Agenda

18 May 2005

Section 6. Universal Access to Public Domain Information

10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

Venue:

• The Baltic Star Hotel, Nikolayevsky Hall

Chairpersons:

• Vladimir Isakov, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Russia)
• Valeria Mushchinina, Researcher, Institute of Legal Informatics, University of Saar (Germany)

Rapporteur:

• Victor Naumov, Ernst & Young CIS (Russia)

Presentations:

1. Access to Information: Legal Aspects in Russia and Overseas
   Mikhail Yakushev, Director of Legal Department, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Russian Federation (Russia)
2. Libraries as Resource Centers for Local Information Society
   Tuula Haavisto, Project Coordinator, International Federation of Linrary Associations and Institutions (IFLA) (Finland)
3. Proposal on a New Item to the WSIS Action Plan: e-Law
   Valeria Mushchinina, researcher, Institute of Legal Informatics, University of Saar; Maximilian Herberger, Head, Institute of Legal Informatics, University of Saar (Germany)
4. Legal Diversity in Cyberspace: Barriers or Protective Mechanisms?
   Victor Naumov, Ernst & Young CIS (Russia)
5. Internet, Human Rights: The Netherlands UNESCO Commission Experience
   Sjoera Nas, Co-Director, Bits of Freedom (the Netherlands)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderators:

• Shaukat Valitov, Internews Project / Global Internet Policy Initiatives (Uzbekistan)
• Irina Mironova, Vice-President of “Kodeks” Information and Legal Consortium; member of the Russian National Committee of the UNESCO Information for All Programme (Russia)

Section 6. Universal Access to Public Domain Information

15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

Venue:

• The Baltic Star Hotel, Nikolaevsky Hall

Chairpersons:

• Alexey Demidov, Deputy Chairman, UNESCO Information for All Programme National Committee of Russia
• Sjoera Nas, Co-Director, Bits of Freedom (the Netherlands)

Rapporteur:

• Victor Naumov, Ernst & Young CIS (Russia)

Presentations:

1. Access to Public Domain Information: Russian Model
   Alexey Demidov, Deputy Chairman, UNESCO Information for All Programme National Committee of Russia (Russia)
2. Providing Access to Legal Information as a Public Good: Experience of an Ombudsman
   Boris Kopyrnov, Ombudsman in Bryansk Region (Russia)
3. Legal Risks Caused by the Freedom of Mass Information
   Fedor Kravchenko,, Moscow Bureau, the Bar of Mass Media (Russia)
4. Jurisdiction in Cyberspace and Legal Barriers for the Dissemination of Information
   Shaukat Valitov,, Internews Project / Global Internet Policy Initiatives (Uzbekistan)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Shaukat Valitov,, Internews Project / Global Internet Policy Initiatives (Uzbekistan)
• Irina Mironova, Vice-President of “Kodeks” Information and Legal Consortium; member of the Russian National Committee of the UNESCO Information for All Programme (Russia)

19 May 2005

11:00 – 14:00 Round Table on NGO Role in the Information Society

Venue:

• The Baltic Star Hotel, Nikolaevsky Hall

Chairpersons:

• Oleg Panfilov, Director, Center for Extreme Journalism (Russia)
• Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor, University Paris 3-Sorbonne; Vice-president, International Association for Media and Communication Research Focal Point, Education, Academia and Research Taskforce in WSIS (France)

Rapporteur::

• Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor, University Paris 3-Sorbonne; Vice-president, International Association for Media and Communication Research Focal Point, Education, Academia and Research Taskforce in WSIS (France)

Presentations:

1. The Emerging Role of Civil Society in the Information Society
   Wallace Taylor, Professor of Information Society and Community Informatics, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa)
2. Civil Society within ICT Partnerships: Moving from Conflict to Confidence
   Panganiban Rik, Communications Coordinator, Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
3. Civil Society’s Involvement in the WSIS Process: Drafting the Alter-agenda ?
   Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor, University Paris 3-Sorbonne; Vice-president, International Association for Media and Communication Research Focal Point, Education, Academia and Research Taskforce in WSIS (France)

Discussion and drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

Discussant::

• Andrey Topolev-Soldunov, Agency for Social Information (Russia)