SOUPS 2012 attendees have a choice of attending one of the
following on July 11:
Hacking Public Policy: How technologists can influence the public policy process
This tutorial will provide an overview of how public policy is created and now technologists can interact with policy-makers and their staffs in a few key points in the process to have a significant impact. In addition to learning the process, we will discuss a few prominent case studies (both successes and failures), including SOPA and the DMCA.
We will begin the day with a tour of the White House. We will leave AAAS
promptly at 8:45 for the .5 mile walk to the White House. We will return to
the AAAS building for lunch and the tutorial. In order to attend the
White House tour, please email tutorial organizer Janice Tsai
(janice.y.tsai [at] gmail) by May 30, 2012. Your PII will be required
for the White House background check. US Citizens will need to bring
their Driver's Licenses; Non-US Citizens will need to bring their
Passports to check in for the Tour.
You may not bring any of the
following items with you on the tour: cameras, video recorders,
handbags, book bags, backpacks, purses, food, beverages, tobacco
products, makeup, lotion, strollers, pointed objects, aerosol
containers, guns, ammunition, fireworks, mace, knives of any size,
anything else the U.S. Secret Service decides they don't
like. Umbrellas, wallets, car keys, and cell phones (including those
with cameras) are permitted, but you must not use your cell phone
inside the White House. You will be able to leave your prohibited
items at the AAAS building in a room that we will lock before
departing for the tour. No storage facilities are available at the
White House. No public restrooms are available at the White House.
Noon: Lunch at AAAS
1:00 - 2:00 pm Keynote: Jon Peha
2:00 - 2:15 pm break
2:15 - 2:20: Intro by Janice Tsai and Harlan Yu
2:30 - 3:00: FTC: Manas Mohapatra, Director of Mobile Policy, Mobile Technology Unit, FTC; Ashkan Soltani, independent research, former technology consultant to the FTC
3:00 - 3:30: Media: Kashmir Hill, staff writer, Forbes
3:30 - 4:00: Suzanne Lightman, NIST
4:00 - 4:30: Wrap-up
Tutorial Leaders
Harlan Yu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer
Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy at
Princeton University. His primary research focus is at the
intersection of computer security, privacy and public policy, with
an emphasis on open government. He received his bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley and his
master's degree in computer science from Princeton. Harlan now lives
in Washington, D.C. and is a part of the growing tech policy
Illuminati.
Janice Tsai is a Privacy Manager at Microsoft. After finishing her
PhD in Usable Privacy and Security from the Department of
Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, she
spent a year as staff to the Senate Majority Leader in the
California Senate where she tried to create privacy standards for
the Smart Grid. Janice has also spent time working in New Jersey
Legislature and as a technology fellow at the National Academy of
Engineering.
SOUPS 2012 is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon CyLab
