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- From: al@netcom.com (Al)
- Subject: Computers Freedom and Privacy '93, Mar 9-12
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.161049.21760@netcom.com>
- Keywords: society privacy ethics computers democracy government law policy
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:10:49 GMT
- Lines: 91
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- CFP'93
- The Third Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy
- 9-12 March 1993
- San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, Burlingame, CA
-
- The CFP'93 will assemble experts, advocates and interested
- people from a broad spectrum of disciplines and backgrounds in
- a balanced public forum to address the impact of computer and
- telecommunications technologies on freedom and privacy in society.
-
- Participants will include people from the fields of computer
- science, law, business, research, information, library science,
- health, public policy, government, law enforcement, public
- advocacy and many others. Some of the topics in the wide-ranging
- CFP'93 program will include:
-
- ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY - looking at how computers and networks
- are changing democratic institutions and processes.
-
- ELECTRONIC VOTING - addressing the security, reliability,
- practicality and legality of automated vote tallying systems
- and their increasing use.
-
- CENSORSHIP AND FREE SPEECH ON THE NET - discussing the
- problems of maintaining freedom of electronic speech across
- communities and cultures.
-
- PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST ON THE NET - probing the problems and
- potential of new forms of artistic expression enabled by
- computers and networks.
-
- DIGITAL TELEPHONY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY - debating the ability of
- technology to protect the privacy of personal communications
- versus the needs of law enforcement and government agencies
- to tap in.
-
- HEALTH RECORDS AND CONFIDENTIALITY - examining the threats to
- the privacy of medical records as health care reform moves
- towards increasing automation.
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- THE MANY FACES OF PRIVACY - evaluating the benefits and costs
- of the use of personal information by business and
- government.
-
- THE DIGITAL INDIVIDUAL - exploring the increasing
- capabilities of technology to track and profile us.
-
- GENDER ISSUES IN COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS - reviewing
- the issues surrounding gender and online interaction.
-
- THE HAND THAT WIELDS THE GAVEL - a moot court dealing with
- legal liability, responsibility, security and ethics of
- computer and network use.
-
- THE POWER, POLITICS AND PROMISE OF INTERNETWORKING - covering
- the development of networking infrastructures, domestically
- and worldwide.
-
- INTERNATIONAL DATA FLOW - analyzing the issues in the flow
- of information over the global matrix of computer networks
- and attempts to regulate it.
-
- The conference will also offer a number of in-depth tutorials
- on subjects including:
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- * Information use in the private sector
- * Constitutional law and civil liberties
- * Investigating telecom fraud
- * Practical data inferencing
- * Privacy in the public and private workplace
- * Legal issues for sysops
- * Access to government information
- * Navigating the Internet
-
- INFORMATION
- For more information on the CFP'93 program and advance
- registration call, write or email to:
-
- CFP'93 INFORMATION
- 2210 SIXTH STREET
- BERKELEY, CA 94710
- (510) 845-1350
- cfp93@well.sf.ca.us
-
- A complete electronic version of the conference brochure
- with more detailed descriptions of the sessions, tutorials,
- and registration information is also available via anonymous
- ftp from sail.stanford.edu in the file: /pub/les/cfp-93
- or from sunnyside.com in the file: /cfp93/cfp93-brochure
- or via email from listserv@sunnyside.com by sending mail
- with this text: GET CFP93 CFP93-BROCHURE
-