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Media Activist Danny Schechter
Speaker: Media Activist and Film Director,
Danny Schechter
"Media and Homeland Insecurity"
Friday, September 30, 1-3PM, Clary
Theater
IP3 and the Southern Media
Justice Coalition co-host a talk by media activist
Danny Schechter.
This event is free and open to the public.
At 7PM there will be a showing of his movie Weapons
of Mass Deception (at GSU's Cinefest Theater.)
Click here for a FLYER
for his full program of activities in Atlanta on September
30.
Does Sunshine Dry Up Economic Development?
Thursday, June 16,
6:30/7:30 PM
IP3 and the Atlanta
Press Club co-host a moderated discussion about
the recent attempts to change the Georgia Open Records
Act, including House Bill 218, which would have exempted
certain economic development records from public scrutiny,
or what many media outlets named the secrecy bill.
Join us at the Clary
Theater at Georgia Tech at 6:30 p.m. for a networking
reception with the panel discussion from 7:30
9 p.m. The event will be free for members of the Atlanta
Press Club as well as students and faculty of Georgia
Tech; $10 for all others.
The proposed changes to Georgias
open records generated reams of newsprint and editorials
and became one of the most controversial of the 2005
legislative session, although it wasnt the only
bill introduced to create more open records exemptions.
Many proponents of HB 218 blamed the media for whipping
up opposition to the bill. But opponents blamed Republicans
for trying to weaken the publics right to know.
Our panelists will deepen the discussion.
Proponents of the bill will be given a
chance to discuss why they believe the proposal would
have put Georgia on a more equal footing with neighboring
states when bidding for new companies to come here.
Opponents will be given a chance to present their views
on why they believe the bill weakened the states
commitment to open records. And the discussion is still
relevant, as the bill could still be on the table for
the 2006 legislative session.
Invited guests include:
Sheila L. Tefft, Emory University Journalism
Program Director, will moderate the program. Tefft was
a reporter, editor and foreign correspondent for almost
25 years. Panelists include:
Charlie Gatlin, chief of staff to Commissioner
Craig Lesser, Georgia Department of Economic Development;
Hollie Manheimer, Georgia First Amendment Foundation;
Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chicamauga, a proponent of
House Bill 218
Rep. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, an opponent of House
Bill 218;
representative of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Members of the Capitol press corps will
be in the audience to pose questions to the panelists
during the Q&A session.
IT Offshoring: Its Effect on the People
and Economy of Georgia
Weds., Sept. 1, 7:30AM
Using a town hall format,
this forum promoted discussion about whether the outsourcing
phenomenon is: myth or reality; sound economics or a
management fad; a threat to jobs or an opportunity for
innovation and new growth
The panel included the following people
from the Atlanta Business Community:
- Facilitator - Bill Nigut, veteran political
analyst and Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional
Arts & Culture Leadership Alliance
- Panelist - Ravi Kalakota, CEO e-Business Strategies
(e-Business Strategies is an Atlanta based consulting
firm specializing in outsourcing issues)
- Panelist - Julie Carlock, Vice-President Sales
and Marketing, Aelera Corporation (Aelera recently decided
to "homeshore" jobs back into Georgia)
- Panelist - Hans Klein, Professor, Georgia Tech
School of Public Policy
This breakfast forum
took place on Wednesday, September 1st from 7:30am to
9:30am in the Bank of America Tower. The main sponsor
was the Georgia Electronic
Commerce Association (GECA).
Globalization Forum: Globalization
Forum: Politics, Economics, and IT Outsourcing
Thursday, April 22,
at 7:30 PM
Clary Theater (Student
Success Center) at Georgia Tech
With the world focused on Georgia for
the G8 Summit in June, issues of globalization are being
widely debated. This public forum brings the debate
to Atlanta, a major international city and a candidate
for the FTAA secretariat. Speakers will address the
benefits and concerns about global trade, out-sourcing
of high-tech jobs, and government-business policy making.
Panelists are:
- Cynthia
McKinney, former 4th District Congresswoman.
Ms. McKinney has been praised by Ralph Nader as a
champion for consumers and workers and recently spoke
at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India.
- Donald
Ratajczak, Regents Professor Emeritus of Economics
at GSU. A nationally known economist and one of the
leading econometric forecasters in the country, Ratajczak
directed Georgia State's Economic Forecasting Center.
- Ravi
Kalakota, co-founder and CEO of the innovation
consulting practice, E-Business Strategies. Dr. Kalakota
recently published Offshore Outsourcing: Business
Models, ROI and Best Practices.
The forum will be moderated by Georgia Tech professor
Hans
Klein.
F or more information contact IP3@IP3.gatech.edu
Co-sponsors:
Balancing Freedom and Security: The Patriot
Act and Homeland Security
Audio Recording:
Click
here to download.
Press Coverage:
Fulton County
Daily Report:
"Patriot Act Eroding Our Freedoms, Barr Charges"
(R. Robin McDonald) (Cache)
Thursday, November 20
7:30 PM Event (Free)
6:30 PM Reception (Free for Georgia Tech and Atlanta
Press Club; $10 otherwise)
Clary Theater (Student
Success Center, next to Tech Tower)
The Patriot Act and other recent domestic security laws
have given rise to a lively policy debate. Citizen groups
and lawmakers on both the right and left have criticized
the legislation for allowing secret searches and investigations,
the easy arrest and incarceration of non-US citizens,
and the monitoring of citizens' reading habits, medical
history, and financial records. Federal officials argue
that these powers are necessary to ensure homeland security.
This panel will discuss the legislation's implications
for Georgia citizens.
This event features a rare face-to-face
meeting of a supporter and a critic of the Patriot Act:
- Assistant US Attorney Randy
Chartash is responsible for enforcing the Patriot
Act.
- Former US Congressman Bob Barr
has been an outspoken critic.
They will present their respective
views and take questions from a distinguished panel
consisting of:
- Jabari Simama from the
Atlanta Mayor's Office of Community Technology
- Ann Woolner of Bloomberg
News
- John Sugg of Creative
Loafing
Jointly sponsored with Atlanta
Press Club and the Georgia Electronic Commerce Association
(www.GECA.org). Additional support from the Fulton
County Daily Report.
For an event flyer, click
here.
Democracy and Technology: Electronic Voting
and Georgia
Thursday, October 16
3-4:30 PM, Clary Theater
(Student Success Center)
Video Recording (WMV format):
Click
here to download. (Note: quality is initially poor
and becomes fair.)
Press Coverage:
Flagpole
Magazine,
"Critics Say Georgia's Computer Voting System is
Not Secure". Merrill Morris, October 29, 2003.
(cache)
Presentation Slides:
Presentation
by Prof. Dan Wallach (PDF format).
When the Georgia state government adopted
electronic voting, it
established itself as a leader in the technology of
democracy. Recently,
however, questions have emerged over the Diebold voting
system used
across the state.
Last summer, university researchers published
a report claiming that
the voting system is "far below even the most minimal
security
standards applicable in other contexts." A later
Diebold analysis claimed
to refute those criticisms, while a report by SAIC drew
mixed conclusions.
The state of Maryland recently chose to adopt the Diebold
technology.
This event offers computer scientists,
public officials, and industry
representatives an opportunity to present their analyses
to the
Georgia public. It offers a neutral, academic setting
for a fact-based
discussion of what has become a contentious issue.
Speakers
Prof. Dan Wallach, Rice University
Dept. of Computer Science, co-author
of "Analysis of an Electronic Voting System"
(Johns Hopkins Information
Security Institute Technical Report TR-2003-19)
Prof. Douglas Jones, Examiners for
Electronic Voting Systems, State of Iowa,
and faculty member of the University of Iowa Dept. of
Computer Science.
Moderator: Prof. Hans Klein, Director
of IP3 and Associate Professor
of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Speakers have also been invited from Diebold
Election Systems and from
the Georgia state government.)
Additional Information
"Analysis of an Electronic Voting System"
(Johns Hopkins Information Security
Institute Technical Report TR-2003-19) by Tadayoshi
Kohno, Adam Stubblefield,
Avi Rubin, and Dan Wallach. July 23, 2003. http://avirubin.com/vote/
Diebold "Technical Analysis"
of Johns Hopkins Report.
http://www2.diebold.com/checksandbalances.pdf
SAIC Analysis of Diebold AccuVote-TS voting
system.
http://www.dbm.maryland.gov/dbm_search/technology/toc_voting_system_report/votingsystemreportfinal.pdf
Doug Jones Web Site on Voting and Elections
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/
Computer Voting is Open to Easy Fraud,
Experts Say, John Schwartz, The New York Times,
July 24, 2003, page A12.
"All
the President's Votes," Andrew Gumbel, The
Independent (UK), October 14, 2003. [Note: IP3 does
not endorse the analysis in this article.]
Download the event flyer
(PDF).
Jailhouse Rock: File Swapping, Intellectual
Property, and the Law
Gigi Sohn
President, Public
Knowledge
Tuesday, September 23
3-5PM, Clary Theater (Student
Success Center)
Intellectual property rights have been
expanding for years, but only recently have they become
front-page news. Students are being served restraining
orders for reverse-engineering campus networks, Internet
users are being sued for swapping files, and professors
claim to fear to publish their research. In justification
of such actions, trade groups argue that free information
exchange profoundly threatens the film, music, and software
industries.
Gigi Sohn is a leading advocate for limitations
on intellectual property rights and open access to information.
She co-founded Public Knowledge, which advocates a balance
between private protections and public benefits of information.
She will talk about recent events affecting college
students and will relate this to larger issues in intellectual
property.
Download flyer
(PDF).
Events from 2002.
Kick-off Event for the Spring Internet
Speaker Series
US Congressman
Bob Barr speaks about "Civil Liberties in Cyberspace"
Atlanta, GA, February 15, 2002 - U.S.
Congressman Bob Barr launches this spring's Internet
Speaker Series at the Georgia Tech School of Public
Policy. Congressman Barr is a long-time advocate for
citizens' rights to online privacy. His talk will draw
on his experiences with the Department of Justice and
the Central Intelligence Agency and will address responsible
governance of the Internet.
New Directions in Internet Policy
Workshop [February 15, 2002]
Academic Researchers and Internet
Experts Converge to Discuss Intellectual Property, Access,
and the Public Interest. [Workshop
program].
Ivan Allen College Lecture on Internet
Governance
"The Internet
and Global Democracy"
by Prof. Hans Klein, School of Public
Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
INET-2002:
"Internet Crossroads"
The Annual meeting of the Internet Society (ISOC) will
be held near Washington DC in June 2002. IP3 faculty
are playing an active role in shaping the program for
this event.
ICANN
Annual Meeting: Special Program
At this event held in November 2001 in Marina del Rey,
IP3 faculty worked with CPSR, the American Civil Liberties
Union, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center
to present a day-long series of panels on non-commercial
and user-oriented topics. These included: the redelegation
of .ORG, a reassessment of the 1998 privatization of
the domain name system, and a discussion over user representation
in ICANN.
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