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Subject:    BoS: Final Call for Papers - Colloquium on Personal Information
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1996-04-20 12:36:16
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Organization: Isaac Newton Institute, University of Cambridge

          PERSONAL INFORMATION - SECURITY, ENGINEERING AND ETHICS

        21-22 June, Isaac Newton Institute, University of Cambridge

                        FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

Many organisations are building computer networks that will share medical
records and other highly sensitive personal information. This has led to
debate in the UK, the USA, Germany and elsewhere over both the propriety
of such information sharing and the technical measures that are necessary
to control it. The debate has shown how little we understand about the
protection of personal information.

Most existing models of computer security were developed for applications
in banking and commerce or for the military and intelligence communities.
There the goal of confidentiality is to protect the organisation's assets
and operations. With personal information, on the other hand, the goal is
to uphold the rights of the individual, and to facilitate professional
practice in line with established codes of ethics.

It is becoming clear that systems cannot adequately protect medical
records and other personal information by blindly following the banking
and military paradigms of computer security. A fresh approach is needed.

For this reason, the British Medical Association is sponsoring a two
day colloquium at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, whose goal is
to bring together medics and other people interested in protecting
personal information with computer security professionals. It will be
the closing event in a six month research programme attended by many
of the world`s top researchers in computer security and related
topics.

Topics of interest include the interaction between privacy and safety,
security and safety policy, technical aspects, practice in different
countries, the tension between clinicians and researchers, privacy in
other systems (such as those supporting legal practice), the
philosophy of privacy, and the regulation of access to personal
information by administrators and law officers.

Instructions for Authors:

Interested parties are invited to submit papers or extended abstracts
of papers electronically (ascii, latex or postscript) or in paper
form; in the latter case, send twelve copies suitable for blind
refereeing (the authors' names should be on a separate cover sheet and
there should be no obvious references). Papers should not exceed
fifteen pages in length.

Addresses for submission:

Dr Ross Anderson
Isaac Newton Institute
20 Clarkson Road
Cambridge CB3 0EH, England
rja14@newton.cam.ac.uk

Programme committee:

     Ross Anderson (Cambridge University, UK)
     Ab Bakker (Bazis, the Netherlands)
     Dave Banisar (Electronic Privacy Information Center, USA)
     Gerrit Bleumer (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
     Paula Bruening (formerly Office of Technology Assessment, USA)
     Ian Cheong (RACGP, Australia)
     Fleur Fisher (British Medical Association, UK)
     Elizabeth France (Data Protection Registrar, UK)
     Bob Frankford (formerly Ontario Legislature, Canada)
     Peter Landrock (Aarhus University, Denmark)
     Robert Morris (NSA, USA and Cambridge University, UK)
     Roderick Neame (Health Information Consulting, New Zealand)
     Roger Needham (Cambridge University, UK)
     Beverly Woodward (ACLU and Brandeis University, USA)

Deadlines:

Paper submission:                       10th May 1996
Notification of acceptance:             3rd June 1996
Camera-ready copy for proceedings:      17th June 1996

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