Agenda

4 February 2003 Brussels, Belgium - European Commission Public Hearing
Public hearing on Commission's proposals on barriers to the development of the Information Society through open platforms in digital television and 3G mobile communications.
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/telecoms/regulatory/pu...

6 February 2003 Oxford, UK - The Politics of Code: Shaping the Future of the Next Internet
A one day public conference organised by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford. Amongst the speakers Lawrence Lessig and Esther Dyson, discussing the key choices that need to be made on privacy, security, access, openness and control in the design of Internet technology and Internet Governance.
http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/code/

17-28 February 2003 Geneva, Switzerland - Second Preparatory Meeting on the World Summit
Second preparatory meeting for the World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Geneva from December 10-12 2003.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory/prepcom/prepcom2.html

27-28 February 2003 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - EC workshops 'Safer Internet'
27:Quality labels for websites - alternative approaches to content rating http://www.saferinternet.org/news/Events-feb2003.asp 28:SIFKaL workshop - Legal and pedagogical aspects of a Safer Internet
http://rechtsinformatik.jura.uni-sb.de/sifkal/programme.html

10-12 March 2003 Malmo, Sweden - ASEM summit on Globalisation and ICT
Private conference about the role of government, private sector and civil society in Europe and Asia. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an informal process of dialogue and cooperation between the fifteen EU Member States, the European Commission and ten Asian countries; Brunei, P.R. China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Programme
http://www.iked.org/asem2003ict/program.html

1-4 April 2003 New York, USA - CFP 2003
Edition number 13 of the renowned yearly CFP conference (Computer, Freedom, Privacy) will be held in New York. Early subscribers receive a 100 dollar discount (before March 5 admittance is 585 USD, or 125 USD for students).
http://www.cfp2003.org/cfp2003/program.html