Parliament & Internet 6th Annual Conference 11.10.11

Six years ago I created the annual Parliament & Internet Conference when Chairman of the All Party Internet group; later this week is its sixth iteration:

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Agenda for the Parliament and Internet Conference 2011


Thursday October 13th – 9am to 5pm 09.00
Registration and coffee in the Attlee Suite, Portcullis House

09.20
Introduction

09.30
Speech 1:
Detlef Eckert, Director of Policy Coordination and Strategy in the DG "Information Society and Media" of the European Commission
Followed by Q&A

10.00
Plenary Panel Session,
„The Vision and Opportunities of the Internet: How can we use social media and innovation to drive growth and democracy??
Richard Allan, Director of Policy, EU, Facebook;
Simon Hampton, Director of Policy for Northern Europe, Google;
Dave Coplin, Director of Search, Advertising and Online, Microsoft UK;
Anthony Payne, Director Platform, Product Marketing, RIM
Chair, Nigel Evans MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons

11.00
Morning workshops
1) UK-Internet Governance Forum (UKIGF) www.ukigf.org.uk
"The Internet Governance Forum – lessons from Nairobi, plans for Baku."
Co-chairs, Rt Hon. Alun Michael MP, Eric Joyce MP
2) The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA) www.ispa.org.uk
„The opportunity the Internet brings to the creative industries?
Chair, Lord Toby Harris
3) The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) www.broadbanduk.org
„Rolling out broadband to the final third: the challenges in getting there?

11.50
12.10
12.25
Chair, Antony Walker, CEO, BSG
Coffee
Feedback reports from morning sessions

Speech 2:
James Brokenshire MP, Minister of State for Crime and Security
Followed by Q&A

12:55
Networking lunch

13.45
Nominet speech

14:10
A Question and Answer session with Ed Richards, CEO, OFCOM
Chair, Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills

14.35
Afternoon workshops
4) The Parliamentary ICT Forum (PICTFOR) www.pitcom.org.uk
„The Internet Olympics: Leveraging ICT during the 2012 Olympic Games?
Chair, Alun Cairns MP

5) The Information Society Alliance (EURIM) www.eurim.org,
„Join the Networks – bringing the broadband and green agendas together?
Chair, Therese Coffey MP

6) The Internet Telephony Services Providers’ Association (ITSPA) www.itspa.org.uk
„Convergence & Growth: Will anticompetitive behaviour stifle future networks and services??
Chair, Dean Elwood, Founder, CEO of Voxygen & Founder of VoIP User

15:35
Feedback reports from afternoon sessions

15:50
Speech 3:
Ed Vaizey MP, Minister of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
Followed by Q&A

16:20
Drinks Reception

17:00
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