[ecrea] Ethics of Surveillance Conference

*The 2^nd Ethics of Surveillance Conference: Moving towards Ubiquitous 
Surveillance?*

Dear colleagues,

we're sure you all agree that the most recent developments in the US 
have confirmed again the importance of continuing critical scholarly 
debate on the scope and implications of current surveillance practices.

The Leeds Humanities Research Institute is jointly with the Centre for 
Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied and the Institute of Communications 
Studies holding the 2^nd Ethics of Surveillance Conference at the 
University of Leeds on the 24^th and 25^th of June:

*Confirmed keynote speakers: *

*Prof. Gary Marx*

Professor Emeritus of Sociology, M.I.T., United States

*Prof. Christian Fuchs *
Professor of Social Media at the University of Westminster's 
Communication and Media Research Institute and the Centre for Social 
Media Research

*Dr. Kirstie Ball *
Reader in Surveillance and Organisation at the Open University Business 
School, Milton Keynes

*Dr. Mark Andrejevic *
Deputy Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the 
University of Queensland, Australia

*Prof. Charles Raab *
Professor of Government at the University of Edinburgh School of Social 
and Political Science

A detailed programme is available at http://bit.ly/12eZLEA

*The deadline for registration is June the 14th. *

Registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/surveillanceethics

The registration fee for both days is £50.00, for one day £30.00 and 
includes lunches and refreshments.


We anticipate a very lively discussion and hope to welcome as many of 
you as possible.


The conference organizers

--
Heidi Herzogenrath-Amelung,
PhD Researcher at the University of Leeds' Institute of Communications
Studies

Kevin Macnish
PhD Researcher and Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds' Centre for
Interdisciplinary Applied Ethics

Pinelopi Troullinou
PhD Researcher at the Open University Business School

Conference coordinators
Founders of the research group IC ICTs: Research Group on ICTs, 
Surveillance
& Society
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