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Apologies for Cross-posting Web cast - FREE OUR DATA? Should social researchers have unlimited access to the data that Government collects about individual UK citizens? Would the benefits of better evidence on which to base social policy outweigh concerns about privacy? Experts from academia and government will offer their views and respond to questions from the audience. On the internet - LIVE Web cast available 15th March from approx 6.20pm (GMT) at http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/free_data/ You can also submit questions during the web cast using the form on our website. In person - Date: 15th March 2007 Location: Lecture theatre G51, Chemistry Building, University of Manchester, Brunswick Street Map: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/maps/campusmap.pdf Time: 6pm – 8pm Details: http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/ This event is being organised by the ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science (http://www.ncess.ac.uk/) as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/FSS/) and will be run in conjunction with The Guardians Free Our Data? campaign. Chair: Jim Hancock : Ex Political Editor for BBC North West Panellists: Charles Arthur: Technology Editor, The Guardian Peter Elias: Professor of Labour Economy, University of Warwick and Strategic Advisor (Data Resources) to the ESRC Duncan MacNiven: Registrar General for Scotland Jil Matheson: Director of Census, Demographic and Regional Statistics, Office for National Statistics Duncan Sheill: Director of Strategy, Ordnance Survey