Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference 2005, Call for Proposals
Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:29:16 -0800 (PST)

  COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY CONFERENCE: Panopticon 2005
  12-15 Apr 2005, Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA
  http://www.cfp2005.org

The 15th annual conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy takes place
from Wednesday 12 Apr to Friday 15 Apr 2005, in Seattle, Washington.
The Program Committee is now accepting proposals for conference sessions and
speakers for CFP2005. The deadline for submissions is 31 Dec 2004.

CFP serves as an internationally recognized forum for the members of the
technical, government, hacker, legal, business, education, media,
cyber-rights, and non-profit communities to address cutting edge technical,
business, legal and cultural issues. Programs, topics, and speakers from
prior years' CFP conferences can be found at: www.cfp.org

The CFP2005 Program Committee welcomes proposals on all aspects of
technology, freedom and privacy.  We are particularly interested in
receiving proposals that ask the hard questions about privacy and freedom in
emerging surveillance societies, and challenging those assumptions.  For
example, how much surveillance is too much?  When does surveillance cease
making us more secure and begin to change the fabric of society?

The theme of the 15th CFP is "Panopticon 2005." Over time, and particularly
recently, surveillance of ordinary citizens has increased to dramatic
levels.  Not only are governments watching more aspects of their citizens'
lives, but those in the private sector are increasing surveillance of people
as well. Often lost in the race to "increase intelligence" are discussions
about different approaches to address problems like the threat of terrorism
that are equally or more effective, but do not involve extensive and
constant surveillance.

Other areas of interest include:

1. domestic and international travel issues
2. communications surveillance
3. children and young adults growing up in a surveillance society
4. social networking
5. the flourishing of free speech (i.e. blogging) in spite of increased
   watchfulness
6. RFIDs and other emerging technologies
7. Intellectual property issues

All submissions must be received by 31 Dec 2004.  Complete submission
instructions appear on the CFP2005 Web site: www.cfp2005.org




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