Live webcast begins at 7pm PDT, April 5, 2016. Edward Snowden will join Metro Vancouverites for a conversation live via web-link about the power, promise and peril of big data. Edward Snowden will provide a keynote presentation, followed by a moderated discussion led by CBC’s Senior Correspondent and host Laura Lynch and featuring panelists Micheal Vonn (BC Civil Liberties Association), Peter Chow-White (SFU), and Fred Popowich (SFU). Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions via Twitter using the hashtags #snowden #bigdata #sfu during the discussion.