EU policy/Big Fat Brussels Meeting VIII
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The Return of the BFBM
Our Big Fat Brussels Meeting in 2020 was indefinitely postponed due to the pandemic and eventually took place online. After three years of hiatus it is time to gather again in Brussels for a two-day, intensive work session on public policy files. Copyright is (mostly) transposed and the main content moderation law (DSA) has been passed, but there is a flurry of reforms to keep tabs on. Let's review them all, prioritise and form small "action teams" to work on them. The files include:
- Artificial Intelligence Act
- E-Privacy (stuck)
- E-Evidence (stuck)
- Data Act - implementation
- CSAM
- Political Advertising Online
- DMA - implementation
- Net Neutrality (Connectivity Infrastructure Act)
- European Media Freedom Act
- Right to Repair
- Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Practical Information
[edit]Dates
[edit]2 and 3 December 2022 (Friday & Saturday)
Venue
[edit]TO BE CONFIRMED: SQ Europe
Square de Meeûs 35
1000 Brussels
Public transport
[edit]- Busses: 22, 27, 34, 38, 64, 71, 80, 95
- The metro station is "Trône/Troon"
Travel Assistance
[edit]If your chapter, user-group or organisation doesn't provide travel funding, or if you are an individual, the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU has travel budget to help you out. Please contact [email protected]
Meeting
[edit]Background
[edit]Format
[edit]Day 0 (optional) - Thursday before the event. We are going to attend a policy event and meet for evening drinks with those already in town.
Day 1 - We will gain on overview of the the ongoing legislative initiatives on the EU and national levels.
Day 2 - We will form "action teams" that take a deep-dive into legislative files and agree on action points.
The key desired outputs is:
- To create small teams that work on specific legislative files.
Programme
[edit]Day 0 - Thursday - 1 December
Welcome drinks @ 19:30 @ London Calling (Place de Londres/Londonplain)
(not paid for by organiser)
Note: Belgian train strike on Tuesday-Thursday
Day 1 - Friday - 2 December
What's going on?! | |
Location: | Silversquare, Square de Meeûs |
9:00 | Walk in, coffee |
9:30 | Facilitation, tour de table |
10:00 | What does everyone work on? Mapping topics |
11:00 | Break |
11:15 | WMF Time |
12:00 | Lunch |
13:30 | Policy updates from the EU |
14:30 | Forming "action groups" based on interests |
15:00 | National Showcases: France & Sweden |
16:00 | Agreeing on priorities and schedule for Day 2 |
16:30 | Open space, any other business |
17:00 | End, free time |
19:30 | Drinks & Dinner (not paid by organiser) |
Day 2 - Saturday - 3 December
Action! | |
Location: | Digital Rights Hub, Rue Belliard 12 |
10:00 | Walk in, coffee |
10:30 | Wikimedia Europe briefing |
11:00 | Action Groups: discussion on specific topis & potential actions |
12:30 | Lunch |
14:00 | Continue "action groups" work OR sharing between groups |
14:30 | Open Space (depends on needs) |
15:30 | Wrap-up |
16:00 | End |
Confirm your presence
[edit]Please sign here if you'll attend the meeting:
- Dimi z (talk) 08:34, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
- Rebecca MacKinnon
- Nadzik (talk) 16:04, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
- Eric Luth (WMSE) (talk) 10:34, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
- Jan-David Franke (WMDE) (talk) 13:42, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
- John Weitzmann (WMDE) (talk) 14:56, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
- Naphsica Papanicolaou WMFr
- Mehman 15:40, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
- Friederike von Franqué
- Aline Blankertz
- Rémy Gerbet WMFr (talk) 09:14, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
- ♥Ainali talkcontributions 08:03, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
- I'll try to attend if I can find suitable trains from Helsinki via Stockholm. Nemo 13:35, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
- Ciell (talk) 18:36, 23 October 2022 (UTC) Happy to join!
- --- Darwin Ahoy! 17:37, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
- Think I'll also try to attend if hybrid... --Zblace (talk) 11:37, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
- Klára Joklová (WMCZ), 14ː20, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
- « Saper // talk » 14:00, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
- NSzafran-WMF (talk) 07:06, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
- User:FPutz (WMF)
- Bence (talk) 19:41, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
- Jan-Bart (talk) 19:44, 14 November 2022 (UTC) (Arriving friday evening)
- LWyatt (WMF) (talk) 18:13, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
- Camille Françoise
- Laura da Silva (Knowledge Rights 21)
- PBradley-WMF
- Geert Van Pamel (WMBE) (talk) 10:31, 26 November 2022 (UTC) (Only on Friday)
- NickK (talk) (WMUA)
- Capucine-Marin Dubroca-Voisin (talk) (WMFr and WMEU)
- Florencia Claes (WMES)
- Justus de Bruijn
- --Pilar de la Prieta (WMES) (talk) 12:36, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
- Dominique Labar (WMBE) (talk) 10:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC) (Only on Friday)
- --AntonProtsiuk (WMUA) (talk)
Recommended Hotels
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Recommended Reading
[edit]- The last few EU Policy Monitoring Reports.
- our blog
Past Meetings
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Big Fat Brussels Meeting 2020
Big Fat Brussels Meeting 2019
Big Fat Brussels Meeting 2018
Big Fat Brussels Meeting 4
Big Fat Brussels Meeting - Episode 3
Big Fat Brussels Meeting - Volume 2
The inaugural Big Fat Brussels Meeting
Brussels Before It Was Big And Fat