International Conference
«UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society»

Agenda

18 May 2005


 

Section 1. Building the Information and Knowledge
Societies: Concepts, Strategies, Programmes
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

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Presentations:

  1. European Way to the Knowledge Society: New Start for the Lisbon Strategy
    Speaker to be announced (representative of European Commission or a European organization)
  2. On Information Society Development Strategy for Russia
    Oleg Byakhov, Director of the Department of the Information Society Development of the Russian Ministry of IT and Communications (Russia)
  3. Selecting Priorities and Criteria for Projects: Unesco’s IFAP and the First Call for Proposals
    Daniel Malbert, Chair of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (France)
  4. UNESCO Information for All Programme: Regional Experience of Implementation and Development
    Evgeny Kuzmin, Chairman of the Russian Committee and Member of Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO Information for All Programme, Head of the Department of Archives and Libraries of the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (Russia)
  5. The e-Volution of the i-Society in the business of e-Governance
    Wallace Taylor, Professor of Information Society and Community Informatics, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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19 May 2005


 

Section 1. Building the Information and Knowledge
Societies: Concepts, Strategies, Programmes
11:00 – 14:00 Session 2

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Presentations:

  1. Pitfalls for National ICT Strategies aiming at the “Information Society for All”
    Cornelius Hopmann, Executive Director of AIN-eNicaragua - Nicaraguan Development Gateway (Nicaragua)
  2. Building and Monitoring Strategies and Action Plans for Information Society Development in Russia and Russian Regions
    Sergey Shaposhnik, Head of Directorate on Information Society Development Monitoring, Institute of the Information Society; Yuri Hohlov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Institute of the Information Society (Russia)
  3. Lithuania: Aiming for a Knowledge Economy
    Renaldas Gudauskas, Advisor to Prime Minister of Lithuania for Information Society and Knowledge Economy, Education, Science and Innovation Strategy Issues (Lithuania)
  4. US Memory Institutions and World Summit on the Information Society
    John W. Berry, Past President, American Library Association, Chair, ALA International Relations Committee (USA)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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