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#IAPPSummit26 is a wrap. A very full week for the Ethyca team with a lot of moving pieces. But they made it look easy. Thank you to Ethan Lo, Kelsey Thomas, Michael Brown, Jack DuFour, William Ades, Akshay Kumar, John D'Aurora, Michael Melia, Cillian Kieran for everything you brought to Washington this week. The event went off without a hitch: → A 6am Run Club on Monday morning around the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial → Ethyca House open from 8am to 6:30pm daily — free espresso, breakfast, lunch, and happy hour for anyone who made the trip → A closed roundtable with Julie Brill — former FTC Commissioner and Microsoft Chief Privacy Officer — on navigating deregulation and building privacy programs that last → Another roundtable with Daniel Weitzner (Founder of the MIT Internet Policy Research Institute) about user rights in an era of AI → A schedule packed with back-to-back meetings on the future of privacy, AI governance, and what privacy infrastructure looks like in practice And thanks to everyone who came by to enjoy the coffee, food, and conversation at Ethyca House. At a busy conference like GPS, there's nothing better than getting away from the chaos for quiet chats about what's really going on in the industry.

Highlight of #IAPPSummit26: Julie Brill's roundtable at Ethyca House. The question she opened with set the tone for everything that followed: how do you maintain investment in governance when the regulatory environment is shifting under your feet? It's the question privacy leaders are wrestling with right now. And a conference panel doesn't give you room to actually answer it. That's what made this different. No stage or slides — just the kind of conversation that only happens when the room is small enough to be honest. Julie brought the framing that's shaped her thinking across decades at the Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft: the organizations navigating this moment best aren't the ones who built privacy programs around compliance pressure. They're the ones who built infrastructure. Systems that hold regardless of which way the regulatory wind blows. That thread ran through everything: -> How to make the internal case when external pressure has eased -> How to position for the next shift before it arrives -> What "privacy as infrastructure" actually looks like in practice We're grateful to Julie for bringing that perspective to Ethyca House at GPS and to everyone who made the conversation what it was.

Cap off Day 2 of #IAPPSummit26 with free drinks at Ethyca House. Happy hour starts at 4:00pm on the patio. Food and drinks on us. Wind down from the busy day with good company. → 901 K St NW (two blocks from the Marriott Marquis) → Patio open at 4pm to 6pm → GPS attendees only Reserve your spot: https://luma.com/cixfjpcs

You won't find better food for lunch at #IAPPSummit26. And it's on us. Come by Ethyca House at 901 K St NW, four minutes from the GPS floor. Free food and coffee while you take a break from the sessions

Free lunch, two blocks from #IAPPSummit26. Ethyca House has private space for calls, quiet space for meetings, and a place to actually sit down with the people you’ve been meaning to talk to all week. Take a break from the chaos of the conference floor. → 901 K St NW (two blocks from the Marriott Marquis) → Free food and espresso from For Five Coffee → GPS attendees only Let us know you’re on your way: https://luma.com/cixfjpcs

Start Day 2 of #IAPPSummit26 with free coffee before the sessions kick off. Ethyca House is open now at 901 K St NW — two blocks from the Marriott Marquis, four minutes from the GPS expo floor. Exceptional espresso from For Five Coffee and free food, on us. Let us know you're coming by: https://luma.com/cixfjpcs

Long day at #IAPPSummit26? Join us for free drinks at happy hour 🍷🥃 We're still just two blocks away from the expo floor at 901 K St NW. We'll be opening the patio at 4:30pm for an evening of drinks and deep conversations about what's going on in privacy. Look for the orange Ethyca signs. Let us know you're coming by: https://luma.com/cixfjpcs

Three hours into #IAPPSummit26 and Ethyca House has been full all morning. Come by between conference sessions for free lunch and deep conversations about what's really happening in privacy. People are discussing: 1. What it actually takes to build AI systems that will survive regulatory scrutiny 2. Why consent commitments are easy to make and hard to keep at scale 3. Whether the governance infrastructure underneath most enterprises is moving fast enough to keep up with what's being built on top of it Lunch available until 3pm and then we'll be reopening for happy hour at 4:30pm. Join us at 901 K St NW (two blocks from the conference floor) Reserve a spot: https://luma.com/cixfjpcs

Day 1 of #IAPPSummit26 is underway. Started the day with a Run Club around DC, finishing at For Five Coffee to open the doors at Ethyca House. Free food and the best espresso at GPS are waiting for you. Come by for a quiet place to work and the kinds of deep conversations you won’t find on the conference floor. → 901 K St NW (two blocks from the Marriott Marquis) → GPS attendees only Save your spot: https://fid.es/4lU4Opm

Tomorrow it opens. Ethyca House. 901 K St NW. Two blocks from the Marriott Marquis. Free food, exceptional espresso from For Five Coffee, and space for the conversations that actually matter this week. Privacy is infrastructure — and the people who understand that can come find us at #IAPPSummit26. Only a handful of slots remain. Reserve access now: https://fid.es/4lU4Opm