Day 2

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Venue: Theatre Delicatessen - Deli Studios, 2 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2M 2PF   Map

Enter on the ground floor through the cafe, follow the signs up to the first floor. Elevators available.

Day 2 features a series of organising skills workshops & campaign strategy sessions suitable for beginners & seasoned campaigners alike.

10:30am Registration

11am - 11:50am

Room 1 - BLOCKED!

ORG's Executive Director Jim Killock discusses important upgrades to ORG’s censorship detection tool Blocked! and how you can use it to hold ISPs accountable for censoring innocent websites.

Room 2 - DATA PROTECTION

Find out what’s next for the Data Protection Bill and help ORG discuss the best campaigning strategies to get the most out of the new GDPR. Featuring ORG's Scotland Director Mathew Rice & Policy Director Javier Ruiz.

12pm - 12:50pm

Room 1 CHALLENGING MASS SURVEILLANCE

The Investigatory Powers Act is now law, effectively legalising the UK’s Government’s mass surveillance programme. In this session we’ll assess our options and find the best way forward. Led by ORG Executive Director Jim Killock.

Room 2 FREE SPEECH ONLINE

Discuss campaign strategies to address online censorship and the UK Government’s emerging Digital Charter with ORG Scotland Director Matthew Rice.

1pm-2pm BREAK

2pm - 2:50pm

Room 1 HOW TO TEACH DIGITAL SECURITY EFFECTIVELY

Learn from ORG organiser Alex Haydock about how to apply techniques, tools, and methods of adult learning when educating the public about digital security.

Room 2 HOW TO CONNECT WITH & INFLUENCE YOUR MP

Learn from 89up's CEO Mike Harris about how to establish a working relationship with your MP.

3pm - 3:50pm

Room 1 HOW TO USE THE FOI ACT

Hear Wired journalist and author Matthew Burgess discuss how to use FOI requests to help defend our digital rights.

Room 2 HOW TO MAKE A PEOPLE'S CHARTER OF DIGITAL LIBERTIES

A small panel discussion led by Richard Barbrook, on how Parliament and the people could build a People's Charter of Digital Liberties. The panel will be chaired by Dave Levy, a Labour Party member of the ORG Supporters Council, the second panellist will be Mara Leverkuhn, a Labour Party digital rights activist. This panel and discussion is designed to focus on how this digital bill of rights could be developed, how one might use the networked society’s tools to synthesis opinion, crowd source the clauses of the Charter and make an actionable development plan. The panel will be small, and maximum time will be given for attendee contributions.

ORG is a non-partisan organisation and does not endorse the Labour party. We are, however, happy to help parties develop strategies to advance digital rights.

4pm - 4:50pm

Room 1 DIGITAL CAMPAIGNING 101

Veteran campaigner Yara Rodrigues Fowler of 89up will discuss the basics of online campaigning and share her experience with outside-the-box campaign strategy.

Room 2 HOW TO ORGANISE A LOCAL ORG GROUP

Hear a panel of experienced ORG organisers from across the UK discuss starting and managing a local group.