CFP COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08

COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08
http://cfp2008.org/
18th Annual CFP conference
May 20-23, 2008
Omni Hotel
New Haven, CT

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

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.

This year, the 18th annual Computers,
Freedom, and Privacy conference 
will focus on what constitutes
technology policy. CFP: Technology 
Policy '08 is an opportunity
to help shape public debate on those 
issues being made into laws and
regulations and those technological 
infrastructures being developed.
The direction of our technology 
policy impacts the choices we make
about our national defense, our 
civil liberties during wartime,
the future of American education, our 
national healthcare systems,
and many other realms of policy 
discussed more prominently on
the election trail. Policies ranging 
from data mining and wiretapping,
to file-sharing and open access, 
and e-voting to electronic medical records
will be addressed by 
expert panels of technologists,
policymakers, business leaders, and 
advocates.


Open participation is invited for proposals
on panels, tutorials, 
speaker suggestions, and birds of
a feather sessions through the CFP: 
Technology Policy '08 submission at
http://www.cfp2008.org/submissions/.

Suggested topics for discussion include:

    * 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

Submission Deadlines:
Panel, Tutorial, and Speaker proposals: March 21, 2008.
Birds of a Feather Session (BoFs) proposals: April 21, 2008.

Panel, Tutorial, and Speaker proposals accepted by the Program 
Committee will be notified by April 7, 2008.

Registration available online at
http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?
EventId=193762.