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Review of the EU Data Protection Directive, prepared for the Information Commissioner’s Office, Neil Robinson, Hans Graux, Maarten Botterman & Lorenzo Valeri, TR-710-ICO, Cambridge, May 2009

Towards the Future of Networks and the ‘Internet of X’, Policy options for a ubiquitous Internet society, Report on the Workshop, for the European Commission DG Information Society and Media, Maarten Botterman, Constantijn van Oranje, Jonathan Cave, Brussels, June 2009

Study on the requirements and options for RFID application in healthcare, report on a workshop, for the European Commission DG Information Society and Media,, Maarten Botterman, Constantijn van Oranje, May 2009

Towards Good Internet Governance in the 21st Century, report on a workshop organized by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs by Maarten Botterman and Constantijn van Oranje, Rotterdam, March 2009

Value for citizens; a vision of public governance in 2020, a report for the European Commission by Maarten Botterman, Jeremy Millard, Edwin Horlings, Constantijn van Oranje, Marjan van Deelen, and Kristian Pedersen, Rotterdam, December 2008

The Internet: a Shared Future. An invitation to exchange of thought. Introduction written by Mr Frank Heemskerk, Minister of Trade, The Netherlands. Text of booklet by Constantijn van Oranje and Maarten Botterman. May 2008.

Current projects

As IPv4 addresses are running out, the European Commission is developing a strategy towards responsible and rapid uptake of IPv6 in Europe, for purpose of innovation in internet services (vast address space)and Europe's competitiveness. GNKS and TNO are carrying out the project IPv6 Deployment monitoring, in close collaboration with NII (Taiwan), which is measuring IPv4 depletion, IPv6 take up and is looking into bottlenecks in IPv6 take-up. (2009-2010: 300,000 EURO)

Privacy is a hot issue in the Information Society. Europe has been leading with the launch of a principles based data protection directive in 1995. The UK Information Commissioner invited a team of RAND, GNKS and time.lex to carry out a critical assessment of the data protection directive in the light of new developments and experiences, so far. (2008-2009: 200000 EURO)

Recent speeches

Building the Information Society on Dependable Fundaments, key note speech by Maarten Bottermanto the Roundtable on Information Security in Taiwan, 20 July 2009, NII, Taipei

Value for Citizens, a vision of public governance in 2020, introduction by Maarten Botterman for policy makers of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs on 26 May 2009, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague

Dealing with ICT threats at National Level; presentation by Maarten Botterman for the conference on ICT and International Security organised by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 25 April 2008, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Security challenges in the communications sector; contribution by Maarten Botterman to the Wilton Park conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resiloence: Trans Border Challenges, on 19 Februari 2008, Wilton Park, UK