[liberationtech] Fwd: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media Conference, May 4-5

[Scott Klemmer]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ken Goldberg <goldberg at ieor.berkeley.edu>
> Date: March 26, 2009 10:48:59 PM PDT
> To: BCNM - Announce <goldberg at berkeley.edu>
> Cc: Ken Goldberg <goldberg at berkeley.edu>
> Subject: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media Conference, May 4-5
>
> Conference Announcement:
>
> The Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media
>
> May 4 and 5, 2009
> UC Berkeley
>
> This special conference will bring together human rights researchers  
> and advocates with software developers and programmers to highlight  
> success stories and spark new innovations. Topics will include  
> satellite and GPS technology, forensics, gaming, video and  
> animation, Internet security, social networking and corporate  
> responsibility.  Speakers include Trevor Paglen and James  
> Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds and writer for The New  
> Yorker.
>
> The conference will include a competition for new ideas using mobile  
> applications for human rights investigations and advocacy. It will  
> also offer opportunities for international participation and  
> dialogue via live webcasting and online response. Conference  
> details, schedule, and registration are available at:
>
> http://newmachineconference.org
>
> (organized by the Human Rights Center, BCNM is a co-sponsor).
>

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Scott Klemmer
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Gates Computer Science 3B, Room 384
Stanford CA 94305-9035
http://hci.stanford.edu/srk