Upcoming Events *The African Union Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection Convention 'The Impact of a Continental Convention on Domestic ICT & Legal Spaces'* Roundtable Discussion *Strathmore Business School, Almasi Room, Lower Ground Floor* *Thursday, October 9, 2014* *9:00AM - 1230PM* Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law at the Strathmore University invites you to participate in the roundtable discussion on Thursday 9th October 2014 from 9Am to 1230PM at the Strathmore University, Nairobi. Given the wide scope of the Convention, your participation is critical to inform the appropriate nationalization of this legislation. The African Union adopted the Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection Convention (AUCyC) <http://cipit.org/index.php/downloadablessss/finish/5-cipit-presentations/266-african-union-convention-on-cybersecurity/0> in June 2014 seeking to harmonize the various laws in respective African Countries for enhanced cooperation in cyberspace. As Kenya embarks on the ratification process and given the wide scope of the Convention, it is critical that as many actors as possible be involved to bring in diverse perspectives on the Convention. This session will present the legislative procedures to date and the anticipated ratification in Kenya. This will be followed by a discussion on the probable impacts of the continental document on the local scene and proposals by participants on the ratification process going forward. For more on the Cyber Security project, click here <http://cipit.org/index.php/getting-started/aucc>. For more information contact Moses Karanja on +254 724162536 or +254 719690510 ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson