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Statewatching the new Europe 2001 - an international conference on the
state, civil liberties and secrecy (London, Saturday 30 June 2001 10.00 am
- 5.30 pm)
The agenda for the conference follows below. If you have already
registered you will receive a conference pack in the post later this week.
If not, there are still some places available and you can register or get
a booking form online, see <http://www.statewatch.org/conf.htm>
Conference agenda
9.00 Doors open: stalls and coffee available
10.00 Conference starts: Welcome by chair
10.10 Keynote speech: "The globalisation of control: Towards an integrated
surveillance system in Europe", Thomas Mathiesen, Professor of sociology
of law, University of Oslo, followed by discussion
11.00 Tony Bunyan, Statewatch: Statewatching - past, present and future
11.10 Coffee break
11.30 Workshops (see below)
1.00 LUNCH
2.00 Afternoon session
Keynote speech: "Where now for liberties and rights?", Gareth Peirce,
lawyer, followed by discussion
2.40 Panel discussion: Perspectives on the EU: Civil liberties and the
state
- Courtenay Griffith QC,
- Heidi Hautala MEP, Finland, Co-President of the Green/EFA group in the
European Parliament,
- Liz Fekete, Institute of Race Relations,
- Graham Watson MEP, UK, chair of the Citizens' Freedoms and Rights
Committee in the European Parliament,
- Ian Macdonald QC
3.40 Tea break
4.00 Visiting speaker (to be confirmed)
4.15 Appeal: Aidan White, European Federation of Journalists and Lee
Bridges, Statewatch
4.30 Panel discussion: Perspectives on "Statewatching": the role of civil
society/the EU and global developments
- Colin Prescod, Institute of Race Relations,
- Hilary Wainwright, editor Red Pepper,
- Professor Deirdre Curtin, Utrecht University, Netherlands,
- Glyn Ford MEP,
- Andrew Puddephatt, Article 19,
- Didier Bigo, Culture & Conflits, Paris.
Questions and final discussion
5.45 Conference finishes
Workshops
1. National security, EU-FBI surveillance of telecommunications, NATO and
EU
Simon Davies, Privacy International
Steve Wright, OMEGA Foundation
Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian
Kees Kalkmam, Amok, Netherlands (chair)
Caspar Bowden, Foundation for Information Policy Research
Ilka Schroeder MEP, member of the inquiry into Echelon
Eric Moechel, quintessenz, Austria
2. Racism in the EU
Ida Koch, Denmark (chair)
Liz Fekete, Institute of Race Relations
Suresh Grover, National Civil Rights Movement
Maryam Namazie, International Federation of Iranian Refugees
3. Immigration and asylum in the UK & EU
Frances Webber, Institute of Race Relations
Nadine Finch, lawyer (chair)
Steve Peers, Essex University
Elspeth Guild, Immigration Law Practitioners Association
Neil Gerrard MP
4. Civil liberties in Britain and Northern Ireland, reflections on the
last two decades
Paddy Hillyard, Belfast, University of Ulster, (chair)
Joe Sim, John Moores University
Mike Tomlinson, Queens College, Belfast
Phil Scraton, Edge Hill University College
5. Policing, Schengen, EU databases and legal cooperation
Christian Busold, lawyer, Germany
Heiner Busch, CILIP, Germany
Stephen Jakobi, Fair Trials Abroad
Professor Lode van Outrive, Belgium
6. Freedom of information - access to documents
Tony Bunyan, Statewatch (chair)
Professor Deirdre Curtin, Utrecht University
Aidan White, European Federation of Journalists
Maurice Frankel, Campaign for Freedom of Information
Norbet P|tter, CILIP, Berlin
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