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CPSR Conference Early Registration Deadline 9/26
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sevoy@quark.cpsr.org)
Wed Sep 23 20:05:22 1998
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:04:05 -0500
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PLEASE NOTE:
-- the Early Registration Discount expires 9/26/98.
-- discounts for new, renewing, and current CPSR members
-- the opportunity to attend the Wiener Award Banquet at the
Computer Museum without registering for the conference.
COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
ONE PLANET, ONE NET:
THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE
AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
OCTOBER 10-11, 1998
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MIT Building 10, Room 250
CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA
Keynote:
LAWRENCE LESSIG
Professor, Harvard Law School -- Law of Cyberspace, Constitutional Law
Saturday, October 10, 9:00am
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NORBERT WIENER AWARD BANQUET AND CEREMONY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 7:30-11:30PM
THE COMPUTER MUSEUM
Boston, MA, USA
Norbert Wiener Award:
Presented to the INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE (IETF)
for the exceptionally open and democratic process with
which it has effected the evolution of the Internet.
Norbert Wiener Award Keynote:
EINAR STEFFERUD
Internet pioneer;
Founder, Network Management Associates & First Virtual
"Internet Paradigms & Their Consequences for Society"
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The explosive growth of the Internet, combined with rapid
globalization and the convergence of major telecommunications
services, has strained current methods for administering the Net.
New organizations are coalescing to take on the tasks
of Internet governance, while traditional organizations try to
redefine their relationship to emerging electronic networks.
As this new system is shaped, the public risks losing to corporate
and government dominance of the discussions. The debate
concerning who administers the Internet and how that
administration is achieved will have enormous social implications,
affecting access to information, privacy rights, and freedom of
speech for the population at large.
CPSR's international symposium, "One Planet, One Net," will bring
together concerned computer professionals, Internet experts, and
corporate, nonprofit, academic and governmental leaders to define
the public interest and set the stage for an advocacy coalition, to
make sure the public voice is heard.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 9:00AM-6:00PM
MIT BUILDING 10, ROOM 250
8:00-8:45am
REGISTRATION
9:00am
KEYNOTE: LAWRENCE LESSIG - Professor, Harvard Law School --
Law of Cyberspace, Constitutional Law
PANELS AND INTERACTIONS
10:00am-11:30am
PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AGE OF THE BEHEMOTH
Moderator:
Steve Miller,
Exec. Director, Mass Networks Education Partnership
Confirmed Panelists:
Gary Beach, CIO Magazine
Kathryn Montgomery, Center for Media Education
Mike Nelson, IBM
Alan Shaw, Linking Villages
The increasing dominance of large corporations over the
infrastructure of the Internet raises serious questions about whether
the broader public's interests will be met in this era of deregulation
and globalism. While the Internet is praised as the place where the
little voice can get a hearing, the Internet may well change under
corporate pressure coming from many directions.
Telephone companies and cable TV companies are starting to offer
Internet service that small providers cannot match. Major content-
providers are changing copyright law in ways that affect the
Internet. Many new technologies are shaped by the advertising and
commerce-oriented interests of corporate sites. Finally, commercial
"portals" pose as value-free conveniences while actually selecting
content. How do such trends affect the experience of the average
Internet user?.
1:00-2:30pm
PANIC OVER PRIVACY: A CASE STUDY IN REGULATION
Moderator:
David Sobel, EPIC
Confirmed Panelist:
Ulf Bruehann,
Head of Unit, Directorate General XV European Commission
Deborah Hurley,
Director, The Harvard Information Infrastructure Project
Phillippa Lawson, Lawyer, Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Ottawa
Peter G. Neumann, SRI, RISKS
Joseph M. Reagle, Fellow at Harvard Law School
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Everyone agrees that something has to be done to ensure the
privacy of Internet users' personal data. What roles do market
forces, laws and regulation, and advances in technology play in
securing our privacy rights?
Governments world-wide are struggling to find solutions that fit
their needs. Privacy discussions in the United States range from
free-market self-governance to the privacy advocates' demands for
strong privacy legislation. Two weeks after this symposium, the
European Union nations are required to have laws in place that
prevent the transfer of data to countries without "adequate privacy
protections." What progress is being made in resolving different
views of privacy solutions?
2:30-4:00pm
UNIVERSAL ACCESS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Moderator:
Felipe Rodriquez (Australia)
Confirmed Panelists:
Tracy Cohen, SATRA (South Africa)
Meryem Marzouki, IRIS (France)
Elliot Maxwell, FCC, (USA)
Madanmohan Rao, Planetasia.com (India)
The importance of the Internet for personal communication,
information access, and commercial competitiveness means that
those who are connected to the Net will encounter greater
opportunity than the "have-nots." But different communities,
some unable to provide even basic food, water, and health care,
must be viewed differently when we try to meet their information
needs.
What services should be universal, and how might tools,
technologies, and processes benefit nations in varying degrees of
development?
4:30-6:00pm
CONVERGENCE AND THE INTERNET'S FUTURE: AVOIDING THE TRAGEDY OF
THE COMMONS
Moderator:
Harry Hochheiser
Confirmed Panelists:
Jeff Chester, Center for Media Education
Arun Mehta, engineer, activist-journalist (India)
Glenn Manishin, Attorney - Blumenfeld & Cohen -
Technology Group
What are the goals of a global information infrastructure? We will
discuss some of the ways in which the Internet, telephony,
television, and other media are converging, with a view toward
understanding the impact of convergence on regulation,
technological innovations, and user activity.
Panelists will look at implications for grass-roots participation and
democratic influences. How do we create channels for popular
commercial fare and yet leave space for divergent voices? What
scalability issues will arise as the Internet grows several orders of
magnitude?
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BANQUET AND NORBERT WIENER AWARD CEREMONY
THE COMPUTER MUSEUM
7:30-11:30pm
CPSR's prestigious Norbert Wiener Award for Social Responsibility
in Computing Technology will be presented to the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF). CPSR recognizes the IETF for the
exceptionally open and democratic process with which it has
effected the evolution of the Internet. Join with members of the
Internet Society (ISOC), the IETF, and CPSR. The festivities include
a keynote talk by the Internet pioneer Einar Stefferud.
Boston's incredible Computer Museum is the venue for this
magnificent evening. We will have exclusive use of the museum.
Admission will include dinner, a private party at the Computer
Museum, and an evening with many of the brightest stars in the
world of technology. Tickets may be purchased without registering
for the conference.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11
MIT BUILDING 6, ROOM 120
9:00am-12noon
ACTION AND COALITION
Our goal is to create a coalition of activists, community members,
political leaders, educators, and socially responsible business leaders
who will work together to draft an action plan representing the
public interest in the development of a new order of Internet
governance. Join us at MIT and help shape the future of the
Internet.
CPSR ANNUAL MEETING
3-6:00 pm
Free and open to everyone
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9
7:00 pm
MIT Media Lab
AWARDS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF FREE SOFTWARE
CPSR joins with the Free Software Foundation as they present FSF's
first annual awards.
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TRAVEL AND HOTELS
United Airlines is the official airline of the conference. For a
discount rate, call 800-521-4041 and refer to meeting ID code 542ZC.
CPSR has reserved a block of rooms at The Buckminster Hotel,
645 Beacon Street in downtown Boston,across the river, but about a
20-minute ride from the campus. It is near the Kenmore Square
subway station. Rates are $109 queen. $119 king, and $129 for a suite,
plus 12.5% tax. To ask for one of the few remaining rooms,
call CPSR at 650-322-3778 .
MIT VISITOR INFORMATION http://web.mit.edu/visitor-info.html
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Aki Namioka, Andy Oram, Coralee Whitcomb, Craig Johnson,
Duff Axsom, Harry Hochheiser, Karen Coyle, Nathaniel Borenstein,
Susan Evoy, Tom Thornton, Willie Schatz
PRIMARY COSPONSOR
MIT Communications Forum/Media in Transition Project
FOUNDATION SUPPORT
This Symposium is supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute
American Computer Foundation
American Friends Service Committee
Morino Institute
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Aladdin Enterprises
Computer Literacy Inc.
Conversations That Work
Cooper Interaction Design
FindMail
Internet Travel Network
Interval Research Corporation
Pacific Bell
UI Wizards
Xenotrope Inc.
ORGANIZATIONAL COSPONSORS (List in progress)
Action for Boston Community Development
Adult Literacy Resource Institute
Alliance for Community Media
Alliance for Community Media - Massachusetts Chapter
America Speaks
American Library Association
American Small Business Alliance
Answer Channel, Boston Neighborhood Network
Appalachian Center for Economic Networks
Association of Community Networking
Association of Internet Professionals, Boston Chapter
Bentley College
Bentley College, Computer Information Systems Department
Bentley College, Service Learning Department
Center for Civic Networking
Center for Media Education
CIO Communications, Inc.
CitySoft, Inc.
Coalition for New Office Technology
Community Technology Center's Network - CTCNet
Consortium of School Networking - CoSN
Consumer Project on Technology
Corporation for Public Broadcasting/WGBH/
National Center for Accessible Media
Data Security Systems, Inc.
Digital Futures Coalition
East West Foundation
Edward R. Murrow Center, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,
Tufts University
Electronic Frontier Foundation--EFF
Electronic Privacy Information Center - EPIC
Find Mail
Free Software Foundation
Global Internet Liberty Campaign
Harvard Information Infrastructure Project,
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Innovation Network
International Global Alliance
Internet SIG (former Boston Computer Society)
Internet Society - ISOC
Jewish Vocational Services
Learning Communities Group
Libraries of the Future
Linking Village
Lowell Telecommunications Corporation
Malden Access TV
Mandela Learning Center
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Massachusetts Interactive Media Council
MASSPIRG
Media Access Project
MIT Research Program on Communications Policy
MIT Technology and Culture Forum
Miller Freeman Web '98
MyBookworm
National Urban League
National Writers Union - UAW Local 1981
Non-Profit Computing
ReTech America
Tech Corps
Telecommunications Magazine
University of Michigan, School of Information
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Women in Technology International
The Workplace
Virtually Wired Educational Foundation
WebGrrls, Massachusetts Chapter
World Organization of Webmasters - National Alliance, NE Chapter
Check in at http://www.cpsr.org/ for updates.
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REGISTRATION (Space is limited, so register early.)
Name _______________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________
City________________State ____Country ______ Zip _____
Telephone ( )____________Email __________________
Company/School Name ______________________________________
Payment method: Check__ Visa __ MasterCard __
Card# ___________________________ Exp Date ______
Early (RECEIVED BY 9/26) Later or On-Site
Member of CPSR $ 75 $ 90
Non-member $100 $115
New or Reactivating CPSR member and registration $110 ($10 more) $125
Low income participant or Student with ID $ 30 $ 35
Low income participant or Student member and reg $ 40 ($10 more) $ 45
Media Representative
from _______________________ - -
Wiener Award Gala with conference registration $ 40 $ 50
without conference registration $ 60 $ 80
Donation to further CPSR's work $____
TOTAL ENCLOSED $ ____
A limited number of scholarships are available.
Contact CPSR for information.
Send completed registration form with payment to:
CPSR, PO Box 717, Palo Alto, CA 94302.
Or register on the World-Wide Web at
https://swww.igc.apc.org/cpsr/registrationForm.html
The CPSR Boston Chapter can be reached at 781-356-0905.
CHECK IN AT HTTP://WWW.CPSR.ORG/ FOR DETAILS AND UPDATES.
> --
> Susan Evoy * Deputy Director
> http://www.cpsr.org/home.html
> Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
> P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302
> Phone: (650) 322-3778 * Fax: (650) 322-4748 *
> Email: evoy@cpsr.org
