2025 Summer Institute on Privacy Enhancing Technologies for Education Data
June 9th – June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC
Take part in the 2025 Summer Institute for hands-on learning about how to harness the power of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) in education and workforce data.
Taking place at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington D.C., this three-day crash course on PETs is designed to help technical and policy staff at state education agencies:
- Explore a range of innovative data privacy and governance techniques that could strengthen your data infrastructure
- Learn how to apply PETs to your Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS)
- Connect with peers to share lessons and gain insights into data sharing efforts across the country
Join Us
A deep dive into PETs with advanced introductory sessions, demonstrations, problem-solving and networking.
Register todayWhy Attend? If you are working with SLDSs, this course will give you the information you need to get started with using PETs to secure highly sensitive, personal data and protect student and worker privacy.
A sneak peek into what we’ll cover:
- Stories of PETs in action in a range of fields, including education.
- A deep dive into the different types of PETs and their use cases.
- Demonstrations of using PETs to protect privacy when linking records, synthesizing data, publishing metrics and more.
- Risk identification and mitigation strategies, legal considerations, and public engagement.
About:
The Summer Institute is hosted by the Privacy Enhancing Technology initiative at the Massive Data Institute. Learn more about MDI’s PET initiative.
2025 Summer Institute Agenda
Day 1: Monday June 9th, 2025 // Programming: 12:00 – 5:00pm EST
12:00 – 1:00pm Registration
1:00 – 1:30pm Welcome Address: Amy O’Hara, Massive Data Institute
1:30 – 3:00pm Opening Panel – Success Stories from Other Domains, 9th floor
Cordell Golden, National Center for Health Statistics
Elan Segarra, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kymberly Lavigne-Hinkley, Western Governors University
Moderator: Stephanie Straus, Massive Data Institute
3:00 – 3:30pm Coffee & Snack Break, 9th floor
3:30 – 5:00pm Concurrent Sessions: Best Practices to Prep for PETs
Option 1: Legal Training with Deja Kemp, Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, and Jim Siegl, Future of Privacy Forum, Room 390
Option 2: Racial Equity Training with Amy Hawn Nelson, Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, Room 420
5:00 – 7:00pm Massive Data Institute-Sponsored “Un-Happy” Hour: Discussion of Current Administration’s Data Access Policies, 9th floor
Laura Haltzel, formerly Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
Day 2: Tuesday June 10th, 2025 // Programming: 9:00 am – 4:30pm EST,
8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast, Room 290
9:00 am-10:30am Panel: Linking without SSNs in Privacy-Preserving Way, Room 490
Monica Dodge, D.C. Office of Education through Employment Pathways
Vince Dorie, Massive Data Institute
Aaron Bean; Asemio
Moderator: Tricia Farris, AEM Education Services
10:30 – 11:00am Coffee & Snack Break, Room 290
11:00am – 12:30pm Concurrent sessions – Hands-on Demos Pt I
Option 1: PySyft: A Hands-Off Data Access Tool: Andrew Trask, OpenMined, and John Fields, Concordia University, Room 390
Option 2: Open-Source Differential Privacy: Mike Shoemate, OpenDP, Room 420
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch, Room 290
1:30 – 3:00pm Concurrent Sessions – Hands-on Demos Pt II
Option 1: Synthetic Data Packages: Aaron R. Williams and Jeremy Seeman, Urban Institute, Room 390
Option 2: Secure Hashing Linkage Tool: Huizhi Gong, California Policy Lab, Room 420
3:00 – 3:30pm Coffee & Snack Break, Room 290
3:30 – 4:30pm PET Ask me Anything: Rotating Series, Room 290
Differential Privacy, Rachel Cummings, Columbia University
Secure Multiparty Computation, Gabe Kaptchuck, University of Maryland College Park
Synthetic Data, Aaron R. Williams and Jeremy Seman, Urban Institute
Privacy Preserving Record Linkage, Abel Kho, Northwestern University and CAPriCORN
Day 3: Wednesday June 11th, 2025 // Programming: 9:00 am – 1:00pm EST
8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast, Room 290
9:00 – 10:30am Panel: PET Service Provider’s Experience, Room 490
Abel Kho, Northwestern University and CAPriCORN
Steve Lu, Stealth Software Technologies
Christine Task, Knexus
Kurt Rohloff, Duality Technologies
Yaw Etse, Capital One
Moderator: Amy O’Hara, MDI
10:30 – 11:00am Coffee & Snack Break, Room 290
11:00 – 12:30pm Concurrent Sessions:
Option 1: SafeInsights Data Enclave, Debshila Basu Mallick, Rice University, Room 390
Option 2: Secure Compute Environment Testbed, Graham MacDonald, Urban Institute, Room 420
12:30 – 1:00pm Closing Remarks, Room 290