FTC Commissioner to Headline Chicago Briefing Third Event of Digital Trust Series in Chicago

Bloomberg Government event series underwritten by Visa focuses on cybersecurity, digital commerce and secure payments

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Jan 13, 2015, 06:54 ET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg Government today announced additional speakers for the next event in its Digital Trust: Securing Commerce series in Chicago on January 22, 2015, the continuation of a series of nation-wide conversations about the technology enabling trusted, secure connections between consumers and merchants. For more information on the series: http://prn.to/1wnhJBt

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Terrell McSweeny, FTC Commissioner will speak at The Digital Trust on January 22.

Brenna Berman, Commissioner, Department of Information Technology (DoIT), City of Chicago

Mark Nelsen, Senior Vice President of Risk Products and Business Intelligence, Visa Inc.

Ed Rennemann, Founder, Renneman Consulting and Former Chief Transformation Officer, Crate & Barrel

John Rico, Founder, President & CEO, Rico Enterprises, Inc.

The announcement follows President Obama's proposal on Monday at the Federal Trade Commission of a cybersecurity and identity theft program, the Personal Data Notification & Protection Act. FTC Commissioner, Terrell McSweeny, will speak at the event along with:

Brenna Berman, Chief Information Officer and Commissioner, Department of Information Technology (DoIT), City of Chicago
Mark Nelsen, Senior Vice President of Risk Products and Business Intelligence, Visa Inc.
Ed Rennemann, Founder, Renneman Consulting; Former Chief Transformation Officer, Crate & Barrel
John Rico, Founder, President & CEO, Rico Enterprises, Inc.

WHAT:	The Digital Trust: Trusted Connections

WHEN:	Thursday, January 22, 2015
	8:00 AM – Doors Open
	8:30 AM – 10:30 AM – Program

WHERE:	Venue SIX10
	610 S. Michigan Ave.
	Chicago, IL 60605

REGISTRATION:	http://bit.ly/1tZTJXw

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About Visa:
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable electronic payments. We operate one of the world's most advanced processing networks — VisaNet — that is capable of handling more than 56,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, pay ahead of time with prepaid or pay later with credit products. For more information, visit usa.visa.com/about-visa, visacorporate.tumblr.com and @VisaNews.

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