11-18 May 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
Consultations on WSIS implementation by action lines. 9 meetings on different thematic action lines will be held by respective UN Agencies facilitators. Open to all WSIS stakeholders.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/index.html

10 May - 23 July 2006, Austria
Annual decentralized community event around free software lectures, panel discussions, workshops, fairs and socialising
http://www.linuxwochen.at

19 - 23 May 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
A new round of consultations on the convening of the Internet Governance Forum will be held at the United Nations in Geneva on 19 May. The consultations will be followed by a meeting of the IGF Advisory Group on 22 - 23 May 2006.
http://www.intgovforum.org

19-20 May 2006, Florence, Italy
E-privacy 2006 Trusted Computing, Data retention: privacy between new technologies and new laws. The central theme of this year's edition is data retention, but several interventions on other relevant aspects of privacy protection are planned, including Trusted Computing and the new issues raised by the draft reform of Italian Criminal Law, with specific reference to Cybercrime.
http://e-privacy.firenze.linux.it

20 May 2006, Florence, Italy
Big Brother Award Italia 2006
http://bba.winstonsmith.info

19-20 June 2006, Paris, France
New relations between creative individuals and communities, consumers and citizens. Hosted by the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)
http://www.tacd.org/docs/?id=296

21 June 2006, Luxembourg
Safer Internet Forum 2006 Focus on two topics: "Children's use of new media" and "Blocking access to illegal content: child sexual abuse images"
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/sip/si_forum/forum...

26-27 June 2006, Berlin, Germany
The Rising Power of Search-Engines on the Internet: Impacts on Users, Media Policy, and Media Business
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/journalistik/suma/home_e.html

16 - 28 July 2006, Oxford, UK
Annenberg/Oxford Summer Institute: Global Media Policy: Technology and New Themes in Media Regulation Application deadline 1 May 2006.
http://www.pgcs.asc.upenn.edu/events/ox06/index.php

2-4 August 2006, Bregenz, Austria
2nd International Workshop on Electronic Voting 2006 Students may apply for funds to attend the workshop until 30 June 2006.
http://www.e-voting.cc/stories/1246056/

14-16 September 2006, Berlin, Germany
Wizards of OS 4 Information Freedom Rules
http://wizards-of-os.org/