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CFP: CFP'98

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Blaze)
Thu Dec 4 14:38:04 1997

To: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 21:00:03 -0500
From: Matt Blaze <mab@research.att.com>

EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS FREEDOM AND PRIVACY
FEBRUARY 18-20, 1998  *  AUSTIN, TX  *  http://www.cfp98.org/

	BEST AIRFARES:  Book (American Airlines) by December 19, 1997
	HOTEL RESERVATIONS: Book by January 15, 1998
	BEST CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PRICES: Book by January 15, 1998
	WEB SITE and On-Line Registration: http://www.cfp98.org/
	PHONE INQUIRIES: (512) 475-6700
	E-MAIL INQURIES: utcle@mail.law.utexas.edu

"What sets the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conferences apart from similar
confabs is the range of participants--it's where the spooks meet the phreaks.
Lawmakers, security experts, journalists, business professionals, and hackers
from around the globe go head-to-head discussing the direction of the digital
revolution."
		 --WIRED Magazine, "Deductible Junkets," December 1997


CFP98 takes place February 18-20, 1998 in Austin Texas: registration is
$400 for  the general sessions, and $75 for tutorials, *if received by
January 15, 1998*; Special reduced registration fees are available for
full-time students and law enforcement personnel.

CFP98 offers up to 18 hours of MCLE credit; please check the web site
listed above for the most up-to-date information (in a more readable
format) regarding speakers, schedule and MCLE credit.

The following text contains:

1) AIRLINE and HOTEL INFO (Early Bookings Advised!)
2) CFP98 SCHEDULE: Tutorials and General Session
3) REGISTRATION POLICIES (Tiered registration fees, book early!)
4) REGISTRATION FORM (See web site for ON-LINE and printable forms)

1) AIRLINE AND HOTEL

AIRLINE:    American Airlines is the official carrier for the CFP98
conference.  Call (800) 433-1790 and make reference to Starfile #F3228UI
for discount fares.
Greatest discounts are available for fares booked before December 19 and
then before January 19th.

HOTEL: The Conference Hotel for CFP98 is the Hyatt Regency Austin on Town
Lake.  Special rates of $115 single and $140 double have been reserved for
bookings made by January 25, 1998.   Call (800) 233-1234 or (512) 477-1234
to make hotel reservations-be sure to identify yourself as a registrant for
CFP98 to obtain the special rates.  We anticipate very strong demand for
these rooms, so early bookings (before January 25th) are strongly
recommended.

2) CFP98 SCHEDULE: Tutorials and General Session


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1998


8:00 a.m.	Registration-Hyatt Regency Austin Hotel.
		Telephone:  (512) 477-1234.

9:00 a.m.	TUTORIALS (select one)

1. An Introduction to Copyright and Trademark Law-(2.75 hrs. MCLE)
	David J. Loundy, Davis, Mannix & McGrath

2. Cryptography:  Basic and nontraditional uses-(2.75 hrs. MCLE)
	Dr. David Chaum, DigiCash bv
	Matt Blaze, Ph.D., AT&T Laboratories

3. Free Speech, the Constitution, and Privacy in Cyberspace-(2.75 hrs.
					MCLE)
	Mike Godwin, EFF

4. PREVENTING PRIVACY LIABILITY:  Practical Advice for Corporations and
		Institutions-(2.75 hrs. MCLE)
	Henry W. "Hank" Jones, III, Attorney
	Peter Swire, The Ohio State University College of Law

5. Net Hacks and Defenses
	Dave Del Torto, Pretty Good Privacy, Inc.
	Charisse Castagnoli, Smallworks, Inc.
	plus guest hackers...

*ACIS Meeting-Interoperability and Pending European/U.S. IP Legislation
CFP registrants are invited to attend this ACIS session on a
	complimentary basis.Contact Pettrice Joseph at 202-347-4060, or
pettrice_joseph@stortek.com to register. ADVANCE registration with ACIS
required.

GENERAL SESSION OPENING, Wednesday afternoon, February 18, 1998

1:20 p.m.	Welcoming Remarks

1:30 p.m.	Keynote Address-(0.75 hr. MCLE)
		Brian Kahin, White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy

2:15 p.m.	After the Communications Decency Act Decision-(1.00 hr. MCLE)
			Ann Beeson, American Civil Liberties Union
			Lance Rose, Attorney
			Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law
3:15 p.m.	Break

3:45 p.m.	PRIVACY VS. FREE SPEECH-(0.75 hr. MCLE)
			Solveig Singleton, Cato Institute
			Stanton McCandlish, EFF

4:30 p.m.	Privacy Implications of Biometrics and Behavioral
Identifiers-(0.75 hr. MCLE)
			Deborah Hurley, Moderator, Harvard University,
		Information Infrastructure Project
			Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy
Commissioner/Ontario
			George J. Tomko, Ph.D., Mytec Technologies, Inc.

5:15 p.m.	NET VENGEANCE: The Law and Ethics of Self-Help Remedies for
				On-Line Harms-(1.00 hr. MCLE)
			Clint N. Smith, UUNet Technologies
			Ray Everett-Church, Online Industry Consultant
			Richard Mackinnon, The University of Texas at
Austin, 	Department of Government

6:15 p.m.	Adjourn

7:00 p.m.	Reception and dinner at the Austin Music Hall
		featuring music by Toni Price


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998

8:00 a.m.	Pragmatism and Principle in Online Advocacy-(0.75 hr. MCLE)
			Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and Technology
			Donald Haines, American Civil Liberties Union


8:45 a.m.	Privacy and Encryption Law in France-(0.75 hr. MCLE)
	Teresa Peters, Moderator, Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
	Judge Anne Carblanc, Juge d'instruction au Tribunal de Grande
Instance de Paris
		Prof. Joel Reidenberg, Fordham University School of Law


9:30 a.m.	INTERNATIONAL CRYPTO-(1.0 hr. MCLE)
			Richard Horning, Moderator, Tomlinson Zisko
Morosoli & Maser LLP
			Robert Bond, Hobson Audley Hopkins and Wood
			Daniel P. Kahn, Kahn & Associis
			Wilson Wong, Allen & Gledhill

10:30 a.m.	Break

11:00 a.m.	Keynote Address:  Virtual Communities, Real Communities?
			Amitai Etzioni, Director, The Communitarian Network

11:45 a.m.	We're From the Government and We're Here to Help You
		Becky Burr, National Telecommunications and Information
	Administration  NTIA (invited)
		Kevin Werbach, Federal Communications Commission

12:30 p.m.	Lunch:  Parellel Track Working Sessions (select one)

1. Government Jurisdiction Over Cyberspace Transactions-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Dan L. Burk, Seton Hall University School of Law
	David Post, Temple Law School

2. Acceptable Uses of the Net in Grades K-12-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Prof. Stuart Biegel, University of California, Los Angeles Law,
Education & Information Studies
	Pam DeVoe, Arlington Heights High School

3. How to do a Wiretap
	Shabbir J. Safdar, The Voters Telecommunications Watch plus
"government" guests

4, Sale of Public And Government Records:  Private Information or Profit
Center?-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Gene Crick, Texas Telecommunications Journal

5. Electronic Benefits and Welfare Reform
	Michael B. Betz, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
	Rebecca Lightsey, Texas Comptroller's Office
	Jeremy B. Mazur, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

6. Zapnet
	Prof. Harry Cleaver, The University of Texas at Austin Department
of Economics
	Tamara V. Ford, Zapnet Collective


2:00 p.m.	Key Escrow and Key Recovery Update-(1.00 hr. MCLE)
		Latest developments from the perspective of the computer
industry, civil liberties community, and government.

3:00 p.m.	How to Choke the Net
			Matt Blaze, Ph.D., AT&T Laboratories
			Daniel Weitzner, Center for Democracy and Technology
4:00 p.m.	Break

4:30 p.m.	Crypto and Privacy at the Fringes of Society-(1.50 hrs. MCLE)
			A. Michael Froomkin, Moderator, University of Miami
School of Law
			Patrick Ball, AAAS Science and Human Rights Program
			Peter Toren, United States Department of Justice

6:00 p.m.	Adjourn to Dinner

7:00 p.m.	Dinner with Keynote Speaker
		Christine Varney, Hogan & Hartson (invited)


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

8:30 a.m.	Archiving the Web-(1.00 hr. MCLE)
			Steve Madere, Deja News, Inc.
			Marybeth Peters, Library of Congress Copyright Office
			Pamela Samuelson, University of California at Berkeley

9:30 a.m.	Medical Records Privacy-(1.00 hr. MCLE)
			Mark Rothstein, University of Houston Law Center
			Denise M. Nagel, MD, National Coalition for Patient
Rights

10:30 a.m.	Break

11:00 a.m.	Moot Court:  Suing Spammers-(1.50 hrs. MCLE)
		Litigators:	Philip L. Dubois, Attorney
				Andrew Grosso, Attorney
				Robert W. Hamilton, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
				Mark Rasch, Attorney

		Judges:	Federal Judges to be announced


12:30 p.m.	Lunch:  parallel Track Working Sessions (select one)

1. Do You Need a License to Link?-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Walter A. Effross, Washington College of Law, American University

2. Owning and Governing Virtual Communities-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Edward A. Cavazos, Interliant, Inc.
	Jon Lebkowsky, EFF-Austin
	Mark McDonough, Thompson Technology Services Group

3. Universal Access:  Libraries, Schools and the Freenet Movement
	Robert Cannon, Internet Telecommunications Project
   	Sue Beckwith, Austin Free-Net, Inc.

4. Big Brother Really Is Watching You:  Video Surveillance-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Donald Haines, American Civil Liberties Union

5. Business Reputation and Identity on the Net-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Dan L. Burk, Seton Hall University School of Law

6. Digital Signature Legislation-If not, what else?-(0.50 hr. MCLE)
	Brad Biddle, Cooley Godward LLP
	Charles Merrill, McCarter & English

7.The Organization and Future of CFP
	Mark Lemley, Of Counsel, Fish & Richardson, P.C. and The University
of Texas School of Law


2:00 p.m.	Library Filtering-(0.75 hr. MCLE)
			Susan Getgood, Microsystems Software, Inc.
			Robert Martin, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission
			Anti-filtering Librarian to be announced

2:45 p.m.	Is Technology Really Neutral?  Is PICS the Devil?-(0.75 hr.
MCLE)
			Prof. Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School
			Paul Resnick, The University of Michigan School of
Information
			Jonathan Weinberg, Federal Communications Communication

3:30 p.m.	Break

4:00 p.m.	Covering the Net (or, What Has the Press Been Smoking?)
			Katie Hafner, Newsweek Magazine
			Todd Lappin, Wired Magazine
			Peter Lewis, Journalist

5:00 p.m.	Thoughts on the Future
			Bruce Sterling, Science Fiction Author

5:30 p.m.	Adjourn to Bruce Sterling's house


3) REGISTRATION POLICIES

HOW TO REGISTER & HOW TO PAY:  You can register for CFP98 by mail, phone,
fax, e-mail, or by using our on-line registration form (MC/VISA only) at
the CFP98 web site.  Payment is required at the time of registration:
payment can be made by check (with mailed registration form) and by VISA or
MC for phone, fax, e-mail or on-line registrations.  CFP98 offers tiered
registration fees: early registration is strongly encouraged to assure your
space at the conference and choice of tutorial, and to obtain the lowest
registration fees.  For the latest program developments and schedule see
http://www.cfp98.org/

MEALS AND FUNCTIONS INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION FEE:  The registration fee for
CFP98 includes the Wednesday dinner and opening reception at the Austin
Music Hall, Thursday dinner, plus Thursday and Friday lunches.  (See below
for special rules applicable to press.)

SPECIAL RATES FOR Students and Law Enforcement Personnel:  We strongly
encourage student and law enforcement participation at CFP98.  A special
reduced rate of $225, for registrations received by February 15, 1998, is
available.  This rate provides a substantial discount from the regular
CFP98 registration fees of $400-$525.  Registrations received after
February 15, including door registrations, will be subject to a $35 late
processing fee, making the total cost $260.To be eligible for the student
rate, you must be a full-time student in an undergraduate, graduate, or
professional degree program.  Students registered at the special rate will
be required to produce a valid student ID or other proof of student status
at the time of on-site registration.

Similarly, a full-time law enforcement official, employed by a national,
international, state, county, or local government agency is also eligible
for this special rate.  Law enforcement personnel claiming this reduced
rate should bring a valid law enforcement ID to present.

ANYONE CLAIMING A STUDENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT RATE WHO CANNOT CONFIRM HIS OR
HER STATUS TO THE CFP ON-SITE REGISTRATION STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY
THE REGULAR "DOOR" REGISTRATION FEE.

TUTORIALS NOT INCLUDED IN CONFERENCE FEES:  Please indicate your choice of
tutorial on the registration form; note that there is an additional charge
for tutorials.  The Student or Law Enforcement rate permits attendance at
tutorials on a "space available" basis.  Students and law enforcement
personnel who wish to GUARANTEE A SPACE AT A SPECIFIC TUTORIAL should
pre-register and pay the tutorial fee.

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICIES:  Refund requests received in writing by
February 15, 1998 will be honored, however a $35 cancellation fee will
apply.  No cancellations or refunds will be available after February 15,
1998.  (Allow four-six weeks for processing).


4) REGISTRATION FORM

We have created this registration form for the convenience of those who
wish to register for CFP98 by mailing a check, or by mailing or faxing a
credit card payment. We do not accept American Express or money orders.

To contact the Office of Continuing Legal Education at the UT School of
Law, call (512) 475-6700.

A printable version of this form can also be found at:
http://www.webs.com/c/ccfp001/printform.html

Fax this registration form to (512) 475-6876 if paying with a Visa or
Mastercard.






Name: __________________________________________________

Title: _________________________________________________

Affiliation: _________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________

City: _________________________  State: _________  Zip: ____________

Country: ______________________

Telephone: ___________________________  Fax: _________________________

E-mail: ______________________________

Bar Code # (if an attorney): _____________________

Select one of the following options to register for the conference:
(SEE REGISTRATION POLICIES BELOW)

[   ] Regular  [   ] Student  [  ] Law Enforcement  [   ] Press

 A printed roster will be distributed to registered conference attendees
 containing all the information you provide, unless you check one of the
 following options:

[   ] Include my name, title and affiliation, and the following information:

[   ] address  [   ] phone #  [   ] fax # [   ] e-mail

[   ] Don't include me in the printed roster.

If you are registering for a tutorial, select from the following:

 [   ] An Introduction to Copyright and Trademark Law
 [   ] Cryptography: Basic Overview & Nontraditional Uses
 [   ] Free Speech, The Constitution, and Privacy in Cyberspace
 [   ] Preventing Privacy Liability: Practical Advice for Corporations and
Institutions
 [   ] Net Hacks and Defenses

 Payment (see prices below) by:

 [   ] VISA   [   ] Mastercard  [   ] Check *

 $ ______ (Conference) + ______ (Tutorial) + ______ (Press Charges) = $
_______

TOTAL:  $__________________

Credit Card #: __________________________       Exp. Date:
_____________________

Signature: ___________________________________

Today's Date: __________   [   ] Please send me a brochure for this conference.



 * If paying by check, make the check payable to The University of Texas at
Austin. Please  mail payment and registration form to:

        The University of Texas School of Law
        Office of Continuing Legal Education
        Attn: CFP98
        727 East Dean Keeton Street
        Austin, TX 78705-3224

                         REGULAR Registration Fees

If received...  by January 15  by February 15  after February 15

 Conference	  $400		 $475		  $525

 Tutorial	   $75		 $100		  $125


STUDENT/LAW ENFORCMENT Registration Fees (see Special Registration Details)

		by February 15		 after February 15 or
                                             at the door

Student		 $225				 $260


PRESS REGISTRAION and CREDENTIALING: Members of the Press are invited to
cover CFP98 at no charge. Although there is no charge for press attendance,
the following charges apply for materials and/or meals (please reserve and
pay in advance, i.e, prior to February 15, 1998):

        $50 for conference materials
        $40 for Wednesday dinner/reception
        $45 for Thursday dinner
        $15 for Thursday lunch
        $15 for Friday lunch


Press CREDENTIALING:  Press credentialing for CFP98 will be handled by
Marlys West, mwest@mail.law.utexas.edu.  Please include press credentials,
e.g., assignment letter on company letterhead, OR, bylines, previous
issues, etc. with your registration correspondence.  Early press
registration and submission of press credentials is strongly encouraged.



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