This may be interesting for some with an interest in the politics of 
privacy and ethics of the public/private divide.

Ian W


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Sent: 14 May 2010 18:16
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Subject: CONF: The Ethics of Privacy and Confidentiality


 Reminder. And note changed time of the public event on 18th June.

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CONFERENCE: The Ethics of Privacy and Confidentiality 
=====================================================

17th -19th June, 2010. University of Leeds.
(incorporating Public Event, 5-6.50pm June 18th ) http://www.idea.
leeds.ac.uk/privacy

Speakers:
. Jamie Dow (Leeds)
. Soren Holm (Manchester)
. Gerald Lang (Leeds)
. Robin Lawlor (Leeds)
. David Leigh (The Guardian)
. Annabelle Lever (Manchester)
. Susan Mendus (York)
. Pauline Neville-Jones (Security Minister, former chair Joint 
Intelligence Committee) . Onora O'Neill (Cambridge) . Matthew Taylor 
(RSA, formerly of IPPR / 10 Downing Street) . Geoffrey Scarre (Durham) 
. Georgia Testa (Leeds)

The IDEA CETL at the University of Leeds is hosting two major events 
on the Ethics of Privacy in June 2010. An academic conference (17-19th
June) will address applied and theoretical issues on the nature and 
value of privacy. Within this, a public event (18th June, 7.30pm), open 
to all and free of charge, will focus on privacy issues in politics and 
public policy, addressing the question, "How much importance should be 
given to privacy considerations when making public policy?"

Full details and online booking for the conference are available on 
the website. A number of postgraduate bursaries are available (funded 
by the Analysis Trust).

The Academic Conference
=======================

The aim of the conference is to achieve a substantial and much-needed 
contribution to the understanding of privacy ethics through a robust 
engagement between theoretical and practical perspectives. Thus, the 
conference will feature papers from leading philosophers and other 
specialists, covering areas such as Politics, Criminal Justice, 
Information Technology, Medicine and Bioethics, and also more general 
theoretical questions about the nature and value of privacy.

We expect that the discussions about the nature and value of privacy 
will value from the discussion of privacy in specific contexts and vice 
versa. Topics will include:

      * Privacy in the public domain
      * Public interest justifications for loss of privacy
      * Privacy and confidentiality in therapeutic contexts
      * Privacy after death

Public Event
============

In addition, there will also be a panel event, open to the public, 
addressing the question, "How much importance should be given to 
privacy considerations when making public policy?" The speakers are:

      * Pauline Neville-Jones (Security Minister, former chair of the 
Joint Intelligence Committee)
      * Matthew Taylor (Chief Executive of RSA, formerly IPPR and 10 
Downing Street)
      * David Leigh (The Guardian, author of The Liar: Fall of 
Jonathan Aitken)
      * Onora O'Neill (Philosopher, author of A Question of Trust 
(Reith Lectures 2002))

Each speaker will deliver a 15 minute address, and then about an hour 
will be devoted to audience questions.

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Mind 
Association, the Analysis Trust, the Society for Applied Philosophy and 
Temenos.

http://www.idea.leeds.ac.uk/privacy




____________________________________________
Jamie Dow 
Research Fellow IDEA CETL 
Tel: +44 113 343 7887 
Email: [log in to unmask] 
Web: http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Staff/az/Jamie_Dow.htm	

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