[LINK] Privacy Law Reform Symposium, 2 October

[Graham Greenleaf]

Hi Linkers,

Below are details of a one-day conference on the ALRC and NSWLRC 
proposed reforms to be held at UNSW on 2 October.

Regards,

Graham

PS Apologies for any cross-posting

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Dear Colleague,

You are invited to the 2009 Privacy Symposium: 'Meeting privacy
challenges - the ALRC & NSWLRC Privacy Reviews'.

    When: Thursday 2 October 2008, 9.30am-4.30pm
    Where: Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

The Cyberspace Law & Policy Centre is holding a one-day Symposium to
discuss the Australian Law Reform Commission's Report on Privacy (August
2008), and to take stock of the NSW Law Reform Commission's Consultation
Paper 3: Privacy Legislation in New South Wales (July 2008). The
Symposium is part of the Interpreting Privacy Principles Project, an
Australian Research Council Discovery Project.

The theme of the Symposium will be to consider how well the ALRC
proposals and draft NSWLRC proposals meet a number of current privacy
challenges, including:

*	Providing a set of Privacy Principles that set a new global
standard
*	Building consumer trust in electronic commerce
*	Delivering effective enforcement of privacy rules, and remedies
*	Limiting the growth of a surveillance society
*	Meeting international standards to facilitate appropriate cross
border data transfers

A more detailed program will be available from
<http://www.cyberlawcentre.org/2008/privacy/> .
Key participants whose attendance is confirmed include:

Senator John Faulkner, Special Minister of State

*	Professor David Weisbrot and/or Professor Les McCrimmon, ALRC
*	Professor Michael Tilbury, NSWLRC
*	Karen Curtis, Federal Privacy Commissioner
*	Judge Ken Taylor, NSW Privacy Commissioner
*	Judge Kevin O'Connor, President NSW ADT, former FPC
*	Keith Besgrove, First Assistant Secretary, DCITA
*	Chris Gration, Head of External Relations, Veda Advantage
*	Robin Banks, CEO, PIAC, member Privacy Advisory Committee
*	Professor Graham Greenleaf, ARC Interpreting Privacy Principles Project
*	Nigel Waters, ARC Interpreting Privacy Principles Project

The event will be structured around panel sessions, with a small number
of presentations and an emphasis on dialogue and discussion.

Registration: Costs for the event, including catering, documents and
GST:

*	Government, professional and corporate: $495
	(call us to discuss for volume discounts)
*	Academic: $165
*	Full-time student: $55
*	NGO representative: free (travel assistance may be available)

To join us, please download the Registration form
<http://cyberlawcentre.org/ipp/events/symposium08/rego_form.pdf> and fax
back.

Inquiries about event, speakers: ph: (02) 9385 3589 or feedback [at]
cyberlawcentre.org

Regards,
David

David Vaile
Executive Director
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, UNSW

Room 153, Law Building, Union Road
UNSW Kensington Campus
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
(via Gate 2 off High Street)

T: +61 (0)2 9385 3589
F: +61 (0)2 9385 1778
M: +61 (0)414 731 249
E: d.vaile [at] unsw.edu.au
W: http://www.cyberlawcentre.org/
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Graham Greenleaf
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052  Australia (UNSW CRICOS Provider No: 00098G)
Co-Director, Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)
Co-Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre
Asia-Pacific Editor, Privacy Laws & Business International

E-mail: g.greenleaf at unsw.edu.au or graham at austlii.edu.au
Web Pages -  http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~graham/
Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) pages - http://ssrn.com/author=57970
Tel: +61 2 9385 2233 (UNSW) +61 2 9569 5310 (Home)
Fax: +61 2 9385 1175 (UNSW) Office: Room 224, Law Faculty Building, UNSW
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