National Conference Guildlhall 6th May 2008

Leonie McCarthy

Leonie McCarthy set up the British Red Cross Refugee Project in Peterborough - the first project of its kind, delivering a one-stop service to assist Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Migrant Workers to access services and information within the city. Since July 2004 she has managed Peterborough's 'New Link New Arrivals Partnership' - which supports and co-ordinates the integration of new arrivals to the city. This won the 2005 UK National Housing Award for 'Excellence in Promoting Community Cohesion'. 

Stewart Room   Stewart Room is a partner in the European law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse. He Is dual qualified as a Barrister and a Solicitor. He is one of the UK's leading experts in data protection and privacy law. Recent publications include "Access to Stored Communications and Traffic Data by Law Enforcement Agencies" "Hard-core Spammers Beware" and "Data-Sharing - Efficiency or Confusion?" His book "Data Protection and Compliance in Context" was published in 2006 as well as the data protection chapter in "Goode's Consumer Credit Law and Practice" (2005). He is a regular contributor to TV and Radio appearing as the UK legal expert in the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary "The Data Theft Scandal", which exposed security failings in the Indian Call Centre industry (2006). He sits on the British Computer Society's Information Privacy Expert Panel, and is Chairman of the National Association of Data Protection and Freedom of Information Officers. He is a visiting lecturer on data protection at Queen Mary College, University of London.