LYMEC Seminar on “Civil Rights and Liberties in the Information Age” in Tivoli , Italy , 5-8 May 2009 Choice, Information, Privacy: three great challenges for future decision makers   With the support of the ALDE Group in the Committee of the Regions           THURSDAY 7 MAY 10h30 – 12h00: Session 3: Freedom of Choice as a Matter of Privacy From "Roe v. Wade" case up to nowadays: Privacy as a Guarantee of Liberty Speakers: Giulio Ercolessi and Alessandro Cecchi Paone 14h30 – 16h00: Workshop 2: Civil rights and privacy issues                   By Daniela Bas 16h30 – 19h30: Visit to UNESCO world heritage Villa Adriana. Inside: Peer-to-peer discussions on the topics covered in the session 3 Discussion of the seminar resolution Evaluation of last 2 days - how to bring the experiences back home how to campaign for privacy issues on local level finalisation of the seminar resolution FRIDAY 8 MAY 10h – 11h: Transfer by bus from Tivoli to the Regional Council of Lazio 11h – 12.00h:  Visit of the Regional Council of Lazio 12.00h – 13.00h:  Transfer to Hotel in Rome Preparation of the afternoon’s street action 1 56 h3 50 : Dissemination session with Flo Clucas, President of ALDE group in the Co R o        Presentation of the conclusions from the seminar o        Debate with participants 18h 45 : Press conference and street action with all participants in Rome on a topic related to the seminar (to be defined during the seminar) Workshop Civil Rights   and Privacy   by Daniela Bas, Ph.D.   Expert in International organizations and fundamental rights         Abstract:   Quite simply we live in a technological world. When talking about civil rights and liberties, privacy may be one of the most important issues affecting the use of technology in the twenty-first century.   The United Nations and the European Union as well as democratic Countries are pursuing the best resources and recommendations from the field to further efficient, comprehensive, and appropriate sharing of information.   These goals will be achieved by ensuring privacy and security protections are in place throughout the information exchange process, safeguarding the safety, health, and personal data of our nations’ residents.     One of the most important challenges that   communities in the European Union and in the world are currently facing is the need to find ways to combat the phenomenon of terrorism while respecting fundamental   rights and the impact of counter-terrorism measures on human rights, including privacy of individuals while assuring security of the community. During the workshop the above theme will be used as a concrete example for discussion.     The workshop is so organized: History of fundamental rights and their definitions nowadays; meaning of civil and human rights; UN Declaration of Human Rights and EU Charta of Human Rights their and definition of privacy; case “ terrorism, civil / human rights and privacy”; conclusions                       Enzo Marzo   Enzo Marzo was born March 13, 1944 in Rome . In his youth he was the last chair of “Agi”, a national association that gathered liberal and republican university students. After a brief period as Director in the National Liberal Party where he established the current left-wing, he has never been part of any party. Director of the monthly “Critica Liberale” (Liberal critique) from 1969 to today, is currently president of “Critica Liberale”foundation.. He is member of the National Council of the European Movement. He is director of the pro-Europe pubblication “Stati Uniti d'Europa” (United States of Europe). In 1968 he wrote “L'Altra Ipotesi” (The Other assumption), and in 2006 “Le voci del padrone” (The voices of the master)", Dedalo editions. Collaborates with many Italian and European journals. Marzo has taught for 12 years "Ethics of the journalistic profession" in the School of Specialization of LUISS of Rome. From 1974 to 2009 he was a journalist of the Corriere della sera. For 14 years Marzo was a parliamentary journalist, and for 8 years he was the chief editor of the politics department and vice director of the Rome Office of the Corriere della Sera. Was later chief editor of the Culture section of the paper. He is the inspiration and one of the founders of the recent "Pannunzio Society for freedom of information", of which he was appointed the spokesperson.     Paolo Brini   I have been working with digital rights since the early 1990s, when, during the "Italian crackdown," a judicial operation involving several administrators of the then-famous network nodes FidoNet, I realized how different topics were surreptitiously used to restrict freedom of expression. From the end of the 90's and early 2000s, I participated in the dissemination of open source software, development and dissemination of the GNU GPL license, and campaigns to raise awareness of Electronic Frontier Foundation on digital rights. From 2002 to 2005 I participated in the FFII campaign, which was ultimately successful, against the introduction of Software patents by the European institutions. From 2008 I have been lobbying, in the European Parliament and in coordination with the Quadrature du Net, in defense of freedom on the Net and Neutrality of the Net, against the worst the amendments of Telecoms Package deemed dangerous to the freedom of expression and information and for the prosperity of the Internet as we know it today. Since the end of 2008 I have coordinated for Italy the OpenNet Coalition,which is present in almost all Member Countries of the European Union and consists of NGOs, lawyers, technicians, consumer associations, Internet Service Providers and activists. The coalition is particularly concentrated in the work of lobbying and raising awareness among citizens and politicians about the risks in the Telecoms Package* . From December 2008 I am also the spokesman of the Associazione Scambio Etico, an Italian company that is committed to the defense of freedom on the Net and to the adoption of global collective licensing on the model proposed in 2003 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in order to legalize, with benefits for artists and consumers, the file sharing of copyrighted works. To live [rarely those who lobby for the rights on the Net are paid:)], although I have a science background (Physics and IT) I have worked for about 11 years, in the the business sector of IT and telecommunications. *Incidentally, the vote in a plenary session in Strasbourg will start at noon on May 6, during the conference     Pietro Paganini Pietro Paganini serves as  Professor at John Cabot University ( Rome , Italy ). He held a Researcher position at LUMSA University of Rome  ( Rome , Italy ). He also served as Researcher and Visiting Lecturer at Karlstad University ( Sweden ). He holds a Doctorate in Communication and Complex Organizations. Pietro is also co-founder at Competere - Geopolitical Management - a transatlantic consulting firm based in Washington , D.C.  He is Board Member of Istituto Italiano per la Privacy, European Privacy Association. He is also board member of BAIA - Network Italy America and Associazione Italia-India. His first book “Innovation: from Theory to Territory: Paradigm and Strategies in the Information Society” was published in January 2006. He is also the author of several articles in various Italian and international papers, journals, radio and TV, such as the WSJ, Corriere della Sera, Sole 24 Ore, Radio 24, in which he has continuously advocated free market, entrepreneurship and innovation. He served as Vice President and political officer for the European Liberal Youth, a pan European classical liberal youth organization standing for free market and individual rights.   Mads Frese Danish journalist, born in Copenaghen in 1973. Degree in literature and cultural dissemination at the University of Copenaghen . He worked as a consultant for various publishers in Denmark and taught at the University of Copenaghen . He translates books from English and Italian to Danish. As a correspondent in Italy for the Danish daily newspaper “Information”, he worked on the most recent Italian political and judicial cases, for example the “De Magistris” case and the suspension of the journalist Carlo Vulpio from the Corriere della Sera daily newspaper.   Giulio Ercolessi   Giulio Ercolessi was born in Trieste, NE Italy, in 1953. Member of the Critica liberale foundation. A former politician, he started his political activity in the 1960ies in the youth movements of the Italian Liberal Party and of the European Federalist Movement; a member of the Radical Party since 1971, he served as its secretary general in the year 1973-74. He abandoned active politics in 1982. Since then, participations in debates lectures and conferences apart, his texts, essays and articles have been usually appearing under a pen name. He is a regular contributor to the monthly review “ Critica liberale ” and co-edits its quarterly supplement “ Gli Stati Uniti d'Europa ” (“The United States of Europe ”) together with Francesco Gui and Beatrice Rangoni Machiavelli. He is a co-founder of the web site italialaica.it and also contributes to the Italian edition of “Lettre International”, to the monthly reviews “MicroMega” and “Confronti ” (a journal and think-tank on faith and politics issues, originally established by a group of Protestants and Catholic dissenters) and, as international affairs commentator, to the daily paper “Il Secolo XIX”. H e has just published the book  “L'Europa verso il suicidio? Senza Unione federale il destino degli europei è segnato” (“Europe towards Suicide? Without a Federal Union the Fate of Europeans is Inescapable”), publishing house Dedalo, and contributed to the ELF 2008 publication “Separation of Church and State in Europe ”. More details at www.giulioercolessi.eu     Daniela Bas   political scientist specializing in human rights and humanitarian social development, international relations. Currently works for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at institutes that operate internationally. Consultant for Public Affairs and Communication promoting the rights of children and the person. 2005 - 2008: Special Advisor in the area, “Fundamental Rights of Man” for the 'then-Vice-President of the European Commission, Franco Frattini. Degree in Political Science with international address with a thesis on architectural barriers and people with disabilities. Journalist since 2005. Life Coach degree in 2008. From 1986 - international career in the United Nations as a Professional Officer residing and traveling in various countries of the world as a manager and also a speaker at international meetings. 1993 - 1996: appointed by the Presidency of the Council - Tourism Dept. - as Italian representative on the Tourism for All, the European Commission, Brussels (Belgium). In summer of 1995 returned to Italy with management positions: Director of Training Centers, and Project Leader Urban - City of Trieste and Consultant ONLUS. Accredited as journalist publicist, promoted tourism for all conducting radio and television programs (RAI, Radio 24 Il Sole 24 Ore , TV Channel 4). To date has visited four of the five continents on four wheels, that is, the wheelchair she has used since she was a child.