#DiploHack Tallinn Internet Freedom Conference
Sunday 8 December; 14:00-18:00
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Why this conference?
The #DiploHack Internet Freedom conference coincides with Estonia’s Presidency of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC). The country organizes the 4th conference of the Coalition on April 28-29, 2014, named “Free and Secure Internet for All”, one of the largest international conferences in Estonia so far.
The #DiploHack Internet Freedom Conference will have two themes: Surveillance and Legal Threats to Internet Freedom.
The conclusion of the event is a prize ceremony for the winning solution to challenge around internet freedom.
The schedule can be found below, but to keep up to date, please 'attend' the event on Facebook.
Registration is open: www.garage48.org/diplohack/registration
The #DiploHack Internet Freedom conference coincides with Estonia’s Presidency of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC). The country organizes the 4th conference of the Coalition on April 28-29, 2014, named “Free and Secure Internet for All”, one of the largest international conferences in Estonia so far.
The #DiploHack Internet Freedom Conference will have two themes: Surveillance and Legal Threats to Internet Freedom.
The conclusion of the event is a prize ceremony for the winning solution to challenge around internet freedom.
The schedule can be found below, but to keep up to date, please 'attend' the event on Facebook.
Registration is open: www.garage48.org/diplohack/registration
Themes
Estonia is in a paradoxical position - it is one of the cutting egde e-societies, yet the European Court of Human Rights ruling on Delfi.ee threatens to create a global precedent putting into question much of what we take for granted when it comes to the rights and freedoms of online media.
Apart from the “Delfi precedent” (assuming it will indeed be created), the seminar would also like to explore a range of wider conceptual issues (which obviously intersect with the Delfi precedent). Firstly, how the traditional legal and moral concepts we have at our disposal when discussing the future of the Internet -- such as privacy, the freedom of speech, security etc -- change and start interacting differently, compared to the settings in which they first appeared, in some instances hundreds of years ago.
Secondly, the problem of oversight in our era of proliferating surveillance capabilities -- both governmental and non-governmental. Today a good case can be made that the traditional notion of the separation of powers is increasingly inadequate to accommodate the mushrooming of powers of institutions such as the NSA.
Thirdly, what of the European (and other) attempts to “cut themselves loose” from US infrastructure. To what degree would a European cloud be a solution? If it leads to a fragmentation of the Internet, would that be more of a solution or a threat?
Schedule
13.45-14:00 Registration
14:00-14:05 Welcome by Mart Laanemäe, Undersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
14:05-14:10 Welcome by H.E. Mr. Anders Ljunggren, Swedish Ambassador to Estonia
Estonia is in a paradoxical position - it is one of the cutting egde e-societies, yet the European Court of Human Rights ruling on Delfi.ee threatens to create a global precedent putting into question much of what we take for granted when it comes to the rights and freedoms of online media.
Apart from the “Delfi precedent” (assuming it will indeed be created), the seminar would also like to explore a range of wider conceptual issues (which obviously intersect with the Delfi precedent). Firstly, how the traditional legal and moral concepts we have at our disposal when discussing the future of the Internet -- such as privacy, the freedom of speech, security etc -- change and start interacting differently, compared to the settings in which they first appeared, in some instances hundreds of years ago.
Secondly, the problem of oversight in our era of proliferating surveillance capabilities -- both governmental and non-governmental. Today a good case can be made that the traditional notion of the separation of powers is increasingly inadequate to accommodate the mushrooming of powers of institutions such as the NSA.
Thirdly, what of the European (and other) attempts to “cut themselves loose” from US infrastructure. To what degree would a European cloud be a solution? If it leads to a fragmentation of the Internet, would that be more of a solution or a threat?
Schedule
13.45-14:00 Registration
14:00-14:05 Welcome by Mart Laanemäe, Undersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
14:05-14:10 Welcome by H.E. Mr. Anders Ljunggren, Swedish Ambassador to Estonia
14:10-14: 30 Opening speech
The duality of tech and policy; from oppressive surveillance to social innovation in human rights.
Marcin de Kaminski, Internet researcher and activist (Sweden)
Marcin de Kaminski is an Internet researcher and sociologist of law, part of the Cybernorms Research Group and affiliated with the Lund University Internet Institute. His research focus is the relation between legal rules and social norms in an online context. Mr de Kaminski is also a well known Internet activist since the late 90’s - most noteworthy co-founder of the hacktivist cluster Telecomix and the Swedish pro-Internet NGO the Julia Group - and is currently commonly used by organizations, corporations and Swedish public authorities as an advisor on Internet freedom related policy issues.
The duality of tech and policy; from oppressive surveillance to social innovation in human rights.
Marcin de Kaminski, Internet researcher and activist (Sweden)
Marcin de Kaminski is an Internet researcher and sociologist of law, part of the Cybernorms Research Group and affiliated with the Lund University Internet Institute. His research focus is the relation between legal rules and social norms in an online context. Mr de Kaminski is also a well known Internet activist since the late 90’s - most noteworthy co-founder of the hacktivist cluster Telecomix and the Swedish pro-Internet NGO the Julia Group - and is currently commonly used by organizations, corporations and Swedish public authorities as an advisor on Internet freedom related policy issues.
14:30-16:15 Panel Discussion ' Contemporary Challenges of Internet Freedom'
Moderator: Ahto Lobjakas, journalist (Estonia)
Panel:
Moderator: Ahto Lobjakas, journalist (Estonia)
Panel:
H.E. Olof Ehrenkrona, Ambassador Senior Advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs on Internet Freedom (Sweden).
Olof Ehrenkrona, ambassador and Senior Advisor to the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, H E Mr Carl Bildt. In the ministers’ office he is primarily dealing with issues regarding globalization. Olof Ehrenkrona got his first public assignment in 1978, when he became advisor to the Minister for Economic Affairs. In the early 90s, Olof Ehrenkrona was Head of Policy Planning in the Swedish Prime Ministers Office and between 1995 and 2006 CEO in a private consulting company. Olof Ehrenkrona has been editorial writer in Svenska Dagbladet (1984-1990) and has published a number of books about Swedish political and economic history in the 20th century. His academic subjects are History of Ideas and Learning, Political Science and History.
Olof Ehrenkrona, ambassador and Senior Advisor to the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, H E Mr Carl Bildt. In the ministers’ office he is primarily dealing with issues regarding globalization. Olof Ehrenkrona got his first public assignment in 1978, when he became advisor to the Minister for Economic Affairs. In the early 90s, Olof Ehrenkrona was Head of Policy Planning in the Swedish Prime Ministers Office and between 1995 and 2006 CEO in a private consulting company. Olof Ehrenkrona has been editorial writer in Svenska Dagbladet (1984-1990) and has published a number of books about Swedish political and economic history in the 20th century. His academic subjects are History of Ideas and Learning, Political Science and History.
Henrik Chulu, Co-Founder Bitbureaut, specialist in digital culture and internet policy (Denmark)
Henrik Chulu is the co-founder of Bitbureauet, a Danish internet policy think tank, that works toward a free and open internet, applying lean startup methods to policy development and activism. Besides the political work, he freelances as a journalist, consultant, and project organizer. His academic background is in political geography and philosophical aesthetics.
Henrik Chulu is the co-founder of Bitbureauet, a Danish internet policy think tank, that works toward a free and open internet, applying lean startup methods to policy development and activism. Besides the political work, he freelances as a journalist, consultant, and project organizer. His academic background is in political geography and philosophical aesthetics.
Dewi Van de Weerd, Deputy Head Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Netherlands).
Dewi Van de Weerd is the coordinator of the human rights team at the Department for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. She worked on human rights and political affairs at the Dutch embassy in Beijing and on international cooperation concerning freedom of expression cooperation in earlier jobs. She worked as a liaison for the ministry of Defense on Dutch security and peace operations. Before joining the Ministry of Foreign affairs she was a journalist at the Dutch National Radio. She graduated in law, specializing in international relations and human rights
Dewi Van de Weerd is the coordinator of the human rights team at the Department for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. She worked on human rights and political affairs at the Dutch embassy in Beijing and on international cooperation concerning freedom of expression cooperation in earlier jobs. She worked as a liaison for the ministry of Defense on Dutch security and peace operations. Before joining the Ministry of Foreign affairs she was a journalist at the Dutch National Radio. She graduated in law, specializing in international relations and human rights
Siim Sikkut, National ICT Policy Adviser at Government Office (Estonia)
Siim Sikkut's role is to coordinate ICT policy planning and execution across the government and collaborations with private sector, plus advise Prime Minister on e-governance and digital economy matters. He also serves on Board of e-Governance Academy, an Estonian-based NGO think-tank, consulting and training agency on e-governance.
Siim Sikkut's role is to coordinate ICT policy planning and execution across the government and collaborations with private sector, plus advise Prime Minister on e-governance and digital economy matters. He also serves on Board of e-Governance Academy, an Estonian-based NGO think-tank, consulting and training agency on e-governance.
Karmen Turk, Lawyer in 'Delfi-case', works at Tamme Otsmann Ruus Vabamets (Estonia).
Karmen Turk is an attorney in law firm Tamme Otsmann Ruus Vabamets specializing in the field of intellectual property, media and competition law. She is doing her PhD in University of Tartu in the field of liability for internet service providers. Karmen participates in the work of various international NGOs engaged in protecting human rights, notably free Internet and the freedom of the press. For instance, Karmen is a coordinator of the Dynamic Coalition of Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on the Internet, of the UN Internet Governance Forum and has been participating in the drafting of the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet.
Karmen Turk is an attorney in law firm Tamme Otsmann Ruus Vabamets specializing in the field of intellectual property, media and competition law. She is doing her PhD in University of Tartu in the field of liability for internet service providers. Karmen participates in the work of various international NGOs engaged in protecting human rights, notably free Internet and the freedom of the press. For instance, Karmen is a coordinator of the Dynamic Coalition of Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media on the Internet, of the UN Internet Governance Forum and has been participating in the drafting of the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet.
Siim Tuisk, Citizen lobbyist for open data, net neutrality and digital rights (Estonia).Siim Tuisk is an activist who is interested in open data, net neutrality and the future of internet. He has written articles on internet freedom and information society issues. He was also behind the birth of Charter 12 movement and Rahvakogu process.
16:15-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:15 Presentation of the results of Garage 48 Hackathon
17:15-17:30 Concluding remarks by Siim Tuisk, member of the panel.
17:30-17:45 Prize ceremony by the Ambassador of the Netherlands
17:45-18:45 Reception
16:30-17:15 Presentation of the results of Garage 48 Hackathon
17:15-17:30 Concluding remarks by Siim Tuisk, member of the panel.
17:30-17:45 Prize ceremony by the Ambassador of the Netherlands
17:45-18:45 Reception
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The event takes place at:
Radisson BLU Hotel Rävala puiestee 3 Tallinn Estonia |
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