Event Speakers

Julie Brill

Julie Brill is a globally recognised authority in privacy, data governance and regulation, having served as Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission before leading global privacy, safety and regulatory strategy as Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. At Trust in Motion, Julie will bring decades of deep regulatory insight to the discussion of how enterprises must build accountable data systems if AI is to scale responsibly.

Daniel Weitzner

Daniel Weitzner is Founding Director of the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative and a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His pioneering research on accountable systems and digital policy has helped shape frameworks for trust and transparency in the world’s most complex data systems, and he will bring these frameworks to life at Trust in Motion.

Cillian Kieran

As founder of Ethyca, Cillian is pioneering automated approaches to data privacy and governance. His work with global enterprises like The New York Times, Condé Nast, and SurveyMonkey has shaped Ethyca's mission to make privacy engineering accessible and scalable. Under his leadership, Ethyca has developed breakthrough open-source privacy tools that help organizations automate compliance and build user trust programmatically.

Trust in Motion: Building the Data Foundations for Enterprise AI

AI is advancing faster than the systems built to govern it. Every enterprise is racing to integrate machine learning into its operations, yet few have the infrastructure to ensure those systems are transparent, accountable, and trusted. That gap between innovation and oversight has become the defining challenge of enterprise AI, and it is the reason Ethyca is hosting Trust in Motion in New York this December.

On December 10 at 6:00 p.m., during The AI Summit New York, Ethyca will convene 150 senior leaders from technology, data, and policy at Manhattan’s Classic Car Club. This private forum will explore how enterprises can build data systems that move as fast as AI itself, without compromising trust or control.

Julie Brill, former Chief Privacy Officer at Microsoft and a globally recognized authority on privacy, data protection, and governance, will join Cillian Kieran, Founder and CEO of Ethyca, for a fireside chat titled “Building Data Infrastructure to Accelerate AI Systems.” Their conversation will examine how enterprises can engineer trust into their data foundations and why the ability to prove how and why models make decisions will define success in 2026.

In a private executive session, Daniel Weitzner, Director of MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative, will share his latest research on data traceability and privacy alignment, frameworks that embed accountability directly into infrastructure. His work shows how organizations can make trust a measurable property of their systems rather than a promise made after deployment.

The Classic Car Club reinforces the theme. It is a space built for performance and precision, where every vehicle represents thousands of engineering decisions that balance speed with control. It is a fitting setting for a discussion about data systems that must achieve the same equilibrium: accelerating innovation while maintaining discipline, auditability, and reliability.

As regulations such as the EU AI Act reshape industry expectations, the convergence of governance and engineering has become inevitable. In this new landscape, trust is not a slogan; it must be treated as infrastructure. Data is its foundation, and organizations that master it will lead the next phase of enterprise transformation.

Trust in Motion is an off-the-record gathering for those building that future, a space to exchange ideas, connect with peers, and advance the standards that make AI safe to scale.

Join us at the Classic Car Club on December 10 to be part of the conversation. Space is limited. Register via Luma.