Privacy is an Outdated Concept: University of Auckland Debate on 14 May
mathmo
Privacy is an Outdated Concept: University of Auckland Debate on 14 May
Staff, alumni and friends of the University are invited to attend the University of Auckland Festival Debate on Wednesday 14 May, 8pm-9.30pm, ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre. Chaired by Guyon Espiner (New Zealand print and television journalist).
FOR
Alumnus Bob Stevens (New Zealand) had a background in philosophy and management before qualifying as a lawyer in mid-life from the University of Auckland. For 20 years he has specialised in privacy law, latterly as a barrister and a writer of legal texts. He was the manager of the Officer of the Privacy Commission for ten years. He has also published poetry.
Jim Al-Khalili OBE (Iraq/England) is a distinguished physicist, author and broadcaster. He holds a chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey and is president of the British Humanist Association. His latest books are Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science and Quantum: A Guide for the Perplexed. Supported by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
AGAINST
Sandi Toksvig (England) is a widely-loved British writer, comedian and broadcaster. She hosts The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 and is a regular panellist on TV show, QI. She is the author of more than 20 books of fiction and non-fiction, most recently the Boer War novel Valentine Grey and a guide to the minefield of modern manners Peas and Queues, as well as being a regular columnist for Good Housekeeping magazine. Supported by Platinum Patrons Robin and Erika Congreve.
Frank Dikotter (Netherlands) is a Hong Kong-based historian who specialises in modern China and is widely known for Mao’s Great Famine which won the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize. He has published nine books, the latest of which, The Tragedy of Liberation, details the violence inflicted on ordinary people during Mao’s so-called ‘benevolent’ years.
Danyl Strype
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:13 PM, mathmo <mat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well! This looks like a fascinating debate....
>
> https://www.alumni.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/news-2014/03/31/auckland-writers-festival---debate-and-ticket-draw.html
permission to have a stall and try to sign up some members?
Ma te wā
S
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Danyl Strype
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