The RTP Chapter of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), ibiblio, the School of Information and Library Science at UNC, and the Center for Information Society Studies at NCSU proudly sponsor the following event:
Forum on Personal Privacy
Featuring Wayne Crews, Brock Meeks and Robert Ellis Smith
This forum will be recorded and archived in Real Video.
The forum will feature Wayne Crews, Director of Technology
Policy at
the Cato Institute; Robert Ellis Smith, attorney and
publisher of
Privacy Journal and Brock Meeks, award winning journalist and
Washington D.C. bureau chief for MSNBC. The event intends to
increase
awareness of and discussion around the use (and misuse) of
personal
information in the high-technology sector. It is expected
that the
event will be of interest to policymakers, technologists, and
others
interested in privacy issues.
"We're excited to provide an opportunity to host some of the
leading
experts on privacy at our inaugural gathering," said RTP CPSR
Chapter
chairperson Christian Stalberg. "And we're especially
thrilled to be
able to bring together Triangle residents interested in
privacy issues.
The Triangle employs a large number of high-tech workers
whose work
shapes the debate on personal privacy."
The May 23rd event is the first public event for the newly
formed
Research Triangle Park chapter of CPSR, an organization with
chapters
worldwide. For more information about the event and
directions,
please visit the RTP chapter's Web site at
http://www.rtp.nc.us or
send email to rtpevents@develop.net.
About Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
To find Kamphoefner Auditorium: At the Bell Tower turn from
Hillsborough St. onto Pullen Road. Just past the Alumni
Building and before Brooks Hall, turn right onto Stinson
Drive. There will be an information booth on the street.
Pull to the right of the information booth and ask for a
visitor parking pass. Just beyond the booth take a left to
get to the visitor parking lot. Kamphoefner Hall is directly
across from the entrance of the parking lot. The auditorium
is on the ground floor on the far left of the building, near
the information booth.
You can also get to the auditorium via Western Boulevard.
From Western turn onto Pullen Road then left onto Stinson
Drive.
For further information please consult the NC State
online campus
map.
Kamphoefner is Building 11A on the map. Click on the "11A"
on the map to get more information and see a picture of the
building.
Wednesday, May 23, 2001
1:00pm-4:00pm
Kamphoefner Auditorium
NC State University
CPSR
is a
public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others
concerned
about the impact of computer technology on society. The
organization
works to influence decisions regarding the development and
use of
computers because those decisions have far-reaching
consequences. As
technical experts, CPSR members provide the public and
policymakers with
realistic assessments of the power, promise, and limitations
of computer
technology. As concerned citizens, members direct public
attention to
critical choices concerning the applications of computing and
how those
choices affect society.