International Dialogue | July 2005 Program | Media Advisory
In July of 2005 the Internet Caucus Advisory Committee welcomed the Internet Caucus' European counterparts from the European Internet Foundation and staff from the Transatlantic Policy Network.
Program of Bilateral Meetings
European Participants:
- James Elles, MEP (UK)
- Malcolm Harbour, MEP (UK)
- Edit Herczog, MEP (Hungary)
- Erika Mann, MEP (Germany)
- Arlene McCarthy, MEP (UK)
- Bill Newton Dunn, MEP (UK)
- Peter Skinner, MEP (UK)
Federal Trade Commission
Monday, July 18, 2005, 9:00 am
U.S. Participants: Deborah Majoras, Chairwoman and Jon Liebowitz, Commissioner
Issues Discussed: Data security, data breaches, and notification of breaches, spyware and spam.
Federal Communications Commission
Monday, July 18, 2005, 11:00 am
U.S. Participants: Thomas Navin, Bureau Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau and Tracey Weisler, Senior Adviser to the FCC for European Affairs, International Bureau
Issues Discussed: Telecom regulations including VoIP, wireless, broadband deployment and convergence.
Department of Commerce
Monday, July 18, 2005, 4:00 pm
U.S. Participants: Dan Caprio, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Chief Privacy Officer for the Department of Commerce, John Kneuer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Deputy Administrator of National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Meredith Atwell, NTIA, Christina Speck, Senior Staff Member, NTIA Office of Internetional Affairs, Jamie Estrada, Director, Office of Technology and E-Commerce (OTEC), Bart Meroney, Director, Telecommunications Industries (OTEC), Jeffrey Rohlmeier, Associate Director, E-Commerce Team (OTEC), Joseph Burton, Senior Analyst, (OTEC), and Penelope Naas, Director, Office of European Affairs
Issues Discussed: Spectrum allocation, ICANN, WSIS, wireless de-regulation, privacy, data breach, RFID deployment, and data retention and protection.
Department of Justice -- Computer Crimes & Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)
Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 10:00 am
U.S. Participants: Christopher M.E. Painter, Deputy Chief, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Christopher Merriam, International Coordinator for IPR, CCIPS, Thomas Dukes, Trial Attorney, Computer Crime, CCIPS, Howard Cox, Trial Attorney, Computer Crime, CCIPS, Marie-Flore Kouame, Trial Attorney, IPR, CCIPS, Anthony Teelucksingh, Trial Attorney, Computer Crime, CCIPS, Patricia Reedy, Senior Counsel, Office of International Affairs (OIA), and Paul Ohm, Technology/Procedural, CCIPS
Issues Discussed: Intellectual property protection, file-sharing, data theft, computer crimes, enforcement and the PATRIOT Act.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 3:00 pm
U.S. Participants: Congressman Cliff Stearns, Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Issues Discussed: Foreign commerce, regulation of commercial practices, privacy and consumer protection, spyware control and cybersecurity.
MEP Press Briefing
Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 5:00 pm
The Internet Caucus hosted a press conference for the MEPs to discuss data retention, intellectual property rights, spam, Internet governance and Telecom industry regulations with members of the press. [Media Advisory]
House Committee on the Judiciary
Tuesday, July 19, 2005, 7:00 pm
U.S. Participants: Internet Caucus Co-chairs Congressmen Bob Goodlatte and Rick Boucher
Issues Discussed: Data protection, regulation, and intellectual property protection.
Department of State
Wednesday, July 20, 2005, 11:00 am
U.S. Participants: U.S. Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and Sally Shipman, Telecommunications Policy Advisor, Office of International Communications and Information Policy
Issues Discussed: Cooperation on e-issues, Internet governance, The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and ICANN.
House Select Committee on Homeland Security
Wednesday, July 20, 2005, 2:30 pm
U.S. Participants: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment and Ur Jaddou, Senior Counsel
Issues Discussed: Cybersecurity preparedness, Passenger Name Recognition, and the PATRIOT Act.
Civil Society Groups
Thursday, July 21, 2005, 8:00 am
U.S. Participants: Jerry Berman, President, Center for Democracy & Technology, Jim Dempsey, Executive Director, Center for Democracy & Technology, Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Cedric Laurant, Policy Counsel and Director of the International Privacy Project, EPIC, Alex Curtis, Government Affairs Manager, Public Knowledge, and George Sadowsky, Executive Director, Global Internet Policy Initiative
Issues Discussed: The World Summit on the Information Society and the Working Group on Internet Governance, privacy issues, and intellectual property rights.