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.

Should you have any booking queries, please email jayne.cole@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk.

Richard Lindsay-Davies

Richard Lindsay-Davies

The future of digital terrestrial television

Tuesday, 7th September 2010
Council Chamber, Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
This event is CPD Certified

Guest of Honour: Richard Lindsay-Davies, Director-General, Digital TV Group

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Karsten Gerloff

Karsten Gerloff

Open source software: in business, in government

Thursday, 23rd September 2010
Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET
This event is CPD Certified

Guest of Honour: Karsten Gerloff, President, Free Software Foundation Europe

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Alex Blowers

Alex Blowers

Net neutrality in the UK

Tuesday, 28th September 2010
Sixty One Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET
This event is CPD Certified

Guest of Honour: Alex Blowers, International Director, Ofcom

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Alex Nagle

Alex Nagle

Taming the wild web 2010 - building a safer cyberspace

Tuesday, 12th October 2010
Central London
This event is CPD Certified

Guest of Honour: Alex Nagle, Head of Harm Reduction, Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre

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Guy Parker

Guy Parker

Digital marketing

Thursday, 14th October 2010
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
This event is CPD Certified

Guests of Honour: Guy Phillipson, Chief Executive, IAB UK and Guy Parker, Chief Executive, Advertising Standards Authority

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Ed Vaizey

Ed Vaizey

Building 21st century broadband - paying, laying and stimulating demand

Thursday, 4th November 2010
Central London
This event is CPD Certified

Guests of Honour: Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries; Ronan Dunne, Chief Executive Officer, Telefónica O2 UK and Steve Robertson, Chief Executive Officer, Openreach

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From the Westminster Media Forum:

Payment for content online 2011 - paywalls and new structures for digital business

Thursday, 2nd December 2010
Central London
This event is CPD Certified

Guests of Honour: Dominic Young, Director of Strategy and Product Development, News International

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Ford Ennals

Ford Ennals

Digital radio

Tuesday, 7th December 2010
Central London
This event is CPD Certified

Guest of Honour: Ford Ennals, Chief Executive, Digital Radio UK

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In Production

The following issues are being considered for future events:

  • Online Data Protection
  • Future of the Royal Mail and Post Office
  • Future of mobile part 2
  • IT Skills
  • Online gaming
  • eBooks
  • Resilience and Cyber war
  • ICT and international development
  • IT, Government innovation and efficiency

Core Sponsors

The core sponsors of the Westminster eForum are Arqiva, BLP, BT and O2.

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 Birt, Crispin Blunt MP, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, Rt Hon Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, Lord Bragg, James Brokenshire MP, Chris Bryant MP, Richard Burden MP, Baroness Buscombe, Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP, Alistair Carmichael MP, Christopher Chope OBE MP, Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, Stephen Crabb MP, Rt Hon Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, 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, Mike Hancock CBE MP, Nick Harvey MP, Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE, John Hemming MP, Charles Hendry MP, Lord Hollick, Baroness Howe of Idlicote CBE, Lord Inglewood, Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Alan Keen MP, Rt Hon the Lord Kilclooney, Norman Lamb MP, Rt Hon 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, Ann McKechin 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, Baroness O'Cathain OBE, Sandra Osborne MP, Lord Patel, 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, Jo Swinson MP, Hugo Swire MP, Lord Taylor of Warwick, Viscount Tenby, Andrew Turner MP, Rt Hon the Lord Wakeham, Robert Walter MP, John Whittingdale OBE MP, David Willetts MP, Phil Woolas MP and Tim Yeo MP. Please note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.