Freedom Not Fear 2016/Schedule

Colour scheme

• Red: Slots for meetings, workshops, lectures, discussions
• Green: Plenary – gathering in the lounge
• Blue: Breaks! Time to eat!
• Black: other stuff

Timetable

Please add your session and make suggestions!

Issues: Privacy Shield • data protection reform • future of FNF • Fundraising challenges • EU border surveillance • data retention • international networking • net neutrality • copyright • open search index • …

Thursday (13 Oct 2016)

Do we want to have a orga pre-meeting? Is there an event in Brussels worth going to on Thursday?

• Access Now is preparing a meet & greet Apero on Thursday evening at Ralph’s Bar on Place du Luxembourg just around the corner.

Friday (14 Oct 2016)

• this year we will have professional facilitation / moderation by Wiebke Herding
• session formats can be: talks, discussions, workshops, lightning talk, film, building something, writing something etc.
• each session should be documented somehow (use a pad / flip chart / whatever)
• it's perfect to work on something specific like a press release, a letter to politicians, project proposal, blog article, contribution to an existing project, code, statement, website etc.
• table cells marked topic • format • person in charge are open for you to announce your session!

time	Kamilou café (70 people)	conference room (35+ people)	fair trade room (24 people)	aquarium room (16 people)	urban room (16 people)	lotus room (20 people)
17:00–19:30 welcome and arriving time	coming together, open space	(available)	(not available)	(available)	(available)	(available)
19:30–21:00 evening session	Keynote by Anne Roth, solo or possibly together with a speaker from Tactical Tech. Followed by Q&A. Moderator: Jennifer Baker (a.k.a. @BrusselsGeek)	(available)	(not available)	(available)	(available)	(available)
21:00–? night time	(available)	(available)	(not available)	(available)	(available)	(available)

Cafeteria not available on Friday, but open on Saturday and Sunday

Saturday (15 Oct 2016)

time	Kamilou café (70 people)	conference room (35+ people)	fair trade room (24 people)	aquarium room (16 people)	urban room (16 people)	lotus room (20 people)
09:00–10:00 open time	―	―	―	―	―	―
10:00–11:15 kick-off plenary	plenary • moderated by Wiebke Herding
11:15–12:30 morning session	Outside: guided lobby tour through Brussels with Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) (25 people) Unfortunately, our guide for the lobby tour is sick and therefore had to cancel.	TiSA and data protection & privacy – draft statement by Maryant & open discussion	topic • format • person in charge	Preparation of Monday meetings: Pad for meetings	topic • format • person in charge	Exercise of your access rights (EU, CH, Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield) • input + discussion • Paul-Olivier Dehaye
12:30–13:30 lunch	60 minutes break
13:30–14:05 after-lunch session slots for shorter talks (ca. 30+5 mins)	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge
14:05–14:15	10 minutes break between sessions
14:15–15:30 early afternoon session	topic • format • person in charge	EU-wide importance of Dutch ECtHR cases against violation of Human Rights by biometric RFID passports and ID cards by the Netherlands and EC Regulation 444/2009’ • workshop • by Jos Hemelaar (lawyer)	An open registry of data controllers in Europe and US: Potential benefits and how we can make it happen • short talk and discussion • Aleksi Knuutila and Paul-Olivier Dehaye	international copyright system, safe harbours vs. p2p free communication • Magda, Krzysztof	CETA – our most urgent trade agreement problem right now • short talk + discussion • Walter	open EU web index • talk + discussion • Albrecht Ude
15:30–15:45	15 minutes break between sessions
15:45–17:00 late afternoon session	topic • format • person in charge	We do not forget: Rebooting Memopol • workshop • Okhin	Abolish the secret services! • talk + discussion • padeluun	Preparation of Monday meetings: Pad for meetings	topic • format • person in charge	the upcoming EU e-privacy-reform • workshop • Ralf Bendrath
17:00–17:15	15 minutes break between sessions
17:15–18:30 evening session	Pre-film debate: the current state of the Data Protection Regulation and its implementation in Member States • discussion • Michael Ebeling?	Drone wars • talk • Norbert Schepers (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation)	28 days after BEREC – about Respect My Net & how you kill Net Neutrality violations in your country • talk • Chris, Thomas Lohninger & Lennart Huizing	Cooperation between Academia and Activism – how can we help each other? • Short Talk + Discussion • Max Maass	topic • format • person in charge	the proposed EU online contract law and its possible implications for data protection • workshop • Ralf Bendrath, Agustin Reyna
18:30–19:45 evening plenary	plenary • moderated by Wiebke Herding
19:45–21:00 supper	75 minutes break
21:00–22:30 night session	Film: "Democracy", the documentary on the #EUdataP reform	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge
22:30–? the FNF night	―

Sunday (16 Oct 2016)

time	Kamilou café (70 people)	conference room (35+ people)	fair trade room (24 people)	aquarium room (16 people)	urban room (16 people)	lotus room (20 people)
09:00–10:30 open time	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge
10:30–11:15 morning plenary	plenary • moderated by Wiebke Herding
11:15–12:30 morning session	topic • format • person in charge	Simon Davies – “You MUST be joking…. Humour and satire in privacy.” An animated session on how humour can be used as a powerful tool for campaigning. – needs laptop, sound & beamer for Open Office presentation!	“Surveillance Whack-A-Mole” – As activists on both sides of the Atlantic legally and legislatively challenge surveillance, the spies continue to use those legal boundaries to continue their activities. A talk on how we might combat this process of surveillance arbitrage. • talk • Marcy Wheeler	PrivacyCafé offered by Privacy Training Center • Jan	EDRi network working group (pt I) • workshop • Evelyn (BoF)	topic • format • person in charge
12:30–13:30 lunch	60 minutes break
13:30–14:45 early afternoon session	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	BREXIT Discussion • talk • Jim Killock	Lightning Talks: Present your project/campaign/initiative	Acting together: Action against surveillance in EU. (project proposals welcome!)	topic • format • person in charge
14:45–15:00	15 minutes break between sessions
15:00–16:15 late afternoon session	topic • format • person in charge	Preparation of Monday meetings: Pad for meetings	EU smart border policy established on biometric registration and surveillance of all foreigners, visitors and EU citizens/ implications for internal total surveillance and remotely-controlled borders • workshop • Miek (Vrijbit)	HEAT – the Handbook for the Evaluation of Anti-Terrorism laws – A scientific method to assess the fundamental rights footprint of any surveillance legislation • talk + discussion • Alexander Czadilek & Thomas Lohninger	EDRi network working group (pt II) • workshop • Evelyn (BoF)	topic • format • person in charge
16:15–16:30	15 minutes break between sessions
16:30–17:45 evening session	Secret services, privacy and whistleblowing • talk • Annie Machon (former intelligence officer for MI5, the UK Security Service)	Copyright Reform, Christmas has come early for the copyright dinosaurs • short talk + discussion • Walter & Diego	The fight for digital rights in Demark • talk + discussion • Freja	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge	topic • format • person in charge
17:45–19:00 closing plenary	plenary • Pad for feedback • moderated by Wiebke Herding
19:00–20:00 supper time	60 minutes break
20:00–21:00 fading out – cleaning!

Monday (17 Oct 2016)

Monday is reserved for meetings with politicians from the Parliament and Commission staff (check orga pad):

approximate schedule (EU Parliament):

• 9:45: All participants of the EU visit will meet in front of the Visitor Centre of the EU Parliament for a group foto
• 10:00 – 11:30 Meeting with MEP Julia Reda ( @Senficon ) & MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht ( @JanAlbrecht ) (EU Parliament visitor area)
• 12:00 – 13:30: Meeting with Adam Thomas Bowering on terror and privacy. Mr Bowering is assistant to MEP Claude Moraes (LIBE chair, S&D, UK Labour Party, Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) )) room ASP 5E1 in the actual parliament)
• 13:30 – ? lunch ( have lunch in cafeteria or buy a sandwich…
• 14:00–15:30 Meeting with MEP Josef Weidenholzer ( @Weidenholzer ) (EU Parliament)(EU Parliament visitor area)
• 14:30 – 15:00: Meeting with Mathias Vermeulen ( @mathveron ) copyright reform (political advisor to MEP Marietje Schaake (Liberals and Democrats, Netherlands)) (room ASP 5E1 in the actual parliament)
• 15:00 – 16:00: Meeting with Isabelle Vereecken (legal advisor at the Belgian Data Protection Authority since 2006) & (hopefully with) Mr. Ivan Vandermeersch ( @ivandermeersch ) (Privacy Commission, Secretary General of the BDMA) (room ASP 5E1 in the actual parliament)
• 16:00 – 17:00: free slot…

for more information on MEPs, check europarl.europa.eu votewatch.eu or parltrack.euwiki.org

important: all those registered for travel support must attend one of the above meetings with MEP Reda & Albrecht and we need to have enough people in the second meeting with MEP Weidenholzer.

self-organised MEP meetings

Feel free to arrange meetings with Members of Parliament and announce your meeting in this pad: we have room ASP 5E1 in the actual parliament…

Please let us know if you wish to participate in any of the following meetings:

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Mundo B house (overview)

Location on OpenStreetMap

Elevators for all levels are available as are toilets for people in wheel chairs.