[ga] [Fwd: [A2k] Reminder (and help) re submissions for CFP Tech POlicy 08]

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  For those of you whom wish to participate in a
truly open process!  Maybe someday ICANN will learn
how to do this, ya think?  >:)  But please, don't
hold your breath waiting!

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Subject: [A2k] Reminder (and help) re submissions for CFP Tech POlicy 08
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:08:52 -0400
From: Manon Ress <manon.ress@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: a2k discuss list
<a2k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,ecommerce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: Jon Pincus <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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The Computers, Freedom &  Privacy conference is fast approaching and
this is a reminder that proposals are due soon.  Very soon.

See: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08
http://cfp2008.org/ 18th Annual CFP conference, May 20-23, 2008, Omni
Hotel, New Haven, CT

HELP:  Note that Jon Pincus has started a blog 
(http://cfp08.blogspot.com/
) using  it for some Q&A about proposals, working through an example
submission, and attempting to collect different perspectives on topics.

Open participation is invited for proposals on panels, tutorials,
speaker suggestions, and birds of a feather sessions through the CFP:
Technology Policy '08 submission at http://www.cfp2008.org/submissions/.

Suggested topics for discussion include:

     * Information Privacy
     * Anonymity Online
     * Government Transparency
     * Voting Technology
     * Online Campaigning
     * Social Networks
     * Citizen Journalism
     * Cybercrime & Cyberterrorism
     * Digital Education
     * Copyright and Fair Use
     * Patent Reform
     * Open Access
     * P2P Networks
     * Information Policy and Free Trade
     * Media Concentration
     * Genes & Bioethics
     * Electronic Medical Records
     * Web Accessibility
     * Open Standards
     * Network Neutrality
     * High-Speed Internet Access Policy
     * Freedom of Information
     * Technology Policy Administration

Submission Deadlines:
Panel, Tutorial, and Speaker proposals: March 21, 2008.
Birds of a Feather Session (BoFs) proposals: April 21, 2008.

Panel, Tutorial, and Speaker proposals accepted by the Program
Committee will be notified by April 7, 2008.

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Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondance de J. Joubert  p.249
http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=NUMM-88671
Translation: It is better to debate a question without settling it
than to settle a question without debating it


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