<nettime-ann> Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2012

[Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>]

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Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2012

The Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2012 (www.apc2012.org) will be held  
from 7-10 October: a four-day privacy conference with  
interdisciplinarity and social relevance as spearheads. Topical issues  
to take centre stage include cloud computing, privacy by design,  
cookies, the economic value of personal data, social networks,  
security and anti-terrorism measures, privacy and medical data,  
consumers’ perceptions and appraisal of privacy, privacy regulation  
and the redefinition of privacy in a rapidly changing information  
society.
Many international experts from diverse disciplines will be speaking  
at the conference: Alessandro Acquisti, renowned for his research into  
the psychology behind and consumers’ attitudes regarding their  
privacy; Ross Anderson, IT specialist in security systems, including  
those of medical record systems and smart meters; Jacob Applebaum, an  
internationally acclaimed hacker who was involved in Wikileaks; Peter  
Hustinx, chairman of the European Data Protection Supervisor; Sandra  
Petronio, the originator of Communication Privacy Management theory;  
and Priscilla Regan, author of the book, ‘Legislating Privacy:  
Technology, Social Values and Public Policy’.
In addition, the conference is hosting over 30 specialist panels and  
sessions that are sub-divided into six themes: Economics of Privacy,  
Privacy and Security, Privacy in the Information Society, Privacy and  
Technology, the Value and Principles of Privacy and Privacy and  
Healthcare. There will also be sessions on the position of civil  
rights organisations in the privacy discourse, presentations of  
empirical research on consumers’ behaviour with regard to their  
personal data and a practical session: bring your own device and learn  
how to hack. More than 150 academics with a large variety of  
backgrounds will actively contribute to the conference by means of  
presentations, panels and debates.
The opening day of the conference on Sunday 7 October features a  
public lecture that also falls within the theme of the UvA’s 380th  
anniversary year. The day will be opened by Dymph van den Boom, Rector  
Magnificus of the UvA, and Lodewijk Asscher, Deputy Mayor of  
Amsterdam. Helen Nissenbaum, who recently published the bestseller,  
‘Privacy in Context’, will give the public lecture, which examines the  
role of privacy in modern society. Following this, a panel composed of  
Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch Data Protection Authority and  
the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, Simon Davies, founder of  
the civil rights organisation Privacy International, and Alma Whitten,  
Google's Director of Privacy, will respond to the lecture and will  
debate with each other and the audience. The lecture will be given in  
the University Auditorium.
The programme of the remaining days will be held in the monumental  
Felix Meritis building and the university library, both situated in  
the centre of Amsterdam.
Conference registration at: www.apc2012.org (students & PhD students:  
€ 125; academics, civil servants & NGOs: € 225; lawyers, notaries &  
private sector: € 550).

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