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2001 Conferences
8th CACR Information Security Workshop
2nd Annual Privacy and Security Workshop
The Human Face of Privacy Technology
November 1 & 2, 2001
Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR)
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
This is the first announcement. Please pass this announcement to any
colleagues who might be interested in attending.
Updates, including the abstracts of talks and speaker bios, workshop
program, and hotel information, will be posted to this web-site as
the information becomes available. This information will also be
included in the second announcement to be mailed on July 16, 2001.
INTRODUCTION
The 8th CACR Information Security Workshop: The Human Face of Privacy
Technology will be held November 1 & 2, 2001, at the University of
Toronto, Canada (exact location to be announced). This is the second
annual conference jointly organized by the Information Privacy
Commission of Ontario and the Center for Applied Cryptographic
Research, University of Waterloo.
WORKSHOP THEME:
Cell phone users were recently outraged when their private
conversations were streamed live over the Internet. Digital cell
phone users became equally stressed when the wireless encryption
standard - 802.11 they had been using to protect their conversations
was cracked. Even more disconcerting, places such as Guatemala see
human rights workers, using privacy technologies to protect other
civil rights groups' identities and the information they report on
civil rights abuses, experience daily threats of information theft as
well as kidnappings.
Within the last year those involved in developing and implementing
technology have experienced a growing awareness of privacy risks
within those technologies and a better understanding of privacy
averse environments. This awareness has brought to the fore the need
to further develop and implement technologies that are privacy
protective. Parallel to this, around the globe, economic crime units
and law enforcement agencies, governments, businesses and lawyers
wrestle with the tools to combat the international specter of cyber
crime, while often sidelining key privacy issues. The exploration of
privacy and security issues is fundamental to understanding how the
construction and implementation of privacy policies and technologies
can be improved for the real world.
This year's workshop will explore these and other privacy and
security issues through a mix of traditional panel discussions and
presentations as well as a Mock Cyber Crime Trial with audience
participation and an interactive subject rights counter-surveillance
event lead by Dr. Steve Mann, U of Toronto.
The workshop builds on the comments and suggestions provided by last
year's delegates and speakers who suggested a further exploration
into both leading edge privacy and security technologies and an
exploration of the context that these technologies work within. As a
result, the conference has been expanded to cover two days, including
parallel breakout sessions. Attendee spots have been increased to 210
to meet demand and more time for discussion and networking has been
set-aside in the evenings. For early registrants a conference package
will be sent out before the event that includes additional material
on the conference objective, speakers/organizers and a detailed
backgrounder for the scheduled Mock Cyber Crime Trial that will take
place.
The intended audience includes technology and security experts,
CIO's, senior technology executives, cryptographers, engineers, law
enforcement, academics, private sector leaders, privacy experts and
students.
Sponsors:
* Alcatel Canada
* Certicom Corp.
* Communications Security Establishment, Canadian Federal Government
* Information & Privacy Commission, Ontario
* JetNet Managed Internet Services Inc.
* MITACS
* Pitney Bowes
Organizers:
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* Mike Gurski (Conference Chair)
Information & Privacy Commission, Ontario
* Alfred Menezes
Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR)
University of Waterloo
* Sherry Shannon
Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR) and SVI Consulting
Program Co-ordinators:
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* Pasha Peroff, Technology Policy Reseracher, Information & Privacy
Commission, Ontario
* Jason Young, Legal Dept., Information & Privacy Commission, Ontario
* Robert Guerra, Director, Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility (CPSR)
Speakers (Partial List):
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* Dave Banisar, Deputy Director, Privacy International
* Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information & Privacy Commission, Ontario
* Jennifer Granick, Clinical Director - Center for Internet &
Society, Stanford University
* Scott Hutchinson, Sr. Prosecutor, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
* Dr. Steven Mann, University of Toronto
* Stephanie Perrin, Chief Privacy Officer, Zero Knowledge & Recipient
of the 2001 Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award
* Ron Ross, President, Jet Net
* Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology
* Lawrence Surtees, IDC & Network World columnist
* Kristen Tsolis, Cyber Terrorism Researcher, US Navy Postgraduate School
* Dr. Scott Vanstone, Founder & Chief Cryptography, Certicom Corp.
* Minky Worden, Electronic Media Director, Human Rights Watch
Workshop Program
Day One
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Registration
8:00 - 9:00
Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:20
Welcome from the Chair
Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. (cf)
9:20 - 10:20
Keynote: Re-inventing Privacy: Imperative for Human Rights Protection
Stephanie Perrin, Chief Privacy Officer, Zero-Knowledge Systems. (cf)
10:20 - 10:50
Refreshment Break
10:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel Presentation: A More Transparent Society: Perspectives on subject rights
Dr. Steve Mann, Professor, Computer Engineering Research Group,
University of Toronto. (cf)
12:00 - 12:30 (Lunch break)
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch Speaker: Democracy and Limitations on Free Speech and Anonymity
Lawrence Surtees, Reporter - telecommunications and high-technology,
Globe & Mail. (cf)
1:30 - 2:10
JetNet Presentation: The Challenges of Turning a Security Company in
to a Privacy & Security Company
Ron Ross
2:10 - 4:30
Cybercrime Trial:
Jennifer Granick, Clinical Director - Center for Internet & Society,
Stanford. (cf)
Scott Hutchison, Sr. Prosecutor, Ontario Ministry of Attorney General. (cf)
Dave Banisar, Deputy Director, Privacy International (cf)
Kristen Tsolis, Cyber-Terrorism Researcher, U.S. Navy Postgraduate School. (cf)
Technological Crime Unit, Commercial Crime Section, RCMP. (uncf)
Arni Stinnissen, Electronic Crime Team, Anti-Rackets Section, OPP. (uncf)
Allan Manson, Professor of Law, Queen's University. (uncf)
4:30 - 5:30
Conference Adjourns
5:30 - 9:00
Dinner & Entertainment
A night of hot jazz/downtempo grooves by a local band (venue undecided). (uncf)
Day Two
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15
Breakout A: Panel: Latest developments in privacy and security technology
IBM Labs/Tivoli (cf)
Dr. Scott Vanstone, Chief Cryptographer, Certicom Corporation. (cf)
Breakout B: Privacy in the Workplace
Mary O'Donoghue, Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario (cf)
10:15 - 11:00
Refreshment Break
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel Presentation: Wireless Privacy, the Do's and Don'ts of wireless
Ari Schwartz, Sr. Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy & Technology,
Washington, D.C. (cf)
Mike Gurski, Sr. Technology Policy Advisor, Information and Privacy
Commissioner/Ontario. (cf)
12:00 - 12:30 (Lunch break)
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch Speaker: Protecting Human Rights With Privacy Technology
Minky Worden, Electronic Media Director, Human Rights Watch. (cf)
Amnesty International (uncf)
1:30 - 3:00
Breakout C:
Critical Analysis methods for the Future: A case study of the
cracking of the 802.11 encryption code
Speakers unconfirmed
Breakout D: XXX
Peter Hope-Tindall, dataPrivacy Partners. (cf)
U8TV
3:00 - 4:30
Concluding Remarks: Challenging Complacence
Brian Beamish, Director, Policy and Compliance, Information and
Privacy Commissioner/Ontario (cf)
Alfred Menezes, Professor, Department of Combinatorics and
Optimization, University of Waterloo. (cf)
4:30 PM
Conference Ends
Registration
There is no registration fee for guests invited by the sponsors
(Certicom, Communications Security Establishment, Information &
Privacy Commission, JetNet, MITACS, and Pitney Bowes). The
registration fee for other participants is as follows:
* Cdn $300 (US $150).
* For participants affiliated with an academic institution: Cdn $100 (US $75).
Please register as soon as possible as space is limited for this
workshop; registration is on a first-come first-serve basis.
Please note that there may be an additional banquet fee of Cdn $30
(US $20) for all registrants who wish to attend the workshop banquet
on November 1. Details will be included in the second announcement.
To register, complete, in full, the attached REGISTRATION FORM and
return it along with your payment to:
Mrs. Frances Hannigan, C&O Dept.,
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1.
You may also register by email (fhannigan@math.uwaterloo.ca) or by
phone (Frances Hannigan: 519-888-4027).
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8th CACR INFORMATION SECURITY WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
THE HUMAN FACE OF PRIVACY TECHNOLOGY
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Address:
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Accommodations
The workshop will be held at The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Each participant will arrange their own travel and accommodation for
the meeting. There are many hotels close to The University of
Toronto. A list of hotels will be provided in the second announcement.
Travel
The closest airport is Lester Pearson Airport (Toronto Airport).
For further information or to return your Registration, please contact:
Mrs. Frances Hannigan
Department of Combinatorics & Optimization
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
e-mail: fhannigan@math.uwaterloo.ca
Fax: (519) 725-5441
Phone: (519) 888-4027
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Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
"The Life of Reason," 1906, George Santayana (1863-1952)
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Robert Guerra