Technology: Security, Surveillance, & Privacy

David Brin is a scientist, inventor, and New York Times bestselling author. With books ranslated into 25 languages, he has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. A film directed by Kevin Costner was based on David’s novel The Postman. Other works have been optioned by Paramount and Warner Bros. One of them – Kiln People – has been called a book of ideas disguised as a fast-moving and fun noir detective story, set in a vividly original future; while a hardcover graphic novel – The Life Eaters – explored alternate outcomes to World War II. Read more »

Expert in IT security strategy and management with 15 years Fortune 500 experience across US, Greater Asia and Europe. Published author. Columnist on technology careers & trends.Speak professionally as keynote, facilitator, workshop leader. Consultant and program manager. Experienced in any size group and setting. Available for global assignments. Hold two leading industry security certifications: CISSP & CISM. Facilitate exam preparation workshops on each. Read more »

New York Times bestselling author, Sherrilyn Kenyon lives a life of extraordinary danger... as does any woman with three sons, a husband, a menagerie of pets and a collection of swords that all of the above have a major fixation with. But when not running interference (or dashing off to the emergency room), she’s found chained to her computer where she likes to play with all her imaginary friends. With more than seven million copies of her books in print, in twenty-six countries, she certainly has a lot of friends to play with too. Read more »

David Louis Edelman is a web designer, programmer, and journalist. He lives with his wife Victoria near Washington, DC. His novel INFOQUAKE (Pyr, 2006) has been called “the illegitimate lovechild of Donald Trump and Vernor Vinge.” Over the past ten years, Mr. Edelman has programmed websites for the U.S. Army and the FBI, taught software to the U.S. Congress and the World Bank, written articles for the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun, and directed the marketing departments of biometric and e-commerce companies. Mr. Read more »

Dr. Andrew Burt (www.aburt.com), former Vice President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., has published dozens of short stories and one novel, chairs SFWA's Copyright Issues and Electronic Piracy committees, is Chairman of the Copyright Owners' Control of Access (COCOA) Association (www.CopyrightAccess.com), and herds workshops, including Critters (www.critters.org), a cozy 5,000 member writers' workshop specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, also home to other writers' resources, such as the Black Holes response time tracker. Read more »