From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: FYI: Computers, Freedom and Privacy 1993
Followup-To: comp.org.eff.talk
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:59:29 GMT

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|  F.Y.I. |Newsnote from the Electronic Frontier Foundation |   1/8/93  |
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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.

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:

* 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

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