The symposium will conclude with the inaugural lecture of Mr Wessel Kraaij of TNO Information and Communication Technology as Professor in Information filtering and aggregation at the Faculty of Science, Radboud University.

Privacy

Today's information society, where personal communication, mobility and transactions are logged urges a new view on privacy and security. While digital logging enables new personal services such as personalized search or even helps the society to combat fraud, privacy is at stake, since the security of personal data cannot always be guaranteed.

Speakers

Five international experts will discuss the economic and societal value of mining and profiling methods and practices, the associated privacy aspects, and new privacy-preserving methods of information gathering. A discussion panel comprised of all speakers will provide a forum for further clarification of positions.

Our new keynote speaker at the symposium is Mireille Hildebrandt, who will speak on the subject of Privacy, non-discrimination and due process: the pitfalls of smart technologies. Mireille Hildebrandt is Associate Professor of Jurisprudence at the Erasmus School of Law, and has been seconded as a senior researcher to the Centre for Law Science Technology and Society (LSTS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

The symposium ‘In search of privacy’ is an initiative of TNO Information and Communication Technology and is supported by Radboud University, SIKS, Safe.NL and Werkgemeenschap Informatiewetenschap.

More information and registration

There is no registration fee, but participants are requested to register before 22 June 2009. More information about the programme and the speakers can be found under ‘Downloads’ on this page.

The symposium will be held at the Radboud University, Huygens building, HG00.304. Address: Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen.

We look forward to welcome you on 25 June 2009!