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Subject: [GKP] [CFP] International Conference "UNESCO between two Phases of
WSIS". 17-19 May 2005
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> Subject: [GKP] [CFP] International Conference "UNESCO between two Phases
of WSIS". 17-19 May 2005
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> International Conference
> "UNESCO between two Phases of the World Summit on the Information Society"
>
> Information letter and invitation
>
> An International Conference "UNESCO between two Phases of the World Summit
on the Information Society" will be held on May 17-19, 2005 in
Saint-Petersburg (Russian Federation) under the auspices of UNESCO.
>
> The conference is organized with a view to clarify the next steps and key
decisions of UNESCO with regard to the building of the global information
society.
>
> The conference welcomes representatives of intergovernmental and
international non-governmental organizations, public authorities in the
sphere of culture, education, science, information and communications;
representatives from business, civil society, research and education
communities, mass media; political and public figures, and leading experts.
>
> The main organizers of the conference are: Ministry of Culture and Mass
Communications of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Federation, Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications
of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian
Federation, Russian Committee of the UNESCO Information for All Program,
UNESCO, Institute of the Information Society, and Centre of Informatization
in the Sphere of Culture.
>
> The conference will discuss the following issues:
> 1. Building the Information and Knowledge Societies: concepts,
strategies and programs.
> 2. Human Capacity Building for Knowledge Societies. Person's
Information Culture.
> 3. Education in Knowledge Societies.
> 4. Science and Innovations in Knowledge Societies.
> 5. Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace.
> 6. Universal Access to Public Domain Information.
> 7. Development of Communications and Freedom of Expression.
> 8. Stakeholders' Partnership and Cooperation to Foster Information
Society Development.
> 9. Business Environment for Knowledge Societies.
> 10. Information Society Technologies for Knowledge Societies.
> 11. Policies for Digitization and Preservation of Digital Cultural and
Scientific Heritage
>
> The conference covers plenary sessions, thematic meetings, sections, round
tables, forums and seminars.
>
> One of the main purposes of the conference is drafting recommendations to
determine UNESCO's position on further implementation of provisions of the
main documents adopted at the World Summit on the Information Society.
>
> Conference proceedings will be published in Russian and English.
>
> The working languages of the conference are Russian and English.
Simultaneous and consecutive translation will be provided throughout the
conference.
>
> Detailed information, applications for presentation and registration
procedures are available at the conference site http://ifap.ru/wsis
>
> TERMS OF PARTICIPATION:
>
> Participation in workshops, round-tables, cultural program and conference
as well as information materials are free of charge.
>
> To register please fill in the Application for Participation on the above
web-site not later than April 15 2005.
>
> The Organizing Committee will make its final decision on the list of
participants and send out official invitations as well as post the list of
invited participants on the conference web-site not later than April 20,
2005.
>
> The Organizing Committee will provide visa support, assistance in hotel
reservation and airport-hotel-airport transfer for all participants. The
Organizing Committee will have a limited number of scholarships to support
the invited speakers and participants.
>
> Applications for presentations are to be submitted via the conference
web-site. The Program Committee retains the right to accept/decline the
application and to determine the status of presentation (plenary session,
thematic meeting, workshop presentation, etc.).
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION:
>
> Phone: +7 (095) 925-1727, 940-0284
> Fax: +7 (095) 925-1928, 940-0284
> -mail: wsis@ifap.ru
> URL: http://ifap.ru/wsis
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