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Combating SLAPP suits in India

By Prasad Krishna · Published

i-Probono is organizing this conference at WWF India on February 10, 2014. Bhairav Acharya is participating in the event as one of the speakers in the session on Freedom of Speech and the Internet.

Agenda

TimeDetail
14.00
14.20		Introduction
14.20
15.20		Frontline accounts
  • Maheshwar Peri – Pathfinder Publishing
  • Seby Rodrigues – MAND
  • Shailesh Rai – Amnesty
  • Jaggadish BN – Greenpeace
15.20
16.00		Legal commentary
  • Pavan Duggal – Advocate
  • Shamnad Basheer – Law Professor
  • Apar Gupta – Advocate
16.00
16.20		Break / Refreshments
16.20
17.20		Freedom of speech and the Internet
  • Raman Chima – Google
  • Anja Kovacs – Internet Democracy Project
  • Bhairav Acharya – Centre for Internet and Society
  • Kian Ganz – Legally India
17.20
17.40		Rule of law consequences
  • Keynote speaker – Prashant Bhushan
17.40
18.20		Follow-up actions and closing remarks