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				    CFP'93
	    The Third Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy
			       9-12 March 1993
	     San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, Burlingame, CA

	      (co-sponsored by ACM SIGSAC, SIGCAS, and SIGCOMM)

The CFP'93 will assemble experts, advocates and interested people from a broad
spectrum of disciplines and backgrounds in a balanced public forum to address
the impact of computer and telecommunications technologies on freedom and
privacy in society.

Participants will include people from the fields of computer science, law,
business, research, information, library science, health, public policy,
government, law enforcement, public advocacy and many others. Some of the
topics in the wide-ranging CFP'93 program will include:

ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY - looking at how computers and networks are changing
democratic institutions and processes.

ELECTRONIC VOTING - addressing the security, reliability, practicality and
legality of automated vote tallying systems and their increasing use.

CENSORSHIP AND FREE SPEECH ON THE NET - discussing the problems of maintaining
freedom of electronic speech across communities and cultures.

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST ON THE NET - probing the problems and potential of new
forms of artistic expression enabled by computers and networks.

DIGITAL TELEPHONY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY - debating the ability of technology to
protect the privacy of personal communications versus the needs of law
enforcement and government agencies to tap in.

HEALTH RECORDS AND CONFIDENTIALITY - examining the threats to the privacy of
medical records as health care reform moves towards increasing automation.

THE MANY FACES OF PRIVACY - evaluating the benefits and costs of the use of
personal information by business and government.

THE DIGITAL INDIVIDUAL - exploring the increasing capabilities of technology
to track and profile us.

GENDER ISSUES IN COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS - reviewing the issues
surrounding gender and online interaction.

THE HAND THAT WIELDS THE GAVEL - a moot court dealing with legal liability,
responsibility, security and ethics of computer and network use.

THE POWER, POLITICS AND PROMISE OF INTERNETWORKING - covering the development
of networking infrastructures, domestically and worldwide.

INTERNATIONAL DATA FLOW - analyzing the issues in the flow of information over
the global matrix of computer networks and attempts to regulate it.

The conference will also offer a number of in-depth tutorials on subjects
including:

* Information use in the private sector
* Constitutional law and civil liberties
* Investigating telecom fraud
* Practical data inferencing
* Privacy in the public and private workplace
* Legal issues for sysops
* Access to government information
* Navigating the Internet 

INFORMATION

For more information on the CFP'93 program and advance registration call,
write or email to:

CFP'93 INFORMATION
2210 SIXTH STREET
BERKELEY, CA 94710
(510) 845-1350
cfp93@well.sf.ca.us 

A complete electronic version of the conference brochure with more detailed
descriptions of the sessions, tutorials, and registration information is also
available via anonymous ftp from sail.stanford.edu in the file: pub/les/cfp-93

[Daniel Faigin,  Chair, ACM/SIGSAC]
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