A reminder that this event is today at 4pm EST! I hope it is useful to you. Christian On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:11 PM Christian Sandvig < christian.sandvig@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello CITAMS colleagues, > > We are going to livestream this on Wednesday and I bet some of you will be > interested...? > > Christian > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Christian Sandvig <csandvig@umich.edu> > Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:04 PM > Subject: THIS WEEK: Chris Calabrese on Facial Recognition and Public > Policy (Wed 4pm) > To: ESC Center <esc-center@umich.edu> > > > > TITLE > Chris Calabrese: Show Your Face? The Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition > Technology for Our Civil Liberties > > DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION > Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium > 735 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 > Wednesday, November 20, 2019; 4:00pm - 5:30pm Eastern Standard Time > > FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS: Video from this talk will be streamed live at > http://esc.umich.edu/face > > ABSTRACT > Facial recognition technology is sweeping into our public and private > lives. The government is deploying it at the border and throughout law > enforcement investigations. Technology companies are building it into their > social networks. Employers are using it to monitor movements and > productivity. As the technology becomes increasingly powerful, accurate, > and versatile, it’s raising more and more privacy and civil liberties > concerns, especially for marginalized or vulnerable populations. > Christopher Calabrese, Vice President for Policy at the Center for > Democracy & Technology will discuss the pros and cons of facial recognition > technology, how it is changing many aspects of our lives, and how > policymakers should address it. > > BIO > Chris Calabrese is the Vice President for Policy at the Center for > Democracy and Technology (http://cdt.org) > > > > -- > > The ESC fall events are part of the "soft opening" of ESC: The Center for > Ethics, Society, and Computing. http://esc.umich.edu/ Fall events > are generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for > Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department > of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the > Arts at the University of Michigan. > > This event listing on the Web: > http://esc.umich.edu/event/chris-calabrese-show-your-face/ > > A PDF flyer for all Fall ESC events: > http://esc.umich.edu/ESC_Fall_Events_2019.pdf > > This event is co-sponsored with the Science, Technology, and Public Policy > Program. > > Questions about the ESC fall event series may be directed to > esc-center@umich.edu > >