Past Events

16.05.2013 - 16.05.2013

Event: High-Level Roundtable on Data, Productivity and Trade

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, International Trade, Internet Politics

On May 16th, Marietje Schaake will speak in a panel entitled “Free Trade in Data: A Transatlantic Imperative” during a high level roundtable organized by the Lisbon Council. Other speakers include Zoran Stančič, deputy director-general of DG communications networks, content and technology at the European Commission; Andea Cociago, assistant professor of economics at the University of Milan Bicocca, economist at the Dutch Central Bank (DNB); and Michael Mandel, chief economic strategist at the Progressive Policy Institute.

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15.05.2013 - 15.05.2013

Event: What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

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Poster TTIP and IPR

ALDE spokesperson and shadow rapporteur for EU-US Trade Relations MEP Marietje Schaake cordially invites you to:

What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

A panel discussion on Intellectual Property Right (IPR) provisions in the upcoming EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

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Wednesday May 15th 2013

14:00-16:00

European Parliament, Jan 4Q1

By @marietjeD66

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Both the EU and the US have expressed their intent to include an IPR chapter in TTIP, though its final scope will be subject of negotiations. Given the vast economic potential of TTIP and the huge volume of trade in goods and services an IPR chapter seems unavoidable.

To enable an open and fact-based discussion on the role of IPR in TTIP, she would like to facilitate an open discussion between experts, stakeholders and officials to explore the different aspects of IPR in TTIP. The outcomes of the discussion will provide valuable input for the MEPs and others interested in TTIP.

 

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15.05.2013 - 15.05.2013

Event: Blogging for Democracy: Cuba, the European Union and the influence of Web 2.0

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, human rights

MEPs Franziska Brantner,  José Ignacio Salafranca and  Marietje Schaake cordially invite you to

 

Blogging for Democracy

Cuba, the European Union and the influence of Web 2.0

 

“Yoani Sánchez fights tropical totalitarianism, one blog post at a time” (Wall Street Journal)

May 15, 2013
12:30-14:00
European Parliament Brussels
Room ASP 5E1

a light sandwich lunch will be served and EN-ES / ES-EN interpretation will be provided

Introductory Remarks:
Franziska Brantner, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson (Greens/EFA)

Speakers:
Yoani Sánchez, (Blogger from Cuba)
Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament (ALDE)
Benoit Hervieu, Reporters Sans Frontièrs (Expert for the Americas)

Conclusion:
José Ignacio Salafranca, Spokesperson on the Foreign Affairs Committee (EPP)

 

Causing much sensation with her online – and also real life – interventions, Yoani Sánchez is the protagonist of the Cuban Blogger movement. Her Blog Generation Y imposingly mirrors the repressive implications of Cuban politics on every-day-life. She is winning international prices and receiving invitations all over the world. Having been refused to leave Cuba all her life – in February 2013 for the first time Yoani was granted permission to leave the country. Since then she is travelling throughout the globe. Now the journey has brought her to the European Parliament.

We need an open debate about the situation in Cuba and the Blogger Movement as a possibility to raise one’s voice regardless of the media censorship in Cuba. The conference also challenges how EU-Cuba policy is seen on the island as well as what future role the EU should play. The event will be web-streamed under http://greenmediabox.eu/live/blogging-for-democracy-cuba-yoani-sanchez.

Please confirm your participation by email to franziska.brantner@ep.europa.eu until Monday, 13 May, 11:00. If you need accreditation for the European Parliament please send your: Name, first name, date of birth, nationality, type of Doc (ID, passport) and N° Passport/ID.

 

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08.05.2013 - 08.05.2013

Event: Celebrating Europe

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, News

On the eve of Europe Day 2013, D66 together with partner organisations in Belgium, Germany, Italy and Portugal organizes the festival “Celebrating Europe” in Maastricht in the Netherlands. Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech during the opening of the festival and will participate in a panel with Isabelle Weykmans (Minister for Culture, Media, Tourism, German-speaking Community in Belgium) and Ewald Engelen (Professor Financial Geography, University of Amsterdam).

More information about the event can be found here.

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28.04.2013 - 28.04.2013

Event: Forum for European Journalism Students

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events

April 28th, Marietje Schaake speaks on a panel on the topic ”Imagine Europe: The remainder of the European Dream beyond the economic markets – is there a European society of culture, values, narratives and solidarity?” as part of the Forum for European Journalism Students in Utrecht.

More information about the Forum can be found here.

25.04.2013 - 25.04.2013

Event: Breakfast Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics for Smart Growth

Posted in: Content Types, Culture, Media and Education, Digital Agenda, Events

On April 25 , International Girls in ICT Day, Marietje Schaake speaks in a panel about the role of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics for Smart Growth. Other speakers are:

More information about this breakfast event can be found here.

24.04.2013 - 24.04.2013

Event: Humanity in Action “Unity after Crisis?”

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, human rights

April 24th Marietje Schaake speaks at the closing event of the Humanity in Action Pat Cox Fellowship Program in the European Parliament. The event addresses the question of “Unity after Crisis?”. Schaake will discuss the rise of fundamentalism in Europe during the economic downturn and to look at the lingering impacts of that rise.

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24.04.2013 - 24.04.2013

Event: Presentation policy paper EU-Syria

Posted in: Content Types, Events, Foreign Affairs, human rights, Syria

April 24th the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and IKV Pax Christi present their policy paper discussing the possible approaches the EU can take towards Syria, focused particularly on the issues of human security and humanitarian aid. Marietje Schaake will discuss the paper in a panel discussion with representatives from the European Commission and IKV PAx Christi.

 

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12.04.2013 - 14.04.2013

Event: Liberal International Executive Meeting

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, human rights

From 12 to 14 April Marietje Schaake will attend the Liberal International’s Executive Meeting in Beirut. On saturday April 13thshe will speak in a panel during the Human Rights Committee to address the question “How Should Liberals Deal with the Situation in Syria? Is Syria the end to R2P?”

More information about the Liberal International and the Executive meeting can be found here.

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08.04.2013 - 12.04.2013

Event: Delegation to Washington D.C.

Posted in: Content Types, Events, International Trade, parliamentary work, Visits, Visits Map

From April 8th to 12th, Marietje Schaake will visit Washington D.C. with a delegation of Members of the European Parliament from the Committee on International Trade. The delegation will meet with government officials, members of Congress, business leaders and NGOs.

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05.04.2013 - 05.04.2013

Event: Employment Network Event

Posted in: Content Types, Culture, Media and Education, EUROPA, Events

Op 5 april geeft Marietje Schaake de key-note speech op het Employment Network Event van The Hague Law School over internationale mobiliteit, jeugdwerkloosheid en hoger onderwijs in Europa.

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04.04.2013 - 04.04.2013

Event: TTIP Seminar

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, International Trade, US Delegation

The Dutch Permanent Representation to the European Union organizes a seminar in Brussels about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). During the event Marietje Schaake will address the political dimensions of this free trade agreement.

The full programme of the seminar can be found here.

From April 8th to 12th Schaake will also travel to Washington D.C. as part of a parliamentary delegation discussing TTIP. Marietje Schaake’s answers to frequently asked questions about the TTIP agreement can be found here.

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24.03.2013 - 24.03.2013

Event: Movies That Matter

Posted in: Content Types, Culture, Media and Education, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, Internet Politics

On March 24th, Marietje Schaake will speak in a panel about digital freedom at the Movies That Matter festival in The Hague after a showing of the movie Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies.

More information on the festival and the panel can be found here.

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21.03.2013 - 21.03.2013

Event: European Public Affairs Action Day 2013

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, parliamentary work

During the European Public Affairs Action Day 2013 on March 21, Marietje Schaake is part of the panel discussing “Advocacy 3.0 – Are we there yet?”, discussing current and future trends in modern advocacy and how to integrate all the available channels and techniques when reaching out to EU and national stakeholders.

More information about the Public Affairs Action Day and the panel can be found here.

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19.03.2013 - 19.03.2013

Event: Ad Hoc Council

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, International Trade, US Delegation

On March 19th Marietje Schaake speaks at the annual meeting of the Ad Hoc Council about “The proposed US – EU trade and investment agreement – how could it work?”.

More information about the Ad Hoc Council can be found here.

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17.03.2013 - 18.03.2013

Event: Toronto Cyber Dialogue

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Internet Politics

On March 17 and 18 Marietje Schaake attends the Toronto Cyber Dialogue, organized by the Citizen Lab and the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies of the University of Toronto. The Cyber Dialogue convenes an influential mix of global leaders from government, civil society, academia and private enterprise to participate in a series of facilitated public plenary conversations and working groups around cyberspace security and governance.

On Monday March 18, Schaake speaks in a panel entitled “The Digital Arms Trade?: Probing the market for censorship, surveillance and computer network attack in a context of ‘attacking back’”

More information on the Cyber Dialogue can be found here.

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15.03.2013 - 17.03.2013

Event: GMF Brussels Forum

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, US Delegation

From March 15th to 17th Marietje Schaake will attend the Brussels Forum, organized by the German Marshall Fund. The Brussels Forum  is an annual high-level meeting of the most influential North American and European political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to address pressing challenges currently facing both sides of the Atlantic.

On Saturday March 16th, Schaake will speak in the panel “Open Internet and Civil Liberties” as part of the Young Professionals Summit.

More information on the Brussels Forum can be found here.

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07.03.2013 - 07.03.2013

Event: Exploring the virtual side of the campaign

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, US Delegation

March 7th Marietje Schaake speaks at an event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels about The 2014 EP elections and social media: Exploring the virtual side of the campaign in a panel entitled ” Social media and the election process – the US and EU perspectives”.

More information  about the event can be found here.

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06.03.2013 - 06.03.2013

Media: Welcome Conference for Trainees of the European Commission

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events

March 6th Marietje Schaake will speak at the Welcome Conference for the Commission’s Blue Book trainees about her work in the European Parliament and the relations between the different European institutions.

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03.03.2013 - 05.03.2013

Event: GMF Trilateral Strategy Group Meeting

Posted in: Content Types, Events, Foreign Affairs, Turkey, US Delegation

Marietje Schaake attends the seventh Trilateral Strategy Group Meeting organized by the German Marshall Fund in Istanbul from March 3rd to 5th. The meeting brings together politicians and leaders from Europe, the United States and Turkey to discuss issues that concern all three corners of this triangle. This years’ conference focuses on the topic  ”Growth, Innovation and the New Geo-Economics: European, Turkish and American Perspectives”.

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27.02.2013 - 27.02.2013

Event: Symposium “European Integration: towards the Federation of Europe?”

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Netherlands in Europe

On February 27 Marietje Schaake will speak at the University of Maastricht at a symposium entitled “European Integration: towards the Federation of Europe?”. Other speakers are Member of European Parliament Derk Jan Eppink and associate professor Mr. A.P. van der Mei.

More information about the event can be found here.

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25.02.2013 - 25.02.2013

Event: World Summit on the Information Society+10

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February 25 Marietje Schaake will speak at the UNESCO Conference WSIS+10 in Paris. She will speak in a plenary session which will address Freedom, Rights and Ethics, focussing on online civil rights and digital freedom.

More information about the WSIS+10 Conference can be found here.

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14.02.2013 - 15.02.2013

Event: OSCE Conference “Internet 2013 – Shaping policies to advance media freedom”

Posted in: Top Stories

During this two-day event Marietje Schaake will chair a panel on “The future of copyright online”, discussing the balance between intellectual property rights and fundamental freedoms online.

More information on the conference can be found here.

08.02.2013 - 08.02.2013

Event: Presentation Onlife Manifesto: Being human in a hyperconnected world

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Internet Politics

On February 8th, Marietje Schaake will speak in a panel at the presentation of the “Onlife Manifesto: Being human in a hyperconnected world”. The Manifesto is the result of the Onlife Initiative, set up by the European Commission to analyze the impact of digital developments on social and political relations.

More information about the Onlife Initiative and the presentation of the Manifesto can be found here.

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31.01.2013 - 03.02.2013

Event: Munich Security Conference

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Timeline

From February 1st to 3rd, Marietje Schaake will participate in the Young Leaders Round Table of the Munich Security Conference. As part of this program she will speak in a Night Cap Session on Diplomacy in the Digital Age on February 2nd, with Carl Bildt (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden) and Radosław Sikorski (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

More information on the Munich Security Conference can be found here, the full program here.

More information on the Young Leaders Programma can be found here.

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31.01.2013 - 31.01.2013

Event: European-Turkish Youth Leadership Conference

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, parliamentary work, Turkey

Marietjes Schaake addresses a group of Turkish and European students during a meeting organized by the “Friends of Turkey” in the European Parliament and the Turkish Ministry of Education. She will talk about her political experiences and motivation.

30.01.2013 - 30.01.2013

Event: Global Cyber Security Conference

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, Events, Foreign Affairs, human rights, Internet Politics, Timeline

On January 30th Marietje Schaake will be the chair of a panel on “Cyber Security: Regulate or Leave it to the Market?” during the Global Cyber Security Conference. The conference is organized by the European Security Round Table and features speakers such as Commissioner Kroes (Digital Agenda), Urmas Reinsalu (Minister of Defence of Estonia) and Christopher Painter (U.S. State Department Coordinator for Cyber Issues).

More information on the Global Cyber Security Conference can be found here.

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28.01.2013 - 28.01.2013

Event: Trade Watch Workshop

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, International Trade

 

On January 28th, Marietje Schaake is a panellist addressing the question “what are the difficulties in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of EU trade policy?” during a Trade Watch Workshop held in the European Parliament.

 

24.01.2013 - 24.01.2013

Event: CPDP Conference panel on copyright

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On January 24th Marietje Schaake will speak in a panel on “Balancing of Fundamental Rights in Online Copyright Enforcement” during the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference. Other speakers include Balázs Bodo (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Malcolm Hutty, (EuroISPA) and Wendy Seltzer (World Wide Web Consortium & Chilling-effects.org).

More information on the CPDP Conference can be found here.

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23.01.2013 - 23.01.2013

Event: Poor Record, Positive Solutions: Advancing Press Freedom in Turkey

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, Turkey

On January 23rd Marietje Schaake will speak in a panel discussing Carnegie Europe visiting scholar Ambassador Marc Pierini’s paper “Press Freedom in Turkey”. Together with Pierini and Ahmet İnsel, managing editor of İletişim Publishing House and columnist atRadikal newspaper, Ms. Schaake will discuss Mr. Pierini’s paper.

More information about the event can be found here..

Marietje Schaake is the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Press and Media Freedom in the World. More information on this can be found here.

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23.01.2013 - 23.01.2013

Event: National Cyber Security Centre Conference 2013

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Internet Politics

On January 23rd, Marietje Schaake will give the opening speech on the second day of the National Cyber Security Centre Conference 2013 in The Hague entitled “Security and freedoms in a digital, connected world”. Other speakers include Ivo Opstelten (Dutch Minister of Security and Justice) and Jacob Appelbaum (Tor Project).

More information on the NCSC Conference 2013 can be found here.

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22.01.2013 - 22.01.2013

Event: Presentation of the EU High Level Group Report on Literacy

Posted in: Content Types, Culture, Media and Education, EUROPA, Events

On January 22nd, Marietje Schaake hosted the presentation of the EU High Level Group Report on Literacy. Commissioner Vassiliou (Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Youth and Sport) presented the motives for the report and outlined the Commissions follow-up actions. HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (Chair of the High Level Group of Experts) presented the main findings of the report. Mr. Kristian Schmidt (Director Human and Society Development, DG DEVCO) related the relevance of literacy to the EU’s development goals. Finally Dr. Mmantsetsa Marope (UNESCO Director of Division for Basic to Higher Education and Leaning) argued for concerted and definitive action in the field of literacy, both within the EU and in third countries.

Coverage of the event can be found here and here.

A video report of the event can be found below:

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14.12.2012 - 14.12.2012

Event: Media of Tomorrow Symposium

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, Events, Internet Politics, Timeline

Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on civil rights online at the Media of Tomorrow Symposium organized by the University of Utrecht.

 

More information on the symposium can be found here.

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06.12.2012 - 06.12.2012

Event: ENCATC Academy speech

Posted in: Content Types, Culture, Media and Education, Events, Foreign Affairs, Timeline

On December 6th Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on culture in the EU’s external actions and public diplomacy at a meeting organized by the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers.

More information about ENCATC and its Academy can be found here.

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05.12.2012 - 05.12.2012

Event: Bloggers for Democracy

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, Events, Internet Politics, Timeline

Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on digital freedom at the seminar Bloggers for Democracy, hosted by the Green political group in the European Parliament.

More information about the event can be found here.

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29.11.2012 - 01.12.2012

Visit: Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue

Posted in: Content Types, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, International Trade, parliamentary work, Timeline, US Delegation

Marietje Schaake will visit Washington D.C. as part of an inter-parliamentary delegation to the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue (TLD). The TLD aims at enhancing the dialogue between European and American federal Legislators, the European Parliament and the American Congress. The delegation will meet with members of the US Senate and the House of Representatives to discuss transatlantic trade, foreign policy and internet politics.

More information on the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue can be found here.

 

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28.11.2012 - 28.11.2012

Event: Google+ Hangout

Posted in: Content Types, Culture, Media and Education, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, Events, Internet Politics, media, Timeline

Marietje Schaake hosts a hangout on Google+ to  discuss Copyright Reform, Digital Freedom and the completion of the Digital Single Market.

Speakers include:
- Anne Christensen [social media officer at the Ombudsman]
- Ryan Heath [Neelie Kroes' Spokesperson]
- Suzanne Bakker [trainer and consultant with an interest in Enlargement, Rural Development and (informal, digital) Education http://www.changingtides.eu/]
- Robert Redl [IT Guru living in Austria]
- James Bailey [manager of the EU page

Join the hangout here!

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27.11.2012 - 22.11.2012

Event: EIF brainstorm on the Digital World in 2030

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, Events, Internet Politics, Timeline

Marietje Schaake will chair a brainstorming session of the European Internet Foundation on The Digital World in 2030. The themes discussed by participants are:

  • Will digital technologies reinforce individual empowerment in the decades to come?
  • Economic transformation through individual empowerment.
  • Social and political transformation through individual empowerment.

More information on this event can be found here.

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22.11.2012 - 22.11.2012

Event: Speech 15 Years Internet Society the Netherlands

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Internet Politics, Timeline

Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on digital freedom in the EU’s foreign policy during the event celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Dutch Internet Society. During the event the Internet Society Awards for the best new online initiatives are presented.

More information on the event can be found here.

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22.11.2012 - 22.11.2012

Event: WRR Lecture “The Global Battle for the Future of Cyberspace”

Posted in: Content Types, Digital Freedom, Events, Internet Politics, Timeline

Marietje Schaake acted as a referent for the yearly WRR Lecture, organized by the Scientific Council for Government Policy. The lecture was delivered by prof. Ronald Deibert, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs of the University of Toronto and is entitled The Global Battle for the Future of Cyberspace.

The lecture was followed by a debate with William H. Dutton (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Marietje Schaake and Ron Deibert, moderated by Corien Prins (WRR – Scientific Council for Government Policy).

See the entire lecture and debate below.

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06.11.2012 - 09.11.2012

Event: Internet Governance Forum in Baku

Posted in: Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Internet Politics, Timeline, Visits Map

Marietje Schaake will attend the seventh Internet Governance Forum in Baku (Azerbaijan, the main multi-stakeholder platform on public policy issues related to Internet governance. She will speak during various workshops and in a main panel organized   by Freedom House.

More information on the Internet Governance Forum can be found here.

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28.09.2012 - 30.09.2012

Visit: Rabat September 2012 – GMF Atlantic Dialogue

Posted in: Foreign Affairs, human rights, International Trade, Timeline, Visits, Visits Map
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01.09.2012

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21.06.2012 - 21.06.2012

Event: Working Breakfast on Internet Freedom

Posted in: Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, human rights, parliamentary work

Freedom House and MEP Marietje Schaake cordially invite you to a

“Working Breakfast on Internet Freedom”

June 21st from 8.00h – 9.30h in the Members Restaurant of the European Parliament

 

Freedom House and MEP Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) invite you to a working breakfast on Internet Freedom with a delegation of bloggers and human rights defenders from Syria, Tunisia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Lithuania and Hungary.

The working breakfast includes briefings on the “No-Disconnect-Strategy” by senior European Commission officials, as well as a briefing on the European Parliament report on A Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy by MEP Marietje Schaake.

Human rights defenders will share their first-hand experience with challenges to internet freedom from their respective countries and discuss effective uses of ICTs in repressive environments.

List of Human Rights Activists participating in this event:

  • Mohammed Abdallah,SyrianCenter for Political & Strategic Studies,Syria
  • Shahzad Ahmed, Bytes for All,Pakistan
  • Sándor Orbán, South East European Network for Professionalization ofMedia,Hungary
  • Mohamed Fetah Zabaar, Director Freedom HouseTunisia
  • Babatope Soremi, Social Responsibility Managers, Nigeria
  • Ali S. Novruzov, Global Voices – Blogger, Azerbaijan
  • Ella Asoyan, Director of Freedom HouseLithuania
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19.06.2012 - 19.06.2012

Event: “Facing Challenges to the Internet Governance Regime: A European Perspective Workshop”

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Date: June 19th from 15.00 to 18.00

Location: European Parliament, room PHS5 B001

Speakers:

Andrea Glorioso, European Commission
William Drake, University of Zurich
Joe McNamee, European Digital Rights Initiative
Dixie Hawtin, Global Partners
Marco Pancini, Google

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25.04.2012

Event: EIF Breakfast Debate – Foreign Policy and Human Rights Aspects of ICT – 25 April 2012

Posted in: Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, EUROPA, Events, Foreign Affairs, human rights, International Trade, Internet Politics, Timeline

Date: 25 April 2010

Locations: Private Salon, European Parliament in Brussels

Speakers:

Andrea Glorioso, European Commission DG INFSO

Margaret Wachenfeld, Institute for Human Rights and Business

Daniel Calingaert, Freedom House

Over the past years, events around the world have shown that ICT, specially Internet, have enabled political change to happen. Developed countries are not immune to this trend, where technology, combined to freedom of expression, is a potent vehicle for citizens to be heard in a more instantaneous and collaborative fashion. At times where the EU institutions are developing new policies and guidelines on the links between Human Rights and ICT, it is essential to deepen the dialogue between decision-makers, civil society and business in order to ensure that information can keep flowing to the benefits of citizens’ rights around the world while encouraging technological innovation.

Programme

 Welcome and introductory remarks:

Marietje Schaake, MEP and EIF Governor

Views from the European Commission: the institutional dimension
Andrea Glorioso, Coordinator of the Internet Policy and Governance Team at the European Commission DG INFSO

Views from the civil society: the NGO dimension
Margaret Wachenfeld, Senior Legal Advisor at the Institute for Human Rights and Business

Views from the advocacy community:
Daniel Calingaert, Vice President of Policy and External Affairs at Freedom House

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11.04.2012

Event: Internet Freedom Seminar – 11 April 2012

Posted in: Digital Agenda, Digital Freedom, Events, Foreign Affairs, human rights, International Trade, Internet Politics, Timeline, Video

Date: 11 April 2012

Location: European Parliament PHS5 B1

 

Speakers:

Ben Wagner, European University Institute in Florence

Kristo Lehtonen, Nokia Siemens Networks

Luis Neves, Deutsche Telekom

Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, European Commission

 

Full event video

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11.04.2012 - 11.04.2012

Event: ACTA stakeholder hearing – 11 April 2012

Posted in: Culture, Media and Education, Digital Agenda, Events, International Trade, Internet Politics, Timeline, Video

Event Date: 11 April 2012

Location: European Parliament room PHS3 C050

Speakers:

Mike Masnick – TechDirt

Prof. Julian Kinderlerer – European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)

Jan Malinowski – Council of Europe

James Love – Knowledge Ecology Online

Lucie Morillon – Reporters without borders

Gabrielle Guillemin – Article19

Marianne Mollmann – Amnesty International

Sebastiano Toffaleti – PIN-SME

Stuart Hamilton – IFLA

Raegan MacDonald – Access

Mohga M Kamal-Yanni – Oxfam

Tessel Mellema – Health Action International

 

Full event video:

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08.02.2012

Event: Internet Freedom and Security in EU Foreign Policy: The Role of Business.

Posted in: Digital Freedom, Events, International Trade, Internet Politics, Timeline

Event date: Wednesday, 8 February, 2012

Location:  European Parliament, room ASP 5G2  

Speakers:

Taylor Reynolds, OECD, Head of Unit Information Economy, speaking on corporate social responsibility, multinational enterprise guidelines and internet principles;

Julie Evans, Vodafone, Group Sustainability Director, speaking on her company’s corporate social responsibility strategy;

Fernando Perrreau de Pinninck, European Commission, DG Trade, Head of Unit Tariff and non-tariff negotiations, rules of origin, speaking on trends in international trade in information technology and European interest, also in the context of WTO;

Tevor Timm, Electronic Freedom Foundation, specialized in free speech issues and government transparency;

 

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07.12.2011 - 07.12.2011

Event: Self-regulation: Should online companies police the internet?

Posted in: Culture, Media and Education, Digital Agenda, Events, Internet Politics, Timeline
Event date: Wednesday 7 December 2011
Location: BRUSSELS EP PHS4 B001

Speakers:

Werner Stengg, DG Markt, Head of Unit ‘Online Services’, about the forthcoming initiatives from the Commission

Nicole Dewandre, DG Information Society, Advisor on Stakeholder Issues

Chris Ancliff, General Counsel, Warner Music Group, representing record companies

Joe McNamee, EDRi, advocacy coordinator for digital civil rights

Chris Smith , ECSA, representing composers and songwriters

Jermyn Brooks, GNI, representing tech companies who respect fundamental rights worldwide

Malcolm Hutty, EuroISPA, representing intermediary companies online

 

Full event video

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