LEFIS - LEgal Framework for the Information Society - Electronic Governance, Teaching experiences in Masters Programs in ICT, European Co-operation

Electronic Governance, Teaching experiences in Masters Programs in ICT, European Co-operation

Written by Fernando Galindo

Monday, 19 November 2007

Durham, United Kingdom, 24th March 2004

Information:	General Information
	Programme
	Programme Committee

Topics:	Electronic Governance
	Teaching experiences in Masters Programs in ICT
	European Co-operation


General information
This Workshop took place in advance of and in conjunction with the 19th Annual Conference of the British and Irish Legal Education Technology Association at Collingwood College, Durham on 25th and 26th March 2004. It was specially addressed to academics involved in postgraduate work in information technology law. The Legal Framework for the Information Society (LEFIS) initiative is an EU Erasmus/Socrates Funded project to promote co-operation in teaching and research among European University Law Schools. The network has been growing since its inception in 1999 and it now covers 61 law schools. Its activities have involved collaborative teaching and seminars, workshops and publications on key information society and teaching and learning issues. The LEFIS WEST Workshop is intended to be a venue for discussion on the Benelux Countries, Ireland and the United Kingdom and will consider three themes:
•	Developments in Information Society in relation to Electronic Governance
•	The Experience of Postgraduate Teaching Programs
•	European Collaboration and Future Expansion of the LEFIS Network

For issues relating to the Programme please get in touch with:
	Professor Abdul Paliwala School of Law University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: +44 2476 523090 Fax:+44 2476 524105

Programme

24th March 2004

10.00-10.25	Registration & Coffee
10.25-10.30	Welcome – Abdul Paliwala
10.30-12.45	First section.- Electronic Governance
10.30-10.50	Electronic Voting Jos Dumortier, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Director
10.45-11.05	E Government and Privacy Ronald Leenes, Tilburg University, Netherlands
11.05-11.25	Government eCommunications in the UK: A Question of Trust? Philip Leith, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
11.25-11.55	Electronic Legislative Drafting Tom Van Engers, Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, Netherlands & University of Amsterdam
11.55-12.45	Discussion on themes of key issues in electronic governance.
12.45-1.45	Lunch
1.45-4.00	Second section.- Teaching experiences in Masters Programs in ICT
1.45-2.00	LLM in Computers and Law Darius Whelan, University College Cork, Ireland
2.00-2.15	Experiences in Masters in Computers and Law Richard de Mulder, University of Rotterdam, Netherlands
2.30-2.45	Contextualising and Informatising the Teaching of European Information Law Abdul Paliwala, Warwick University, United Kingdom
2.45-3.45	Discussion on Teaching and Learning issues in Masters Programmes.
3.45-4.15	Tea
4.15-5.00	Third section – European Co-operation
4.15-4.30	The LEFIS experiences and perspectives of future Fernando Galindo, Zaragoza University, Spain, Director LEFIS Network.
4.30-5.00	Questions and Discussion


Programme Committee

Chairman:	Prof. Paliwala (United Kingdom)
Cochairs:	Prof. Macdonagh (Ireland)
	Prof. Dumortier (Belgium)
Members:	Prof. Philip LEITH (United Kingdom)
	Prof. Richard DE MULDER (Netherland)
	Prof. Corien PRINS (Netherland)
	Prof. Robert QUECK (Belgium)
	Prof. Tom VAN ENGERS (Netherland)
	Dr Radboud WINKELS (Netherland)

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