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David Bond lives in one of the most intrusive surveillance states in the world. He decides to find out how much private companies and the government know about him by putting himself under surveillance and attempting to disappear a decision that changes his life forever. Leaving his pregnant wife and young child behind, he is tracked across the database state on a chilling journey that forces him to contemplate the meaning of privacy and the loss of it.

Convention on Modern Liberty 28.2.2009 LondonBLOGGERS' SUMMIT hosted by Liberal Conspiracy s Comment is Free, will hope to give the event a more activist feel.Online technology is reshaping the way people can not only collect information and apply it, but also organise to raise awareness of issues that they are concerned about. How can this new generation of bloggers, online activists, Facebookers or just plain internet surfers get involved, get campaigning and get heard?This event will look at what civil liberty campaigns have so far been run online, to great success or dismal failure, what tools are available and helpful for people, and how different people can work together towards a common goal using simple online tools.This event will have an activist feel and aim to look forward on upcoming issues and how people can get involved in them.Speakers:Phil Booth (national co-ordinator, NO2ID) Heather Brooke (Your Right To Know) Sunny Hundal (Liberal Conspiracy) Chair Ben Goldacre (Bad Science) Sam Smith (my Society)

Convention on Modern Liberty 28.2.2009 LondonHOW DANGEROUS IS THE DATABASE STATE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES? Organised by NO2ID and Centre for Poiicy StudiesChaired by Guy Herbert, General Secretary, NO2ID Tony Bunyan is an investigative journalist and writer specialising in justice and home affairs, civil liberties and freedom of information in the EU. He has been the director of Statewatch since 1990 and is the author of "Secrecy and openness in the EU" (1999) and "The Shape of Things to Come" (2009) and edited "The War on Freedom and Democracy" (2005). He has taken ten successful complaints against the Council of the European Union. Sam Talbot Rice is the Director of Research of The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), a British policy studies think tank whose goal is to promote coherent and practical public policy, to roll back the state, reform public services, support communities, and challenge threats to Britain s independence. Simon Davies is a privacy advocate and academic based in London UK. He was one of the first campaigners in the field of international privacy advocacy, founding the watchdog organization Privacy International in 1990 and subsequently working in emerging areas of privacy such as electronic visual surveillance, identity systems, border security, encryption policy and biometrics. Christina Zaba sits on the Freelance Industrial Council of the National Union of Journalists and is union liaison officer for NO2ID, the campaign to stop ID cards and the database state.

Convention on Modern Liberty 28.2.2009 LondonXENOPHOBIAOrganised by Muslim Safety Forum (MSF)Chaired by Khadija Ali, Nominated for the Equalities s post 7/7 Working Group on Preventing Extremism. Stuart Wilks-Heeg is a lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Liverpool, where he received a PhD for his work on Globalisation and World City Governance. He has recently completed a major study of The State of Local Democracy , funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. He was Deputy Editor and then Editor of the journal Local Economy from 2001-05. Robin Knowles QC (South Square Chambers) His dedication to pro bono causes is testament to his belief as he himself affirms, pro bono is part of being a lawyer and should form part of any legal career He continues that if everyone contributes , then no one needs to be asked to do too much . Robin is a Trustee of LawWorks, the chairman of the Bar Pro Bono Unit and of Bar in the Community, and a trustee or director of a range of other bodies in the pro bono field. Dr Edie Friedman was born in Chicago. She came to England to study and subsequently worked for Oxfam and a local community relations council. She started the Jewish Council for Racial Equality (JCORE) in 1976 and is now its Director. The organisation aims to eradicate racism through education, action and dialogue. Ifath Nawaz is a principle solicitor of Wycombe District Council. She has been President of the Association of Muslim Lawyers since 2002. Ifath is a member of the Independent Advisory Group to the London Criminal Justice Board and co-chair with Sir John Waite of the Independent Asylum Review Commission.