Internet at Liberty 2010

The promise and peril of online free expression

 

September 20-22, 2010

Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

 

Monday 20 September - Pre-Conference Workshops

Online tools and tactics for advocacy and protection

Aranytíz Cultural Center, Arany János u. 10

 

09:00 - 19:00 Workshop and conference registration and information desk open, 3rd floor

 

12:30 - 13:30 Welcome coffee for early arrivals, 3rd floor

 

13:30 - 14:00Workshop welcome and introduction, Tolnay Klári Room, 3rd floor

Bob Boorstin, Google, US

Kate Coyer, Central European University, US

 

14:00 - 16:00Concurrent Sessions I

Organizing tools for advocacy, Nagylovag Room ground floor

Presenters: Ali Ravi, Tactical Technology Collective, Iran

      Steve Grove, You Tube, US

     Bev Clark, Kubatana Trust, Zimbabwe

 

Advocating for policy change, Bartók/Kodály Room, 2nd floor  

Presenters: Leslie Harris, Center for Democracy and Technology, US

Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society, India

Respondent: João Brant, Intervozes, Brazil

 

Evading censors through circumvention technologies, Tolany Klári Room, 3rd floor

Presenters: Nart Villeneuve, Citizen Lab, Canada

Walid al-Saqaf, Yemenportal.net, Yemen

Angelina Trangh Huynh, Viet Tan, US

 

16:00 - 17:00Coffee Break, 3rd floor

 

17:00 - 19:00Concurrent Sessions II

Organizing tools for advocacy, Nagylovag Rm, ground floor (repeat of workshop from first session)

Presenters: Ali Ravi, Tactical Technology Collective, Iran

      Steve Grove, You Tube, US

     Bev Clark, Kubatana Trust, Zimbabwe

 

Advocating for policy change, Bartók/Kodály Rm, 2nd floor (repeat of workshop from first session)

Presenters:Leslie Harris, Center for Democracy and Technology, US

Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society, India

 João Brant, Intervozes, Brazil

 

Safeguarding personal security and privacy online, Tolnay Klári Room 2nd floor

Presenters: Brett Solomon, Access Now, Australia

Bobby Soriano, Tactical Technology Collective, Philippines

      Katrin Verclas, Mobile Active, US

The Internet as a force for change

CEU, Nádor u. 15

08:00 - 18:00 Conference registration and information desk open

 

09:00 - 09:30Welcome and introduction

John Shattuck, CEU President and Rector

David Drummond, Google Senior Vice President

 

09:30 - 10:30A moment in time: a very short history of the Internet and free expression

Moderator: Renata Uitz, Central European University, Hungary

Presenter: Rob Faris, Open Net Initiative, US

Respondents: Tattu Mambetalieva, Civil Initiative on Internet Policy, Kyrgyzstan

         Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society, India

         Shahzad Ahmad, Bytes for All, Pakistan

 

10:30 - 11:00Coffee Break, CEU, Nádor u. 11

 

11:00 - 12:30Is the potential of the Internet as a force for positive political change being oversold?

Moderator: Madeleine Morris, BBC, UK

Speakers:Karin Spaink, Writer and net activist, Netherlands

         Kim Pham, Access Now, US

Evgeny Morozov, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, Belarus

         Shanthi Kalathil, World Bank, US

12:30 - 14:00Lunch, provided at BM Duna Palota, Zrínyi u. 5

14:00 - 15:15Online free expression: values, progress and complexities

Speaker: Dunja Mijatovic, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Bosnia and Herzegovina

Respondents: Merve Alici, Turkish Young Civilians, Turkey

         Eva Simon, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Hungary

 

15:15 - 15:45Coffee Break, CEU, Nádor u. 11

 

15:45 - 17:00A rock and a hard place: challenges for governments in Europe

Moderator: Rebecca MacKinnon, New America Foundation, US

Speakers: Ambassador Olof Ehrenkrona, Sweden

   Bertrand de La Chapelle, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

Respondent:Mogens Schmidt, UNESCO, Denmark

 

17:00 - 18:15A hard place and a rock: challenges for industry

Moderator: Rebecca MacKinnon, New America Foundation, US

Speakers: David Drummond, Google, US

   Lord Richard Allan, Facebook, UK

18:30 - 19:30Welcome reception, CEU Atrium, Nádor u. 9  

Remarks:John Shattuck, CEU President and Rector

David Drummond, Google Senior Vice President

 

Participants can opt to join one of several informal group dinners themed around specific topics.

 

 

Wednesday 22 September - Day Two

Moving forward: breaking barriers, transparency and innovation

CEU, Nádor u. 15

 

08:00 - 16:00 Conference registration and information desk open

 

09:00 - 10:15Crossing national borders: is the Internet a danger as well as a blessing?

Moderator: Lucie Morillon, Reporters Without Borders, France

Respondents:  Carlos Afonso, Internet Steering Committee, Brazil

     Supinya Klangnarong, Campaign for Popular Media Reform, Thailand

     Nargis Zokirova, International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, Tajikstan

       Esraa Rashid, Egyptian Democratic Academy, Egypt

 

10:15 - 10:45Coffee Break, CEU, Nádor u. 11

 

10:45 - 12:00No easy answers: privacy and free expression

Moderator: Ellen Hume, Central European University, US

 

12:00 - 12:30Transparency and accountability tools

Moderator: Colin Maclay, Berkman Center on Internet and Society, US

 Respondents: Renata Avila, Creative Commons, Guatemala

Matt Braithwaite, Google, US

        Karl Kathuria, BBC, UK

       

12:30 - 13:30Lunch (brown bag provided), CEU, Nádor u. 11

 

13:30 - 14:45Are we compromising national security by increasing access to information online?

Moderator: Monroe Price, Annenberg School of Communication at University of Pennsylvania, US

Respondents: Smari McCarthy, Digital Freedoms Society, Iceland

Michael Semple, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, US

         Heather Brooke, Freedom of Information activist, UK

         

15:00 - 16:00Concurrent sessions (delegates can choose which to attend) Online free expression and…

 

…protecting privacy, CEU, Nádor u. 9 Popper room

Facilitator: Kristina Irion, Central European University, Germany

Respondents:Katitza Rodriguez, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Peru

           Stephanie Hankey, Tactical Technology Collective, UK

 

…enforcing ethics & accountability for corporations & governments, CEU, Nádor u. 9 Auditorium

Facilitator: Markos Kounalakis, Central European University, US

Respondent: Aaron Swartz, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, US

 

…ensuring cybersecurity and national security, CEU, Nádor u. 9 Gellner room

Facilitator: Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute, UK

Respondent: Jamil Zahid, International Chamber of Commerce, Pakistan

...the cat and mouse game between bloggers and governments, CEU, Nádor u. 15

Facilitator:Cynthia Wong, Center for Democracy and Technology, US

Respondents: Esraa Rashid, Blogger, Egypt

Ivan Sigal, Global Voices, US

       

16:00 - 16:30Coffee Break, CEU, Nádor u. 11

 

16:30 - 17:30Concluding session: making talk come to life - where do we go from here?

Feedback from workshops, dinners and breakout groups (30 min)

 Co-moderators: Bob Boorstin, Google, US

Kate Coyer, Central European University, US

 

If I could do one thing to make the Internet a better place for free expression…” (30 min)

Moderator: Rebecca MacKinnon, New America Foundation, US

Dinner topics for Tuesday night

  1. 1.The current state of the Chinese Internet 

  2. 2.In China's wake: online censorship in South and Southeast Asia 

  3. 3.The development of the Internet in Russia: a critical moment 

  4. 4.Censorship in Central and Eastern European countries 

  5. 5.Online activism in the Middle East: what’s working and what’s not 

  6. 6.Advancing European government initiatives on online free expression 

  7. 7.Accountability and ethics among companies: the Global Network Initiative 

  8. 8.The rise of the citizen journalist and the response of the traditional media 

  9. 9.Protecting the platform: the challenge of intermediary liability 

  10. 10.Online privacy, anonymity and free expression 

  11. 11.The limits of free expression: controversial content policies 

  12. 12.Keeping the Internet open: is there a global solution to net neutrality?