John Edwards, Information Commissioner, ICO, delivers his keynote for FOI25
David Hamilton, Scottish Information Commissioner, delivers his keynote for FOI25
Maurice Frankel, Carole Ewart and Warren Seddon reflect on the past 20 years of FOI, looking at what has changed and how the Act has progressed
Nick Murthwaite updates practitioners on the latest research report, Issues in Information Governance. David Hamilton, Jon Baines, Barry Moult, and Deborah Clark provide their expert analysis on the findings and how to overcome the issues that were uncovered.
Glenn Phillips, CTO at eCase, discusses what the future holds for FOI, looking at where AI can be used in FOI and how to navigate it securely and effectively.
Dr Ben Worthy looks at whether FOI has achieved what it originally intended to and what we need to be concerned about in the future.
In this session, the panel discusses how FOI can reach minority groups, looking at the barriers and how they can be overcome.
In this session, the panel discusses recent case law, taking an in depth look at recent decision notices and what we can learn from them
Warren Seddon, Director of FOI and Transparency, ICO, delivers his keynote for FOI24
David Hamilton, Scottish Information Commissioner, delivers his keynote for FOI24
Nick Murthwaite, eCase, provides analysis on the latest research into the current state of FOI in the public sector
Connor Wareham, eCase, talks to Peter Andrews of Hampshire County Council about the steps the FOI Team and IG Team as a whole have taken to understand their performance and how they've used that information to inform and make improvements.
Find out from 2023 Practitioner of the Year, Sarah Laws of London Borough of Camden, how the team (2023 Winners of Team of the Year) created an environment of success and how they've since leveraged their win and continually improved. Get insights from Deborah Clark, ICO, and Paul Mutch, OSIC, as they share their knowledge on what practitioners, teams and organisations have done that has really made a positive difference.
This session gives you a great opportunity to understand FOI from a requester's point of view. Get insights from Maurice Frankel, Campaign for FOI, and Carole Ewart, Campaign for FOI in Scotland not just on what has previously motivated requests, but also how good use of advice and assistance can potentially prevent internal reviews and possibly even tribunals. Learn from journalist author and FOI trainer, Martin Rosenbaum, on how he a coaches fellow journalists on creating effective FOI requests that you can then use to advise requesters on better framing their requests to get the information that's most important to them.
Sophie Turner (ICO) and Paul Mutch (OSIC) along with chair, Lynn Wyeth discuss the common issues and questions that arise with EIRs, giving clarity on some of the areas that people find challenging - from identifying EIRs to dealing with mixed requests and case examples of application.
Experts from across the field of FOI, Maurice Frankel, Carole Ewart, Jon Baines, Barry Moult and Martin Rosenbaum give their reactions to the eCase's 'State of FOI' report and share their thoughts on what most needs to be done to improve FOI.
Our panel talk about vexatious requests and the chilling effect, which are two elements that many practitioners are reluctant to apply. In this session our panel discuss the 'golden rules', when to consider using, and give examples of application as well as advice to others.
Which people and teams received the trophies for their work in FOI this year? Find out who won and what they achieved.
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