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The Northumbria Information Rights Conference: Rising to the Challenge,
30th June 2006 at the Marriott Gosforth Park Hotel, Newcastle Upon Tyne
With the Freedom of Information Act 2000 now in force for a little more
than a year, it is an opportune time to take stock and consider the
cultural changes that have been brought about by the Act. Although we have
been working with the Data Protection Act 1998 for much longer, this Act
also continues to throw up testing questions, particularly following Durant
v Financial Services Authority. The potentially wide-ranging impacts of
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 are only now coming to be
recognised. The interpretation, application and overlaps between these
pieces of legislation seem likely to test information rights professionals,
lawyers, and the courts for many years to come.
With the launch of its new Masters Programme in Information Rights Law and
Practice in September 2006, Northumbria University is already taking steps
to address the challenges of interpreting and applying the law. In
practice, however, an information rights culture brings many more practical
complications, including ensuring information is managed effectively and
held securely, responding to and refusing information requests, and making
requests for information. With a view to addressing the key current
challenges facing practitioners, Northumbria University is hosting its
first Information Rights Conference, appropriately entitled 'Rising to the
Challenge'.
Confirmed speakers include:
Richard Thomas, The Information Commissioner - giving The Information
Commissioner's Perspective
Maurice Frankel, Director of Campaign for Freedom of Information -
Assessing the first 18 months
Philip Coppel, Barrister 4-5 Grays Inn Square - The Environmental
Information Regulations 2004
Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Department for Constitutional Affairs
Professor Philip Jones, Staffordshire County Council - The challenge of
sustaining successful information management in a corporate environment
Timothy Pitt-Payne, Barrister 11 Kings Bench Walk - the Data Protection Act
1998 after Durant v FSA
Helen Morris, Programme Leader LLM Information Rights Law and Practice -
The Information Rights Qualification
The price of the conference is £250 per delegate, although a discounted
rate of £200 is available for academics, NGOs, or where three or more
delegates book from the same organisations.
A full brochure in PDF format is available from
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