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

Agenda

17 May 2005 ă.

09:00 - 15:00 Participants registration

15:00 - 16:00 Opening Session

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Welcome addresses:

  1. Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
  2. Alexander Sokolov, Minister of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
  3. Leonid Reiman, Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation
  4. Françoise Rivière, ADG/ODG, UNESCO
  5. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
  6. Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union
  7. Sergey Tarasov, Vice-Governor of Saint Petersburg
  8. Grigori Ordzhonikidze, Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
  9. Mohamed Bellagi, Ambassador of Tunis in Russian Federation [Eng] [Fr]

16:00 – 18:30 Plenary Session 1

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Presentations:

  1. Sustainable Diversity in Knowledge Societies, Opportunities and Challenges
    Françoise Rivière, ADG/ODG, UNESCO
  2. Implementing Decisions of the World Summit on the Information Society
    Yuri Grin, Member of the UN ICT Task Force; Chairman of the Working Group on the World Summit on the Information Society, International Telecommunication Union; Director of Department of International Cooperation, Russian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Russia)
  3. WSIS: Emergence of a Multi-Actor Partnership for a New World
    Adama Samassékou, President of the African Academy of Languages; President of WSIS Preparatory Committee for Geneva Phase; Former Minister of Education of Mali
  4. UNESCO and Knowledge Society for All: WSIS is a mere start ...
    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. Quality Education as a Building Block of Knowledge Societies
    Vladimir Tikhomirov, Rector, Moscow State University for Economics, Statistics and Informatics (Russia)

10:00 – 13:30 Central and Eastern Europe Regional Working Meeting of the Global Knowledge Partnership

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19:30 - 22:00 Reception for Conference Participants on behalf of the Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation Leonid Reiman

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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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Section 3. Education for Knowledge Societies.

10:00 – 14:00 Session 1. E-Learning: Strategy, Legal Aspects and Role in the Development of Common Learning Space

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Presentations:

  1. National Strategies for e-Learning: International Experience
    Evgueni Khvilon, UNESCO Consultant (Russia)
  2. eBologna - Creating a European Learning Space. A Step towards the Knowledge Society
    Joergen Bang, President of European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
  3. Developing the Russian Legal Basis for e-Learning to Facilitate Transition to Knowledge Society
    Yuri Nazmeev, Deputy Chairman, Committee for Education and Science of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (Russia)
  4. Military Staff Development for Knowledge Societies
    Adam Rimashevsky, Chief, Academy for Complementary Professional Education of Russian Navy(Russia)
  5. GATS, the Virtual Institute and Higher Education in Africa: Quality Assurance Concerns
    Placid Njoku, Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors (Nigeria)
  6. The Role of Knowledge Cities and Knowledge Regions in the Formation of New Societies
    Valery Ivanov, President-Rector, International University for Business and New Technologies (Russia)
  7. New Approaches to ICT Literacy Measurement
    Mark Zelman, Senior Consultant, Educational Assessment and Test Design, American Councils for International Education (USA)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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Section 5. Cultural Diversity in
Knowledge Societies
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

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Discussion: The Role of Local Content Development in Building Knowledge Societies

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Presentations:

  1. Introductory Remarks
    Milagros del Corral, Deputy Assistant Director-General for Culture (UNESCO)
  2. Developing Communication Capacity of Indigenous People: the San and Himbas Project
    Joelle Chesselet, Doxa Productions (South Africa)
  3. DocNet Africa : On-line Distribution of Documentary Films
    Maty Gueye, Dakar Images (Senegal)

Discussion: The Linguistic Diversity Challenge: Old and New Professions

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Section 6. Universal Access to Public Domain Information

10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

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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

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Section 7. Development of Communications and Freedom
of Expression.
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1. Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace

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Presentations:

  1. Media and World Summit on Information Society
    Alain Modoux, President, International Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communications (Canada)
  2. Freedom of Expression in Transition to the Information Society
    Taras Shevchenko, Director of Kiev Institute of Media Law (Ukraine)
  3. Mass Media within the Framework of Access to Information: Much Noise, Little Access
    Iosif Dzyaloshinskiy, President, Remedial Fund “Commission on Free Access to Information”
  4. Public Television: Experience and Future Trends
    Mikhail Fedotov, Head of UNESCO Chair for Intellectual Property and Copyrights; Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations


 

Section 8. Stakeholders` Partnership and Cooperation to
Foster Information Society Development.
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: New Phenomenon for the New World

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Welcome addresses:

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Presentations:

  1. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Governance and the Information Society
    Ljupco Gjorgjinski, Executive Director, Center for Dialogue and Democracy
  2. MSP definition, principles, typology, and partnering process
    Andrei Mikheyev, Chief of News Department, Internet Policy Center at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russia)
  3. Multi-Sector Partnerships to Put the New Norms and Targets into Practice
    Lesya Berezovets, Chair of the Board, the Information Society of Ukraine Foundation (Ukraine)
  4. Cooperation of Business, Government and Society in Providing Maximum Access to and Effective Use of Socially Important Information for Development Purposes
    Natalia Klimova, Director for Corporate Affairs and Strategic Communications, RosBusinessConsulting (Russia)
  5. Institutionalizing Multi-StakeHolder Partnerships and Constituency Engagement within an International Framework
    Francis Muguet, UN WSIS Civil Society Caucus on Science (France)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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Section 9. Business Environment for Knowledge
Societies
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

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Presentations:

  1. Economics of a Knowledge Economy
    Earl Mardle, Principal, KeyNet Consultancy (Australia)
  2. Role of Venture Capital in Small Innovation Business Development
    Albina Nikkonen, Executive Director, Russian Association of Direct and Venture Financing (Russia)
  3. Assessment of Business Environment in Russia from the Point of View of Transition to the Information Society
    Alexander Yevtiushkin, Head of Directorate of Innovation and Investment Projects, Institute of the Information Society; Sergey Shaposhnik, Head of Directorate on Information Society Development Monitoring, Institute of the Information Society (Russia)
  4. New Directions in CIS & CEE Venture Capital
    Thomas Nastas, President, Innovative Ventures, Inc. (USA)
  5. Business Incubator as the Key Element of Partnership between Government and Innovation Business for the Information Society Development
    Valery Borduje, President, Ural Computer Forum (Russia)
  6. Partnership of Business and Government for Establishing Favourable Business Environment
    Nikolay Komlev, Executive Director, Information & Computer Technologies Industry Association (Russia)
  7. Legal Strategy for Information-Based Economy: from International Experience to Russian Practice
    Nina Solovyanenko, Senior Researcher, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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Section 10. Information Society Technologies
and Infrastructure for the Knowledge Societies
10:00 – 13:00 Session 1

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Presentations:

  1. International Solutions to Use Digital Broadcasting and Cinematograph for Development of Information Society and for Bridging the Digital Gap
    Mark Krivosheev, Honorary Chairman, the ITU Study Group for Digital Broadcasting; Honored Worker of Science of Russia, Professor (Russia)
  2. Convergence of Digital Broadcasting and Data Transmission Networks: a Way to Bridge the Digital Gap
    Valery Butenko, Acting Director General, Radio Research & Development Institute (NIIR); Vilyam Saryan, Deputy Chief Engineer, NIIR (Russia)
  3. On Development of Digital TV Broadcasting in the Russian Federation
    Mikhail Simonov, First Deputy Director General, NIIR (Russia)
  4. System of Data Transmission in Digital TV Channels
    Yuri Bolovintzev, Head of Laboratory, NIIR; Vilyam Saryan, Deputy Chief Engineer, NIIR; Yuri Shavdiya, Director, Scientific and Technological Centre, NIIR (Russia)
  5. Setting Up a Video Archive, its Role in Modern TV Production
    Stanislaw Bunevitch, Adviser to Director General, “TVC” Channel (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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Section 11. Policies of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
Digitization and Preservation
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

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Presentations:

  1. Importance of UNESCO in the WSIS Preparation. Expert Analyses and Recommendations for the International Policies of Cultural and Scientific Heritage Digitization and Preservation
    Victor Montviloff (France)
  2. The Role of Cultural Memory Institutions in Knowledge Societies
    Tiiu Valm, Director, National Library (Estonia)
  3. EC Policies of Cultural and Scientific Content Digitization. MINERVA and MINERVA Plus Projects
    Leonid Kuibyshev, Director, Center of Informatisation of the Sphere of Culture (Russia)
  4. Developing a Digitisation Policy for Cultural Heritage
    Dov Winer, Jewish Agency (Israel)
  5. The Firenze Agenda Initiative for Digital Memory Preservation
    Maurizio Lunghi, Digital Renaissance Foundation (Italy)
  6. Methods and Policy in the field of Preservation of Media Art Works
    Konstantin Bokhorov, MediaArtLab Center for Culture and Arts (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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14:00 – 15:30 Lunch

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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

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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

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Section 3. Education for Knowledge Societies

15:30 – 19:00 Session 2. University Education and Lifelong Learning: New Approaches for Knowledge Societies

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Presentations:

  1. The Virtual Institute for Higher Education: Meeting the Challenges of Building Knowledge Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Peter Okebukola, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission; Placid Njoku, Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors, Nigeria
  2. Advanced Learning Technologies as a Key Component of a Strategy for Building Knowledge Societies
    Vladimir Gritsenko, Head, UNESCO Chair for Information Technologies in Education for All; Director, International Centre for Information Technologies and Systems, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine)
  3. Connecting Learning Communities
    David Copeland, Director, CWU New Media; Te Kete Ipurangi – The Online Learning Centre (New Zealand)
  4. The Role of Virtual Universities in the Development of Interregional Education Area
    Gocha Chogovadze, Academician, Georgian Academy of Sciences; Vsevolod Strizhevsky, Assistant Professor, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State University); Vladimir Kaliuzhny, (Russia)
  5. Information Technologies in Education for the Knowledge Societies: Does Universal Key Exist?
    Lev Gordon, Project Manager, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (Russia)
  6. Dynamics and Implications for Altruistic Development of Indigenous People in Indian Subcontinent through Open & Distance Learning Strategies
    Somasi Saunand, Assistant Regional Director, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Regional Centre (India)
  7. The Perspectives of Knowledge Usage in Continuous Education
    Evgenia Cheremisina, Vice-Rector for Computer Education and Information Systems, Dubna International University (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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Section 4. Science and Innovations in Knowledge
Societies
15:30 – 19:00 Session 1

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Presentations:

  1. Diaspora Knowledge Networks (The DKN Program)
    William Turner, National Centre for Scientific Research (France)
  2. Science in the Information Society: New Opportunities and Problems
    Elena Mirskaya, Head of Section on Sociology of Science, Institute of History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
  3. Science and Innovations in the Russian National Innovation System
    Oleg Golichenko, Deputy Director, Russian Research Institute of Economy, Politics and Law in the Sphere of Science and Technology (Russia)
  4. New Innovation Policy of the European Communities
    Natalia Sheliubskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (Russia)
  5. Reforming Russian Science in Transition to the Innovation Development Model
    Elena Lenchuk, Lead Researcher, Institute of International Economic and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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Section 5. Cultural Diversity in Knowledge Societies

15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

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Discussion 1: Digital Heritage, Knowledge Societies and Cultural Diversity

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Discussion 2: Digital Libraries: Their Promises and Related Challenges

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Section 6. Universal Access to Public Domain Information

15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

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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

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Section 7. Development of Communications and Freedom
of Expression
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

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Presentations:

  1. Social Content and Development of Communications in the Information Society
    Stoyan Denchev, Rector, Higher institute of Library Science and Information Technologies (Bulgaria)
  2. Media Education and Media Literacy in Knowledge Societies
    Alexander Fedorov, President, Association of Cinema Education and Media Pedagogics (Russia)
  3. Module of Media Education for Journalists and Not Only for Them
    Nadezhda Alvares, Executive Director, South-Ural Media Education Center (Russia)

Discussion and drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

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Section 8. Stakeholders` Partnership and Cooperation to
Foster Information Society Development
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2. Impact of the Multistakeholder Partnerships on Resolving Development Challenges

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Presentations of Case Studies:

  1. Global Knowledge Partnership
    Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director of the Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat, member of the International Advisory Panel for the World Summit on the Information Society's ICT4D Platform (Malaysia)
  2. Regional Network for Europe and Central Asia of the UN Information and Communication Technologies Task Force
    Ivan Kurnosov, Adviser, Department of Mass Communications, Culture and Education, Government of Russian Federation (Russia)
  3. Russian e-Development Partnership and PRIOR North-West, Russian Federation
    Andrey Chugunov, Director, PRIOR North-West Non-Commercial Partnership (Russia)
  4. Multilateral Partnerships in Moldova to Strengthen the Information Society for All: Case study
    Veronica Cretu, President of the “CMB” Training Center (Republic of Moldova)
  5. Experience of implementations of ICT projects with international technical support based on participants partnership
    Igor Tavgen, Project Manager, United Nations Development Programme (Belarus)
  6. Partnership Program in South Caucasus in the Sphere of Harmonization of National Legislations for the Information Society Development with European Practices
    Yashar Hajiev, Director, Information Problems Analyzing Center; Project Coordinator, Global Internet Policy Initiative; Assistant Professor, Azerbaijan Technical University (Azerbaijan)

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Section 10. Information Society
Technologies and Infrastructure
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

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Presentations:

  1. Mobile TV: Its Role in the Modern World
    Alexander Krupnov, President, Association 3G; Andrey Skorodumov, Vice President, Association 3G; Valery Butenko, Acting Director General, NIIR; Vilyam K. Saryan, Deputy Chief Engineer, NIIR (Russia)
  2. Shaping the National Infrastructure of Geographical Information Resources: Electronic Interoperability Framework
    Efim Koudashev, Lead Researcher, Institute of Space Research, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
  3. On Development of the “Culture” Channel Infrastructure
    Stella Neretina, First Deputy Director General, TV Channel “Culture” (Russia)
  4. Development of Digital Technologies in Cinematography
    Alexei Vinokur, Director General, Cinema and Photo Research & Development Institute (Russia)
  5. Prospects of Digital TV Development in Saint Petersburg
    Dmitry Volobuev, Director General, Digital TV Centre, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

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Section 11. Policies of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
Digitization and Preservation
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

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Presentations:

  1. Converting Scanned Images of the Printed History of the World to Knowledge. Reference Model and Research Strategy
    David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics (Canada)
  2. Role of Library Consortia in Developing the Information Society. Building and Providing Access to Integrated Information Resources of Memory Institutions
    Alexander Plemnek, Executive Director, Association of Regional Library Consortia (Russia)
  3. Local Policy of Cultural Information Resources Integration
    Petr Greenfeld, General Director, Alt Soft OJSC Information and Communication Technologies (Russia)
  4. Online Database of Projects on Archaeological Sites: the Pompeii Project Based on Its “Fortuna Visiva” Project
    Benedetto Benedetti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy)
  5. Exhibition Without Boundaries: From Collections Management DB to Informational Museum Environment
    Tatyana Bogomazova, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of RAS – Kunstkamera (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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20:00 - 01:00 Cultural Programme and Reception on Behalf of the Organizing Committee

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

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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

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Section 3. Education for Knowledge Societies

11:00 – 14:00 Session 3. School Education, Teacher Development and Education for All in Knowledge Societies: Strategic Vision

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Presentations:

  1. Saint Petersburg. Information Environment of the Regional
    Olga Ivanova, Chairman, Saint Petersburg Committee for Education (Russia)
  2. Teacher Training for Knowledge Societies: UNESCO’s Policies and Actions
    Mariana Patru, Programme Specialist, UNESCO Education Sector (France)
  3. E-Learning for Teacher Development: Transforming Learning Through Online Networks
    Paul Resta, Director, Learning Technology Center, The University of Texas at Austin (USA)
  4. Information Technologies as a Tool for School Transforming
    Isak Frumin, Education Projects Manager, World Bank Russia Country Office (Russia); Svetlana Avdeeva, Manager, Informatisation of Education System Project, National Training Foundation (Russia); Kirill Vasiliev, Programme Specialist for Education, World Bank Russia Country Office (Russia)
  5. Reality of ICTs in Schools: Just Starting
    Alexei Semenov, Rector, Moscow Open Education Institute (Russia)
  6. The Task of Informatization of Education Quality Control Procedures on Educational Institution/District/Region/Country Level
    Dmitry Matveev, Project Manager, CROC (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

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Section 4. Science and Innovations in Knowledge
Societies & Section 9. Business Environment for Knowledge Societies
11:00 – 14:00 Session 2. Joint Round Table on Drafting Recommendations for UNESCO Position at the World Summit on Information Society

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Discussion and drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

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Section 5. Cultural Diversity in Knowledge Societies

11:00 – 14:00 Session 3

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Discussion: Creative Communities in the Web: the UNESCO Digi-Arts Portal (Arts and Music Connected to Media and Technology)

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Presentations:

  1. Inter-Regional Educational Network
    A. Nasri, American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
  2. Youth Web Communities: Best Practices and Future Developments
    Julia Shappo, Palace of Youth and Children in Minsk (Belarus)
  3. African Digital Community
    Marcus Neustetter, Trinity Session (South Africa)

Discussion: Go Mobile: New Opportunities for Developing Countries?

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Participants:

  1. Kimmo Lipponen, NOKIA (Finland)
  2. Peter Rantasa, Managing Director, Music Information Center (Austria)

Drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

Final Remarks and Conclusion:

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

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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

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Section 8. Stakeholders` Partnership and Cooperation to
Foster Information Society Development
11:00 – 14:00 Session 3. Round Table on Drafting Recommendations for UNESCO Position at the World Summit on Information Society

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Discussion and drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

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14:00 – 15:30 Lunch

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15:30 - 19:00 Plenary Session 2

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Presentations:

  1. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Building the Information and Knowledge Societies: Concepts, Strategies, Programmes»
    Earl Mardle, Principal, KeyNet Consultancy (Australia)
  2. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Human Capacity Building for Knowledge Societies. Personal Information Culture»
    Olga Vershinskaya, Senior Researcher, Institute for Socio-Economic Studies of Population, Russia Academy of Sciences (Russia)
  3. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Education for Knowledge Societies»
    Paul Resta, Director, Learning Technology Center, The University of Texas at Austin (USA)
  4. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Science and Innovations in Knowledge Societies»
    Sergey Shaposhnik, Head, Directorate of Monitoring Information Society Development, Institute of the Information Society (Russia)
  5. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Cultural Diversity in Knowledge Societies»
    Elizabeth Longworth, Director, Information Society Division (UNESCO)
  6. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Universal Access to Public Domain Information»
    Victor Naumov, Ernst & Young CIS (Russia)
  7. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Development of Communications and Freedom of Expression»
    Taras Shevchenko, Director, Kiev Institute of Media Law (Ukraine)
  8. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Stakeholders` Partnership and Cooperation to Foster Information Society Development»
    Tatiana Ershova, General Director of the Institute of the Information Society; Chair of the Board of the Russian e-Development Foundation
  9. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Business Environment for Knowledge Societies»
    Alexander Yevtiushkin, Head, Directorate of Innovative and Investment Programmes, Institute of the Information Society (Russia)
  10. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Information Society Technologies and Infrastructure»
    Yuri Grin, Member of the UN ICT Task Force; Chairman of the Working Group on the World Summit on the Information Society, International Telecommunication Union; Director of Department of International Cooperation, Russian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Russia)
  11. Report on activities and recommendations of the section «Policies of Cultural and Scientific Heritage Digitization and Preservation»
    David Bearman, President, Archives and Museum Informatics (Canada)
  12. Report on activities and recommendations of the Round Table «NGO Role in the Information Society»
    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)

General discussion of recommendations delivered by sections

Moderators:

Establishing a working group on drafting conference follow-up materials

Summing up the results of the conference

19:30 - 21:00 Reception on Behalf of the Organizing Committee

Venue: