"European Digital Rights is organising meetings on 4 and 5 February 2009 in
Brussels. The purpose of the meetings is to provide members and invited
guests with a better understanding of the functioning of the EU institutions
and to improve communication between digital rights NGOs and the
institutions of the European Union."

Agenda:

European Digital Rights
CAPACITY BUILDING EVENT

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010 – European Parliament Room A1E1

9.15 to 10.00
Registration

10.00 to 10.45
The changing legal powers and instruments of the EU:
Johannes Vos (Honorary Head of Division – European Council) (confirmed)

10.45 to 12.45
An introduction to the internal function of the institutions during codecision
Laurence Vandewalle – Green Group Adviser Industry Committee (confirmed)
Antoine Aubert – Former official DG Information Society(confirmed)
Council speaker – to be confirmed

12.45 – 13.30
Digital Law-making in the EU, strategy, pressure-points
Speaker: Caroline De Cock (N-Square Consulting) (confirmed)

13.30 – 14.30
Lunch

14.30 – 15.30
Case study of a heavily lobbied dossier
Jérémie Zimmerman (La Quadrature du Net) (confirmed)
Catherine Trautmann or Maxime Herrman (her assistant)(tentatively
confirmed)

15.30 – 16.30
Transparency in EU decision-making
Eva Lichtenberger MEP (invited)
Commission official (DG Admin) (to be confirmed)

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 – Open Society Institute Brussels

9.30 – 11.00
Data Protection
Hana Pechácková. Data Protection Unit, DG JLS with responsibility for technology/Internet issues (confirmed)

11.00 – 12.30 am
Data Retention
Jacques Verraes. Police Cooperation and Access to Information Unit, DG JLS with responsibility for data retention (confirmed)

12.30 – 13.30
Lunch

13.30 – 15.00
IPR Enforcement
Jean Bergevin, Head of Unit responsible for E-Commerce Directive, DG Market (invited)

15.00 – 16.30
European Digital Agenda
Awaiting response from Information Society Unit A3, European Commission