The National Academies
Christine Mirzayan Fellowship Program
presents a seminar on

Human Microchip Implantation: It’s More Than Skin Deep

Please join us as we discuss issues surrounding the use of microchips implanted in humans for use as identification or location as well as other purposes. Come find out about this new technology, privacy issues that might arise and possible regulatory controls that might be put in place for such devices. Questions discussed will include:

Distinguished Speakers:

Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. is the director of technology studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. He examines "new economy" regulatory issues including antitrust policy, privacy, "spam" and intellectual property; competition policy issues and various Internet governance issues. He holds a master's of business administration from the College of William and Mary and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Lander College in Greenwood, S.C.

Philip J. Phillips is the Deputy Director of Science and Regulatory Policy in the Office of Device Evaluation at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Mr. Phillips is responsible for the evaluation of medical devices that are the subject of premarket submissions requesting FDA authorization for distribution in the United States. The FDA regulates devices that are defined in Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Mr. Phillips will address the risk factors inherent with this technology.

Marc Rotenberg is the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC. His interests include focusing public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and protecting privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. He teaches information policy law at Georgetown University Law Center and has been a panelist on National Public Radio discussing ideas for a national ID card.

Dr. Richard Seelig is the Director of Medical Applications at Applied Digital Solutions, VeriChip Corporation. VeriChip^TM is a miniaturized, implantable identification technology with possible financial, healthcare, and security applications. Dr. Seelig is a former surgeon who was the first to embed a VeriChip^TM in his arm and hip.

This seminar is open to the public and refreshments are provided. For more information please contact Kenya Stokes at (202) 334-1542, Stacey Speer at (202) 334-1713 or Emily Anderson at (202) 334-3818