The path to the future 
- an industry insider: Andrew Day, CEO, World Directories

- the outside perspective:           

- Access to Public Sector Information:  What’s changing? Trevor Fenwick, Euromonitor International, UK
The decision to liberalise access to European public sector information is designed to stimulate the knowledge economy by boosting the data publishing sector.   With national legislation due this year what are the changes taking place and how can data publishers take advantage of the changes ?   This session will explain what is happening by focussing on issues surrounding access to company information and telephone subscriber information.

Are databases still protected? Laurie Kaye,  UK
In 2004 the European Court of Justice surprised the database sector  with its decision in the William Hill and Fixtures Marketing cases. Are databases still protected and, if not, what has changed?  What do data publishers need to do to maximise the protection of their data from unauthorised copying and re-use?