"Regulating the Information Society"
19-20 June 2001 in Brussels
"Co-regulation implies taking self-regulation one step further.
Rather than the mere coexistence of regulation and co-regulation, it
implies the sharing of responsibilities through agreements between
public and private partners" - Erkki Liikanen
Commissioner Liikanen will open the event giving a keynote address
on Tuesday 19 June at 9.30 a.m.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The EMF conference will be introduced by an opening
address given by Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner for the
Enterpise & Information Society, European Commission.
The conference will focus on hot Information
Society topics:
".eu" top-level domain name
Legal aspects of e-commerce (including liability of
intermediaries)
Mobile Commerce
Copyright (including security issues, levies, digital
rights management and the role of royalty
collection)
Data Protection (including Spamming and Safe
Harbor agreement)
VAT on e-commerce
In addition, the programme foresees a special session
presenting the upcoming Information Society
Technologies Programmes included in the 6th EU
Framework Programme on Research and Technological
development.
The conference will notably respond to the
following questions:
To what extend should we be regulating?
How do you find a balanced regulatory framework,
that takes into account of the realities of
e-business?
How do you make the most of EU's
competitiveness?
For more information visit:
http://www.emf.be/regul/
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