[Air-L] For Your Eyes Only: International Conference on Privacy, Empowerment and Technology in the context of Online Social Networks

[Rodrigo Davies]

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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Seda Guerses <sguerses at esat.kuleuven.be>wrote:

> dear airs,
>
> we are organizing an interdisciplinary conference on privacy and online
> social networks in brussels. we look forward to welcoming you.
> please feel free to circulate the conference announcement in your networks.
> best,
> s.
>
>
>
> For Your Eyes Only
>
> International Conference on Privacy, Empowerment and Technology in the
> context of Online Social Networks
>
> 29. - 30. of November, 2012
>
> http://www.foryoureyesonly.be
>
> Venue:
> The Egg
> Barastraat 175
> Brussels, Belgium
>
> We warmly welcome you at the “For Your Eyes Only” International Conference
> on Privacy, Empowerment and Technology in the context of Online Social
> Networks in Brussels on 29. and 30. November 2012.
>
> In the last decade, Online Social Networks started to play an increasingly
> important role in our communications. User privacy and security are two of
> the friction points that emerge when communications get mediated in Online
> Social Networks (OSNs). At the For Your Eyes Only Conference, young and
> senior academics will convene to discuss privacy and security in Online
> Social Networks. This will be a discussion that crosses disciplinary
> boundaries as well as those of communities of practice. We will approach
> the issues raised from legal, technical, social, and economic perspectives,
> and, will discuss consequences of our findings for regulation, education
> and systems design in six panels.
>
> Specifically, on the first conference day participants will focus on the
> privacy pitfalls for social media users. These include the commodification
> of their personal data, uninformed consent strategies, the right to
> privacy, the protection of personal data and the (absence of a) right to be
> forgotten. Opportunities and risks related to minors on OSNs will also be
> discussed from various perspectives. For each topic, regulatory challenges
> will be identified.
>
> On the second day of the conference socio-technical solutions as well as
> the responsibilization of users with respect to privacy are central to the
> debate. Participants will discuss how privacy and security can be
> integrated into design from the early conception of systems, look at
> nudging as a design strategy, and present concrete proposals for improving
> the privacy and security infrastructures of online social networks.
> We expect an audience of academics, public organizations, companies,
> members of NGO’s as well as governments, artists, activists, designers and
> developers. Together we aspire to generate visions for Online Social
> Networks in which privacy, security, and other user rights, needs and
> practices are accommodated.
>
> Our lists of panelists are:
>
> Alice E. Marwick (Fordham University, New York ), Airi lampinen (Helsinki
> Institute for Information Technology HIIT), Deirdre Mulligan (University of
> California, Berkeley), Ellen Wauters (K.U. Leuven), Sandra Petronio
> (Indiana University), Simone van der Hof (Leiden University) James B. Rule
> (UC Berkeley School of Law) Nadezhda Purtova (University of Groningen), Eva
> Lievens (K. U. Leuven), Tammy Schellens (UGhent), Mathias Vermeulen (VUB),
> Serge Gutwirth (VUB), Sören Preibusch (University of Cambridge), Eleni
> Kosta (Tilburg University), Orla Lynskey (London School of Economics),
> Claudia Diaz (K.U. Leuven), Jo Pierson (VUB), Rob Heyman (VUB), Frank
> Piessens (KU Leuven), Ashkan Soltani (Independent Researcher), Bettina
> Berendt (K.U. Leuven), Trebor Scholz (Eugene Lang College, New York)
> Alessandro Acquisti (Carnegie Mellon University), Ralf de Wolf (VUB), Ike
> Picone (VUB), Rula Sayaf (K.U. Leuven), Lorrie Faith Cranor (Carnegie
> Mellon University), Seda Gurses (KU Leuven) Adam Joinson (Centre for
> Information Management, University of Bath, UK), Dave Clarke (KU Leuven),
> Bart Preneel (KU Leuven), Laurence Claeys (VUB)
>
> Please use the conference website: http://www.foryoureyesonly.be for
> registration. The entrance fee is €89 for both days, or €49 for a single
> day.
>
> We are offering a limited number of scholarships to cover conference
> registration for those prospective participants (especially developers,
> activists and artists) without sufficient institutional or financial
> support. If you wish to apply for one of these, please describe your
> project and affiliations (500-700 words). Allocation to these strictly
> limited places will be based on the quality of the project description and
> the scholarships will be distributed on a first-come-first-serve basis.
> Please contact Seda Gürses at info at foryoureyesonly.be for further details.
>
> The conference is organized by the interdisciplinary research consortia
> EMSOC [http://emsoc.be] and SPION [http://www.spion.me]. They are both
> IWT Strategic Basic Research projects and are involved in IBBT research
> groups. This conference is an event also associated with the Unlike Us
> network [http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/unlikeus/].
>
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