If you have RSVP'd to this and don't have the directions to the venue that the host has provided, please contact me and I can send them to you. best, Joe On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear IETFers, > > Wikimedia Germany and the Global Public Policy Insitute will be hosting > the following event on Wednesday evening of IETF week. > > (Yes, it is scheduled during the IETF plenary on Wednesday evening. We > hope some of you might make it regardless as it's only 15m away from the > IETF venue.) > > RSVP required. best, Joe > > ---- > > Open Debate on the Politics of Encryption > > In modern democracies, societies are built not only on checks and > balances but also on the notion of trust. In the digital age, trust is > strengthened through a variety of technologies that provide for online > privacy and security. Encryption technologies are one key example. They > allow users to securely communicate and do business online, and to > protect data on a computer, a phone or in the cloud. However, those > technologies are also available for less benevolent purposes, providing > criminals with means to protect their communication and data. This has > put encryption at the centre of a debate on the tension between online > security and the notion of national security. Even after years of > struggles - most recently between the FBI and Apple - battle lines > remain murky, and key questions unanswered. > > Are law enforcement agencies really "going dark"? Should (and can) > societies make any compromises on the use of encryption technologies? > What are the ethical obligations for the technical and academic > communities? If multistakeholder institutions, such as the IETF, set > standards on encryption that will be adopted broadly, how does > multistakeholder governance impact best practices, the development and > the implementation of such standards? What effect had the Snowden > disclosures on IETF processes? If we accept the broad and easy use of > encryption technologies, should government agencies have other tools at > hand to fight criminals? And finally, where do we stand on this debate > in Germany and what can we do to help define a united European position? > > On Wednesday, 20 July 2016 - on the occasion of this year's IETF meeting > being held in Berlin - we will address these and similar questions in an > open debate on the politics of encryption. The discussion will be > launched by a conversation between Joe Hall (Center for Democracy & > Technology, CDT), Linus Neumann (Chaos Computer Club, CCC) and Christine > Runnegar (tbc; Internet Society, ISOC), and moderated by Mirko Hohmann > (Global Public Policy Institute, GPPi). > > All guests and participants are invited to join the debate and to openly > discuss the role that civil society and the technical community could > and should play in defining our approach to encryption technologies, and > more widely in Internet policy and governance. > > The discussion will be held in English. > > When: > Wednesday, 20 July 2016 > > Programme: > > 18:30 - Arrival and welcoming snack > 19:00 - Panel discussion > 19:45 - Open debate with all guests > 20:30 - Food, drinks and networking > > Where: > Wikimedia Germany > Tempelhofer Ufer 23/24 - 10963 Berlin > Room Mosaik > > The meeting is the second in a series of events that aims to bring > together different actors from civil society and academia who are > interested in international internet policy and its impact on the > national level. These networking meetings will take place three times > per year, in Berlin, Germany. They are organised by several civil > society groups and academic institutions, including the Global Internet > Governance Academic Network (GigaNet), Medienstadt Leipzig e.V., the WZB > Berlin Social Science Center, the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), > the IGF academy and the German section of the Internet Governance Forum > (IGF-D). All stakeholder groups are welcome to join the meetings. This > series of events is supported by ICANN and Wikimedia Germany. > > Please contact us for suggestions regarding potential future topics. > > Participation is free but registration is required. RSVP via email to: > > Lorena Jaume-Palasi: l.jaume-palasi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Julia Pohle: julia.pohle@xxxxxx > > -- > Joseph Lorenzo Hall > Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy & Technology [https://www.cdt.org] > 1401 K ST NW STE 200, Washington DC 20005-3497 > e: joe@xxxxxxx, p: 202.407.8825, pgp: https://josephhall.org/gpg-key > Fingerprint: 3CA2 8D7B 9F6D DBD3 4B10 1607 5F86 6987 40A9 A871 > -- Joseph Lorenzo Hall Chief Technologist, Center for Democracy & Technology [https://www.cdt.org] 1401 K ST NW STE 200, Washington DC 20005-3497 e: joe@xxxxxxx, p: 202.407.8825, pgp: https://josephhall.org/gpg-key Fingerprint: 3CA2 8D7B 9F6D DBD3 4B10 1607 5F86 6987 40A9 A871