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18 June, 2003  Update No. 12
Seminars on E-Commerce and Data Protection
Tue. 23 - Thu. 25 September 2003:

E-Commerce / Data Protection in Ireland

The Irish Law Site is the official website for this event

Venue: Gresham Hotel, Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin.

Organised by: IIR Conferences

Further information: IIR Ltd., 6th Floor, 29 Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DR, England.

Call +44 (0) 20 7915 5055 or book on-line to register. Quote VIP reference: IrishLaw

E-mail: registration@iir-conferences.com 

Details at: www.iir-conferences.com/a.cfm?id=4675 

Cost:

Early Bird Price - Register before 11th July 2003 
Three day price (includes €600 discount) = €2097 
Two Day Price (includes €300 discount) = €1498 
One Day Price (includes €100 discount) = €899

Register after 11th July 2003 
Three day price (includes €300 discount) = €2697 
Two Day Price (includes €100 discount) = €1898 
One Day Price = €999

€75 discount for members Law Society of Ireland

€75 discount for members ICAI (Legal)

Day One - Tuesday 23 September 2003 - E-Commerce Conference

For further details of the presentation content download the event brochure at www.iir-conferences.com/a.cfm?id=4675 

08.30 Registration & Coffee

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction

Don McAleese, Partner & Head of Information Technology Law Group, Matheson Ormsby Prentice

09.10 The Electronic Commerce Act 2000

Niall O Donnchú, Communications Development Division, Department of Communications Marine and Natural Resources

09.30 The New European Communities (Directive 2000/31/EC) Regulations 2003

Feargal McKnight, Partner, Reddy Charlton Mcknight

10.15 Coffee break

10.35 Taxation of Electronic Commerce

Clare Robson Principal, VAT Policy and Legislation Branch, Revenue Commissioners

11.20 Electronic Commerce: Opportunities & Risks - Some Practical Issues

Victor Timon
Consultant - Technology Group,  William Fry

12.05 Lunch

13.20 Legal & Contractual Obligations – Setting up a Suitable Model for Your Business

Don McAleese, Partner & Head of Information Technology Law group, Matheson Ormsby Prentice

14.05 Encryption & Digital Signatures

Jack Nagle, Director – Professional Services, Baltimore Technologies

14.50 Coffee break

15.10 Understanding Distance Selling Regulations in Practice

William Earley, Partner & Head of Information Technology and E-Commerce Group, McCann Fitzgerald

15.55 European and Global E-Commerce Issues

Liam Kennedy, Partner, Techlaw Unit, A & L Goodbody

16.40 Panel Discussion – E-Commerce Issues for the Future

This final session will offer you the chance to address any particular concerns and questions you have regarding current and upcoming legislation

Niall O Donnchú, Communications Development Division, Department of Communications Marine and Natural Resources

17.15 End of E-Commerce conference

Day Two - Wednesday 24 September 2003 - Data Protection Conference

For further details of the presentation content download the event brochure at www.iir-conferences.com/a.cfm?id=4675 

08.30 Registration & coffee

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction

Professor Robert Clark 
University College Dublin
Consultant, Arthur Cox

09.10 Data Protection Law in Ireland

Joe Meade, Data Protection Commissioner

10.00 The transfer of personal information out of the EEA – Implementing the New Regulations

Carol Leland, Solicitor, A&L Goodbody

10.45 Coffee break

11.00 New security requirements

Don McAleese, Partner & Head of Information Technology Unit, Matheson Ormsby Prentice

Bob Semple, Partner – Global Risk Management Solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers

11.45 New Regulations for Data Controllers

Professor Robert Clark
University College Dublin 
Consultant, Arthur Cox

12.30 Lunch

13.30 AIB Group ROI’s Approach to the Implementation of the 95 EU Directive (transposed into Irish law by way of an Amendment in April 2003)

Geraldine Lawlor Data Protection Unit AIB

14.15 Data Protection & E-Commerce

Deirdre Ní Fhloinn, Senior Associate, Reddy Charlton McKnight

15.00 Coffee break

15.15 How to Deal with Manual Data

Paul Lavery, Partner, McCann Fitzgerald

15.45 Is your organisation ready to respond to the Act? A Checklist for Your Company

David Cullen, Partner, William Fry

16.30 The Freedom of Information Act

Speaker tbc, Freedom of Information Central Policy Unit, Department of Finance

17.00 Discussion Panel on the Data Protection Act

This last session of the day will be set aside for you to ask any specific questions you have pertaining the Data Protection Act and its implications. A number of the speakers from the day will be available along with Seamus Carroll from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Seamus Carroll, Civil Law Reform Division, Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform

17.30 End of Data Protection conference

Day Three - Thursday 25 September 2003 - Data Protection Workshop

For further details of the workshop content download the event brochure at www.iir-conferences.com/a.cfm?id=4675 

Integrating the New Data Protection Requirements into First-class Business Practice

Thursday 25th September 2003

Led by Don McAleese, Partner & Head of Information Technology Law Group, Matheson Ormsby Prentice

This intensive one-day mastercourse is designed to provide you with everything you need from a practical and operational point of view to implement the new Data Protection Act.

This workshop is particularly useful for:

Compliance Officers Data Protection Officers Business Managers IS & IT Systems Designers Project Managers Company Secretaries Lawyers (in-house and in private practice). This mastercourse is structured to be highly instructive and to involve equal participation by all members. It will be based around comprehensive practical exercises that have been designed to take account of the most efficient and cost-effective methods of implementing the legislation.

By attending this workshop you will:

Discover how to implement Data Protection effectively for your company Have a complete set of practical documents to help you with your implementation Be able to discuss cost-effective approaches to the more problematic aspects of these issues Module 1 Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 - Understanding the New Regime and Complying with the New Requirements of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003

Module 2 Practical Steps for Successful Implementation

Module 3 Data Protection and Web Sites

Module 4 Education,Training, Processing of Employee Related Data and Employee Internet and Email Usage Policies

YOUR WORKSHOP LEADER

Don McAleese is Partner, and Head of the Information Technology Law Group in Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors, where he specialises in contracts for the acquisition of computer systems; software licensing; data protection; electronic commerce and internet law. He is Chairman of the Irish Internet Association Legal Working Group and a member of the Eropean Commission Legal Advisory Board on the Information Market. He was a member of the Legal Issues Advisory Group of the Irish Information Society Commission and was formerly Chairman of the Electronic Commerce Association Legal Subgroup.

 

Other Forthcoming Events
 
Details at www.irishlaw.org/events/ 

Mon. 30 June 2003:
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Dublin

Wed. - Sat. 2-5 July 2003:
British and Irish Legal History Conference - "Adventures of the Law" - Dublin (UCD)

Wed. 17 - Sat. 20 September 2003:
Annual Conference of Society of Legal Scholars (UK) - Oxford

Sat. 27 September 2003:
Schools, Education and Law - Cork  

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