[pp.int.general] Fwd: [A2k] May 4: Greens/EFA and Activists Workshop on ACTA and the Public interest

[Amelia Andersdotter]

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From: Erik Hjalmar Josefsson <erik.hjalmar.josefsson at gmail.com>
Date: 28 April 2010 20:47
Subject: [A2k] May 4: Greens/EFA and Activists Workshop on ACTA and
the Public interest
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Dear all,

I am happy to announce a Greens/EFA Workshop on ACTA and the Public
Interest on May 4 in the European Parliament, appropriately timed soon
after the Commission's debriefing on the outcome of New Zealand round.
It is high time to come together to share perspectives and goals on ACTA
campaigning and I am looking forward to a fruitful discussion with our
speakers and other participants. I welcome all of you to participate
in-person or online via the webcast and chat. Our campaign page is here:
http://act-on-acta.eu

Program pasted below.

Best regards,

Erik Josefsson
Greens/Efa group - adviser on internet policies
+32 484 082 063


Greens/EFA and Activists Workshop on ACTA and the Public interest

* When: 4 May 2010, 16.00-18.00
* Where: Room A5E1, Altiero Spinelli Building (ASP), 60 Rue Wiertz,
European Parliament, Brussels
* Host: Carl Schlyter MEP, Co-host: Christian Engström MEP
* Chair: Ska Keller MEP

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is being negotiated to
establish higher intellectual property and enforcement standards while
serving the interests of rights holders, including publishers, media
conglomerates, and pharmaceutical companies. However, protecting the
rights and interests of the public has received scant attention. This
workshop looks at ACTA from a public interest perspective, and provides
a platform for open dialogue and discussion.

The workshop will be open to internet participation through a webcast
and chat. If you need an EP entrance badge, send an email to
<carl.schlyter at europarl.europa.eu> for instructions. Further
announcements on this page.

PROGRAM
* 16.00-16.15   Workshop introduction, objectives and background of
Greens/EFA act-on-acta.eu campaign - Carl Schlyter and Christian Engström
* 16.15-17.40   Workshop discussion - Chair: Ska Keller

Speakers:
* Christopher Kullenberg, We Rebuild/Telecomix/Julia group
* Joe McNamee, European Digital Rights (EDRI)
* Gaëlle Krikorian, Access to Knowledge Working Group, Paris
* Sophie Bloemen, Health Action International (HAI)
* James Love, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
* Jérémie Zimmermann, La Quadrature du Net (LQDN)

* 17.40-18:00   Open discussion

* 18:00-19:00   Reception (TBC)

Brief bios:

Carl Schlyter is MEP for the Swedish Greens since the 6th legislature
and a substitute member of INTA, the International Trade Committee,
which is the committee responsible for ACTA in the European Parliament.
He is as well full member of the committee for Environment, Public
Health and Food Safety.

Christian Engström is MEP for the Swedish Pirate Party and member of the
Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament and serves on the Legal
Affairs (JURI) and Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Committees.

Ska Keller is MEP for the German Green party Bündnis 90 Die Grünen and
member of DEVE, the Committee on Development in the European Parliament.
She is also member of  the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint
Parliamentary Committee and substitute member of the Committee on Civil
Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and of the Delegation to the
Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Gaëlle Krikorian leads the Access to Knowledge working group in Paris.
She has formerly worked with Act Up-Paris on access to medicines issues
and is currently doing research on the impact of intellectural property
and trade negotiations on health issues.

James Love is the Director of Knowledge Ecology International
([http://www.keionline.org KEI]) and also the U.S. co-chair of the
Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Intellectual Property Policy
Committee. KEI has monitored the progress of ACTA, campaigned for
transparency in its negotiations and published technical analyses from a
public interest perspective.

Sophie Bloemen is European Projects Officer with Health Action
International ([http://www.haiweb.org/ HAI]). Sophies work is concerned
with access to medicines, focusing particularly on Intellectual Property
rights, the EU Trade Agenda on IP, and developments at the World Health
Organization on Public Health and Innovation. HAI is an independent,
global network working to increase access to essential medicines and
improve their rational use through research excellence and
evidence-based advocacy.

Joe McNamee is Advocacy Coordinator for European Digital Rights
([http://www.edri.org EDRi]). He will address the broad implications of
ACTA provisions that could require internet service providers to police
their clients.

Christopher Kullenberg is a PhD candidate at Gothenburg University
currently writing about the social sciences and policy making, and an
activist engaged in the [http://juliagruppen.se Julia Group] and
[http://telecomix.org Telecomix] . He will talk about community
participation and strategies for opening up ACTA to the public, and also
the importance of public engagement in political processes.

Jérémie Zimmermann is co-founder and spokesperson of
[http://www.laquadrature.net La Quadrature du Net]. La Quadrature du Net
is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and freedoms of citizens
on the Internet in accordance with the founding principles of the
Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. Through
specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes
to encourage citizens participation in the public debate.


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