Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2009 Request for Proposals
I am on the planning committee for CFP 2009 and urge you to submit proposals for presentations and workshops. CFP is a great conference filled with discussions about interesting and important issues. Previous speakers have included:
- author and National Security Agency expert James Bamford,
- politician and privacy advocate Bob Barr,
- Chief Security Officer for Sun Microsystems and cryptography expert Whitfield Diffie,
- Senior Adviser at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Rikke Frank Jørgensen,
- then-Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security Nuala O’Connor Kelly,
- professor and constitutional law scholar Lawrence Lessig,
- then-Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Timothy Muris,
- then-Privacy Commissioner of Canada George Radwanski.
- then-Privacy Officer at the US Terrorist Screening Center Lyn Rahilly,
- security expert Bruce Schneier,
- law professor and author Daniel Solove,
- science-fiction author Bruce Sterling,
- Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart,
- mathematician and technologist Vernor Vinge.
The deadline is January 9, 2009 and the conference will be held in Washington, DC from June 1 to June 4, 2009. Find out how to submit a proposal here.
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