Apologies for this, but I only got told about this today. I am sending this in a hurry because I see that there are still a few hours for people to register before the deadline: OECD conference: Empowering E-Consumers: Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Internet Economy Washington, DC, 8-10 December 2009 The OECD Conference on E-Consumers will take place on 8-10 December 2009. It will be held at the US Federal Trade Commission's Conference Centre, located at 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 Conference home page on: http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_43348316_1_1_1_1_1,00.html Register on: http://webnet.oecd.org/survey/Survey.aspx?surveyid=3754 I hope that someone from local ALSs can make it there, and make the voice of the Internet users heard. Warm regards, Olivier -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html