http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/dc02 THE PUBLIC VOICE IN INTERNET POLICY MAKING Saturday, June 22, 2002 Washington, DC The event is free and open to the public The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in association with INET 2002, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibilty (CPSR) and Georgia Tech IP3, will host a one-day public symposium on the Public Voice in Internet Policy. Leading academics, technologists, and policy makers from around the world will come together to discuss the future rights and freedoms of the public in the information age. Topics to be considered include ICANN reform and public participation in Internet governance; the privacy and free speech implications of recently passed Terrorism and Cybercrime measures; and the future of the Public Domain in a world of increased intellectual property laws, Internet commercialization and media consolidation. Draft Schedule 09.30h Registration and Coffee 10.00h Welcome Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center 10.10h Keynote Speeches "The Public Interest in Regulating Communications Technologies" -Paul Margie, Spectrum and International Legal Advisor to Commissioner ---Michael Copps, Federal Communications Commission (United States) "Privacy Challenges for Internet Users in Europe" -Erika Mann, Member of the European Parliament (Germany) 10.45h ICANN and Internet Governance Chair: Sarah Andrews, Research Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (United States) -Hans Klein, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States) -Michael Froomkin, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law (United States) -Andy Mueller-Maguhn, ICANN "At-Large" Board Member (Germany) (invited) 12.15h Lunch and Short Presentation Civil Society Participation in the World Summit on the Information Society, Sean O Siouchru, Nexus Research (Ireland) 13.30h Surveillance and Censorship: Civil Liberties Implications of New Laws on Cyber-Crime and Terrorism Chair: David Banisar, Deputy Director, Privacy International (United Kingdom) -Cedric Laurant, Electronic Privacy Information Center (Belgium) -Meryem Marzouki, Imaginons un Reseau Internet Solidaire, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique, & Le Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (France) -Tracy Cohen, the LINK Centre, Wits University (South Africa) -Alberto Escudero-Pascual, PhD Candidate, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) 15.00h Coffee Break 15.15h The Future of the Public Domain: Intellectual Property Protections and Other Restrictions on Access to Information Chair: Prof. Julie Cohen, Georgetown University Law Center (United States) -João Miguel Neves, Free Software Foundation Europe (Portugal) -Prof. Abraham Drassinower, Center for Innovation Law and Policy, University of Toronto (Canada) -Cindy Cohn , Legal Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation (United States) -Stuart Hamilton, International Library Association (Denmark) 16.45h Closing The event is free and open to the public Please send an email with your name and affiliation to <publicvoice02@epic.org> Location Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 Phone: 1-703-920-3230 Fax: 1-703-271-5212 Contact Sarah Andrews <andrews@epic.org>

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