ACCESS AND PRIVACY '98

This one day session will concentrate on specific sections of the Access to Information and Privacy Acts. While there will be two keynote speakers this year, presenting an overview of the various issues in relation to these Acts, the emphasis of the program is on training. Rather than have two days of sessions, with single tracks, there will be one day with two tracks of training sessions: one for beginners and a general level.

 WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

 Information issues at all levels of government are currently in a state of flux. The rise of information and communication technologies, the moves toward an increasingly wired society, the social shifts as a result of all this combined with most governments operating in a different culture, have all had an impact on access to information and privacy issues. While more government information than ever is being both accessed by the public and shared between governments, there are continually evolving issues.

 The entrances to government are being opened wider and wider, especially with the growth of web sites and the opportunities to access information quickly. But with all these changing environments have come some very crucial and important issues. Approaches to the handling of documents under Access to Information and Privacy, at the federal and provincial level, has been the subject of scrutiny and much comment. All of this has put ATIP under pressure. We are in a time of major transition in our society and the nature of democracy is taking on new and expanded meanings. The right of access to information continues to play a role in all this.

This one day seminar will bring together a group of information and privacy professionals from all levels of government, the private sector and public interest groups, who will grapple with many of these issues.

Chair: Ian Sinclair, Treasury Board Secretariat, Canada

Principal, RPG Information Services, Edmonton, Alberta

 10 am - 10:30am Refreshment Break

 10:30 am - 12 Noon Breakaway Sessions:

A. Section 21: The Problems of Exclusions vs. Exemptions

Moderator: Tom Riley, Riley Information Services Inc.

Speakers: To be announced

B. Consistent Uses: The Responsibility of Departments

Moderator: Denis Kratchanov , Legal Counsel, Public Law Policy Section, Department of Justice,Canada

Speakers: Brian Foran, Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (invited)

Luncheon Speaker

Government Information Holdings Officer, Information Resource Management,

National Library of Canada

Senior Policy Advisor, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat (invited)

Pierre Trottier, Senior Departmental Advisor, Information and Privacy Rights, Industry Canada (Invited)

Frank White, Frank White and Associates Inc., Toronto

Senior Policy Advisor, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat

Chair, Andrea J. Neill,

Senior Counsel/Director, Information Law and Privacy Section, Department of Justice, Canada

 4:30 pm conference closes

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