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6th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
TRANSATLANTIC CONSUMER DIALOGUE
February 1-4, 2004, Brussels
GENERAL AGENDA
Sunday 1 February
Internal TACD Meetings
Venue: Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels
tel: +32 2 505 2929
fax: +32 2 505 2555
09.00 - 13.00: Steering Commitee and Working Group Chairs Meeting
13.00 - 14.00: Lunch
14.00 - 18.30: Simultaneous Working Group meetings
19.00 - 21.00: Welcome cocktail / buffet hosted by TACD
Venue: La Scala, 132, Chaussée de Wavre, 1050 Brussels
Monday 2 February
Venue: Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels
08.30 - 09.00: Coffee, juice and pastries.
A chance to informally meet fellow delegates, reserve a seat and collect
papers for the meeting.
09.00 - 10.30: Welcome, and Opening Session (open to media)
Moderated by James Guest, President of Consumers Union
David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer
Protection
Rockwell Schnabel, US Ambassador to the EU
Commissioner Mozelle Thompson, Federal Trade Commission
(Shaun Donnelly, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State)
The State of TACD - a verbal report on TACD activities and
Government responses to TACD policy recommendations from Felix Cohen, General Director of Consumentenbond
Discussion from floor
10.45 - 13.15: Working Group meetings (closed meetings, discussions unattributable)
Trade WG
Internet WG
13.15 - 14.30: Lunch
14.30 - 17.00: Working Group meetings (closed meetings, discussions unattributable)
Food WG
Special Group on Intellectual Property
17.15 - 18.00: Closing session (open to media)
Government reports on vision for future of TransAtlantic Dialogues, and
state of play of TEP, moderated by Benedicte Federspiel, Forbruggeraadet, (Danish Consumer Council)
Gunnar Wiegand, Head of Unit, Relations with U.S., DG External Relations of the European Commission
Shaun Donnelly, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
Summing up and closing remarks
18.00 - 19.30: Reception hosted by Rockwell Schnabel, US Ambassador to the EU
Venue: Transatlantic Dining Room, US Mission to the EU, Rue Zinner, Brussels
Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 February
OECD Spam Workshop – TACD members will participate in this workshop
on the issue of Spam. Speaking roles and space for TACD observers at this
meeting have been requested. TACD will launch the results of its 2-month
online survey on consumer attitudes to Spam, and make recommendations
for policy solutions.
Tuesday 3 February
'Generation Excess' - transatlantic food policy approaches to tackling
obesity. A one-day conference on obesity, diet and public policy, which will
be co-chaired by Jim Murray, Director of BEUC, and Felix Cohen, General
Director of Consumentenbond. This meeting is open to the media.
Venue: Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels
08.30 - 09.00: Coffee, juice and pastries.
A chance to informally meet fellow delegates, reserve a seat and collect
papers for the meeting.
09.00 - 09.45: Welcome Session with keynote speeches.
Moderated by TACD, with two keynote speakers:
European Commission: Paola Testori, Food Safety Director, DG Health and
Consumer Protection
US: Shaun Donnelly, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
09.45 - 11.45 Session 1: Diet and health - the way forward
Five speakers followed by panel discussion
The nature and extent of the problem: Pekka Puska, Director General of the
Finnish National Health Institute
The role of national government: Julia Unwin, Deputy Chair of UK Food
Standards Agency
The role of litigation: Richard Daynard, Professor of Law, Northeastern
University, Boston
Tackling the global epidemic: Professor Philip James, Chairman of the
International Obesity Task Force and member of the FAO/WHO expert committee
Next steps for the WHO and the role of civil society: Amalia Waxman, World
Health Organisation
Panel discussion and questions from the floor
What are the priorities and
who should take responsibility?
11.45 - 12.00 Break
12.00 - 12.45 Session II: Nutrition labelling
EU's review of the nutrition labelling directive - outstanding issues: Basil
Mathioudakis, DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
The US experience - has nutrition labelling worked?: Michelle Limoli, Food and Drug Administration, US Government
The Swedish Keyhole system: Bengt Ingerstam, Swedish Consumer Forum, Konsument-Forum
Discussion
12.45 - 13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 15.45 Session III: Food marketing and advertising to children
A consumer perspective - Sue Dibb, National Consumer Council
Industry perspective: Advertisers as part of the solution – Stephan Loerke,
Managing Director, World Federation of Advertisers
Experiences of bans:
The ban on advertising to children in Quebec and its impact - André Allard,
Legal Counsel, Quebec Office for Consumer Protection
The ban on TV-advertising to children in Sweden - Marianne Åbyhammar,
Deputy Ombudsman, Swedish Consumer Agency
Discussion - are controls on food marketing adequate in EU and US?
15.45 - 16.00 Break
16.00 - 16.50 Session IV: Fortified foods
Impact of US controls on fortified foods - Michelle Limoli, Food and
Drug Administration, US Government
Overview of proposed EU legislation on fortified foods - Basil
Mathioudakis, DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
Donal Walshe, Secretary General of EURO COOP
Panel discussion - should there be restrictions on foods that can be fortified?
16.50 - 17.45 Session V: Health and nutrition claims
Overview of US legislation on health and nutrition claims - Mr J. Howard
Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, US Federal Trade
Commission
Proposed EU legislation on health and nutrition claims - Patrick Deboyser,
DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
Discussion, moderated by TACD
17.45 - 18.00
Chair's closing remarks and Close - Sue Davies, Consumers' Association, and Bruce Silverglade, Center for Science in the Public Interest
19.30 - Dinner hosted by the Consumers Association
Venue: Poivre Et Sel, Rue Du Parnasse 2, 1050 Brussels
Wednesday 4 February
Venue: Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels
This one-day conference on the effects of the information society on exceptions to copyrights is being held with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. Invitations were sent to US and EU representatives of industry, governments, consumer organisations and civil society as well as academia.
Following conferences on "Access to medicines" and "The WIPO Work Program", the TACD Special Group on Intellectual Property will now open discussion on the effects that digital technologies have on the perception and use of copyrights. On each panel four or five speakers will introduce the issue followed by questions and open discussion. To ensure enough time for discussion, all presentations are limited to 10 minutes.
09.00 - 09.15 Welcome and introduction
Rhoda Karpatkin, President Emeritus of Consumers Union
Jim Murray, Director, BEUC
09.15 - 10.45 Part I: General overview - what is copyright and what are
the policy developments of interest to consumers?
Moderator: James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
Jule Sigall, US Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Bertrand Moullier, Director General, International Federation of Film
Producers Associations (FIAPF)
Nick Ashton-Hart, Executive Director, International Music Managers Forum
(IMMF) - The rights of authors and performers
Chris Murray, Consumers Union - The consumer perspective
10.45 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Part II: Technical Protection measures and their effect on
fair use.
Moderator: Anna Fielder, Director of the Office for Developed and Transition
Economies, Consumers International.
Richard Owens, Director, Copyright E-Commerce, Technology and
Management Division, World Intellectual Property Organisation
Bernt Hugenholz, Professor, University of Amsterdam - Contractual use
and exceptions to copyrights
Laurence Lebersborg, Test-Achats (Belgium) - Technical Protection of CDs
Gwen Hinze, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation - Digital rights
management
Michelle Childs, Head of Policy Research, Consumers Association (UK) -
Regional encoding of DVDs and CDs
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Part III: Enforcement of copyrights in the digital age
Considering how rights and exceptions are balanced, looking at the strain on
priorities of enforcement bodies, privacy versus enforcement of copyrights,
and EU and US legislation (DCMA IPR-enforcement directive)
Moderator: Victoria Villamar, Head of the Legal Section, BEUC / European
Consumers Organisation
Rogier Wezenbeek, DG Internal Market, European Commission
Ted Shapiro, Vice President, Europe Motion Picture Association
Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm, SOLV new business advocaten
Sarah Deutsch, Verizon, VP & Associate General Counsel
Volker Grassmuck, Helmholtz Center for Cultural Technology, Berlin
15.00 - 15.15 Break
15.15 - 16.45 Part IV: How, and by whom, will digital information be
controlled?
Moderator: Ed Mierzwinski, US Public Interest Research Group
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, International Institute of Infonomics
Manon Ress, Consumer Project on Technology
Robin Gross, IP Justice
Machiel van der Velde, Consumentenbond
16.45 - 17.00 Break
17.00 - 18.00 Closing panel: Conclusions of the day's discussions
Moderator: Machiel van der Velde, Consumentenbond
Richard Owens, Head of Copyright E-Commerce, Technology and
Management Division, World Intellectual Property Organisation
Responses to day's discussions, 3-5 minutes each, from Michelle Childs,
Anna Fielder, Victoria Villamar, Manon Ress and Gwen Hinze
Comments and questions from the floor
19.00 - Dinner hosted by TACD
Venue: Poivre Et Sel, Rue Du Parnasse 2, 1050 Brussels
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