[ecrea] ICRI Conference Trust in the Information Society

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI), research centre at 
the Faculty of Law of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and of the 
Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT) celebrates its 20th 
anniversary with an international conference on 'Trust in the 
information society. In search of Trust Generating Mechanisms for the 
Network Society'.

Goal of the conference: 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?

Speakers: 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).

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...

Date and venue: 14-15 November, 2011 - Leuven (Belgium)

More information: http://www.law.kuleuven.be/icri/pages.php?pid=106