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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:37:45 -0500 From: HIIP@Harvard.edu Subject: Computers, Freedom, and Privacy CFP2001 Call for Participation CFP2001: The Eleventh Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy Hyatt Regency Cambridge Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA March 6 - 9, 2001 CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Program Committee of the Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP2001) invites your participation and proposals for the eleventh annual CFP, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on March 6 - 9, 2001. CFP2001 is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). CFP is the leading policy conference for exploring the impact of the Internet, computers and communications technologies on society. $B?(BFor more than a decade, CFP has anticipated the policy trends and issues and shaped the public debate on the future of privacy and freedom in the online world. Each year at CFP, key members of the technical, government, business, education, non-profit, legal, law enforcement, security, media and hacker/cracker communities gather together to address the cutting edge questions in computing, freedom and privacy. $B?(BCFP themes are broad and forward-looking. CFP explores what will be, not what has been. Since this CFP will be held in 2001, the theme is the future of computing, freedom and privacy, including the convergence of information and communication technologies with other advanced technology areas and the new challenges to freedom and privacy that they engender throughout the world. The Internet is a global phenomenon with significant local impacts. We encourage innovative and imaginative thinking on these topics and invite you to submit proposals for CFP2001 conference activities. $B?(BOf particular interest are proposals on: GOVERNANCE, including impact of the Internet on governance; impact of governance on the Internet; ICANN; voting; standards; antitrust and competition policy; new models for governance; and stakeholders in governance. SOCIAL IMPACTS, such as the relationship between the individual and her communities. INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY AND INTEGRITY, particularly human rights; freedom of expression; censorship; free speech and access; freedom of association; freedom of movement; and exploration of the roles of non-identifiability, pseudonymity, and anonymity. CONVERGENCE of information and communication technologies (ICT); of ICT and content; of ICT with other advanced technology areas, including biotechnology, biology and materials science; and related industry mergers, consolidations and activities. DIGITAL DIVIDE in the face of the growth of the ubiquitous information environment; access to the network infrastructure; access to information; broadband policy; education policy; and related telecommunications, cable, intellectual property and freedom of information (FOIA) rules. PRIVACY, including the growth and role of the chief privacy officer; privacy as the default; US legislation; international developments and trends; and an international privacy convention. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, especially the emerging issues of global privacy protection; international principles of human rights; security of information systems; intellectual property; objectionable content; cybercrime; jurisdiction; regulation; and legislation. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, including consumer protection; and the impact of payment systems, regulations, and technical standards on personal freedom and privacy. We encourage proposals not only on these subjects, but also on the border areas between these topics, such as intellectual property protection and privacy. We strongly encourage proposals that involve leading experts, innovators, policymakers, and thinkers. CFP2001 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Proposals should be submitted no later than January 5, 2001, via the CFP2001 website at http://www.cfp2001.org. Proposals should include the following information: 1. PRESENTATION TITLE 2. PRESENTATION TYPE Plenary conference sessions (30 minutes to 1.5 hours) Lunch breakout sessions (1 hour) Tutorials (3 hours) BOFs ("birds of a feather" sessions) (no time limit) 3. PROPOSED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION 4. NAME(S) OF SPEAKER(S), PLUS BRIEF BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION FOR EACH SPEAKER 5. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION (no more than 100 words) OF THE TOPIC AND FORMAT, suitable for conference brochure and press release. 6. COMPLETE CONTACT INFORMATION (e-mail, phone, and mailing address). For presentations with more than one speaker, please include complete contact information for all the proposed speakers. We encourage a variety of formats, including panels, debates, individual speeches or keynotes, interviews, role plays, reverse role plays, case studies, Socratic dialogues, etc. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS All proposals must be received no later than January 5, 2001. Please follow the submission guidelines above. PLEASE SUBMIT PROPOSALS AT HTTP://WWW.CFP2001.ORG. For additional information about CFP2001, please visit the conference website at http://www.cfp2001org. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold