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Background and Objective

The European Union Center of North Carolina and North Carolina State University sponsor annual workshops on politics, markets and policy in Europe.

This year the focus will be on "eEurope". At a recent European Council meeting in Lisbon the member states of the European Union committed themselves to an ambitious "eEurope Action Plan" (see the PDF version of the Action Plan). This proposed course of action will determine the regulatory environment for business as Europe makes the transition to a technology and information-based economy.

The purpose of this year's workshop is to bring in experts to educate business, government and educational leaders about the implications of these new policies.

Workshop Program

The emphasis at each event is on lively, policy-relevant discussions. Among the issue areas to be addressed: the legal framework for electronic commerce, intellectual property rights, emoney, the distance selling of financial services, and jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments. More generally there will be discussion of network and telecommunications deregulation and wireless standards setting.

Participants

Michael Niebel, Advisor, Information Society Directorate-General, European Union. Author of the first EU report on the information society. Specialist on intellectual property and data protection, participant in the Aspen Institute program on communications and society.
Mathew King, First Secretary, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States. Former official in United Kingdom Treasury and Internal Market Directorate-General, European Union. Specialist in financial services regulation.
Senator Eric Miller Reeves, North Carolina Senate, Chair, Committee on Information Technology.
Michael Rappa, Professor, Technology Management, N.C. State University.

Contact Information

Dr. Ruth Mitchell-Pitts
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB# 3449 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Tel: 919 962-6765 Fax: 919.962.5375
email: europe@lunc.edu

Dr. Roland Stephen
PSPA, Box 8102
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
Tel: 919 513-1768 Fax: 919 515-7333
email: stephen@social.chass.ncsu.edu