[HacktionLab] Surveillance conference and hackathon in Cardiff, 18-19 June

[Arne]

Dear all,

I just signed up to this list because I'm one of the organisers of the
conference 'Surveillance and Citizenship' that will take place in
Cardiff, just around the corner from Barncamp, on the days before the
camp. Apart from academic and campaigning sessions, the conference will
include a hackathon to bring together several crypto and secure
communication projects, a training session for activists and journalists
to learn about crypto tools, and lightning talks to present tech
projects. You can find the programme here:
http://www.dcssproject.net/conference-programme/

It would be great to see some of you at the event, at least for the
first day (18 June), before Barncamp starts. It could be an interesting
pre-Barncamp event for some. There are also conference participants
(especially those involved in the hackathon) who are interested in
coming to Barncamp afterwards.

I copy below a conference announcement. If anyone would like to hear
more about it, or collaborate further, just let me know.
Best,
Arne

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Registration is now open for the international conference:
 
Surveillance and Citizenship: State-Media-Citizen Relations after the
Snowden Leaks
Cardiff University, 18-19 June 2015
 
The conference will bring together international scholars,
representatives of digital rights organisations, technological
developers, and surveillance experts to discuss the state of
surveillance and the implications of the Snowden revelations. Two years
after the leaks began, we will review their media representation, policy
developments, impacts on activism and civil society, and technological
responses. The conference will include strategy sessions on policy
reform and a usability and security hackathon.
 
Speaker include Ben Wizner (ACLU, Snowden's lawyer), Mark Andrejevic
(Ponoma College), Kirstie Ball (Open University), Gus Hosein (Privacy
International), Annie Machon (former MI5 whistleblower), Tony Bunyan
(Statewatch), James Ball (The Guardian), Andrew Clement (University of
Toronto), Ian Brown (Oxford University), Seda Guerses (New York
University), Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University), Gavin MacFadyen
(Centre for Investigative Journalism), Anne Roth (German Parliamentary
Inquiry on Mass Surveillance).
 
Programme: http://www.dcssproject.net/conference-programme/
Registration:
http://www.dcssproject.net/conference/conference-registration/(£50, £30
for students/unwaged)
How to get there: http://www.dcssproject.net/conference/how-to-get-here/
Where to stay: http://www.dcssproject.net/conference/where-to-stay/
 
More about the 'Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society' project:
http://www.dcssproject.net/about/

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