7.00pm
Hacking the rendition flights
Stephen Grey
Stephen Grey is an author and journalist, best known for exposing the CIA rendition flights; he is about to join Reuters as a roving special correspondent based in London. A former foreign correspondent and Insight Editor with the Sunday Times.
He will explain how he used databases and social networking software to expose the CIA’s network of planes and front companies and used these to expose how prisoners were being rendered to countries where they faced torture.
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7.30pm
Hackovation: how social innovation camps, crisis camps and other
hacker movements are trying to go beyond the headlines
Dan Mcquillan, Social Innovation Camp and Goldsmiths
Dan is a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths. His
background includes a Ph.D in Experimental Particle Physics,
adventures in community activism, digital campaigning with Amnesty
International, and co-founding Social Innovation Camp.
Sorry for the delay Stefan - both speakers should be up by tomorrow morning.
My first hacks and hackers and absolutely loved it. Fascinating talks and met some very interesting people too. I'll be back!
Great, I really enjoyed it (please organize HacksHackers in Italy too :))
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