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TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY TOPIC OF CONFERENCE |
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January 16, 2008
GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Grove City College Society for Science, Faith and Technology will host a one-day conference on “Technology and Privacy” with two presentations at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Feb. 5 in Sticht Lecture Hall of the Hall of Arts and Letters. The conference is free and open to the public.
The conference follows a series of book talks this fall on “Privacy Lost: How Technology Affects Privacy,” by David H. Holtzman, who is one of the featured speakers at the conference. In his book, Holtzman explains how technology has reduced privacy and discusses future impacts of the information age.
C. Ben Mitchell, associate professor of bioethics and contemporary culture at Trinity International University, will give the first presentation, “Who Owns Your Genome? Genetic Privacy and the Future of Health Care” at 2:30 p.m. Holtzman, author, security expert and scientist, will present “Privacy Lost: How Technology Affects Privacy” at 7 p.m.
Mitchell is also a senior fellow with The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity in Bannockburn, Ill., and a consultant with the Center for Genetics & Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University. He received his doctorate in philosophy with a concentration in medical ethics from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
He is a widely published author, editor of the journal “Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics,” consults on matters of public policy and has given testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives. He has also appeared in major news media, including the “Washington Post,” National Public Radio, Fox News and MSNBC.
Holtzman is an Internet pioneer who helped oversee the Internet’s growth from its infancy in the mid-1990s. As chief technology officer of network solutions and the manager of the Internet’s master root server, or the dot, Holtzman oversaw the growth of the commercial Internet from 500,000 to over 20 million domain names.
A former cryptographic analyst, Russian linguist and submariner with the U.S. Naval Security Group, Holtzman also worked at the Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center as an intelligence analyst, focusing on the Soviet Manned Space program. He has consulted on marketing strategy for several large corporations, including Amazon.com, and served as a security adviser to General Wesley Clark’s presidential campaign. He is president of GlobalPOV, a firm he founded to explore significant technological issues.
Holtzman has been interviewed by major news media including: CNN Headline News, Bloomberg Television, BBC News, “Scientific American,” “New York Times,” “USA Today,” Associated Press, and “Business Week.” He holds a bachelor of science in computer science from the University of Maryland and a bachelor of arts in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh.
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