The Outlook for Freedom, Privacy and
Civil Society on the Internet in Central and Eastern
Europe Conference
4-6 September 1998
Budapest, Hungary
Preliminary Agenda
Day 0 - Friday, Sept.
4
Tutorials -- Training
Center -- CEU
* Internet Basics
Alex Fowler, EFF, and
Agoston Nagy, GreenSpider
* Cryptography and Human
Rights
Patrick Ball, AAAS
* Designing and Impelementing a
Human Rights Data Project
Patrick Ball, AAAS
Day 1 - Saturday, Sept. 5
Human Rights Online:
Freedom of Expression and Privacy
Welcome
- Gabor Halmai, Hungarian Human
Rights Center
- Barry Steinhardt, Electronic
Frontier Foundation/ ACLU
- James Dempsey, Center for
Democracy and Technology
Panel 1.1 Application of
International Human Rights Freedom of Expression
Principles to the Internet
Chair &emdash; James
Dempsey, CDT
Panel 1.2 Various Media
Regulation Models from the CEE and their Effect on
Freedom of Expression Online
Chair &emdash; Gabor
Halmai, Human Rights Center
Luncheon keynote: Esther Dyson,
EFF
Panel 1.3 EU and Members States
Approaches to Internet Content Regulation
Chair &emdash; Yaman
Akendiz, Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties, UK
Panel 1.4 Electronic
Surveillance and Encryption
Chair &emdash; Marc
Rotenberg, EPIC
Day 2 - Sunday, Sept.
6
Promoting Civil
Society Through the Internet: Internet Access, Government
Information, and the Net's Potential for Strengthening
Democracy
Opening Keynote: Eva Bakonyi,
C3, Hungarian Soros Foundation
Panel 2.1 Affordability and
Access
Panel 2.2 Government Information
Online and Other Means to Promote Democracy Through the
Net
Luncheon Keynote: Promoting
Civil Society Through the Internet: Sasa Mirkovic, Radio
B92
Panel 2.3 Case Studies of NGO
Participation in Internet Policy Making
Chair - Barry
Steinhardt