Computers, Freedom, & Privacy

08/07/2015

Submissions for CFP 2015 are due August 17th! So far we have revenge p**n, predictive policing, cyber security, and police body cams on the agenda. What are we missing, CFP fans?

The Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference invites proposals for this year's conference. We encourage multi-stakeholder participation in the conference as speakers, proposal submitters, and attendees that represent the diverse global community of organizations and professionals who work on polic…

06/08/2014

Advocates' meeting is in the Jefferson Room, upstairs in the main building. Conference registration in the North room, also upstairs in the main building.

05/22/2014

Initial Shuttle Bus Times AnnouncedShuttles are being planned to assist those coming to and from Airlie. Preliminary Schedule for Shuttles:Sunday, June 8, 2014 Dulles Pick-up: 11:30 AM; 1:30 PM; 4:00 PM Vienna Metro Station Pick-up: 12:00 PM; 2:00 PM; 4:30 PM Airlie Pick-up (return to Vienna Metro S…

05/21/2014

You're invited!

Email the organizers for information on press promo codes for registration.

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05/14/2014

This year, CFP is brand new. That starts with a slick, new website.

05/07/2014

reddit: the front page of the internet

05/07/2014

Additional program information released! Stay tuned as we keep releasing information about the great speakers, panels, workshops, and debates we have lined up for you!

As social networks become the major way people connect online, ad-funded corporate sites typically have troubling speech policies and provide only limited privacy protections. Open source social networks can provide free-er and more private alternatives. This session brings together founders of seve…

05/03/2014

Inventive ways to get to the Airlie Center? Care to carpool? Join the discussion here and connect with your fellow attendees!

05/02/2014

CFP Speaker: Stewart Baker was the first Assistant Secretary (acting as Under Secretary-equivalent) for Policy at the United States Department of Homeland Security under the Presidency of George W. Bush.[1][2]

Baker is the former General Counsel of the National Security Agency (1992–1994) and author of the book, The Limits of Trust: Cryptography, Governments, and Electronic Commerce (1998), and other publications and articles on electronic commerce and international trade. Earlier in his career, Baker was Law Clerk to John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court from 1977 to 1978. He also clerked for Frank M. Coffin, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit (1976–77) and Shirley Hufstedler, US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1975). He was in private practice with the Washington, DC-based law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP from 1981 to 1992 and again from 1994 to 2005.

Baker currently writes the blog Skating on Stilts. A book based on the blog, Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren't Stopping Tomorrow's Terrorism, was published in June 2010.

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05/02/2014

CFP Speaker: Ramez Naam was born in Cairo, Egypt, and came to the US at the age of 3. He’s a computer scientist, futurist, and award-winning author.

Ramez spent 13 years at Microsoft, where he led teams developing early versions of Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, and the Bing search engine. His career has focused on bringing advanced collaboration, communication, and information retrieval capabilities to roughly one billion people around the world, and took him to the role of Partner and Director of Program Management within Microsoft, with deep experience leading teams working on cutting edge technologies such as machine learning, search, massive scale services, and artificial intelligence.

Between stints at Microsoft, Ramez founded and ran Apex NanoTechnologies, the world’s first company devoted entirely to software tools to accelerate molecular design. He holds 19 patents related to search engines, information retrieval, web browsing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Ramez is also the H.G. Wells Award-winning author of four books.

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05/02/2014

The co-chairs for CFP 2014 are proud to announce our first two conference speakers: Computer Scientist and Science Fiction Author Ramaz Naam and Former NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker.

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The CFP coordinator's are happy to announce the annual CFP Advocate's Meeting will return this year, to be formally held on June 8, 2014 from 1:30-5:30 PM at the Airlie Center. The Advocate's Meeting is an invitation-only pre-meeting designed to bring together members of civil society. This year's m…

04/23/2014

Registration for CFP 2014 is now live:

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Join us in June!