BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af52c36e858b DTSTART:20160419T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160419T090000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Data Protection and Privacy: Implications for Trade and Development CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:E-Commerce Week 2016This event is part of UNCTAD'\;sE-Comme rce WeekThe increasing global relevance of activities and transactions onl ine and the changing nature of the information economy\, enhances the impo rtance of coherence between data protection and privacy frameworks that ca n help foster innovation and trade while at the same time protect against unnecessary intrusions.Recent and expected regulatory changes in the field of data protection and privacy as well as diverging approaches in differe nt parts of the world\, call for renewed discussion on possible ways forwa rd.This ad hoc expert meeting will contribute to ensure global communicati on on the subject to understand emerging topics in data protection and pri vacy\, new challenges and opportunities\, as it relates to unlocking the p otential for cross-border trade.Industry players and consumers\, as well a s governments and international organizations will present their perspecti ves and outline the latest developments\, current practices and relevant f rameworks.The Ad Hoc expert meeting will commence with the presentation of the UNCTAD Study on Data Protection and International Data Flows.Represen tatives from public and private stakeholders will then take the floor to d iscuss thematic topics and present their experiences.Conference speakers i nclude representatives from the African Union Commission\, Asia-Pacific Ec onomic Cooperation\, the Commonwealth\, the Computer and Communications In dustry Association\, Consumers International\, the Council of Europe\, DIG ITALEUROPE\, the East African Community Secretariat\, the ECOWAS Commissio n\, the European Commission\, Facebook\, the Global Commission on Internet Governance\, the Information Technology Industry Council\, the Internatio nal Chamber of Commerce\, the McKinsey Global Institute\, the National Boa rd of Trade of Sweden\, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Dev elopment\, UNCTAD\, UNOHCHR\, the United States Federal Trade Commission\, the World Trade Organization\, and government representatives from countr ies in Africa\, Asia and Latin America.<\;p class="\;text-align-cent er\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/ad-hoc-expert -meeting-data-protection-and-privacy-implications-trade-and-development DTSTAMP:20261112T030214Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af52c36e85cb DTSTART:20160420T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20160420T090000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Data Protection and Privacy: Implications for Trade and Development CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:E-Commerce Week 2016This event is part of UNCTAD'\;sE-Comme rce WeekThe increasing global relevance of activities and transactions onl ine and the changing nature of the information economy\, enhances the impo rtance of coherence between data protection and privacy frameworks that ca n help foster innovation and trade while at the same time protect against unnecessary intrusions.Recent and expected regulatory changes in the field of data protection and privacy as well as diverging approaches in differe nt parts of the world\, call for renewed discussion on possible ways forwa rd.This ad hoc expert meeting will contribute to ensure global communicati on on the subject to understand emerging topics in data protection and pri vacy\, new challenges and opportunities\, as it relates to unlocking the p otential for cross-border trade.Industry players and consumers\, as well a s governments and international organizations will present their perspecti ves and outline the latest developments\, current practices and relevant f rameworks.The Ad Hoc expert meeting will commence with the presentation of the UNCTAD Study on Data Protection and International Data Flows.Represen tatives from public and private stakeholders will then take the floor to d iscuss thematic topics and present their experiences.Conference speakers i nclude representatives from the African Union Commission\, Asia-Pacific Ec onomic Cooperation\, the Commonwealth\, the Computer and Communications In dustry Association\, Consumers International\, the Council of Europe\, DIG ITALEUROPE\, the East African Community Secretariat\, the ECOWAS Commissio n\, the European Commission\, Facebook\, the Global Commission on Internet Governance\, the Information Technology Industry Council\, the Internatio nal Chamber of Commerce\, the McKinsey Global Institute\, the National Boa rd of Trade of Sweden\, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Dev elopment\, UNCTAD\, UNOHCHR\, the United States Federal Trade Commission\, the World Trade Organization\, and government representatives from countr ies in Africa\, Asia and Latin America.<\;p class="\;text-align-cent er\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/ad-hoc-expert -meeting-data-protection-and-privacy-implications-trade-and-development DTSTAMP:20261112T030214Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR