Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 11:29:42 -0600
To:activism3
From:Barad(_at_)mail(_dot_)utexas(_dot_)edu (Meredith Barad)
Although, I'm not sure if this is the correct manner to go about doing this,
please post this just because it's really interesting and you're a nice
person, Thanks!
THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN CYBERSPACE
THE JOHN HENRY FAULK CONFERENCE ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Sponsored by The Center for American History
The University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday, April 18, 1995
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Joe C. Thompson Conference Center
26th St. and Red River
1:00-1:20 Introductions
1:20-1:30 The Legacy of John Henry Faulk, by Michael Burton
1:30-3:15 Panel I: The First Amendment in Cyberspace
3:30-5:00 Panel II: Who is Driving on the Information Superhighway?
5:00 Reception at the Center for American History.
"The First Amendment in Cyberspace" will explore the legal definition of
free speech on the information superhighway, censorship online, universal
access to the Internet, and new directions for information technologies in
the 21st century.
Conference speakers
Introduction:
Michael Burton, author of John Henry Faulk: The Making of a Liberated Mind
and former journalist specializing in educational and media awareness
issues
Panel I:
Mike Godwin, online counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Katie Hafner, technology reporter for Newsweek and author of Cyberpunk:
Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier
Peter Lewis,The New York Times correspondent on cyberspace issues
John Seigenthaler, chair of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at
Vanderbilt University and former editorial director for USA Today
Eugene Volokh, professor of copyright and constitutional law at UCLA Law
School and author of "Cheap Speech and What it Will Do," forthcoming in The
Yale Law Journal
Frederick Williams, Mary Gibbs Jones Centennial Chair, UT College of
Communication, and author of The People's Right to Know: Media, Democracy
and the Information Highway (moderator)
Panel II:
Smoot Carl-Mitchell, managing Partner in Texas Internet Consulting and
president of Matrix Information and Directory Services and the Zilker
Internet Park
Gary Chapman, coordinator for the 21st Century Project at UT's LBJ School
of Public Affairs and former executive director of the Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility
Jon Loehman, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, focusing on regulation
and planning in the telecommunications industry
James Love, director of Economic Studies at the Center for the Study of
Responsive Law and the director of the Center's Taxpayer's Assets Project
in Washington D.C.
Yolanda Rivas, M.A. student, Communication and Technology Policy Program in
the Department of Radio-Television-Film at UT specializing in online access
issues for Latin America
Bruce Sterling, author of The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the
Electronic Frontier, science fiction author, journalist, and editor
(moderator)
The Faulk Conference is presented in honor of Texas humorist John Henry
Faulk, a victim of the blacklist during the McCarthy years. The Faulk
Conference is free and seating is on a first come, first serve basis. The
conference brochure and conference summaries will be posted at
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/CAH/cah.html. For more information contact
the Center for American History at (512) 495-4515 or e-mail
m(_dot_)norkunas(_at_)mail(_dot_)utexas(_dot_)edu(_dot_)
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Martha Norkunas
Center for American History
SRH 2.101
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-495-4515
FAX: 512-495-4542
internet address: m(_dot_)norkunas(_at_)mail(_dot_)utexas(_dot_)edu
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