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FC: Internet, privacy and open source panel in DC on June 5
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 23:47:32 -0400
************ Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:13:36 -0400 To: declan () mail well com From: Sarah Andrews <andrews () epic org> Subject: Press Advisory Hey Declan. You've probably got this already but would you mind circulating it on some of your lists also? PRESS ADVISORY "The Internet, Privacy and the Open Source Movement" WHAT: Panel discussions at the National Press Club to celebrate the publication of three important new books: Jeffrey Rosen, "The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America"; Robert Ellis Smith, "Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet"; and Peter Wayner, "Free for All: How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High-Tech Titans." WHO: The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and distinguished speakers (see program details below). WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045 DATE: Monday, June 5, 2000 TIME: 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) will host a two-panel event at the National Press Club to discuss privacy and the open source movement and to celebrate new publications in these areas. The panels feature distinguished authors, technical experts, professors in law and public policy, and public interest advocates. The Program is as follows. 8:00 Registration 8:45 - 9:00 Welcome: Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, EPIC 9:00 - 10:00 Panel I: "From Ben Franklin's Web Site to the Destruction of Privacy in America" Moderator: Deborah Hurley, Kennedy School of Government Speakers: Professor Anita Allen Castellito, University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor David Flaherty, Former Information and Privacy Commissioner, British Columbia Professor Gary Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Jeffrey Rosen, author, "The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America" Robert Ellis Smith, author, "Ben Franklin's Web Site" 10:00 - 11:00 Panel II: "The Free Software Movement" Moderator: Professor James Boyle, American University Law School Speakers: Professor Julie Cohen, Georgetown University Law Center Whitfield Diffie, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems Austin Hill, President, Zero Knowledge Systems Barbara Simons, President, Association for Computing Machinery Peter Wayner, author, "Free For All: How Linux and the Software Movement Undercut the High- Tech Titans." For more details and purchase information on these publications visit the EPIC Bookstore (www.epic.org/bookstore/) Contact: Sarah Andrews, EPIC Policy Analyst, (202) 483 1140, <andrews () epic org> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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