W G HART LEGAL WORKSHOP 2013 The Constitution of the Public Sphere: the post-Leveson Landscape Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Monday 24 June – Tuesday 25 June, 2013 Provisional Programme (please note this programme remains subject to change) Monday 24 June Coffee and reception 0900 Welcome 0930 IALS Director Opening Address 0945-1045 Chair: Professor Eric Barendt, UCL; Speaker: Geoffrey Robertson QC Parallel Panels 1045-1205 Panel 1A Panel 5B Lunch Plenary Session: Media Plurality and Media Influence 1315-1435 Chair: tbc Professor Chris Marsden, University of Sussex; Professor Lorna Woods, City University London Parallel Panels 1435-1555 Panel 1B Panel 2B Coffee Plenary Session: Media, Law and the Judiciary 1610-1730 Chair: tbc (judge) Professor Tom Gibbons, University of Manchester; Professor Leslie Moran, Birkbeck, University of London Workshop Dinner Tuesday 25 June Coffee 0900 Plenary Session: Constraining Journalism? - Newsgathering and Data Protection 0930-1050 Chair: tbc Gill Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services, Guardian News and Media Ltd; Philip Coppel QC, Landmark Chambers Parallel Panels 1050-1210 Panel 4 Panel 5A Lunch Plenary Session: Libel and Privacy in the Emerging Regulatory Matrix 1315-1435 Chair: tbc Professor Alastair Mullis, University of East Anglia; Professor Gavin Phillipson, University of Durham Parallel Panels 1435-1555 Panel 2A Panel 3 Coffee Plenary Session: The Future Shape, Operation and Coherence of Media Regulation 1610-1800 Chair: tbc Professor John Horgan, Irish Press Ombudsman; Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics; Michael McManus, Director of Transition, Press Complaints Commission; Professor Colin Scott, University College Dublin Close of Workshop / Drinks Reception Panels: 1 Libel and privacy law in the emerging regulatory matrix A Chair tbc Speakers Eva Nagle, Barrister-at-Law, Law Library, Dublin: '"Unringing" the bell that has sounded so loudly: maintaining anonymity when suing for defamation and privacy in the internet realm' Dr Aymeric D'Alton, affiliation tbc: 'Hurting in Defaming' Dr Mariusz Golecki, University of Lodz: 'Scylla-and-Charibdis: the reform of defamation laws in comparative and economic perspectives' B Chair tbc Speakers Professor Andrew Kenyon, University of Melbourne: 'Free or Expensive Speech? Defamation Reform Reconsidered' Dr Paul Wragg, University of Leeds: 'Leveson’s Regulator, Editorial Freedom and Press Discussion of Ordinary Members of the Public' Adam Speker, Barrister, 5 Raymond Buildings: title to be confirmed (on defamation law) 2 The future shape, operation and coherence of media regulation A Chair Professor Andrew Murray, London School of Economics Speakers Dr Irini Katsirea, Middlesex University: “Online press and broadcasting: ‘Press-like’ or ‘TV-like’?” Dr Daithi Mac Sithigh, University of Edinburgh: 'From newspapers to news-related material: internet exceptionalism after Leveson' Professor Giovanna de Minico, University of Federico II, Naples: 'Internet–democracy and freedom of speech' B Chair Tbc Speakers Professor Ian Walden, Queen Mary, University of London: 'On the front line: lessons from the PCC' Chris Mhike, Partner, Atherstone and Cook / Zimbabwe Media Commission: 'tbc' Judith Townend, City University, London: '"Closed" data: obstacles to accessing information about defamation and privacy dispute resolution in England&Wales and the effect on the development of post-Leveson reform' 3 Newsgathering: constraint or constrained? Chair Tbc Speakers Professor Ian Cram, University of Leeds: 'Rethinking journalists’ privileges in the era of citizen journalism' Dr Damien Carney, University of Portsmouth: 'Newsgathering and criminality: a time for re-assessment of current privileges, protections and defences' Dr Andrew Scott, London School of Economics: 'Hiding the truth in the shadow of the law?: the misuse of confidentiality provisions in public authority contracts' 4 Data protection, the media and the public sphere Chair tbc Speakers James Michael, Associate Senior Research Fellow, IALS: 'tbc' Dr David Erdos, University of Oxford: 'A new role for data protection vis-à-vis the media in the post-Leveson environment?' Professor Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University, Milan and Marco Bassini, University of Verona: 'The freedom of information and the right to be forgotten: a harder and harder balance' 5 The constitution of the public sphere: reflections on turbulent times A Chair Anne Barron, London School of Economics Speakers Richard Danbury, University of Oxford: 'Sowing the dragon’s teeth: a right of media freedom' Dr Annabel Brody, University of Amsterdam: 'Re-regulation of the print media: implications on press freedom' Oliver O'Callaghan, City University, London: 'What should we protect when we protect free speech?' B Chair tbc Speakers Dr Tarlach McGonagle, University of Amsterdam: 'Lessons for or from Leveson? a critical examination of the Council of Europe’s new (half- baked) notion of media' Perry Keller, King's College London: 'Leveson and freedom of speech: the unintended consequences of constitutionalisation' Roy Peled, Columbia Law School / Tel-Aviv University: 'Sunlight where it’s needed: the case for freedom of media information' Academic Directors Dr Eoin Carolan, University College Dublin Dr Andrew Scott, London School of Economics .