14 August, 2006 - 5:20am

Increasingly, who we are is represented by key bits of information scattered throughout the data-intensive, networked world. Online and off, these core identifiers mediate our sense of self, social interactions, movements through space, and access to goods and services. There is much at stake in designing systems of identification and identity management, deciding who or what will be in control of them, and building in adequate protection for our bits of identity permeating the network. Join us at the NYU School of Law's symposium next month, where Sxip's founder and CEO, will be giving the opening keynote on Day 2 on the "Emerging Age of Who".

Other luminaries speaking include: Professor Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law & Technology at the University of Ottawa; Danah Boyd, School of Information, University of California – Berkeley; and many others. The symposium will examine critical and controversial issues surrounding socio-technical systems of identity, identifiability and identification. Specific panels will cover thought-provoking topcis such as: "Before the law - Questioning Kafka in the Face of E-Government", "Writing Friendship Into Being: Group Identity in MySpace", and "Selling Your Self: Examining the Ethics of Identity 2.0", to name a few. The symposium is free and open to all, but you must pre-register to attend.