We are going to livestream this today and I bet some of you will be interested...? Christian ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Christian Sandvig <csandvig@umich.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:04 PM Subject: THIS WEEK: Chris Calabrese on Facial Recognition and Public Policy (Wed 4pm) To: ESC Center <esc-center@umich.edu> TITLE Chris Calabrese: Show Your Face? The Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition Technology for Our Civil Liberties DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium 735 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Wednesday, November 20, 2019; 4:00pm - 5:30pm Eastern Standard Time FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS: Video from this talk will be streamed live at http://esc.umich.edu/face ABSTRACT Facial recognition technology is sweeping into our public and private lives. The government is deploying it at the border and throughout law enforcement investigations. Technology companies are building it into their social networks. Employers are using it to monitor movements and productivity. As the technology becomes increasingly powerful, accurate, and versatile, it’s raising more and more privacy and civil liberties concerns, especially for marginalized or vulnerable populations. Christopher Calabrese, Vice President for Policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology will discuss the pros and cons of facial recognition technology, how it is changing many aspects of our lives, and how policymakers should address it. BIO Chris Calabrese is the Vice President for Policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology (http://cdt.org) -- The ESC fall events are part of the "soft opening" of ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. http://esc.umich.edu/ Fall events are generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. This event listing on the Web: http://esc.umich.edu/event/chris-calabrese-show-your-face/ A PDF flyer for all Fall ESC events: http://esc.umich.edu/ESC_Fall_Events_2019.pdf This event is co-sponsored with the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program. Questions about the ESC fall event series may be directed to esc-center@umich.edu