ICPL 2015

[Tracy Beth Mitrano <tbm3 () CORNELL EDU>]

As the role of the information security professional keeps growing more complicated, so too must that professional 
become more sophisticated in their understanding and approach of the higher education landscape in which he or she 
works.  It is with that background in mind that I announce the 20th anniversary of the Internet Culture Law and Policy 
Conference at Cornell University and the program for 2015.

This year ICPL will be held from Tuesday noon, September 15, throughout Wednesday September 16, and finishing at noon 
on Thursday the 17th.

https://www.sce.cornell.edu/ps/icpl/index.php

It features a fantastic line up of speakers and topics.  For those interested in academic library related issues, CUL’s 
award winning Librarian, Anne Kenney, will speak on the relationship between libraries and IT, institutional librarians 
and information officers in particular.  Cliff Lynch, Executive Director of Coalition Network Initiative (CNI) will 
continue to shock us with insights about data collection, big data and privacy … not a small topic these days, and one 
that will be carried throughout much more of the program.

Wednesday, when we are celebrating the anniversary with a return of founders Margie Hodges-Shaw and Steve Worona.  They 
will lead charter members Robert Post and Bob Hamilton, together with Steve McDonald, in two sessions that will address 
free speech, intellectual property, communications law, including developments in technical security and privacy 
practices.  Steve McDonald will also have his own session to bring us up to date on copyright. In the afternoon Dave 
Sherry from Brown and Anne Manning from Wellesley will address information security and social networking.

Our dinner speaker is particularly distinguished:  Doug Lederman, Co-Founding Editor of Inside Higher Ed, will address 
the challenges and opportunities of higher education.  A broad scope?  Yes, as any reader of IHE could attest on a 
daily basis, from threats such as Gov. Walker’s on tenure to new emergent ventures in technology and distance education.

On Thursday morning we have a double treat, two alumni of Cornell University who have distinguished themselves in 
policy and market areas.  Dipayan Ghosh, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, works for the White House on Internet policy.  
He has particular experience in helping to draft the current student data privacy legislation.  As an undergraduate, 
Ben Cole interned with both Google and Facebook, and was one of handful of Google employees in Africa immediately out 
of college. He has now a master’s degree in computer science from Cambridge University in the U.K., more work with 
Google after that, and a recent move to Kickstarter.  He is also active as a technical consult for the Hillary Clinton 
campaign.

https://www.sce.cornell.edu/ps/icpl/schedule.php

Please join us in the most longstanding conference in this area, one that talked about security before it became a 
headline and continues to explore connections among law, technology, social norms and policy, both national and 
institution.  For friends old and new, I look forward to seeing you there!

Tracy