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ARCHIVED FOI Seminars

Here you can find out about past seminars at the Centre for Freedom of Information.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION and COMMERCIAL INTERESTS

(2010-02-11)

2-4 pm (optional lunch at 1pm and refreshments included at 4 pm)



Speakers:

Keynote address:

Panel discussion:

Dr Daniel Carr, Audrey Cameron, Fiona Killen, Helena Brown (Burness LLP), Professor Allyson Pollock 



e-Documents:

cfoi_programme_feb_2010_v1.pdf
ACameron_Feb_2010.ppt
Professor_Pollock_Feb_2010.ppt

POLICING, THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

(2009-11-26)

2-4 pm (optional lunch at 1pm and refreshments included at 4 pm)

Speakers:

Keynote address:


Panel discussion:
Professor Fiona Raitt, Kirsty McGowan, Chief Inspector Donald Thomson, Alastair Graham and David Goldberg

e-Documents:

Thomson_Sem_3.ppt
cfoi_programme_nov09.pdf
Dundee_Police_FoI_requests_Cyclists.pdf
Dundee_Police_FOI_Responses_Nov_09.pdf
Right_to_Know-Europe_and_the_Police.pdf

Environmental Information

(2009-10-29)

Dalhousie Building, University Campus
(optional lunch at 1pm and refreshments included at 4 pm)

Speakers:
    •    Dr Áine Ryall, University College Cork
    •    Professor Colin Reid, University of Dundee

Working with environmental information - Panel discussion
Professor Colin Reid, Dr Áine Ryall, Kevin Dunion, Emma Welsh and Guy Linley-Adams

e-Documents:

Colin_Reid_EIR.ppt
RyallFOI.pdf

Freedom of Information and Data Protection

(2009-09-24)

Lectures by Christine O'Neill, Brodies LLP and David Banisar, Privacy International.

It is more than four years since the introduction of freedom of information legislation in Scotland. This seminar looks at the interaction of the right to access information in Scotland with the rights afforded by the UK-wide Data Protection Act 1998. What have we learned about the balance between these two laws?

e-Documents:

christine_oneill.ppt
david_banisar.ppt

Reflected glory? How does Scotland stand in the world of Freedom of Information?

(2009-06-05)

Lectures by Kevin Dunion, Scottish Information Commissioner and Natasa Pirc Musar, Slovenian Information Commissioner and discussion chaired by Rosalind McInnes, Principal Solicitor, BBC Scotland.

Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, 2-4pm.

e-Documents:

npmurc.ppt
reflected_glory.pdf

Freedom of information in the devolved Scotland.

(2009-03-27)

Lecture by Professor Alan Page and discussion chaired by Lord Rodger of Earlsferry.

Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, 2-4pm.

e-Documents:

foi_devolved_scotland_speech09.pdf

The Inaugural Seminar and launch of the Centre.

(2009-01-29)

Freedom of Information: Hope and Experience lecture by The Rt. Hon. Lord Wallace of Tankerness, QC.

e-Documents:

lordwallacesspeech.pdf