The National Academy of Public Administration and Virginia Tech To Hold First Annual Privacy Conference May 19-21, 2002

Release details announcement of privacy conference being held in Arlington Virginia to address challenges to state and local governments. Target audience is 300 attendees ranging from federal, state and local CIOs; access professionals and advocates; journalists; consultants; Privacy advocates; Public sector administrators, managers, program directors, and IT professionals; Businesses; Academics and researchers; Legislators and legislative staff; and Lobbyists. Features prominent keynotes, focused workshops and a town meeting to cultivate commitment to future work.

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April 2, 2002
Contact: Susan M. Pandy
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The National Academy of Public Administration and Virginia Tech To Hold First Annual Privacy Conference May 19-21, 2002

The National Academy of Public Administration and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have announced that they will host Personal Privacy in the Digital Age: The Challenge to State and Local Governments, a conference to be held May 19-21, 2002 at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.

The conference will feature provocative plenary sessions, six focused workshops, and an interactive town meeting. The Academy and Virginia Tech are sponsoring this event through the Joint Center for eGovernance, a program established to address the impact of digital technologies on governance processes. The Center is a unique partnership between the Academy and Virginia Techs School of Public & International Affairs and the International Institute for Information Technology. The conference theme originated with members of the Centers Information Practices Project and Intergovernmental Consortium, who worked together to develop a comprehensive program.

Our notion of privacy is being redefined as we speak," said Susan Pandy, the Centers Program Manager. This event represents an important gathering of decision makers and activists to begin a national dialogue addressing digital security and privacy in the wake of September 11. Information management practices and interoperability raise important challenges to state and local governments. Various sectors need to begin talking about the proper balance between security and privacy on the one hand, and access to information and protection of sensitive data on the other."    

Conference highlights include cross-cutting workshops focusing on key policy issues including privacy in federal legislation protecting medical and financial records; protecting international data flows; law enforcement, open records and freedom of information; commercialization of the public information; emerging technologies for secure state and local infrastructures; and building better intergovernmental relationships. The town meeting will synthesize and process the work of the opening plenary sessions and workshop sessions to formulate a substantive national agenda and commitment to the future. It also will share important resources and best practices identified throughout the program, generate models of action, and cultivate commitment to an ongoing future process.

Additional conference details are available online at http://www.conted.vt.edu/privacy.htm.