14-11-11: ICRI Conference on Trust in the information society
Written by Hans Graux
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI - www.icri.be) at the K.U.Leuven celebrates its 20th anniversary with an international conference on Trust in the information society - In search of Trust Generating Mechanisms for the Network Society
Central theme and objective of the conference: The goal of the conference is to advance the reflection and debate about “Trust in the Information Society”. What strategies and techniques have been, or could be, used to foster trust in the media, communication and information technology sectors? What particular role can law and regulation play in enhancing trust, and vice versa, what role does the concept of trust play for future regulation and policies? What are the major challenges for trust in different areas of our e-society and which “trust generating mechanisms” could overcome those challenges?
Interdisciplinarity: Through a series of thought-provoking lectures delivered by international leading experts from various disciplines – law, economics, engineering, computer science, social and cultural studies – the conference intends to confront different insights and to explore new routes and tools – legal and non-legal – to generate more trust in networked, digital information and communication technologies that are shaping modern society.
Conference topics:The lectures will cover, amongst others: trust and the open internet; trust and authenticity; data protection and the right to be forgotten; trust and cybercrime; trust in e-health environments; e-commerce and intellectual property, trust in online new(s) media; labels of trust for media content; online safety and risks for children; trust and net neutrality and independent regulators as trustworthy authorities…
Confirmed speakers include: Viktor Mayer Schoenberger (Oxford Internet Institute); Rob Frieden (Penn State University); Patrick Ryan (University of Colorado at Boulder; Policy Counsel Open Internet at Google); Chris Reed (Queen Mary, University of London); Jeannette Hofmann (LSE); Bernt Hugenholtz (University of Amsterdam); Frank Robben (Crossroads Bank for Social Security & K.U. Leuven); Caroline Pauwels (Free University of Brussels); Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam); Wolfgang Schulz (Hans-Bredow-Institut); Brian ONeill (Dublin Institute of Technology); Luciana Duranti (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
Venue: Faculty of Law, K.U.Leuven, Tiensestraat 41, 3000 Leuven (Belgium)
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