Privacy, Equality and Security
A conference sponsored by the Accessibility Research
Group and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of UCL, and the
Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study, University of London[1]
Summary: Concerns over
privacy are increasingly at the forefront of both discussions of advancing
technology for purposes of security, and in discussions of increasing information
and data collection generally. The
purpose of the seminar is to bring together the expertise of those working in
issues of technology and information, with philosophical work on privacy,
equality and the right to self-defence.
Day 1:
Venue:
“Dilemmas of
Privacy and Surveillance”
Chair: Nick Tyler, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, UCL
title tbc
Chair:
Warwick Lightfoot, Mayoral Selection
Candidate for London, Conservative Party
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Panel
Discussion on Privacy and Social Policy
Will Davies, Institute of Public Policy Research and Department
of Sociology, Goldsmith’s College
Shepley Orr, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCL
Annabelle
Lever, Politics, University of
Reading
2:45 Simon Davies,
Information Systems Group, LSE
title tbc
Chair: Shepley
Orr, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCL
3:45 Coffee
4:00 Introducing the REASON Project,
Information Systems, University of Reading and
Chair:
Natasha McCarthy, Royal
5:00 General
Discussion
5:45 Close
Day 2:
Venue: Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Main Quad of
UCL, Gower St., London (map)
11:30 Coffee
12:00 Gerald Lang,
Philosophy,
“Self-Defence and Privacy”
Chair:
Tim Crane, Institute of Philosophy
and Department of Philosophy, UCL
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Frederick Schauer,
Law, Harvard
“Allocating
the Costs of Security, With Particular Reference to Surveillance and
Expression”
Chair: Jonathan
Wolff, Philosophy, UCL
2:45 Shepley Orr,
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCL
“How to Make Trade-Offs Between Liberty and other
Values”
Chair: tbc
3:45 Coffee
4:00 Martin O’Neill,
Philosophy and St. John’s College,
“Genetic Information, Privacy and Economic Security”
Chair: Alex
Voorhoeve, Philosophy, LSE
5:00 General
Discussion Led by Annabelle Lever,
Politics,
5:45 Close
Coffee and lunch will be provided for all attendees. Should you wish to register, please contact Shepley Orr at s.orr@ucl.ac.uk, stating which day(s) of the conference you would like to attend. All are welcome.