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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: ----------- * 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: ----------------------- * 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): ------------------------ * 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). ------------------------cut from here--------------------------------- 8th CACR INFORMATION SECURITY WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM THE HUMAN FACE OF PRIVACY TECHNOLOGY Fullname: _________________________________________________________ Affiliation: _________________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ E-Mail Address: _________________________________________________________ Telephone #: _________________________________________________________ **Make Cheque/Money Order Payable in Cdn or US funds only to: CACR **Credit Card payments can now be accepted: [ ] Visa [ ] MasterCard Cardholder's Name: ____________________________________________ Card Number: __________________________________________________ Expiration Date: ______________________________________________ Signature: ____________________________________________________ -------------------------cut from here------------------------------- 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 -- 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) -- Robert Guerra <rguerra@yahoo.com> PGP Keys <http://pgp.greatvideo.com/keys/rguerra/>