[uberculture] Taste the irony: The President is hosting a conference on surveillance and privacy!

[reclaim your culture]

Dearest dissidents, 

Yes, it's true. Judith Woodsworth, The President & Vice-Chancellor at Concordia University -- the very same one glossing over the major problems with campus privatization and funding all those fancy cameras in our space -- is hosting a conference called "Every Breath You Take" : three sessions on "on the complex social, political and technological relationship between individual privacy and public security" on November 4th ( the day before our tea in! ) . 

In fact, she points out that "[i]t promises to be a stimulating event and I would encourage you to be an active participant . " 

So let's go actively participate, überculture! REGISTRATION IS FREE BUT MUST BE DONE BY October 28, 2009 at 5:00 p.m . by emailing: pcs at alcor.concordia.ca 

Go! Ask hard questions! Question surveillance! We'll meet you there! 
**** Please note that you don't have to register for all three lectures if there's a schedule conflict -- you can attend just one or two if you like. 

In fact, The Link is already writing about it. 


Anyway, do find the schedule enclosed below, with special guest speakers in the morning from our fascist friends at the RCMP, the Competition Bureau and the Sûreté du Québec. 

Your Life as a Crime Scene Investigation: Every Move You Make 


Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m. 
Location: D.B. Clarke Theatre (Henry F. Hall building) 
Researchers: Mourad Debbabi, Captain Frederick Gaudreau, Staff Sergeant Michael Haring and Lynne Perrault 
Moderator: Rae Staseson (Department of Communication Studies) 

Professor Mourad Debbabi of the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering ( CIISE ) will discuss the risks associated with the electronic trail we leave behind during everyday computing. Special guests from the RCMP , Competition Bureau and Sûreté du Québec will give real life examples of how Cyberforensic technology can be used to prevent fraud, combat sophisticated online attacks, and find digital evidence to convict criminals. 


The Science of Surveillance: Every Smile You Fake 


Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m. 
Location: D.B. Clarke Theatre (Henry F. Hall building) 
Researchers: John Capobianco, Ching Y. Suen and Kim Sawchuk 
Moderator: Anne-Marie Croteau (Department of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems) 

Professor John Capobianco of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Professor Ching Y. Suen of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering will present the science behind surveillance technologies such as nanoparticles and facial, retina, fingerprint, and handwriting recognition. Professor Kim Sawchuk of the Department of Communication Studies will address prevalent representations of surveillance technologies and the implications of these understandings for public policy and everyday life. 

Evening session I'll Be Watching You: Can We Reconcile Privacy and Security? 


Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m. 
Location: D.B. Clarke Theatre (Henry F. Hall building) 
Researchers: Yasmin Jiwani, Shannon McSheffrey and Tim Schwab 
Moderator: Lynn Hughes (Department of Studio Arts) 

Professor Yasmin Jiwani and Professor Tim Schwab of the Department of Communication Studies will examine the tension between privacy rights and security threats in the context of race, gender and citizenship, as well as the role of media and documentary film in ‘making the private public’. Professor Shannon McSheffrey of the Department of History will provide historical and cultural context on issues of privacy and address the question of how privacy is related to the transformation of society. 







for the wild! 




überculture 

(is watching you!) 




uberculture at csu.qc.ca 







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