The Work of the Communications Consumer Panel

The 20^th ANACOM seminar saw the presentation of ''The Work of the Communications Consumer Panel'' by Roger Darlington, a founder member of the United Kingdom's Communications Consumer Panel (previously the Ofcom Consumer Panel). The seminar was held in Lisbon’s SANA Malhoa Hotel on 27 March at 3.30pm.

Theme and objectives

Programme

Speaker

Registration

Venue

Previous seminars

Theme and objectives:

Britain has adopted a number of different models for ensuring that the consumer interest is represented to various regulators and Roger Darlington explains the method used in respect of Ofcom, the UK regulator for telecommunications, broadcasting and spectrum issues (and soon postal matters). Roger has been the Member for England on the Communication Consumer Panel since its creation in February 2004. He explains how the Panel is chosen and how it operates and describe how the Panel makes policy and represents this policy to Ofcom and other relevant bodies.

Programme:

See seminar programmehttp://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=871325.

Speaker:

See  biographical note on speaker.

Registration:

While participation in the seminars is open to all interested members of the public, prior registration is required. Admission to persons who have not registered in advance will be subject to the availability of space in the room.

Participants should register no later than two days in advance of the seminars, by sending an email to mailto:seminarios@anacom.pt seminarios@anacom.pt.

Venue:

The scheduled seminars will be held in the SANA Malhoa Hotelhttp://www.sanahotels.com/gca/index.php?hotelId=49&id=88, Av. José Malhoa no 8, 1099-089 Lisbon.  For further information on the location of the hotel, please see the hotel’s website.

Previous seminars:

See available information on previous initiatives in the series of ANACOM Seminarshttp://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=205342.