Santa Clara University

Events - IT, Ethics, and Law

IT, Ethics, and Law

This ongoing series of panel discussions and lectures focuses on the ethical, social, and legal implications of information technologies. Co-sponsored by the Ethics Center, the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, and the High Tech Law Institute, the programs look at cutting-edge technologies and the challenges they raise;

The World that Wikipedia Made

A panel discussion on technology, ethics, and the law in the Wikipedia editing model

Panelists


  1. Mike Godwin, general counsel, Wikimedia Foundation
  2. Carl Hewitt, emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
  3. Pedro Hernández-Ramos, associate director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society.

Trust Online

A conference exploring the technical, regulatory, social, and ethical issues in building sustained confidence in a global, virtual marketplace.

Keynotes
  • Richard Clarke, national coordinator for security and counterterrorism, and special advisor to the president on cyber security
  • Dave Cullinane, chief information security officer, eBay Inc.

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The Present and Future of Social Networking

Speakers
  • Marian Liu, multi-media entertainment critic for the San Jose Mercury News
  • Jim Squires, vice president of products at Ning
  • Kaitlin Thompson, SCU sophomore
  • Shannon Vallor, assistant professor of philosophy, SCU

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Virtues and Vices of Open Source

Speaker
  • Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center and general council of the Free Software Foundation

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Privacy and Security in a Wireless World

Panel on the ethical risks society may confront as municipalities begin to offer ubiquitous and possibly free access to the Internet

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Traces of Ourselves: The Ethics and Politics of Databases

Speakers
  • Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corp. and president and chair of Open Source Applications Foundation
  • John Arquilla, professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School
  • S. Leigh Star, senior scholar at SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Societ
  • Kirk O. Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, panel moderator

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The Ethics and Poltics of Search Engines

Speakers
  • Peter Norvig, director of research, Google
  • Terry Winograd, professor of computer science, Stanford University
  • Geoffrey Bowker, executive director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society
  • Kirk O. Hanson, executive director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, moderator
  • Introduced by S. Leigh Star, senior scholar, Center for Science, Technology, and Society

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Video Gaming: Playing With Ethics

Speakers
  • Leland Yee, California state assemblyman, author of a measure to prevent the sale of violent games to minors
  • Mike Antonucci, tech writer, San Jose Mercury News
  • Kristin Asleson McDonnell, CEO, LimeLife, a company that develops mobile phone games for women and girls
  • Caroline Ratajski, SCU senior, computer engineering major, and video gamer
  • Chad Raphael, professor of communication, moderator
  • Introduced by S. Leigh Star, senior scholar, Center for Science, Technology, and Society

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