From: kimble@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: Conference on Computers Security and the Law.
Date: 18 Nov 92 23:33:36 GMT
Expires: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 08:00:00 GMT
Organization: (none)


COMPUTERS SECURITY AND THE LAW
A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK
31 March - 01 April 1993

The conference will be run by the Department of Computer
Science at the University of York in association with the
Licensing Executives Society and the Society of Computers
and the Law.

The aim of the conference is to highlight some of the
important legal issues that surround the use, and abuse, of
computer technology in a way that should be accessible to
the non-specialist, such as lawyers or computer scientists.

The target audience  for the conference are senior managers
and others in both public and private sector organisations
who wish to improve their knowledge about the legal aspects
of buying, using or creating computer related products and
services. The conference will be of interest to the police,
the civil service, banks, insurance and building societies.

The programme will take place over two consecutive days.
The first day will deal with the legal aspects of
intellectual property rights, copyright and contract law as
it relates to computer products and services. The second
day will deal with the topics of computer crime and its
prevention, security, data protection and privacy.

The conference dinner will be held at the end of the first
day with a keynote speaker who will provide the link
between the themes. Delegates will be able to register for
either of the two days separately if they wish.

Proceedings of the conference will be published and
available to participant after the conference.


FEES:
Fees will range from #275 for the full conference to #165
for one day.  Discounts are available for early booking.


Provisional Programme

Day One:
10.30 - 11.15     Overview of law relating to intellectual
                  property rights
11.15 - 12.00     Copyright law
12.00 - 12.45     (Questions & Answers)
14.00 - 14.45     Computer contracts. (Software)
14.45 - 15.30     Computer contracts. (Hardware)
16.00 - 16.45     (Questions & Answers)

19.00 - 22.00     Conference Dinner
                  and keynote speaker at
                  St William's College in York.

Day Two:
10.00 - 10.45     Computer Crime
10.45 - 11.30     Damage to programs or data
11.30 - 12.15     (Questions and Answers)
13.30 - 14.15     Hacking
14.15 - 15.00     Data Protection Act, Security & Privacy
15.30 - 16.15     (Questions and Answers)


THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK
The University of York is situated in Heslington, two miles
away from the centre of York. The campus has been described
as one of the finest examples of twentieth century English
romantic landscape architecture. Its main feature is a
large man-made lake supporting a wide variety of wild fowl.

The Department of Computer Science has an international
reputation for being at the leading edge of developments in
the fields of Software Engineering, Safety Critical
Systems, Human Computer Interaction and New Computer
Architectures  It has recently expanded both its teaching
and research to include the many faceted and dynamic field
of the application of Information Technology to Business
Management and maintains many contacts in both industry and
government agencies.

LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY
The Society is committed to providing education and
information to present and future users of licensing, and
gladly supports the University of York in this conference,
which will answer an ever increasing demand in the business
and licensing communities for up-to-date information on
this important subject.

SOCIETY OF COMPUTERS AND THE LAW
The Society was founded in 1973 as a forum to promote the
effective and profitable use of computer technology for
lawyers.  The Society informs and promotes interest both in
the development of information technology for the practice
and teaching of law, as well as in the law relating to
computers - not only for Society members but also for
members of the public at large.

FURTHER DETAILS FROM:

Conference Organiser: Francoise Vassie
Centre for Continuing Education
King's Manor, York, YO1 2EP
The University of York

Tel 0904 433900    Fax 0904 433906

or

E-Mail KIMBLE@UK.AC.YORK.MINSTER