Between 26 and 29 September, the annual Freedom not Fear (FNF) conference and barcamp will take place in Brussels. As every year, the action days are challenging the false dichotomy that better security comes at a price: the abandonment of our privacy rights.

On Friday evening, the event will be kicked off with a keynote speech by Simon Davies, publisher of the Privacy Surgeon and founder of Privacy International, who recently released the first global analysis of the impact of the Snowden revelations. He will be joined by Paul Nemitz, Director at DG Justice of the European Commission, for a discussion of the data protection reform and the future of the EU-US umbrella and Safe Harbor agreements.

During the weekend, there will be speakers and workshops on a wide range of topics including Glyn Moody on the Trans-Atlantic Trade Agreement (TTIP/TAFTA) and Jillian York on surveillance. The barcamp style event will allow participants to propose additional ad-hoc presentations or workshops in an open environment. On Sunday evening, there will be a screening of the documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz”. See the full schedule .

On Monday, participants of the conference will have the possibility to experience EU policy-making first-hand with a visit of the European Parliament. On that day, the Parliament will be very busy with the first hearings of the “Juncker team” and a meeting of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee.

Supporters of this year’s Freedom not Fear are, among many others, European Digital Rights, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Digitale Gesellschaft, Access, NURPA, digitalcourage…

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