And hopefully address the need for firm legislation to make the penalties stiff for companies that do not respect our private data.

Interesting topic TedC, gets my vote! Have you decided who will be on your panel?

Good topic. Is anything really owned or private anymore? I hope Ted can tell me.

I plan to attend sxsw and I would like to hear a debate on how I can take control of my personal information that gets bought and sold without my knowledge or permission each day. When one takes into consideration the improvements in technology and the adoption of the semantic web, consumer marketing and privacy is something that needs to be addressed.

Current Panelists:
Loic LeMeur (business) Accepted
Jeremiah Owyang (marketing) Accepted
Doc Searls (business/philosophical) Accepted
Legal – TBD?? Suggestions?
Nova Spivack (technical/philosophical) Accepted
Toby DiPasquale (technical) Accepted
Johann Romefort (technical/philsophical) Accepted
Chris Saad (technical/philosophical) Tentative

The panel's focus will be multi-disciplinary, but technical, meaning each viewpoint will state, discuss, argue the pros and cons, realities and possibilities within their domain based on the submitted questions. My premise is that consumers should legally 100% control their data and I want to know what it will take to get us there. Panel members don't have to agree. In fact, it would be good if we don't. Key elements will be Long Tail, Data Portability, Semantic Web, legal rights, emerging technology, emerging business models, and consumer awareness.

Update: Jeremiah Owyang had to opt out, but offered up some replacements. Will contact and update. Thanks, Jeremiah, great suggestions.

Have tentative marketing panelists and waiting panelist for legal. All we need is to get accepted. :) Fingers crossed.... I think a new privacy era will dawn as we discover the full extent of privacy lost since 2001. Sending good vibes to the judges.