Westminster eForum
Forthcoming events
The Westminster eForum aims to provide the premier environment for policy makers in Parliament, Whitehall and government agencies to engage with key stakeholders. These include industry representatives and their advisors, interest groups, local authorities, the voluntary sector and academia, along with members of the reporting press.
In planning its programme of events, the Forum consults parliamentarians, senior departmental officials, regulators, industry representatives and major interest groups.
The Westminster eForum is completely impartial and has no policy agenda of its own. While we are grateful for the support and advice on themes that we receive from sponsors, all editorial decisions remain with the Forum in order to maintain impartiality.
Reuven Cohen
Simone Brunozzi
Cloud computing
Wednesday, 10th February 2010
Local Government House, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ
Guests of Honour: Reuven Cohen, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Enomaly and Simone Brunozzi, Web Services Evangelist, EMEA, Amazon
Jonathan Bamford
Surveillance and data protection: use and effectiveness
Wednesday, 17th February 2010
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
Guest of Honour: Jonathan Bamford, Assistant Commissioner and Director of Data Protection Development, Information Commissioner's Office
Margaret Parton
Telehealth, telecare and new technologies in UK healthcare
Wednesday, 24th February 2010
Central London
Guest of Honour: Margaret Parton, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Technology Adoption Centre
Eleanor Brooks
Smart metering
Tuesday, 23rd March 2010
Central London
Guest of Honour: Eleanor Brooks, Smart Meters Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Dame Lynne Brindley
Innovation and leadership in the public sector
Wednesday, 19th May 2010
Central London
Guest of Honour: Dame Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive, British Library
Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC
Libel & privacy law - challenges for reform
Tuesday, 15th June 2010
Central London
Guest of Honour: Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC


In Production
The following events are in the early planning stage:
- Taming the wild web pt 2
- IT skills gap
- Online gaming
- Open source software
- Net neutrality
- IPTV & television via the web
- Payment for content pt 2
- DRM
- Delivering next generation broadband
Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum
Lord Alli, Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns, Viscount Astor, Lord Avebury, Rt Hon the Lord Barnett, Anne Begg MP, Henry Bellingham MP, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Lord Bernstein of Craigweil, Dr Roger Berry MP, Lord Birt, Crispin Blunt MP, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, Tim Boswell MP, Rt Hon Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, Lord Bragg, James Brokenshire MP, Chris Bryant MP, Richard Burden MP, Baroness Buscombe, Dr Vincent Cable MP, Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Alistair Carmichael MP, Christopher Chope OBE MP, Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, Stephen Crabb MP, Rt Hon Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, Jonathan Djanogly MP, Lord Dubs, Rt Rev the Lord Eames, Louise Ellman MP, Natascha Engel MP, The Earl of Erroll, Nigel Evans MP, Michael Fabricant MP, Paul Farrelly MP, Don Foster MP, Roger Gale MP, Lord Gordon of Strathblane CBE, John Greenway MP, John Grogan MP, Mike Hancock CBE MP, Nick Harvey MP, Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE, John Hemming MP, Charles Hendry MP, Lord Hollick, Paul Holmes MP, Baroness Howe of Idlicote CBE, Lord Inglewood, Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Brian Jenkins MP, Martyn Jones MP, Alan Keen MP, Rt Hon the Lord Kilclooney, Julie Kirkbride MP, Norman Lamb MP, Andrew Lansley CBE MP, Professor the Lord Lewis of Newnham, Lord Lipsey, Tony Lloyd MP, Tim Loughton MP, Peter Luff MP, Lord Luke, Rt Hon the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston CBE, Fiona Mactaggart MP, Lord Maxton, Rosemary McKenna CBE MP, Anne McIntosh MP, Rt Hon the Lord McNally, Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Andrew Miller MP, Maria Miller MP, Baroness Miller of Hendon MBE, Austin Mitchell MP, Chris Mole MP, Margaret Moran MP, Mark Oaten MP, Baroness O'Cathain OBE, Lembit Opik MP, Sandra Osborne MP, Dr Nick Palmer MP, Lord Patel, Adam Price MP, Rt Hon James Purnell MP, Lord Puttnam CBE, Baroness Rawlings, Professor the Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, John Robertson MP, Andrew Rosindell MP, David Ruffley MP, Adrian Sanders MP, Andrew Selous MP, Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Ian Stewart MP, Dr Howard Stoate MP, Jo Swinson MP, Hugo Swire MP, Ian Taylor MBE MP, Lord Taylor of Warwick, Viscount Tenby, Andrew Turner MP, Neil Turner MP, Rt Hon the Lord Wakeham, Robert Walter MP, John Whittingdale OBE MP, David Willetts MP, Phil Willis MP, Sir Nicholas Winterton MP, Phil Woolas MP, Derek Wyatt MP and Tim Yeo MP. Please note: Parliamentary Patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.


