September 18 - 19 2003

Haas School of Business

University of California at Berkeley

On September 18-19, 2003, ITHS brought together leading technologists, social scientists, legal scholars and security experts to examine  “Managing the Unbounded Risk:  Technology, Markets, Politics, and the Search for Homeland Security.”  The conference was held in the Wells Fargo Room at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.  Panelists from around the country discussed critical security policy issues that had emerged since the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC.

Panelists assessed the role that information technology could play in assessing and mitigating the risk of future terrorist attacks on critical US infrastructures including the potential role of information technology in risk assessment for ports and financial markets.  In particular, they asked what useful lessons could be drawn from experience with markets, insurance for earthquakes and other natural disasters, medical risk, and similar problems to find efficient, fair, and sustainable trade-offs for homeland security.  They also commented on how new uses of information technology in security could affect civil liberties, economic growth, and the future of the American community.

Briefing Book - Managing The Unbounded Risk: Information Technology and Homeland Security (PDF)

Speakers

Hal Varian, "Managing Online Security Risks", New York Times (June 29, 2000).