March 2014 Conference

March 2014 Conference will be the founding conference of PPEU. We want to have 500 people in Brussels. See also this page.

Progam suggestions

• Thursday: Evening opening schedule 18-21h
• Friday: Visitors group in the morning - 9-10:30
• Friday: Conference starts at 11
• Friday: 11-12:30 The founding conference.
• Friday: 12:30 - 13:30 Press conference with the Board
• Friday: 14:00 - 20:00 Afternoon session
• Friday: 20:00 - ? Social event
• Saturday: Manifestation during the day - 10-13.
• Saturday: 14:00-20:00 The conference.

Negotiations

• Brainstorming with PP BE
• Meeting with visitbrussels.be (Tuesday, 17th Dec)
• Some suggestions from Amelia's office? (Tuesday, 17th Dec)

Topics definition

• Speeches, panels, presentations
• Pirate topics - focused on program/manifesto
• Speakers from Civil society. RMS would be great to come.

• Suggested: Cryptography? Espionage? Or should this be together with the Open data...?

Program topics

Basic suggestions (version 1). Some of these topics should be used in the Friday as well as Saturday conference.

• Position of the Pirate movement in the current political game
  • Is Pirate Movement left or right? Is the Pirate movement liberal or conservative? Are we the Greens of our generation? Is the Pirate movement politically unique and easily identifiable? How can we adress what the people need.
• Future of the data protection in Europe
  • What was actually done since July 2013 when it comes to data protection? What are the biggest threats coming? What should be done in order to have our data safe? How does the Snowden's conclusion changed the world? How does the current effort of Intelligence Agencies affect the combat against terrorism? How safe we are?
• Progress of the European Copyright reform
  • What was done in recent months when it comes to the copyright? How can we benefit from the copyright reform and what it can bring? How is can be related to the TTIP negotiations? How should we act in order to harmonize European legal documents on copyright and how to propose this reform.
• Protecting Net neutrality in a polarized world
  • Who is attacking Net Neutrality as a concept? How to avoid these attack and how to identify them? Who is supporting the concept of Net neutrality and who is on our side. What is the position of BEREC, statements of BEREC (should they be also invited to the conference?) What might be the consequences when Net neutrality will be breach - stage by stage. How the multi-tiered Internet can by used in early stages by companies and in late stages by governments against people?
• Surveillance in the digital and real world
  • Are the online surveillance models going to be used in the real world? What is the future of drone usage? Will these deliver goods or will they deliver bombs? Can be these drones used for surveillance of individuals without any notice? What is the legal framework related to drones in general?