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Wednesday, September 10 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salon, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels
EIF Advisory Committee breakfast meeting
Meeting open to all EIF members who want to participate in the planning of all EIF activities for the coming months.
Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18
MEP Visit to Washington DC, and site visits to Boeing, Daimler-Chrysler and Microsoft.
Wednesday, July 9, 17.00 - 19.30
European Parliament, Brussels
EIF Advisory Committee
Meeting open to all EIF members who want to participate in the planning of all EIF activities for the coming months.
June 18, Wednesday, 20.00 - 22.15
The White Room, 156 Avenue Louise, 1050 Brussels
EIF Dinner Discussion, Featuring Greek Presidency's experiment on e-voting.
Chair: Erika Mann, MEP, Chair, European Internet Foundation
Guest:
Andreas Papandreou, Treasurer, Papandreou Foundation
June 11, Wednesday (20.00-22.15)
Cercle Gaulois, Brussels
EIF Dinner in Cooperation with BSA
May 20, Tuesday (19.45-22.30)
Members' Restaurant, Private Salon, European Parliament, Brussels
Dinner Discussion: Preparing for the WSIS
Chair:
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, MEP
Guests:
Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Information Society
Adama Samassékou, President of the WSIS Preparatory Process
Ambassador Daniel Stauffacher, Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council to the WSIS
Jacques Briquemont, Head of Public Affairs, European Broadcasting Union
Carter Eltzroth, Adviser to the CEO, MIH Group and Rapporteur on the WSIS for the GBDe
April 29, Tuesday (8.00-9.30)
Members Private Salon, European Parliament
Board of Management meeting
April 23, Wednesday (17.00 - 18.30)
European Parliament, Brussels, room A5G315
EIF General Assembly
March 19, Wednesday(18.00 - 20.30)
Members Restaurant European Parliament, Brussels
EIF/EICTA Reception: eEurope - The Way Forward
Chair: Erika Mann, MEP
Speakers include:
Philippe de Buck, Secretary General, UNICE
Reino Paasilinna, MEP
Anthony Parish, EICTA President
Pedro de Sampaio Nunes, Director, Information Society Strategy and eEurope, European Commission
March 5, Wednesday (8.00-9.30)
Members Restaurant, Private Salon, European Parliament
Exceptional Board Meeting
June event planning and aob
February 19, Wednesday (9.45 - 12.45)
Room P5B01, European Parliament, Brussels
Internet Challenges: Can the EU and US Balance Privacy, Security, Liberty and Intellectual Property?
Plenary session with the visiting delegation of the US Congressional Internet Caucus.
9.45-11.00: Security and Privacy
Chair: Erika Mann, MEP
Comments:
Sue Binns, Director, European Commission
George Papapavlou, Head of Unit, InfSo, European Commission
Sachar Paulus, SAP - EU Industry Expert
Patricia Finn, SAS - US Industry Expert
The Honourable Bob Goodlatte, Member of Congress
The Honourable Rick Boucher, Member of Congress
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, MEP
Charlotte Cederschiöld, MEP, European Parliament Vice-President
11.00-11.30: Press Conference
11.30-12.45: Intellectual Property
Chair: James Elles, MEP
Comments:
Thierry Stoll, Deputy Director General, European Commission
The Honourable Bob Goodlatte, Member of Congress
The Honourable Rick Boucher, Member of Congress
Arlene McCarthy, MEP
Malcolm Harbour, MEP
Concert Noble, 82, rue d'Arlon, Brussels
Working Lunch: Possible and proposed EU/US Joint Action
Chairs:
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, MEP and Erika Mann, MEP
Guest Speaker:
Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Information Society
This was also the occasion for changing the EIF Chair, with Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (on the right in the picture below) handing over to Erika Mann in the presence presence of the Honourable Rick Boucher and Bob Goodlatte from the US Congressional Internet Caucus.
February 18, Tuesday (19.30 - 21.30)
EIF/TPN informal dinner with the US Congressional Internet Caucus
Maison du Cygne, Brussels
February 6, Thursday (9.00-10.15)
EIF Board of Management Meeting, Brussels
January 20, Monday (19.45-22.15)
EIF Dinner Discussion
Brussels, Centre Bourchette
Information Society and Development
Chair:
Anders Wijkman, MEP
Guests:
N. Jaddoo, Information techology coordinator, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
H. Touré, Director, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)