NEW DATE! 27-28 August 2004, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 'Guaranteeing Media Freedom on the Internet' Two day conference organised by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Mr Miklos Haraszti, in the Amsterdam city hall.
http://www.osce.org/events/conferences/fom/2004amsterdam/
31 August 2004, Deadline for submissions Council of Europe Public consultation on future Council of Europe activities in the media field, in preparation of the 7th European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy (Kiev, 10-11 March 2005). The main topics of the Conference will be: freedom of expression and information in times of crisis; cultural diversity and media pluralism in times of globalisation and human rights and regulation of the media and new communication services in the information society.
The CDMM would like to invite non-governmental organisations working in the media field in Europe and other interested persons to submit their ideas and proposals as regards these future activities. The proposals should not exceed 2 pages and should be sent to the Media Division, in English or French, by 31 August 2004 (mailto:media@coe.int). They will be analysed at a meeting of the Bureau of the CDMM on 7-8 September 2004. The results will be subsequently reviewed by the CDMM on 2-5 November 2004. Call for submissions
http://www.coe.int/T/E/human_rights/media/7_Links/consultation_announc...
7 September, Copenhagen, Denmark 'E-government and the protection of personal data' (conference in Danish) One day conference organised by Prosa (Danish union for IT workers), The Association of Legal Affairs, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, and the Danish Board of Technology.
https://www.prosa.dk/kursus/prosa/septemberkonferencen.shtml
13-14 September 2004, Geneva, Switzerland The TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) will host a two-day meeting in Geneva on the Future of WIPO. The meeting will bring together leading experts and stakeholders from academia, industry, NGOs, and governments, as well as members of the WIPO secretariat, to discuss the future of this United Nations Agency. To register for this event (no fee), contact: Ben Wallis, Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Co-ordinator, Consumers International bwallis@consint.org
14-16 September 2004, Wroclaw, Poland The 26th International Conference on privacy and personal data protection: 'the Right to Privacy - the Right to Dignity'. This annual gathering of the world's data protection commissioners will be preceded on 13 June by a publicly accessible conference organised by EPIC, Privacy International and EDRI, called 'Privacy in a New Era: Challenges, Opportunities and Partnerships'
http://www.giodo.gov.pl/168/id_art/175/j/en/
http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/wroclaw04/default.html
15-17 September 2004, Strasbourg, France The Council of Europe is planning a major international conference on "The Challenge of Cybercrime", which will bring together senior politicians, computer industry leaders and experts from around the world. No online information yet.
28 September 2004, Paris, France One day conference "Les reponses aux defis du peer to peer" (Answers to P2P challenges) at the French Senate, organised by the 'Forum des droits sur l'Internet'.
http://www.defis-p2p.org/
29-30 September 2004, Paris, France 5th Worldwide forum on electronic democracy, organised by Mr Andre Santini, French Member of Parliament and president of the Global Cities dialogue.
http://www.issy.com/statiques/e-democratie/index_EN.htm
30 September-3 October 2004, Berlin, Germany New EDRI-member FIfF is organising a conference '20 Years of FIfF - ReVisions of Critical Informatics'.The bilingual (German, English) conference will take place at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
http://www.fiff.de/2004/
16 October 2004, Emmen, Switzerland Swiss Big Brother Awards
http://www.bigbrotherawards.ch
26 October 2004, Vienna, Austria Austrian Big Brother Awards
http://www.bigbrotherawards.at
29 October 2004, Bielefeld, Germany German Big Brother Awards
http://www.bigbrotherawards.de