The K-Net story shared on National Research Council live webcast - Friday, Nov 30, 8:30am CST
National Research Council, Canada presents a live webcast
SPEAKER: Andrew Clement, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
Building Information/Communication Infrastructures in the Public Interest
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
10:30 a.m. to noon
ABSTRACT
This talk discusses the challenges and opportunities for building contemporary information/communication infrastructures (ICI) that are universal, affordable, open, accessible, reliable, democratically accountable and protective of civil liberties. It begins by sketching a broad ICI architecture (the ‘access rainbow’), and then explores in greater depth selective case studies in the areas of community networking, municipal WiFi, on-line privacy protection and personal identity management that are based in my current research projects. These are: the development of information/communication infrastructure by KNet (a CRACIN case), a commercial competitor versus public utility model for a ubiquitous urban Wifi service (using Toronto Hydro's One Zone as a case), the development of a web browser toolbar (a Firefox extension) for collaborative privacy protection along Web2.0 lines (see www.PIPWatch.ca), and the development of principles for promoting the integrity of personal identity in a Canadian identity (document) management context.
Speaker's Biography
Professor Clement joined The Faculty of Information Studies (FIS) at the University of Toronto in 1989 after teaching computer science at York University for five years. He holds a status cross-appointment with Computer Science. His research interests are in the social implications of information and communications technology (ICT) and human-centred systems development. His published work covers such areas as: computer supported cooperative work; participatory design; workplace surveillance; privacy; women, work and computerization; end user computing; and the 'information society' more generally. His current and recent research has focused on public information policy, internet use in everyday life, digital identity constructions, public participation in information and communication infrastructure development, and community networking.