[DFSci] SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 7th Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

[Glenn Dardick]

ANNOUNCEMENT: Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law
NEWS: Keynote Speakers Announced (see below)
REMINDER: The deadline for submissions is midnight EST, 31 January 2011.

Venue: Richmond, Virginia USA 
Dates: 30-31 May 2012
Conference Website: 
http://www.digitalforensics-conference.org  

Dear colleagues: 

The ADFSL 2012 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law will be at the Hyatt Hotel Sierra West-Richmond in Richmond, Virginia on 30-31 of May 2012. 
            
The ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law is a unique and innovative event.  It is managed by the Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (ADFSL). The conference focuses on the current and expanding role of digital forensics within investigations and the courts as well as its important role within cyber security - both national as well as corporate. Topics not only include technology and evidence, but also are very much focused on how to prepare students for careers in digital forensics. Conference papers are double blind refereed and provide a forum for high quality research, communication and debate on the subject of digital forensics and directly related fields.
           
2012 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mohamed Chawki

Topic:  IT and Regime Change

Mohamed Chawki holds a (Ph.D.) in law from the University of Lyon III in France for a dissertation on French; British and American cybercrime legal systems. He is senior judge at the Council of State, Egypt; former advisor to the Chairman of the Capital Market Authority (CMA) ; the Chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) and the Egyptian Minister of Military Production. Dr. Chawki is also the Founder-Chairman of the International Association of Cybercrime Prevention (AILCC) in Paris. An association of international IT experts and legal scholars specializing in cyber law, privacy and security and the founder and co - director of the African Center for Cyberlaw, in Kampala (ACCP), founded in collaboration with the United Nations (UN).

Dr. Chawki has extensive knowledge of High Tec criminality, cybercrime, cyber terrorism and IT, including countermeasures and prevention. As a part of his research, he carried out an internship at Interpol's Financial and High Tec Crime Unit. Doctor Chawki is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom (FRSA), a member of the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program (ISPAC), a member of the European Society of Criminal Law, and a board member of Computer Crime Research Center (CCRC) in Ukraine. He teaches law at private and public universities in Egypt and holds a number of visiting posts abroad. His research interest covers national security, cybercrime and data protection.

He has delivered over 60 conference papers on cybercrime and information security and organized many national, regional and international conferences on the same topics

THURSDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Nigel Wilson

Topic: Digital Experts - Why is Effective Communication So Important to Both the Admissibility and Persuasiveness of Expert Opinion?

Nigel Wilson is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide Law School where he is the course co-ordinator of the undergraduate Evidence subject and the postgraduate Technology, Law and Society and Insurance Law subjects. Nigel has Law (First Class Honours) and Economics degrees from the University of Adelaide and a Masters degree from the University of Oxford and has practised as Barrister for nearly twenty years at Bar Chambers, Adelaide. Nigel was the Chair of the International Workshop on e-Forensics Law in 2009 and he is Special Counsel (Legal and Regulatory) to the Convergent Communications Research Group at the University of Adelaide which recently co-authored a report for the Australian Government on the privacy, security and identity management implications of cloud computing.

Paraben Student Scholar Track
           
Up to six student papers will be selected for the Paraben Sponsored Student Scholar Track. Of the six papers, one will be selected for the Paraben Student Scholar Award. The primary author must be present at the conference. To participate, the primary author of the paper must be a student. The primary author must email the conference chair and specify that they wish their submitted paper to be considered for the Paraben Student Scholar track. The award will entitle the author to receive free registration fees at the PFIC Conference.

Participants
           
The primary audience will include individuals who are interested in developing curriculum and teaching methods as well as conducting research related to the areas of digital forensics, security, and law. This conference will be of value to both academic and practitioner audiences. 

Call-For-Papers and Proposals

The conference committee is calling for papers and proposals in, or related to, the following areas:

CURRICULUM 
1) Digital forensics curriculum 
2) Cyber law curriculum 
3) Information assurance curriculum 
4) Accounting digital forensics curriculum 

TEACHING METHODS 
5) Digital forensics teaching methods 
6) Cyber law teaching methods 
7) Information assurance teaching methods 
8) Accounting digital forensics teaching methods 

CASES 
9) Digital forensics case studies 
10) Cyber law case studies 
11) Information assurance case studies 
12) Accounting digital forensics case studies 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
13) Digital forensics and information technology 
14) Cyber law and information technology 
15) Information assurance and information technology 
16) Accounting digital forensics information technology 

NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET 
17) Digital forensics and the Internet 
18) Cyber law and the Internet 
19) Information assurance and Internet 
20) Digital forensics accounting and the Internet 

ANTI-FORENSICS AND COUNTER ANTI-FORENSICS 
21) Steganography 
22) Stylometrics and Author Attribution 
23) Anonymity and Proxies 
24) Encryption and Decryption 

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES 
25) International issues in digital forensics 
26) International issues in cyber law 
27) International issues in information assurance 
28) International issues in accounting digital forensics 

THEORY 
29) Theory development in digital forensics 
30) Theory development in information assurance 
31) Methodologies for digital forensic research 
32) Analysis techniques for digital forensic and information assurance research

DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (DRM)
33) DRM issues in digital forensics
34) DRM issues in information technology
35) DRM issues in information assurance
36) DRM issues in cyber law

PRIVACY ISSUES
37) Privacy issues in digital forensics
38) Privacy issues in information assurance
39) Privacy issues in cyber law
40) Privacy issues in digital rights management

SOFTWARE FORENSICS
41) Software piracy investigation
42) Software quality forensics

OTHER TOPICS
43) Cyber culture and cyber terrorism

Deadlines

The deadline for submissions is midnight EST, 31 January 2011.

Submission Types

Short briefing papers / Presentations: A technology or a management briefing on an aspect of digital forensics, information assurance, and/or cyber law. Such papers will be presented by the author in a presentation or round table discussion format at the conference. These papers need not be extensive. Typical length is about 1500-2000 words. 

Research papers: A research question or an argument is posed and subsequently conducted. Empirical work (quantitative or qualitative) is necessary. Research papers will be presented by the authors in a regular conference session. These papers should be extensive. Typical length is about 5000-6000 words. All research papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL). 

Case Studies: Case studies are typically descriptions of a given digital forensics situation. Names of organizations/actors can be kept anonymous to maintain confidentiality. Case studies will be presented by the authors at the conference. Typical length is about 5000-6000 words. All case studies will be considered for publication in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL). 

Panels: Panels and workshop proposals are welcome. Typical length is about 1000 words long and covers a current technology or a controversial issue.

Participants

The primary audience will include individuals who are interested in developing curriculum and teaching methods as well as conducting research related to the areas of digital forensics, security, and law. This conference will be of value to both academic and practitioner audiences. 

Submissions

All submissions are double blind peer reviewed. 

Instructions for authors may be found at the following link:
http://www.digitalforensics-conference.org/authorinstructions.htm 

            
Best Papers

Selected papers from the conference will be considered for inclusion in the following journal:
Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
http://www.jdfsl.org 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE CONFERENCE CAN BE FOUND AT: 
http://www.digitalforensics-conference.org   

REGISTRATION INFORMATION IS POSTED AT: 
http://www.digitalforensics-conference.org/registration.htm   

Association for Digital Forensics, Security and Law 
Website: http://www.adfsl.org   

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law 
Website: http://www.jdfsl.org