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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:44:01 -0500
From: Steven Clift <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Internet and Politics Conference - Finland Jan 99
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Enclosed are sections from the 2nd International Congress
on Electronic Media and Citizenship in Information Society -
Invitation and Call for Abstracts. The 1996 Congress in Germany
was a useful event that brought together some of the world's best
experts in the Internet and politics arena. This event should be
an exciting opportunity for further global networking by those
interested in improving democracy as it converges with the
Internet.
Steven Clift
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Politics and Internet
2nd International Congress on Electronic Media
and Citizenship in Information Society
6-9 January 1999
Espoo, Jyvaeskylae, Oulu and Tampere, Finland
Main URL: http://www.dipoli.hut.fi/pi99/
Overview:
On whose terms are the information society and technology being
developed? How are information technology and communication
affecting democracy and making of joint decisions? What new
networks and models are emerging to pave the way for decisions? Is
the responsibility for content production being left to the
entertainment industry? Is the government under obligation to
influence the trend in information society, and if so, what is its
role and scope? What do the new trends have to offer different
groups or the individual?
The Politics & Internet congress scheduled for January 1999 will
be a follow-up to the event held in Munich in 1997. Its aim is to
put forward the Nordic perspective on a field marked both
technical innovations and their applications in everyday life and
an attempt to ensure balanced development and social cohesion. The
organisation of the congress will be in the hands of the Finnish
National Fund for Research and Development (SITRA) on the
initiative of the Finnish Parliament.
More than 100 organisations are involved in the preparation of the
project alone: companies, associations, universities, public
agencies, representatives of political parties, NGOs, tele
operators, the media, etc Close to thousand participants are
expected to visit the four congress venues - Espoo, Tampere,
Jyvaeskylae, and Oulu - on 6-9 January 1999, making the congress a
joint national effort. For the first three days it will be based
on Dipoli in Espoo, after which delegates will proceed to the
satellite congress of their choice in one of the other towns.
The contents of the conference will be highly varied. Leading
thinkers from Europe, the USA and Asia will be invited to speak at
the joint sessions, which will be complemented by sessions on
related themes viewing the issues from the point of view of the
ordinary citizen, business, research and politics. There will also
be an exhibition featuring various projects and new technologies.
The language of the conference will be English.
Conference Program:
Congress on 6-8 January
Programme schedule
See: http://www.dipoli.hut.fi/pi99/schedule.html
Main themes
Congresses on 9 January
Congress in Jyvaeskylae
Congress in Oulu
Congress in Tampere
Invited speakers include
Dr. Benjamin Barber, the Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers, USA
Dr. Tarja Cronberg, Regional Council of North-Carelia, Finland
Dr. Bertel Haarder, Vice President of European Parliament
Dr. Christa Maar, Academy for the Third Millenium, Germany
Dr. Jean-Francois Marchipont, European Commission
Dr. Jens Thorhauge, The Danish National Library Authority, Denmark
Ms. Riitta Uosukainen, Speaker of the Finnish Parliament
Who shoud attend
The congress welcomes the participation of decision makers from all
levels of politics and public sector, researchers in political and
social science and information and communication technology, NGOs
and representatives of commerce and industry as well as members of
the public.
The Politics & Internet congress discusses the new roles of Public
Sector, Private Sector and Third Sector. This discussion falls under
three main themes and within them under several sub-themes. The
themes and topics will be explained in more detail in the next
congress brochure.
Please see the programme schedule for the list of sessions. The
length of each session is 2 hours, and they will be either
traditional sessions with four presentations in each, round table
discussions, workshops or 'meet the experts' sessions, where you can
put questions to the professionals.
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