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [Bio]
- Nancy Scola, Journalist [Bio] - Moderator

The term "Big Data" is a relatively new term in Washington policy circles despite the fact that it's been used in the marketplace for years to represent various flavors of data analytics techniques. Now that policymakers are beginning to use the term to describe all sorts of data practices the Congressional Internet Caucus Advsiory Committee agreed to devote some time to clarifying the term and to highlight some important policy implications of data analytics. Indeed, important things are happening in the field of data driven analytics that policymakers should understand better. It's part of the new data driven economy where astounding new insights into the human condition are gleaned by analyzing diverse sets of data (sets include ecommerce transaction, social networks, RFID sensors, genomics, health records, government records - you name it.). These insights reportedly can identify flu outbreaks, forecast unemployment numbers, and even win presidential elections, among other things. These insights are so profound that our panel will discuss whether to nominate Big Data as TIME's Person of the Year in 2013. The panel will also highlight where the data driven economy intersects information policy challenges (e.g privacy, security)