From: al@netcom.com (Al)
Subject: Computers Freedom and Privacy '93, Mar 9-12
Keywords: society privacy ethics computers democracy government law policy
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:57:24 GMT

                      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
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
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