[Of course Americans may generally define freedom differently than Eurocrats (specifically, the freedom to be free from Eurocrat-types), but it's an interesting question nonetheless. --Declan] --- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:51:28 +0200 From: "Marco Cappato" <Mcappatoat_private> To: "Gianluca Eramo" <GEramoat_private> Subject: Subject: "Democracy, freedom and the Internet" Conference. (10th July 2002) Dear friends, On the 10th of July, from 9th to 18th, a public conference will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on "Democracy, freedom and the Internet: how digital technologies empower or undermine civil liberties". The seminar - that is the second meeting on new technologies organised by Radical MEPs of the Lista Bonino together with the Transnational Radical Party- is open to everybody. Due to the limited number of places in the conference room, we please you to announce your participation as soon as possible, and in any case before the 5th of July. The following issues will be dealt: · Data retention: citizens' right to privacy and State powers in treating personal data; · Cybercrime: the borderline between criminality and civil disobedience in the Net; · e-democracy: from "pilot project" to "fundamental right"; Interventions will concentrate not only on the European Union context, but also on national or local experiences concerning the above mentioned issues. The peculiar situation of non democratic States and the role of companies will be analysed too. Further to inviting you to the conference, we would ask you to tell us as soon as possible if you are interested in proposing a speech (title and brief abstract), so to prepare the agenda and the sending of preparatory documents. Please do not hesitate in suggesting us more people that shall be invited. Sincerely, Marco Cappato Ottavio Marzocchi Gianluca Eramo MEP, President of the Member of Transnational Project co-ordinator Transnational Radical Party Radical Party board For further enquiries, information and to announce your participation: <mailto:Mcappatoat_private>Mcappatoat_private Tel: 0032 2 2847496, Fax 0032 2 2849496 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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