RISE Events
RISE Meetings Calendar
RISE Final Conference
1 & 2 December 2011
The final conference of the RISE project took place in Brussels on the 1st and 2nd December 2011.
Click here for the agenda of the event.
Click here for the speakers' presentations.
Contact: CSSC, Silvia Venier, silvia.venier@cssc.eu
4th board meeting: in correspondence with the 4th International Conference
Past Events
September 2009
India Preparatory Meeting on Biometrics & Data Protection, NEW DELHI
24 & 25 September 2009
Click here for the agenda, report and presentations from the meeting.
DSCI held the preparatory meeting in New Delhi.Contact: Data Security Council of India (DSCI), Nikhil Chachra, nikhil@dsci.in
November 2009
First Stakeholder Workshop
Workshop on Individual Identity, BRUSSELS
5 & 6 November 2009
Click here for the final report & agenda and presentations from the Workshop.
Contact: Lancaster University (ULANC), Paul Mc Carthy, p.mccarthy@lancaster.ac.uk or Katja Lindskov Jacobsen, katjaja@mail.dk
January 2010
3rd International Conference on ethics and biometrics, HONG KONG
4 & 5 January 2010
Click here for the agenda, the presentations and abstracts from Day 1 and Day 2 of the Conference.
Contact: Biometric Research Centre (BRC) -HK Polytechnnic University, Ajay Kumar, csajaykr@comp.polyu.edu.hk
2nd board meeting: in correspondence with the 3rd Conference in Hong Kong.
March 2010
Workshop on Ethical and Policy Implications of Global Mobility and Security, BRUSSELS
25 & 26 March 2010.
Click here for more the agenda, press release and presentations from the Workshop.
Contact: University of Tartu (UT), Margit Sutrop, margit.sutrop@ut.ee
September 2010
The RISE workshop on “Ethical and Policy Implications of Global Mobility and Security” which took place in the European Parliament, Brussels on Sept 23-24. Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor, and Ioannis Tsoukalas, MEP, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy will address the event.
Click here for the Press Release
Click here for the program
Click here for reports and presentations
Other speakers included Christos Geraris,Hellenic Data Protection officer and Max Snijder, EBF.
The overall topic of the workshop was ethical and policy issues raised by the tension between global mobility and security needs. The main focus was the wider human implications of technologies like biometrics and online surveillance, topics recognized as significent issues in our modern society.
Contact: Aristotle University of Thessaoniki (AUTH), Niovi Pavlidou, niovi@auth.gr
October 2010
Pan‐Asian Conference on the 21st and 22nd of October.
A meeting was held in Taipei, as a follow‐up to the Hong Kong Conference, which focused on enlarging the conversation with participants from across the region, including the Republic of China, Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and other Asian major Countries.
Contact: National ChengChi University, Chi-Shing Chen: chenchishing@gmail.com
December 2010
The European ethics and biometrics project, RISE hosted a Conference on 'Ethics and Governance of Biometrics and Identification Technologies' in Brussels on 9 & 10 December.
Day 1 abstracts and presentations
Day 2 abstracts and presentations
Click here for agenda
Contact: European Biometrics Forum (EBF), Max Snijder, max.snijder@eubiometricsforum.com
3rd board meeting: in correspondence with the Multi Stakeholder Conference in Brussels.
May 2011
Two day Preparatory Meeting for the 4th International Conference will be held on the 5th and 6th May 2011 in Washington.
Contact: C-PET (C_PET), Nigel Cameron, nigel.cameron@c-pet.org
20 & 21 October 2011
Beijing Workshop
Providing the opportunity to develop contacts with the Chinese policy‐making community, a workshop in Beijing will be convened by NCCU.
Contact: National ChengChi University, Chi-Shing Chen: chenchishing@gmail.com