Call for Papers: 2015 Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC 2015) October 23-26, 2015, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) http://www.apc2015.net The 2015 Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC 2015) brings together researchers, practitioners, policy makers and professionals in the field of privacy to share insights, exchange ideas and formulate, discuss and answer the challenging privacy questions that lie ahead of us. APC 2015 intends to be a lively forum to discuss privacy issues, held in the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam. APC 2015 is organised by the Amsterdam Platform for Privacy Research (APPR), a network of researchers of the University of Amsterdam, with active participants from diverse fields including philosophy, law, economics, computer science, medicine, media and communication studies and social sciences. APC 2015 is the follow-up of the highly successful conference APC 2012. The conference will take place on 23 to 26 October 2015 at the intimate venue of the Oudemanhuispoort in the heart of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We will include plenary sessions, parallel sessions, and panel discussions with invited speakers, as well as presentations from respondents to this call for papers. The goal of the conference is to bring together people from academia, policy makers, journalists, and practitioners to promote active discussion on timely topics, to foster an active debate on privacy issues between participants from various backgrounds and perspectives. The seven conference tracks are: - The value and ethics of privacy (Theme coordinator: Marjolein Lanzing) - Privacy and security (Theme coordinator: Julien Jeandesboz) - Privacy and the information society (Theme coordinator: Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius) - Privacy and healthcare (Theme coordinators: Corrette Ploem and Beer Franken) - Privacy and technology (Theme coordinator: Sander Klous) - Commercial value of privacy (Theme coordinator: Arie den Boon) - Transformation of the public space and personalized communication (Theme coordinators: Thomas Poell and Jo Pierson) Call for papers information We invite you to submit your research paper to APC 2015. The conference aims to be a multidisciplinary conference and is particularly interested in papers that illustrate a multidisciplinary approach, but it is also open to more specialised papers on a relevant topic from any scientific discipline. Accepted papers will be included in the electronic conference proceedings. In addition, selected papers will be put forward for publication in refereed journals after a double review. General call for symposia, panels and workshops APC reserves space for symposia, panels and workshops on specific topics. If you have a specific topic you would like to see represented or discussed at the conference, please submit a proposal. Important dates 15 March 2015: Symposium, panel and workshop proposals 15 March 2015: Submission of paper abstract 15 April 2015: Notification of acceptance 15 July 2015: Submission of full paper More information Preferred style: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing 1,0 and no spaces before or after paragraph, margins normal. Preferred document type: Word or PDF An abstract for the call for papers should contain: - Name(s): (e.g. Bart van der Sloot & Beate Roessler) - Affiliation: (e.g. University of Amsterdam or Federal Trade Commission) - Position: (e.g. Professor or Phd) - Track: Choose one of the conference tracks to which you want to submit your proposal - And of course the abstract for the paper itself. Please use between 500-1000 words Send your abstract for a paper to: papers@apc2015.net An abstract for the call for panels should contain: - Name of the panel coordinator: (e.g. Bart van der Sloot) - Affiliation: (e.g. University of Amsterdam or Federal Trade Commission) - Position: (e.g. Professor or Phd) - Track: Choose one of the conference tracks to which you want to submit your proposal - And of course the abstract for the panel itself. This should include (1) a discription of the topic, (2) bio of all speakers and (3) an abstract of the papers/presentations being presented. Please use between 1000-2000 words. Send your abstract for a panel to: panels@apc2015.net For further information and questions, please contact Bart van der Sloot at: info@apc2015.net For the full call, see: http://www.apc2015.net/sites/default/files/pdffiles/HR_2pages_Call_for_Papers_CMYK.pdf --- Jo Pierson, Ph.D. Associate Professor | iMinds-SMIT | Department Media and Communication Studies | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel | Belgium | jo.pierson@vub.ac.be | http://smit.vub.ac.be/Person/30/Jo_Pierson | http://be.linkedin.com/in/jopierson | @iMuses