More Surveillance, More Security? The Landscape of Surveillance in Europe and Challenges to Data Protection and Privacy
- Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, EU Council
- Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEP and Vice-Chair of the Privacy Platform
- Rob Wainwright, Director, Europol
- Filip Jasiński, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
- Brenden Nelson, Ambassador, Mission of Australia to the EU
- Joaquim Nunes de Almeida, Head of Unit for Police Cooperation and Access to Information, DG HOME, European Commission
- Robert Żółkiewski, Chair of the Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection
- Kenneth Propp, Legal Counselor, Mission of the United States to the EU
- Margreet Lommerts, Association of European Airlines
- Didier Bigo, King's College London
European Parliament
Place du Luxembourg
The Policy Meeting will bring together EU and international policy-makers, academics, practitioners and civil society organisations to explore the central challenges to principles of privacy and data protection posed by the proliferation of surveillance practices in the EU. The meeting is co-organised by the Centre for European Policy Studies, together with the European Parliament's Privacy Platform and the SAPIENT project (Supporting Fundamental Rights, Privacy and Ethics in Surveillance Technologies), a research project funded under the Security Theme of the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Research Programme.
Please register by contacting Ms. Anne Breure at sophie.intveld-office@europarl.europa.eu. If you require a badge to enter the European Parliament, please send your full name, date of birth, affiliation, nationality and passport / ID number as soon as possible and by Thursday 3rd November 2011 at the latest.
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