2012 secau Security Congress
3-5 December, 2012
Perth, Western Australia
Keynote Speakers
Professor Martin Evison
Recognition is not identification and it matters (PDF)
Martin Evison is Professor of Forensic Science and Director of the Northumbria University Centre for Forensic Science, which he joined in 2010. The Centre is unique in that it seeks to address policy, ethical, socio-economic and scientific issues in the law’s use of science. From 2005 to 2010 he was Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and Director of the University’s Forensic Science Program. He returned to academia in 1992 after six years professional practice in information technology. He has a PhD in Ancient DNA from the University of Sheffield, and from 1994 until 2005 he was the forensic anthropologist at Sheffield Medico-Legal Centre, where he led a research group focusing on computational and molecular methods of human identification. He has undertaken case work on five continents; in forensic archaeology and anthropology, facial identification and contamination or innocent transfer of DNA. He has published in Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Science Communications among other journals, and has recently co-edited a report on Computer-Assisted Forensic Facial Comparison (with RW Vorder Bruegge, Taylor and Francis 2009).
Computer-Aided Forensic Facial Comparison
Editor(s): Martin Paul Evison, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Richard W. Vorder Bruegge, FBI, Quantico, Virginia, USA
Professor Joe Cannataci
Walking the tightrope (PDF)
Professor Joe Cannataci holds the Chair of European Information Policy & Technology Law at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands http://www.rug.nl/staff/j.a.cannataci/index and is Head of the Department of Information Policy & Governance, Faculty of Media & Knowledge Sciences at the University of Malta http://www.um.edu.mt/maks/ipg . Joe is currently Expert Consultant to the Council of Europe to provide a study on the implementation of data protection regulations covering use of personal data by police forces across Europe.
In 2006 Joe was appointed (full) Professor of Law and between 2007 and 2011 was Director of the Centre for Law, Information & Converging Technologies at the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. In 2010 Joe was a lead External Consultant for the Impact Assessment of policy options for data protection law in Europe contracted by the European Commission to GHK International. During 2010, he was also Expert Consultant engaged by Council of Europe’s Consultative Committee (T-PD) and Directorate for Legal Affairs and Human Rights to review provisions of the European Data Protection Convention and Recommendation (R(87)15 on police use of personal data.
Joe’s primary field of research lies at the intersection of law, psychology, anthropology and information communications technology (ICT). His main area of expertise lies in Technology Law and especially Privacy, Personality & data Protection Law. The inter-disciplinary approach and international networks that he brings to this area of research continues to attract significant extra-mural funding largely from SSH (Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities) and SEC (Security) allocations within the European Commission’s FP7 programme. He is currently overall co-ordinator of the CONSENT project www.consent.law.muni.cz in SSH as well as the SMART research project on smart surveillance and data protection within SEC.
Nigel Wilson
Expert Evidence in the Digital Age (PDF)
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 both the Technology, Law and Society and the Insurance Law subjects in the Master of Laws programme. Nigel has Law (First Class Honours) and Economics degrees from the University of Adelaide and a Masters degree from the University of Oxford. Nigel has practised as a Barrister for nearly 20 years at Bar Chambers, Adelaide.
Nigel was the Chair of the International Workshop on e-Forensics Law in 2009. He is Special Counsel (Legal and Regulatory) to the Convergent Communications Research Group and recently co-authored a report for the Commonwealth Government on privacy, security and identity management implications of cloud computing.
Nigel has a particular interest and expertise in the law of evidence, digital forensics, insurance law, risk management, security and technology. He has presented and published nationally and internationally in his areas of expertise and is a member of the Professional Board of the Computer Law and Security Review and a Section Editor (Law) of the Digital Forensics, Security and Law Journal.
David Bunker
David Bunker is the Head of Architecture and a member of the Executive team at the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA). The Commonwealth, state and territory governments of Australia have tasked NEHTA to identify and foster the design and development of technology to deliver a high quality eHealth system for Australia.
In his role at NEHTA, David is responsible for the National E-Health Architecture and National E-Health Standards and Interoperability Strategy. NEHTA’s National E-Health Architecture provides the health sector with a clear view of the intended design and proposed future state of the nation’s eHealth system; the operation of key national infrastructure components supporting interoperability; and develops an effective, workable transition and adoption strategy.
David started his professional ICT career in the mid 1980s, and now leverages his 25 years experience, gained in various business domains across both the public and private sectors, to bring innovative technology-oriented solutions to complex business problems. It is fair to say that he thrives in complex and ambiguous environments, seeking simplicity in the complex and effectively managing a path forward through uncertainty.
Spanning ICT design, delivery and operations, as a technologist, senior manager and executive, David has carried out numerous roles working as a procurer and vendor of services and solutions. Having broad experience on both sides of requirements, he is well positioned to ensure effective partnerships are established and managed successfully.
Underlying this business capability is a deep technical knowledge honed through many years at Sun Microsystems working as a Senior Systems Engineer, Internet and Enterprise Architect specialising in Security, Digital Archives and High Performance Technical Computing. David has a Masters degree in Innovation and Technology Management and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
