May 19, 2009 5:00PM 

# Computers Freedom & Privacy 2009 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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The [Computers Freedom &amp; Privacy conference](http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) is consistently one of the most interesting and forward-looking privacy conferences. This year, it’s at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. June 1–4.

I [helped](http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/index.php/Program_Committee) organize it this time, though by no means does the event skew libertarian. What it does is bring together people of all ideologies to discuss common concerns about the present and future state of privacy.

I’ll be speaking on a panel called “The Future of Security vs. Privacy” on Tuesday, June 2nd. [Here’s the program page](http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/index.php/Program). And [here’s the registration page](http://www.cfp2009.org/wiki/index.php/Registration) if any of this whets your appetite.

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[Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy) 

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