International Workshop On Anonymity

Bologna, IT. 24-25th May 2007

24 May
  • 09.00/09.15 Opening remarks and presentation of the workshop Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro
  • 09.15/10.00 Presentation of the three groups
  • 10.00/11.11 Three-country anonymity study – 1st part Prof. Bert-Jaap Koops, Ms. Carole Lucock,Dr. Simone Van der Hof, Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro
  • 11.00/11.30 Coffee break
  • 11.30/13.00 Three-country anonymity study – 2nd part – Joint discussion
  • 13.00/14.00 Lunch
  • 14.00/15.00 The state-of-the-art on anonymity from an IT perspective – Francesco Bonchi, PhD (ISTI-CNR)
  • 15.00/16.00 Biometrifying the border – Ms. Shoshana Magnet
  • 16.00/17.00 Identity, genetics and ICTs – Dr. Eva Asscher, Prof. Han Somsen
  • 17.00/18.00 Few notes on the legal notion of anonymity – Enrico Pelino, PhD
25 May
  • 09.00/09.45 Anonymity in virtual communities – Prof. Bert-Jaap Koops
The nature and value of privacy – Dr. Steve Davis and Dr. David Matheson
  • 09.45/11.00 Privacy: complications of the common conception – Dr. Anton Vedder
  • 11.00/11.30 Coffee break
  • 11.30/12.30 Jeremy Bentham on the need for identification by governments – Dr. Paul de Hert
  • 12.30/13.30 Lunch
  • 13.30/14.30 Right to remain anonymous and criminal law: is it a right needing a protection or a threat for the law enforcement? – Davide Tassinari, PhD
  • 14.30/16.00 Joint discussion on the papers presented
  • 16.00/16.15 Conclusions – Prof. Ian Kerr, Prof. Bert-Jaap Koops, Prof. Giusella Finocchiaro
  • 16.15/17.00 Closing remarks – Prof. Francesco Pizzetti (President of the Italian Data Protection Authority)

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