--- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:18:37 -0400 To: declanat_private From: Sarah Andrews <andrewsat_private> Subject: Event: Security or Surveillance? Hi Declan, Would you mind posting this announcement to your list. Thanks, Sarah. ANNOUNCEMENT National Press Club Panel Discussion October 22 Security or Surveillance? Technology's Impact After September 11 On October 22, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Privacy Foundation will sponsor a policy briefing at the National Press Club in Washington to explore the implications of new systems for identification and tracking on personal privacy. Questions to be considered include the reliability of face recognition technology, the limitations of national ID cards, and the role of authentication and identification in computer networks and communication services. The speakers will include Privacy Foundation CTO Richard Smith, Privacy Journal Editor Robert Ellis Smith, New Republic Legal Affairs Editor Jeffrey Rosen, RAND Senior Policy Analyst John Woodward, and Sun Distinguished Engineer Whitfield Diffie. The discussion will be moderated by EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg. Registration 12:30 - 12:50. Panel begins 1 pm - 2:30 pm. The event is open to the press and the public. Please contact EPIC Research Director Sarah Andrews for further information. EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. The Privacy Foundation exists to educate the public, in part by conducting research into communications technologies and services that may pose a threat to personal privacy. The foundation will attempt to be fair and objective in its research projects and public reports. Both organizations provide extensive resources on emerging privacy issues at their web sites -- www.epic.org and www.privacyfoundation.org. Contact: Sarah Andrews EPIC Research Director 202-483-1140 ext 107 andrewsat_private --- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:00:21 -0700 From: Barbara Simons <simonsat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> Declan, Would you please post this to your list. Many thanks. Barbara PLEASE CIRCULATE - DEADLINE EXTENSION Dear friends, We are extending the submission deadline to Nov. 30, 2001 for the second ACM Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics. This award will be given to a person or group at the ACM Awards banquet in 2002. This award recognizes an individual or a group who has made a significant humanitarian contribution through the use of computing technology. Some examples of the types of contributions that this award recognizes are: - application of computer technology to aid the disabled; - making an educational contribution using computers or Computer Science in inner city schools; - creative research concerning intellectual property issues; - expansion of educational opportunities in Computer Science for women and underrepresented minorities; - application of computers or computing techniques to problems of developing countries. The professional credentials of the recipient(s) are not important. The recipient(s) need never to have earned a degree or published a paper, or even be considered to be a computer professional. What matters is the significance of the work itself, within the prescribed areas of technology for humanitarian contributions in the field of computing. The award is $5,000, plus travel expenses to the banquet. As far as we know, this is the only award of its type. The award celebrates the memory of Gene Lawler, a professor at UC Berkeley. The description of the ACM Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions was derived from email that Gene had sent when asked what kind of award he would like to have established in his memory. Gene was very moved when we told him that we would be working to establish the kind of award he had requested. We share Gene's vision that people who make such contributions should be recognized, and further work encouraged. We are now seeking nominations for the award. If you have a candidate in mind, please send mail to the Lawler Award Committee chair, Barbara Simons, simonsat_private Additional information about the award can be found at <http://www.acm.org/awards/lawlaward.html>. --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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