Agenda

18 May 2005

Section 2. Human Capacity Building for Knowledge
Society. Personal Information Culture.
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1. Structuring the Problem Area and Looking for Possible International Efforts to Promote Human Capacity for Building Knowledge Societies

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Trojan Hall

Chairpersons:

• Ekaterina Kudrina, Rector, Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts (Russia)
• Leopoldina Fortunati, Professor, University of Udine (Italy)

Rapporteur:

• Olga Vershinskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Russia Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Presentations:

1. Personal Information Culture: the Contribution of Research on ICT in Everyday Life
   Leslie Haddon, Lecturer, London School of Economics (UK)
2. New ICT Related Challenges to Personal Information Culture
   Olga Vershinskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Russia Academy of Sciences (Russia)
3. Personal Information Culture in an Information Society: View from Russia
   Natalia Gendina, Director of the Research Institute of Information Technologies for the Kuzbass Welfare, Education and Culture (Russia)
4. Information Processes and the Knowledge Society
   Leopoldina Fortunati, Professor, University of Udine (Italy)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Olga Vershinskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Russia Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Discussant:

• Alberta Contarello, Professor, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova (Italy)

19 May 2005

Section 2. Human Capacity Building for Knowledge
Societies. Personal Information Culture
11:00 – 14:00 Session 2. Awareness of New Possibilities and Mastering Them

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Corner Reception Hall

Chairpersons:

• Olga Vershinskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Russia Academy of Sciences (Russia)
• Leslie Haddon, Lecturer, London School of Economics (UK)

Rapporteur:

• Olga Vershinskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Russia Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Presentations:

1. Universal Trends in Digital Culture
   Alberta Contarello, Professor, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova (Italy)
2. Distant Technologies as a Tool to Prepare People for a Knowledge Society
   Valeria Fokina, Deputy Vice-President, Modern Humanitarian Academy (Russia)
3. Information Culture of Digital Information Users (Case Study: Social and Humanitarian Sciences)
   Ludmila Shemberko, Head of Sector, Institute of Scientific Information in Social Sciences (Russia)
4. Managing Professional and Intellectual Potential of a Modern Orgainsation: from Theory to Technology
   Andrey Kapterev, Head of Chair on International Management, Academy of Labour and Social Relations (Russia)
5. Capacity Building in Internet Governance: An Innovative Approach in a New Area
   Andrei Mikheyev, Chief of News Department, Internet Policy Center at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russia); Ljupco Gjorgjinski, Executive Director, Center for Dialogue and Democracy (Macedonia); Veronica Cretu, President of the “CMB” Training Center (Moldova)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Leopoldina Fortunati, Professor, University of Udine (Italy)

Discussant::

• Natalia Gendina, Director of the Research Institute of Information Technologies for the Kuzbass Welfare, Education and Culture (Russia)