If you’re into ediscovery/edisclosure stuff you will have heard of The Sedona Conference®. For those who have not heard of DESI, (I posted about DESI here) please check out the DESI III at ICAIL 2009 site.

As I am on The Sedona Conference® WG6 e-mailing list, I have received an invitation to announce to friends to submit their comments on The Sedona Conference® Framework for Analysis of Cross-Border Discovery Conflicts: A Practical Guide to Navigating the Competing Currents of International Data Privacy & eDiscovery – Public Comment Version (August 2008).

Do please contact Ken Withers ( kwithers@sedona.net ) if you have any questions.
I have pasted the necessary information which I received from Ken here:

As many of you know, a new EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Working Document on pre-trial discovery for cross-border civil litigation, released 11 February 2009, recognizes the contribution of The Sedona Conference® in helping to bridge the cultural and legal divide between cross-border discovery and data privacy and protection. In particular, the Working Party cites The Sedona Conference® Framework for Analysis of Cross-Border Discovery Conflicts: A Practical Guide to Navigating the Competing Currents of International Data Privacy & eDiscovery – Public Comment Version (August 2008) as one of several works that contribute to a positive way forward to reduce cross-border discovery conflicts.

The Cross-Border Conflicts Framework will be a prominent part of the upcoming Sedona Conference® International Programme on Cross-Border Discovery and Data Privacy scheduled for June 10-11, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. This Programme provides an extremely rare and timely opportunity to dialogue about ways to harmonize the competing interests of data privacy and cross-border discovery with Data Commissioners, governmental officials, leading jurists, privacy officers, corporate counsel, private practitioners and consultants. We need to finalize the Cross-Border Conflicts Framework in advance of the International Programme in June. In order to do so, we need all remaining public comments by 24 April.

The public can access both the public comment version of the Framework and information about the Programme from the opening page of The Sedona Conference® web site at http://www.thesedonaconference.org. The Framework is found on the right side under “Recent Publications” and the Programme agenda, brochure, and registration application form can be found by clicking on the programme title under “International Programmes.”

Comments on the Framework may be submitted in Microsoft Word format to Ken Withers at kwithers@sedona.net or by fax to (+1) 866-598-9649 before midnight GMT 24 April 2009.

Thank you all for your contributions to the Sedona Conference® Cross-Border Conflicts Framework commentary and for your continued support of The Sedona Conference® Working Group on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (WG6). If you have any questions, please contact me at kwithers@sedona.net.