Fringe Meetings 29 October
Important note: Please ‘Register’ for the session/s of your choice by using the email links under each session title – the Individual Organisers of each meeting will provide further information and add you to their attendance list.| All Day Event | Description and Speakers | ||
| F1 Increasing Consumers Voice in Intellectual Property Policy Consumers International, CHOICE, Consumers Union, Consumentenbond and Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue LOCATION AND TIME Vibe Hotel - Ballroom B 09.00 – 17.00 Organisers: Lizzie Ball lball@choice.com.au |
Consumers’ rights to use intellectual property are increasingly under threat. Policy is made at an international level - how can national consumer organisations work better to strengthen their voice on the global stage? The session will introduce current campaigns and brainstorm ideas for action to reassert consumer rights. View full programme here Speakers include: Michelle Childs (Knowledge Ecology International, USA), Indrani Thuraisingham (CI, Malaysia), Indah Suksmaningsih - YLKI (Indonesia), Chris Murray (Consumers Union, USA), Luis Villaroel Villalon (Ministry of Education, Chile), Alwin Sixma – (Consumentenbond, The Netherlands). |
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| F2 Enhancing Consumer Protection via Competition Policy CUTS International, India and Consumers Federation of Australia LOCATION AND TIME Luna Park - Ted Hopkins Room 10:00 – 13.00 Organisers: Pradeep S. Mehta c-cier@cuts.org |
Both competition and consumer protection seek to ensure that markets function for maximum consumer benefit. This session seeks to identify the best way in which competition policy can be used as a tool of consumer protection. It will explore - Competition. Why every consumer should care - Competition and Consumer protection - Competition and regulation. Making Regulated industries Work for Consumers Speakers: Pradeep S. Mehta, CUTS, India Allan Asher, CEO, energywatch, UK Louise Sylvan, Deputy Chair, ACCC, Australia Catriona Lowe, Chair, Consumers Federation of Australia Comment: Nicola Howell, Centre for Credit and Consumer law, Griffith University |
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| F3 Media Capacity Building workshop PANOS and Consumers International LOCATION AND TIME Luna Park - Taj Mahal Room 10:00 - 11:30 Organiser: Luke Upchurch kscott@consint.org |
An open, workshop to look at media capacity building initiatives. The session will consider how small and emerging consumer organisations can use the media to campaign and raise their profile. Workshop Leader: Kitty Warnock – Senior Adviser, Communication for Development, The Panos Institutue |
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| F4 Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Safety Campaign: safety issues of household insecticides Consumers Korea LOCATION AND TIME Vibe Hotel - Vibe Room 1 & 2 09:30 – 12:30 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch Organiser: Dr Eunsook Moon moon@consumerskorea.org |
This workshop will propose ways to develop a global campaign on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) safety. It will be specifically focused on 'safety issues of household insecticides, containing EDCs'. There is growth in the use of household insecticides, which contain EDCs. Consumers from many countries worldwide commonly use household insecticides. How to secure the safety of the consumers from household insecticides use? What is social responsibility of the household insecticides manufacturers? This workshop will propose the global campaign for EDCs Safety and Corporate Social Responsibility to ensure safety of consumers. Speakers: Dr Vokyung Song, Consumers Korea, Dr. Michael Hansen, Consumers Union of USA, Dr. Eunsook Moon, Consumers Korea, Mr. Seah Seng Choon, Consumers Association of Singapore, Ms. Premila Kumar, Consumer Council of Fiji, Ms. Connie Lau, Consumer Council of Hong Kong, Mr. Bharath Jairaj, Citizen Consumer & Civic Action Group.tba View fulll program here |
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| F5 Labeling Genetically Modified Food: Why We Want It, How We Get It VOICE and Consumers Union LOCATION AND TIME Luna Park - Taj Mahal Room 14:00 – 16:00 Organiser: Bejon Misra, VOICE; bejonmisra@consumer-voice.org Jean Halloran, Consumers Union, hallje@consumer.org |
This workshop aims to educate CI Members about the need for GM labeling , to share strategies adopted to date in regulating GM labeling at national and international level and to formulate the future course of action within the CI membership on GM labeling. Speakers (all to be confirmed) Why We Need GM Labeling; health & sustainability: Michael Hansen, Ph.d., CU of US The Battle for GM Labeling at National Level: Bejon Misra, VOICE India, Saree Aongsomwang, Thailand; Samuel Ochieng, Kenya, Muyunda Illonga, Zambia; Marilena Lazzarini, Brazil; Codex and Biosafety Protocol: Jean Halloran, CU of US |
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| F6 Social Responsibility and the Global Market: What Partnership For Consumers and Standards? International Standards Organisation Consumer Policy Committee (ISO COPOLCO) LOCATION AND TIME Vibe Hotel - Vibe Room 1 & 2 14:00 – 17:00 Organiser: Dana Kissinger-Matray copolco@iso.org |
To interest CI participants in standards and how they can ensure consumer protection, highlighting how standards relate to CI’s specific priorities. The session will focus on social responsibility, and will include a short update on ISO’s activities of interest to CI and its members (ISO Committee on consumer policy, “customer satisfaction” standards, and others). Speakers: Bill Dee, Compliance Solutions - Australia, Mr Jens Henriksson, Swedish Consumers Association (tbc) / consumer interest stakeholder group Prof Sri Ram Khanna, VOICE – 1 or 2 others to confirm Secretary of the ISO Committee on Consumer Policy (COPOLCO), ISO Central Secretariat Switzerland Moderator: Ms. Jai Ok Kim, Consumers Korea, & Chair of COPOLCO |
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| F7 Consumer groups and Government: Interacting and learning The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission LOCATION AND TIME Vibe Hotel – Ballroom A 14:00 - 17:30 Organiser: Julie McNamara julie.mcnamara@accc.gov.au |
This session is targeted at government agencies with a consumer protection role, and consumer NGOs that work with government. This session will be built around successful case studies from around the world to explore - Innovative and productive ways in which Government agencies and consumer groups work together - How governments and consumer groups find out about what is happening in consumer markets. Chairs: Louise Sylvan, Deputy Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Jenny Mack, Chairperson, CHOICE, Australia Speakers: Representatives of governments and consumer organisations presenting case studies tba |
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| F8 Protecting children from food marketing - success stories and lessons learned Which?, UK / Centre for Science in the Public Interest (USA) PRIVATE SESSION: CI Members & Invitees Only LOCATION AND TIME Luna Park - Ted Hopkins Room 13:30 - 17:30 Organiser: Clare Hughes chughes@choice.com.au |
This session will seek to develop campaigning and advocacy strategies. It will be an opportunity for CI members to share experiences on obesity and food advertising advocacy – successes, challenges, approaches, new campaigns, political environment – to strengthen and inform approaches of member organisations.It will also be an opportunity for Australian NGOs and advocates to learn from experiences of international consumer groups and build partnerships with CI member organisations. Speakers include Sue Davies, Senior Policy Officer, Which?, Bruce Silverglade, Legal Affairs Director, Centre for Science in the Pubilc Interest, USA Other speakers from BEUC, Asia and Africa tbc |
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| F9 Developing a World Energy Consumers Charter energywatch UK LOCATION AND TIME Vibe Hotel - Milsons room 14:00 - 16:00 Organiser: Jessica Myint Thinn Jessica.Myint.Thinn@energywatch.org.uk |
The European Commission has commenced work on an Energy Consumer Charter - Click to download What would a global charter look like? How might it be achieved? Speaker: Allan Asher, CEO, energywatch Elissa Freeman, CHOICE |
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The Fringe Meeting Venues are within 5 minutes walk of one another:
Luna Park
Milsons Point
North Sydney Closest train station: Milsons Point - 5 minutes walk to Luna Park
Closest ferry stop: Milsons Point – 3 minutes walk to Luna Park
The Vibe Hotel
Milsons Point
North Sydney
Closest train station: Milsons Point - 1 minutes walk to Vibe Hotel
Closest ferry stop: Milsons Point – 8 minutes walk to Vibe Hotel
