Following up on our election-year advocacy thread, here’s a conference announcement and call for proposals:
COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY ’08
18th Annual CFP conference
May 20-23, 2008, New Haven, CT
“This election year will be the first to address US technology policy
in the information age as part of our national debate. Candidates
have put forth positions about technology policy and have recognized
that it has its own set of economic, political, and social concerns.
In the areas of privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity,
telecommunications, and freedom of speech, an increasing number of
issues once confined to experts now penetrate public conversation.
Our decisions about technology policy are being made at a time when
the architectures of our information and communication technologies
are still being built. Debate about these issues needs to be better-
informed in order for us to make policy choices in the public interest.”
And just in case anyone wasn’t sure what these technology policy issues include,
there’s a handy list:
* Information Privacy
* Anonymity Online
* Government Transparency
* Voting Technology
* Online Campaigning
* Social Networks
* Citizen Journalism
* Cybercrime & Cyberterrorism
* Digital Education
* Copyright and Fair Use
* Patent Reform
* Open Access
* P2P Networks
* Information Policy and Free Trade
* Media Concentration
* Genes & Bioethics
* Electronic Medical Records
* Web Accessibility
* Open Standards
* Network Neutrality
* High-Speed Internet Access Policy
* Freedom of Information
* Technology Policy Administration
Anything they left out?
