2009

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CONFERENCE


FEATURED TOPIC:

The FOI Act

&

The Management of Electronic Records:

Disclosure, Storage and Retention

 

Thursday, April 9, 2009

7:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

 

Hartford Marriot Rocky Hill

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

100 Capital Boulevard 

Rocky Hill, CT 06067 

Phone: (860)257-6000

 

Directions:

 

From  I-91 South: Take Exit 23. Turn left

off exit and continue one block to hotel.

 

From I-91 North: Take Exit 23.  Turn

right.  The hotel is on the right.

 

 

 

 

Sponsored by

Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission

Society of Professional Journalists - Connecticut Chapter

Center for First Amendment Rights

Connecticut Foundation for Open Government

Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information

 

 

 

2009 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

7:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Registration and continental breakfast

 

8:00 A.M. – 9:50 A.M.

Welcome and Introduction

Eric V. Turner, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, State of Connecticut, Freedom of Information Commission

 

The “Nuts and Bolts” of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act

FOI Commission Staff

 

9:50 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

Break

 

10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.

 Panel Discussion

Complying with FOI: Some Helpful Hints

Co-Moderators and Panel Members:

Thomas Mooney, Attorney and Partner, Shipman and Goodwin

Henry J. Zaccardi, Attorney, Shipman and Goodwin

 

11:00 A.M. – 11:10 A.M.

Break

 

11:10 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.

Panel Discussion

The FOI Act and the Management of Electronic Records:

Disclosure, Storage and Retention

 

Moderator:

Gregory F. Daniels, Staff Attorney, State of Connecticut, Freedom of Information Commission

 

Panel Members:

 

Leslie G. Cotton, Town Clerk, Town of Southington

Eric L. Jackson, Chief Information Officer, City of Hartford

Nuala F. Whelton, Director of Communications, State of Connecticut, Department of Information and Technology

 

12:15 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

Break

 

12:30 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.

Keynote Speaker and Luncheon

 

Daniel J. Klau, Attorney and Partner, Pepe & Harzard, LLP

 

 

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REGISTRATION FORM

$40.00 Registration fee covers all or part of the program, including continental breakfast, and lunch.*

Registration for conference and luncheon on a space available basis.

Registration must be received by MARCH 26, 2009 and will only be accepted with full payment, payable to:

CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT

C/O FOI  COMMISSION, 18-20 TRINITY STREET, 1ST FLOOR, HARTFORD, CT 06106

                                                               

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*Buffet Lunch includes: Pasta Fagioli Soup; Mixed Green Salad; Chicken Parmesan; Three Cheese Ravioli; Zucchini, Yellow Squash and Tomato Medley; Italian and Garlic Bread; Puff Pastry Fruit Strip; and Coffee, Tea or Soft Drink.