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<div><font color="#000000">Here is a conference that may interest
you:</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>CFP2011 Conference:
Computers, Freedom & Privacy:</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>"The Future is Now"
(Washington, DC - 14-16 June 2011)</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Venue: Georgetown University
Law Center</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">600 New Jersey Ave NW,
Washington, D.C.</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>More information:
<http://www.cfp.org/2011/></b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">CFP2011 is at the intersection of policy,
technology, and action. The meeting will involve technology and policy
experts and activists in forums designed to also engage the public and
policymakers in discussions about the information society and the
future of technology, innovation, and freedom.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>The conference will include several
speakers from Africa (Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal).</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Most panels should be webcast at
<http://www.cfp.org/2011/>.</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Check these two panels in particular
(available from the program page at
<http://www.cfp.org/2011/wiki/index.php/Program>)</font></div>
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<div>1) On Wednesday 15 June 2011: "MENA Beyond Stereotypes :
Technology of Good and Evil Before, During and After
Revolutions"</div>
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Panelists, including online human rights activists, from and/or
focusing on the Middle-East and North Africa will deconstruct the
'Facebook and Twitter revolutions' myth by analyzing the role of
communication technologies before, during and after revolutions and
the role played by local and foreign policy in the region, pre- and
post-revolutions.<br>
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<div>Panel Organizer: Meryem Marzouki, Senior Researcher in Political
Sciences, CNRS/UPMC, France</div>
<div>Moderator: Meryem Marzouki, Senior Researcher in Political
Sciences, CNRS/UPMC, France</div>
<div>Panelists: Amira Al Hussaini, MENA Regional Editor, Global
Voices, Bahrain; Bob Boorstin, Director of Public Policy, Google,
Inc., Washington D.C. office, USA; Moez Chakchouk, CEO, Tunisian
Internet Agency, Tunisia; Deborah Hurley, USA; Jillian C. York,
Director for International Freedom of Expression, EFF, USA; Nasser
Weddady, Outreach Director, HAMSA/American Islamic Congress,
USA.</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">2) On</font> Thursday 16 June 2011:
"Cybersecurity, Freedom and Privacy"</div>
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<div>This panel will explore the comprehensive approach to
cybersecurity being proposed by governments both in the US and around
the world. These global initiatives seek to protect digital
information systems and the information they manage from all threats.
The category of threats will include those faced by governments,
consumers, corporations, critical infrastructure, and networked local,
state, and national government agencies. The challenges are not only
domestic, but international in scope. This panel will explore the
topic of Cybersecurity Freedom and Privacy as they outline the roles
that governments, companies, users, and advocates can play or should
play in attempting to create a free and safe Internet.<br>
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<div>Panel Organizer: Lillie Coney</div>
<div>Moderator: Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post</div>
<div>Panelists: Mr. Lo Mouhamadou, the Senegalese DP Commissioner,
Pradeep K. Khosla, Dean of the College of Engineering Carnegie Mellon;
Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC); Ross Anderson, Professor of Security
Engineering, University of Cambridge; Timothy Edgar, Senior Legal
Advisor to the Information Sharing Environment, Office of the Director
of National Intelligence; Joe Onek, Principal, Raben Group; Stuart
Shapiro, Security Scientist, MITRE Corporation</div>
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<div><b>If any person is interested in blogging or tweeting, please
contact Monique Altheim, Director of Media and Virtual Media Relations
at mailto:monique@EDiscoveryMap.com.</b></div>
<div>More information at
<http://www.cfp.org/2011/wiki/index.php/Media>.</div>
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<div><font face="Futura" size="-1" color="#000000">Cedric Laurant,
Esq.</font></div>
<div><font face="Futura" size="-1" color="#000000">Principal, Cedric
Laurant Consulting (Brussels)</font></div>
<div><font face="Futura" size="-1" color="#000000">Attorney at Law
(Washington, DC)</font></div>
<div><font face="Futura" size="-1" color="#000000">Senior Research
Fellow, Center for Media and Communication Studies</font></div>
<div><font face="Futura" size="-1" color="#000000">Central European
University (Budapest, Hungary)</font></div>
<div><font face="Futura" size="-1" color="#000000">Legal Researcher,
Interdisciplinary Center for Law & ICT (ICRI)</font></div>
<div><font face="Futura" size="-1" color="#000000">University of
Louvain (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)</font></div>
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