On the Identity Trail - Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks

Closing remarks from Ian Kerr wrapped up the conference. Kerr indicated that one of the goals of the conference, as well as the On the Identity Trail project, was to involve and inspire students. Another goal was to bring various disciplines together, and Kerr stated that he has been gratified by the cross-disciplinary discussions that emerged at the conference.

Already the conference has resulted in a number of outputs and will continue to do so in the coming weeks. These include a session on the conference on the blog, The OPC Policy Survey Summary, a written report on the conference for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, a complete video archive of the conference, and a special issue of the University of Ottawa Law and Technology Journal. There have also been less tangible but equally important results, such as the creation of new linkages between groups in Canada, Europe and the US.

Finally, Kerr thanked the conference's sponsors, including SSHRC, the Department of Justice, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Bell Canada and Microsoft, as well the conference participants and volunteers.

•Conference Welcome: overview | archived webcast (.wmv)
• The Nature and Value of Privacy & Anonymity: overview | archived webcast part 1, at 17:25 | archived webcast (.wmv) part 2
• Public Perceptions of Privacy and Anonymity: overview | archived webcast (.wmv) part 1 | archived web-cast part 2 (.wmv)
• What's Crossing our Desks? Policy Issues Facing the Canadian Privacy Commissioners' Community: overview | archived web-cast part 1 (.wmv), at 24:04 minutes | archived webcast part 2 (.wmv)
• A Debate: Be it resolved that a national identity card should be established in Canada and the United States: overview | archived webcast part 1 (.wmv) at 47:15 | archived web-cast (.wmv) part 2
• Is the Future the P.I.T.s?: Implanting and Extracting Identity: overview | archived web-cast (.wmv) part 1 | archived webcast part 2 (.wmv)
• Anonymity, Identity and Constitutions: overview | archived webcast (.wmv) part 1 | archived webcast part 2 (.wmv)
• Gender, Race & the Social Casualties of Information Policy: overview | archived webcast (.wmv) | part 1 archived webcast (.wmv) part 2
• Life During Wartime: Is our Legal System Protecting the Human Face of Privacy?: overview | archived webcast (.wmv)
• Who Are the Privacy Advocates?: From CIPPIC to Sousveillance: overview | archived webcast (.wmv) part 1 | archived webcast (.wmv) part 2
• Closing Remarks: overview | archived webcast (.wmv)