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Workshop on legal aspects of geographic data and spatial data
infrastructures
Friday 19 March 2010 – ICRI, K.U.Leuven
Leuven, Belgium, 9.30 to 17.00
The Spatialist project and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT would like to invite you to their workshop on legal aspects of geographic data and spatial data infrastructures, taking place in Leuven, Belgium on 19 March 2010, from 9.30 to 17.00.
As you are well aware, legal issues are often mentioned as an important barrier for the
availability of geographic data and the development of SDI. Yet, they have not received as
much attention as many of the other aspects involved. This workshop intends to bring together
the members of the GI&SDI community whose work or activities are aimed to progress the
research, policy and practice with regard to the legal aspects of geographic data and SDI, either
as a lawyer or as a researcher or professional in other fields closely related with law or policy.
The goal of the workshop is to get an overview of existing research, to consolidate possible
synergies and to develop a common research agenda for the future.
The workshop will be divided into four blocks, each with a particular theme. The four themes
that will be addressed are
- privacy and security,
- intellectual property rights,
- public-private sector relationships and competition,
- the future of legal SDI-research and practice.
For each
theme, presentations are given by an expert in the legal domain and an expert in geographic
data or SDI issues. These presentations are followed by a discussion, in which you are all
invited to participate.
Report
The report of the workshop can be found here (pdf)
Agenda
9:00 – 9:30 Coffee
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome and introduction
dr. Katleen Janssen, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, K.U.Leuven
(pdf)
9:45 – 11:15 Privacy and security
prof. dr. Jos Dumortier, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, K.U.Leuven, Privacy and Personal Data (pdf)
Kevin Pomfret,
Centre for Spatial Law and Policy (pdf)
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:45 Intellectual property rights
Chris Luton, British Geological Survey (pdf)
Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 15:15 Competition and public-private sector relationships
Karen Donders, VUB (pdf)
Michael Nicholson, PSI Alliance (pdf)
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee
15:30 – 17:00 The future of research and practice on legal aspects of geographic
data and SDI
Andrej Osterman,
European Commission (pdf)
17:00 Wrap-up and close of the meeting
Practical information
Date and time: Friday, 19 March 2009 from 9:30 to 17:00.
Registration:
You can register by sending an e-mail to katleen.janssen@law.kuleuven.be by 1 March 2010.
There is no registration fee.
Location: Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) of the Department of Law of
the K.U.Leuven.
Maria Theresia college - Sint-Augustinusbuilding
4th floor – ‘Babbelbox’ room 04.11
Sint Michielsstraat 6 B-3000 LEUVEN – BELGIUM
More information
Contact persons:
Katleen Janssen, +32 16 328 707 or +32 486 26 46 91, katleen.janssen@law.kuleuven.be
Nicole Verbiest, +32 16 32 52 73, nicole.verbiest@law.kuleuven.be
How to get to Leuven and ICRI?
If you arrive by plane at Brussels National Airport
The Brussels National Airport is located about 20 km from Leuven, a distance covered by train
in 15 minutes. There are two direct trains an hour from the airport to the train station of Leuven.
The price of a single ticket is below 5 EUR. From the train station in Leuven, you can walk to
ICRI, take a taxi or a bus. For directions from the train station to ICRI, see below.
For more information on the train time tables, see www.nmbs.be.
If you prefer taking a taxi to Leuven, the price is around 55 euro.
If you arrive by plane at Brussels Charleroi Airport
First option: A public bus (Line A) links all day long the Brussels South Charleroi Airport to the
Charleroi-SUD Trainstation. Then you can take the train to Leuven. If you want to combine
these two services when you arrive in the airport, you can buy a “bulk” ticket at the Airport
Disket desk in the Charleroi Airport.
Second option: More than 20 times per day in both directions, a transfer service by coach is
scheduled between Brussels South Charleroi and Brussels Midi Railway station. From Brussels
Midi you can take the train to Leuven (see below, if you arrive by train).
For directions from the train station to ICRI, see below.
If you arrive by train in Brussels Midi (Brussel Zuid), Brussels Central, or Brussels Nord
Railway Station.
From each of these Brussels Railway Stations, there is a train to Leuven between 2 and 6 times
an hour. The journey takes around 30 minutes. For directions from the Leuven train station to
ICRI, see below.
For more information on the train time tables, see www.nmbs.be
ATTENTION: When taking the train, be sure that it stops at Leuven (Louvain) and NOT
Louvain-la-Neuve, which is another city in Wallonia.
From the Leuven train station to ICRI
It’s a 15-20 min walk from the train station to ICRI. When you exit the station from the central
hall, cross the square and follow the main street in front of you (Bondgenotenlaan) for about
1km to the end. Enter the Grote Markt, the car-free square on your right. On one side of this
square is a church (Sint-Michielskerk) and on the other side is the historic City Hall. Go left just
behind the city hall into Naamsestraat.
Follow this street for about 100m and take the 2nd street on the left, the Lakenweversstraat. This
takes you to the Hogeschoolplein. To go to ICRI, enter the courtyard of the historical building
Paus Adriaan VI-college across the square. At the end of the courtyard, there is a flight of stairs,
flanked with two large lion statues. Right in front of this staircase, go to the right and enter the
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white door. Walk through the hallway (past two more double doors) to the elevator and staircase
which bring you to the fourth floor and the ICRI offices.
Alternatively, at the bus terminal next to the station you can take bus nr. 1, in the direction of
Heverlee Boskant, or bus nr. 2, in the direction of Heverlee Campus. You can purchase your
ticket aboard. Get off (by ringing the bell) when you pass the city hall, at the first stop in the
Naamsestraat (the trip takes about 5 min). Take the Lakenweversstraat to the left and follow the
directions given above.
If you arrive by car
At our official address, Sint-Michielsstraat 6, very limited parking space is available; therefore it
is advisable to drive to Ladeuzeplein (The square in front of the City Library), where
underground parking is available. From the Ladeuzeplein, walk down to Bondgenotenlaan and
follow the directions explained above.
Accommodation
There are several hotels in Leuven, within a 5 to 20 minutes walking distance:
Theater Hotel Leuven
Bondgenotenlaan 20, 3000 LEUVEN
tel. +32 (0) 16 22 28 19
fax +32 (0) 16 28 49 39
e-mail: reservations@theaterhotel.be
website: http://www.theaterhotel.be/
Hotel Holiday Inn Garden Court
Alfons Smetsplein 7, 3000 LEUVEN
tel. +32 (0) 16 31 76 00
fax +32 (0) 16 31 76 01
e-mail: higcleuven@alliance-hospitality.com
website: http://www.6c.com/leuvenbelgium
Hotel Ibis Leuven Centrum
Brusselsestraat 52 - 3000 LEUVEN
tel +32 (0)16 29 31 11
fax +32 (0)16 23 87 92
website: http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-1457-ibis-leuven-centrum/index.shtml
Novotel Leuven Centrum
Vuurkruisenlaan 4, 3000 LEUVEN
tel +32 (0) 16 21 32 00
fax +32 (0) 16 21 32 01
e-mail: h3153@accor.com
website: http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3153-novotel-leuven-centrum/index.shtml
Gasthof De Pastorij
Sint-Michielsstraat 5, 3000 LEUVEN
tel. +32 (0) 16 82 21 09
fax +32 (0) 16 20 88 56
e-mail: depastorij@yahoo.com
website: http://www.depastorij.be/
Begijnhof Congress Hotel
Groot Begijnhof 15, 3000 LEUVEN
tel +32 (0)16 29 10 10
fax +32 (0)16 29 10 22
e-mail: info@bchotel.be
website: http://www.bchotel.be/
Hotel New Damshire (http://www.hotelnewdamshire.be/)
Hotel De Biestpoort, website: http://www.hotelbiestpoort.be/
Hotel Industrie (http://www.industriehotel.be)
Hotel Mille Colonnes (http://millecolonnes.telenet.be/)
Hotel La Royale (http://www.laroyale.be/)
Bed & Breakfast “De Werf” (http://www.dewerf-leuven.be/)
Jeff's Guesthouse (http://www.jeffsguesthouse.be/)
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