Subject: CONFERENCES ON VALUES & POLICY MAKING
David Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 16:01:42 -0500
Message-Id: <v0213051bb0e424f6a605@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 16:01:42 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: david@ninch.org (David Green) Subject: CONFERENCES ON VALUES & POLICY MAKING
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
January 15, 1998
VALUES & POLICY MAKING
Forgive the recent deluge of important conference announcements.
Be sure, as always to check the NINCH webpage for Calendar listings
<http://www-ninch.cni.org/CALENDAR/calendar.html>.
David Green
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Center for Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
WORKSHOP ON DESIGN FOR VALUES:
ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
<http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Ethical/announcement.html>
February 28 - March 1, 1998
Princeton University
Organizers:
* Helen Nisssenbaum, University Center for Human Values, Princeton
University, helen@princeton.edu
* Bernard Chazelle, Computer Science Department, Princeton University
Contact: Sandy Barbu, barbu@cs.princeton.edu
The workshop will offer four panel presentations beginning Saturday,
February 28 at 9:30 a.m. The final panel will take place Sunday,
March 1, 10:00 - 12:00 a.m.
Panels will be organized around the central theme of how computer and
information systems are shaped by societal and ethical values, including
broadly encompassing values such as fair distribution of goods and
power, freedom, autonomy, sovereignty, and privacy as well as more
specific human ends such as wealth, efficacy, and rights to free
expression, association, private and property.
Panel presenters, representing the fields of computer science, the
social sciences, philosophy, and policy studies, will discuss values
embedded in specific systems, including but not limited to the net,
encryption, security, autonomous agents, educational software,
user-interfaces, and the structure of information systems. They may
be guided by questions such as:
* How do values influence or determine the shape of computer and
information systems?
* Whose ends, interests or values are best, and most frequently,
represented in contemporary systems?
* By what means are values embedded in systems -- public policy, markets,
or the discretion of individual scientists and engineers?
* Are some of these sources more ``legitimate'' than others?
* What values ought to shape computer and information systems?
* Is there some shared sense of public, community or individual welfare
that ought to drive the design of systems?
* Is it enough to ``let the market decide''?
For details on panels and registration see
<http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/Ethical/announcement.html>
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ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING (ACM) ANNUAL CONFERENCE
* * * POLICY98 * * *
"Shaping Policy in the Information Age"
Washington, DC, Renaissance Hotel
May 10-12, 1998
<http://www.acm.org/usacm/events/policy98/>
The ACM Annual Conference will focus on public policy issues affecting
future applications of computing. Our goal is to forge stronger links
between computing professionals and policy makers. Attendees will
interact with prominent leaders from academia, industry, Congress, and
Executive agencies, and participate in debates on policy issues
including Universal Access, Electronic Commerce, Intellectual Property,
and Education Online.
The conference will promote more regular engagement of computing
professionals in democratic processes related to productive use of
computing and information processing innovations. A blend of technical
skills and policy insights are essential to cope with the inherent
opportunities and dangers of any transformational technology.
Continuing collaborations between computing professionals and policy
makers will benefit citizens, consumers, entrepreneurs, researchers,
and students. You can make a difference!
May 10: Ethical and social impacts papers and panels
May 11-12: Public policy panels and featured speakers
All Policy98 attendees are invited to the Annual ACM Awards Banquet on
Sunday evening May 10th, and a conference reception on Monday evening
May 11th.
PANEL TOPICS AND COORDINATORS
Universal Service: Ollie Smoot
Electronic Commerce: Jim Horning
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace: Pam Samuelson
Education Online: Charles N. Brownstein
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Ben Shneiderman, USACM (U.S. Public Policy Committee)
C. Dianne Martin, SIGCAS (ACM Special Interest Group on Computers & Society)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Marc Rotenberg, Public Policy
Keith Miller, Ethics and Social Impacts
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