A one-day public conference organised by
Privacy International
& the Electronic Privacy Information Center
The Old Theatre, London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Friday, 6th September 2002
10.00 - 5.00
Hosted by the Department of Information Systems, London
School of Economics
Admission - free
The events of September 11th have placed unprecedented pressures on such fundamental
rights as privacy, freedom of association and freedom of expression. National
security and law enforcement agencies have moved quickly to increase their
mandate, often without the checks and balances of transparency and accountability.
Legislators have rushed to promulgate security laws, often without open debate.
In an era of concern over public safety, what is the future for civil liberties
and open society? One year after September 11th, this important conference
brings together key figures from throughout the world to discuss these crucial
issues.
Speakers and respondents will discuss developments in privacy and surveillance,
free speech and censorship, national security, international government co-operation,
freedom of information, law enforcement capability, financial privacy, identity
and tracking systems and the role of civil society.
PLEASE MARK THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY!
Anyone interested in attending this conference should email london2002@privacy.org
or telephone 07947 778247
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
10.00 Welcome: Simon Davies, Director, Privacy
International
Keynote: Geoffrey Robertson QC
Launch of EPIC/PI Privacy
and Human Rights 2002 report
10.30 SESSION ONE The world will never be the same
again?
- Ross Anderson, Cambridge University
- George Radwanski,
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Tony Bunyan, editor, Statewatch
11.20 SESSION TWO A new era of censorship
- Judith Vidal-Hall, Editor, Index on Censorship
11.50 SESSION THREE The elimination of financial
privacy
- Alexander Evans, Center for the Study of Financial Innovation
12.10 LUNCH
1.10 State of the World: Review of the Privacy &
Human Rights Report, 2002
- Sarah Andrews, Research Director, EPIC
1.20 SESSION FOUR Who is the enemy? Re-defining national
security
- John Wadham, Director, Liberty
- Steve Wright, Director, The Omega Foundation
1.50 SESSION FIVE Closed government: freedom of information
& transparency
- Maurice Frankel, Director, Campaign for Freedom of Information
2.10 SESSION SIX Who are you? The pursuit for perfect
identity
- Barry Steinhardt, Associate Director, American Civil Liberties
Union
- Simon Davies, Director, Privacy International
2.40 SESSION SEVEN Where are you? The quest for perfect
traceability
- Alberto Escudero-Pascual, Royal Institute of Technology,
Sweden
- Stephanie Perrin, Zero Knowledge Systems
3.10 BREAK
3.40 SESSION EIGHT Surveillance
by design: interception of communications made easy
- David Banisar, Deputy Director, Privacy International
4.00 SESSION NINE The rise of the European surveillance
state
- Marco Cappato MEP
- Kurt Wimmer, Covington & Burling, London
4.30 SESSION TEN: Closing panel. Where to from here?
- Marc Rotenberg, EPIC
5:00 Close