Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Greg Newby <gbnewby AT ils.unc.edu>]

This is a beer-optional (probably beer afterwards, though
I'll be bringing some non-alcoholic beverages) event that
may be of interest to InterNetWorkers.

The event will be digitized by ibiblio, to be available afterwards.
But it will be better live, I promise.

The topics are fairly racey.  We've asked the speakers to
address some hard questions about why government and companies
are such screw-ups when it comes to privacy.  We'll see if
the speakers rise to the occasion!

  -- Greg Newby

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PRIVACY EXPERTS WAYNE CREWS, BROCK MEEKS AND ROBERT ELLIS SMITH TO
SPEAK AT FORUM ON PERSONAL PRIVACY SPONSORED BY RTP CHAPTER OF CPSR ON
MAY 23, 1-4 PM AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY


RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (May 14, 2001) - The RTP Chapter of Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is sponsoring a "Forum
on Personal Privacy" on May 23rd from 1 to 4pm in Kamphoefner
auditorium located on the North Campus of North Carolina State
University. The forum is the newly-formed chapter's inaugural event
and is free and open to the public.

The forum will feature Wayne Crews, Director of Technology Policy at
the Cato Institute; Robert Ellis Smith, attorney and publisher of
Privacy Journal and Brock Meeks, award winning journalist and
Washington D.C. bureau chief for MSNBC.  The event intends to increase
awareness of and discussion around the use (and misuse) of personal
information in the high-technology sector. It is expected that the
event will be of interest to policymakers, technologists, and others
interested in privacy issues.

Co-sponsors include ibiblio (http://www.ibiblio.org), the School of
Information and Library Science at UNC (http://ils.unc.edu), and the
Center for Information Society Studies at NCSU
(http://www.ncsu.edu/ciss/).

"We're excited to provide an opportunity to host some of the leading
experts on privacy at our inaugural gathering," said RTP CPSR Chapter
chairperson Christian Stalberg. "And we're especially thrilled to be
able to bring together Triangle residents interested in privacy issues.
The Triangle employs a large number of high-tech workers whose work
shapes the debate on personal privacy."

The May 23rd event is the first public event for the newly formed
Research Triangle Park chapter of CPSR, an organization with chapters
worldwide.  For more information about the event and directions,
please visit the RTP chapter's Web site at http://www.rtp.nc.us or
send email to rtpevents AT develop.net.

ABOUT COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:  CPSR is a
public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned
about the impact of computer technology on society. The organization
works to influence decisions regarding the development and use of
computers because those decisions have far-reaching consequences. As
technical experts, CPSR members provide the public and policymakers with
realistic assessments of the power, promise, and limitations of computer
technology. As concerned citizens, members direct public attention to
critical choices concerning the applications of computing and how those
choices affect society.


--
// Gregory B. Newby, Assistant Professor in the School of Information
// and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
// CB# 3360 Manning Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3360  E: gbnewby AT ils.unc.edu
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