On Tuesday, November 4, the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at Princeton University is hosting a public conference on the legal and policy implications of software safety, entitled “Trusting Human Safety to Software: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” https://citp.princeton.edu/thss/ Software now runs a multitude of vital systems: medical devices that dispense insulin or control heart rhythms; records of health information; and infrastructure, including power plants or air traffic control. Emerging technologies, such as drones and driverless cars, continue to extend the impact of software on the physical world. Code failures increasingly lead to bodily harms, yet public awareness of these dangers is low and our understanding of how to govern them is nascent. This conference focuses on the need for affirmative, preventative measures to be put into place in this area. Panels will discuss the legal and policy context of software safety, the general consequences of code failures, and the particular effects of software on the health and automotive sectors. If you plan to attend in person, please RSVP: https://citp.princeton.edu/thss/rsvp/. No RSVP or login is required for watching the livestream: http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/. Questions from the virtual audience will be accepted under the hashtag #safersoftware. Should you be unavailable on November 4, archived copies of the talks will be available on YouTube approximately a week after the conference: https://www.youtube.com/user/citpprinceton. == Schedule 10:00am — Introduction Andrea Matwyshyn — Trusting Human Safety to Software 10:30am — Software Safety: Setting the Legal Context Judith Rauhofer — Our Bodies, Ourselves 2.0: The Role of Informational Self-Determination in the Prevention of Physical Harm from Code-Based Devices Ian Brown — Institutional Capabilities for Information Security Regulation Elizabeth Rowe — The Tension between Intellectual Property and Consumer Protection in Technology Contexts Suzanne Munck — Alice and Bob and Software Patents Robert Anguizola — Selling Software Safety: Truthful Advertising and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act 12:00pm — Software Safety: Asking the Right Questions Seda Gürses — From Security to Resilience and Back Again Solon Barocas — Safe “Enough” for Humans?: The Meaning of Accuracy in Machine Learning Burkhard Schafer — “You Don’t Have the Right to Remain Silent”: Explanation-Aware Computing and the Management of Machine Liability 1:00pm — Lunch 1:15pm — Software Safety and Social Harms David Levine — Secret Code and Public Harms Lisa Lynch — “Snake Oil Software Crap”: Journalists, Information Vulnerability, and the Search for a Technological Fix Kim Zetter — Stuxnet and Collateral Damage: How Attacks Meant for Our Enemies Come Back to Bite Us Stephanie Pell — The StingRay’s Tale: Claims of Method Secrecy for Surveillance Technology as a Source of Public Harm 2:30pm — Software Safety and Patient Harms Jay Radcliffe — A Hacker and His Insulin: Fighting for Safety and Losing Elizabeth Jex — Health Data Integrity: Consumer Protection and Competition in Innovation Chris Marsden — How the Tubes are Strangling Their Owners 3:45pm — Break 4:00pm — Software Safety: Connected Cars and Beyond Raúl Rojas — Software Security: New Challenges for the Automotive Industry Beau Woods — Hackers in Rear View Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear Jen Ellis — Code of Conduct: Security Research and Legislative Reform