About
The 2009 Parliament and Internet Conference was held in Portcullis House on Thursday 15th October.
Below is a list of the groups who contributed to the organisation of the conference. Details of this year's event can be found the agenda page of this website.
apComms
The All Party Parliamentary Communications Group (apComms) was created in July 2007 when a merger was completed between The All Party Parliamentary Group on Communications, The All Party Parliamentary Mobile Group (apMobile) and The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG).
The new apComms group exists to provide a discussion forum between the communications industry and Parliamentarians for the mutual benefit of both parties. Accordingly, the group considers all communication issues as they affect society informing current Parliamentary debate through meetings, informal receptions and reports. The group is open to all Parliamentarians in both the House of Commons and House of Lords.
BSG
The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) is the industry-government forum tackling strategic issues across the converging broadband value chain
http://www.broadbanduk.org/content/view/30/3/
EURIM
EURIM brings together politicians, officials and industry to help improve the quality of policy formation, consultation, scrutiny, implementation and monitoring in support of the creation of a globally competitive, socially inclusive and democratically accountable information society. It works across all boundaries to help set the agenda, stage constructive debate and report on progress.
ISPA
The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) is the UK's Trade Association for providers of Internet services. ISPA UK was established in 1995 and promotes competition, self-regulation and the development of the Internet industry.
ITSPA
ITSPA was formed in March 2004 to represent network operators, service providers and other businesses involved with the supply of VoIP services to business and residential customers within the United Kingdom
Nominet
Nominet operates at the heart of e-commerce in the UK, running one of the world's largest Internet registries and managing over seven million domain names.
Nominet maintains the register of .uk domain names. Running run the technology which locates a computer on the Internet hosting the web site or email system you're looking for when you type in a web address or send an email to an address that ends in .uk.
Nominet was one of the leaders in establishing the UK Internet Governance Forum initiative.
PITCOM
MPs and Peers founded the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) in 1981 to provide a bridge between Parliament and the IT industry. PITCOM addresses the public policy issues generated by ICT and their application across the public and private sectors of the UK economy.