Panel Discussion

Security or Surveillance? Technology's Impact After September 11

Sponsored by

The Electronic Privacy Information Center
The Privacy Foundation

October 22, 2001,
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

National Press Club,
Holeman Lounge
529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington DC

[Event Summary]

On Monday, October 22, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Privacy Foundation will sponsor a policy briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to explore the implications of new systems for identification and tracking on personal privacy. Questions to be considered include the reliability of face recognition technology, the limitations of national ID cards, and the role of authentication and identification in computer networks and communication services.

Moderator:

• Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, EPIC

Speakers:

• Richard Smith, CTO, Privacy Foundation (View presentation)
  
• Robert Ellis Smith, Editor, Privacy Journal
  
• Jeffrey Rosen, Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic
  
• John Woodward, Senior Policy Analyst, RAND (View issue paper)
  
• Whitfield Diffie, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems
  

Registration begins at 12:30 pm.
The panel begins at 1:00 pm and continues until 2:30 pm.
The event is open to the press and the public.

For further information contact:
Sarah Andrews,
EPIC Research Director
202-483-1140 ext 107
andrews@epic.org