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[RRE]Internet and Politics Conference - Finland Jan 99
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:44:01 -0500
From: Steven Clift
Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do
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 Democracies Online http://www.e-democracy.org/do
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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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