[I recommend the George Mason IHS programs. I have lectured to their summer programs before at their Arlington campus. --Declan]
--- From: "Damon Chetson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Seminar: Liberty & Crisis Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:41:57 -0500 Declan, Since your list has included stories relating to post-9/11 civil liberties, I thought I'd mention to your readers that the Institute for Humane Studies is hosting a weekend seminar this summer July 5-7 (Thursday - Sunday) at Bryn Mawr College just outside of Philadelphia called: Liberty and Crisis at Bryn Mawr College July 5-7, 2002 More info on this free seminar at http://www.theihs.org/tab3/thefirst.html One of the key themes of the weekend is how we can balance legitimate concerns about security with the need to protect individual liberties. We'll also talk about how, during times of crisis, individual liberties are often sacrificed and are never fully recovered even after the crisis subsides. The role of politics in technology will certainly come up for discussion The seminar is free - attendees must pay travel to and from Bryn Mawr. IHS covers tuition, meals, and (reasonably nice) campus digs. We hope to have 50 smart folks there for presentations, lots of discussion, and, as is the case with all IHS seminars, lots of fun. I really hope this seminar attracts folks from all across the political spectrum since I know the subject of civil liberties, terrorism, security, and war concerns people on the left, right, center, and libertarian. I want to get smart people together who might disagree, but who are willing to discuss. For more about IHS which is a non-profit educational institute affiliated with George Mason University, visit http://www.theihs.org/meta/about.html *** So please pass along. And if you receive this email, please continue to pass along to your friends in the ACLU or in the LP or at EFF or in various groups that have something to say about these issues, etc. *** I'm happy to answer any questions about seminar, the application process (which is quite easy) and so forth. Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Damon Chetson Program Director Institute for Humane Studies http://www.TheIHS.org --- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:54:13 -0500 From: Eric Wortman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PPI TO HOST DEBATE ON PRIVACY VS. SECURITY For Immediate Release: Contact: Karin Kullman/Eric Wortman March 14, 2002 (202) 547-0001 *** ATTENTION: TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY AND HOMELAND SECURITY REPORTERS*** PPI FORUM ON BALANCING PRIVACY & SECURITY AFTER SEPT. 11 WASHINGTON, D.C. * The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) will host a debate about the impact of new homeland security efforts on privacy issues at a forum on Friday, March 15, 2002 at 9:30a.m. PPI vice president Robert Atkinson and senior policy analyst Shane Ham will be joined by Jim Dempsey, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), to discuss issues ranging from enhanced surveillance of suspected terrorists to improving our systems for issuing driver's licenses to citizens and visas to foreign visitors. This is the next installment of PPI's "Friday Forum" program, a discussion series featuring Washington's most influential policy and opinion leaders. Robert Atkinson is the director of PPI's Technology and New Economy Project and has done extensive work on e-commerce, privacy and technology issues, and Shane Ham is the senior policy analyst for the Technology & New Economy Project. Atkinson and Ham have recently written policy papers on technology and security issues including *Modernizing the State Identification System* and *Using Technology to Detect and Prevent Terrorism.* As CDT Deputy Director, Jim Dempsey is working on privacy and electronic surveillance issues and heads CDT's international project, the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), which supports adoption in developing countries of the legal and policy framework for an open and democratic Internet. Please call (202) 547-0001 to RSVP. WHO: Robert Atkinson, PPI Vice President Shane Ham, PPI Senior Policy Analyst Jim Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology WHAT: PPI Friday Forum *Balancing Privacy & Security After Sept. 11* WHEN: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:30 a.m-11:00 a.m. WHERE: Progressive Policy Institute 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Suite 400 The Progressive Policy Institute's Technology and New Economy Project seeks to educate federal, state, and local policy makers about what drives the New Economy, and to foster policies that promote technological advances, economic innovation, investment, and entrepreneurship. For additional information, Web users may access The Progressive Policy Institute Online, at www.ppionline.org, or contact PPI's communications office at (202) 547-0001. # # # --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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