2008-09-25 EU, Luxembourg, Safer Internet Forum 2008

(Europa)
This year's Safer Internet Forum will take place in Luxembourg on September 25 and 26. The Forum is open for stakeholders from NGOs, governments, researchers, industry representatives, including Internet Service Providers, mobile network operators, social networking sites, software developers. The European Commission is organising 4 different experts' panels on the following topics: September 25: Social Networking and Children, Age verification; September 26: What do we know about Children's use of online technologies?, Media Rating - towards pan-European cross media rating and classification schemes. In order to prepare the Safer Internet Forum discussions, the European Commission has launched in June 2008 a public consultation to get input from all relevant stakeholders. Contributions from those interested are expected until July 31 2008.

Labels: Forthcoming_events, Rating_and_filtering, Safer_Internet_awareness

2008-10-21 IGF, Strasbourg - European Dialogue on Internet Governance

(EuroDIG.org)
Consultations before the 3rd IGF in Hyderabad with a particular emphasis on : "Fostering security, privacy and openness on the internet". European actors interested in Internet Governance issues will meet in Strasburg on 20-21 October 2008, to discuss openly and freely their ideas, experiences and concerns in a fully multi-stakeholder format. The main themes on the Agenda of the 3rd IGF to be held in Hyderabad in December will be addressed with a particular emphasis on issues surrounding security, privacy, and openness on the Internet (concerns such as cutting Internet access, the privacy and security of popular internet banking and commerce applications, etc). Other themes will include universal access, as well as managing Internet critical resources.

Labels: Forthcoming_events, Information_society_and_Internet_policy

2008-02-19 EU - eContentplus 2008 Information Day

(Euroap)
A new call for proposals will be launched under the eContentplus programme in 2008. The provisional date for publication is March. The provisional deadline for receipt of proposals is 12 June 2008. A central Information Day presenting the objectives of the target areas for 2008 and providing details on how to submit a proposal will be held in Luxembourg in the Jean Monnet Building on Tuesday, 19 February 2008.

Labels: Forthcoming_events

2008-03-11 EU, Luxembourg - Safer Internet plus Information Day

(Europa)
A central Information Day presenting the main activities carried out under Safer Internet plus, the objectives of the actions open under the 2008 call and providing details on how to submit a proposal will be held in Luxembourg in the Jean Monnet Building on Tuesday, 11 March 2008.

Labels: Forthcoming_events

2007-09-27 IT, Rome - Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights

(Italy)
The Italian Government, in the framework of the Internet Governance Forum process, and in cooperation with the UN and the IGF Secretariat, will organize a Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights, to be held in Rome on 27 September 2007. The Government of Italy invites all stakeholders - Governments, private sector, civil society, academic and technical communities, and international organizations - to attend the meeting. To facilitate the public debate a dedicated online forum is also available. This initiative aims at facilitating the international multistakeholder debate on the opportunity of defining shared rights, that guarantee the open and multilateral character of the Internet.

Labels: Forthcoming_events, Information_society_and_Internet_policy

2007-09-13 CoE, Strasbourg - Pan-European conference on ethics and human rights in the information society

(CoE)
On 13 and 14 September the Council of Europe will host a pan-European conference on the ethical dimensions of the information society, organised in conjunction with UNESCO and the French Commission for UNESCO. The aims of the conference are:

• to identify ethical and human rights issues connected with information and communication technologies and the way ICT are used;
• to raise stakeholders' awareness of these issues;
• to contribute to the UNESCO code of ethics project and make operational recommendations;
• to promote the development of regional and inter-regional networks and co-operation.

Labels: Forthcoming_events, Information_society_and_Internet_policy

2007-11-12 IGF, Rio de Janeiro - Second IGF meeting

The inaugural Internet Governance Forum meeting in Athens, Greece, proved a great success. This year, the Government of Brazil has generously offered to host the second IGF meeting in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November 2007.

Labels: Forthcoming_events

2007-05-24 EU, Luxembourg - eContentplus Information Day

(Euroap)
On Thursday 24 May, an Information Day will be held for the third call for proposals of the eContentplus programme. Subject to the completion of all the necessary procedures, it is intended to launch the call in June 2007 with a provisional deadline for receipt of proposals on 4 October 2007.

Labels: Call_for_proposals, Forthcoming_events

2007-06-20 EU, Luxembourg - Safer Internet Forum

(Europa)
The Safer Internet Forum 2007 will take place in Luxembourg on 20-21 June. The Forum will be composed of three workshops and a plenary session for discussing relevant issues with stakeholders which, in addition to the public consultation on Safer Internet and online technologies for children, will give input for the Commission's decision whether to propose a follow-up programme from 2009 to 2013. The three workshops focus on: Online-related sexual abuse of children, in particular grooming; Assessing the need for awareness-raising for creating a safe online environment for children; and The impact and consequences of convergence of online technologies for online safety.

Labels: Convergence, Forthcoming_events

2007-05-18 UK, Oxford Global Internet Filtering Conference 2007

(OpenNet Initiative)
The OpenNet Initiative is holding its first public conference to discuss the current state of play of Internet filtering worldwide. The conference will be hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute and held at the University of Oxford on May 18, 2007. The conference is free of charge and open to the public. Results from the first global study of Internet filtering carried out by the OpenNet Initiative will be on the table for a day of discussion involving ICT development experts, speech and human rights advocates, journalists and bloggers, international laywers and scholars, and others interested in state responses to online information flows. We hope you will join us in exploring interpretations and implications of our data and helping to shape the OpenNet Initiative's evolving research agenda.

Labels: Forthcoming_events, Rating_and_filtering

2007-05-15 Brussels EUPACO: Towards a New European Patent System

(EUPACO)
We bring together a new group of reputed expert speakers and we invite participants for the second Brussels event on 15 and 16 May. Keynote speakers: Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical Ltd; Ron Marchant, and William Kovacic. Ron Marchant has just retired as Chief Executive of the Patent Office (UK) where he was also Director of Patents for 12 years. Under his leadership, the UK office has become widely known as a leader among national office for its innovative services and policy development. William Kovacic is one of five Commissioners of the Federal Trademark Commission in the U.S. He previously served as General Counsel for the FTC at the time agency conducted its landmark study on patents, innovation, and competition.

Labels: Copyright_trademarks_and_patents, Forthcoming_events

2007-05-14 Geneva 2nd WSIS Action Line C5 Facilitation Meeting

(ITU)
WSIS Action Line C5: Building Confidence and Security in the Use of ICTs. The 2nd WSIS Action Line C5 facilitation meeting will be held 14-15 May 2007 at ITU Headquarters (Room K) in Geneva, Switzerland from 9:30-17:30 both days. The meeting is open to all stakeholders and will be held in conjunction with a cluster of events 14-25 May surrounding World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (May 17th). The invitation letter and draft agenda is available here. See also Partnerships for Global Cybersecurity Web site and Background on WSIS Action Line C5.

Labels: Forthcoming_events, Security_and_encryption

2007-06-21 Geneva ITU/EBU High-Level Experts Meeting on Competitive Platforms for Digital Content

(ITU)
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) are jointly organizing a high-level experts meeting to identify global trends and to address the new technological and policy challenges in the digital content delivery environment. The ITU/EBU High-Level Experts Meeting on 'Competitive Platforms for Digital Content' will be held from 21 to 22 June 2007 at EBU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. It is a unique opportunity which will bring together the world's leading ICT companies, decision-makers, international organizations and governments for a high-level meeting to facilitate the creation of new opportunities for growth in the digital content market.

Labels: Digital_content, Forthcoming_events