On 23 and 24 January 2012 the second public conference of the LAPSI thematic network will take place. Participation in the conference is free, but registration is required. ePSIplatform team members Daniel Dietrich and Marce de Vries will be presenting as well, so be sure to meet us if you attend this conference.

The full programme is available at the LAPSI website, and provides sessions on five main themes:

• Public Sector Information and Intellectual Property Issues
• Public Sector Information, Privacy and Personal Data
• Public Sector Information and Competition Law
• Regulatory Bodies
• How Open Government Information can Help 'Operationalize' Fundamental Rights

LAPSI is the European Thematic Network studying Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information Re-use. It intends to build a network apt to become the main European point of reference for high-level policy discussions and strategic action on all legal issues related to the access and the re-use of the PSI, namely in the digital environment.

The LAPSI Thematic Network is aimed to produce policy recommendations in view of the impact assessment exercise linked to the revision of the Directive 2003/98/EC scheduled for 2012.

The winner of the 3rd LAPSI Award on the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal in the EU will be announced during the second day of this conference.

More info at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/