[governance] Workshop proposals for Vilnius

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 05/04/2010, at 11:09 PM, Parminder wrote:

> I suggest that we get into deeper IP and Internet debates, which represent some of the most hotly contested issues today, and in which area a lot of policy work is going on (ACTA for instance)
> 
> Can we hold a workshop on ' Transnational enforcement of a new information order – Issues of rights and democracy'. (tentative title)
> 
> Basically we will discuss issues that have come up around ACTA (for instance see the latest posting on IP watch at http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=10061  )  as the main focus.

Whilst I'm still not sure if I can make it physically to Vilnius, Consumers International would be interested in co-organising such a workshop.

> However some other issues may also come up - like Google - China stand-off,

This will be difficult to directly address, given the restrictions that the Secretariat has placed on discussions about China (but we must not shy away from it on that account).

> The above is just illustrative of the proposed scope of the workshop. Will try and put up a short write up for it separately. Parminder 


Sounds very worthwhile.

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