Speakers Announced for the 2017 Cato Surveillance Conference, Dec. 13, 2017

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The 2017 Cato Surveillance Conference

Cato Surveillance Conference
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 • 9:00AM – 5:30PM (Reception to Follow)
Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

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Speakers include Andrew Ferguson, University of the District of Columbia; Jim Harper, Competitive Enterprise Institute; Mieke Eoyang, Third Way; Clare Garvey, Georgetown University Law Center; Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice; Patrick Eddington, Cato Institute; Julian Sanchez, Cato Institute; Jesse Franzblau, Open the Government; Alvaro Bedoya, Georgetown University Law Center; Michelle Richardson, Center for Democracy and Technology; Sarah St. Vincent, Human Rights Watch; Stephen Bell, Co-Founder, Orchid Labs; and Jake Laperruque, Constitution Project.

From front-page news stories featuring transcripts of wiretapped campaign officials to dramatic cyberattacks using hacking tools stolen from the National Security Agency, intelligence and surveillance issues have saturated the news in 2017. Yet there were also plenty of important surveillance stories that didn’t get the exposure they deserved: the ongoing debate over reauthorizing the NSA’s controversial section 702 spying authority, set to expire at year’s end; the Supreme Court’s pending consideration of Carpenter v. United States, which could radically alter the contours of Fourth Amendment law; law enforcement’s growing reliance on sophisticated data mining to attempt to identify criminals or terrorists before they act. The Cato Institute’s annual surveillance conference will gather prominent experts, policymakers, technologists, and civil society advocates to explore these issues and more—and debate how much monitoring we should accept in a society that aspires to be both safe and free.

Further details on speakers and panel topics will be available in the near future.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 • 9:00AM – 5:30PM (Reception to Follow)
Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

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