Re: [ossig] WSIS Tunis

The Past, Present, and Future of Research on the Information Society, a pre-WSIS (13-15.11) event organized by several academic bodies

http://worldsci.net/program.htm

and another session organized by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility,

The Role of Computer Science and Engineering Professions in Achieving
WSIS Goals,
a Panel & Discussion organized by Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility ( http://www.cpsr.org )

Tunis, Tunisia
16 November 2005
11:00 - 13:00
Le Kram in the Summit Venue

This is Parallel Event of the World Summit of the Information Society
Second Phase in Tunis,
16 - 18 November 2005 ( http://www.itu.int/wsis ).

This panel will examine the central role that the computer science and
engineering
professions play in shaping the information society and how they can
serve in
helping to realize the goals set by WSIS.

All WSIS attendees are invited to participate in the session.

Jeff Ooi will be there, too. How about you, Khairil?

David

On Nov 8, 2005, at 4:33 AM, Khairil Yusof wrote:

On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 21:04 +0800, Molly Cheah wrote:

Below is the link to debriefing notes on WSIS Geneva Phase, useful in
preparation for the Phase 2 in Tunis starting 14th November 2005.

Just to let you know that IOSN-APDIP will be there and there will be a
FOSS and Development session with various United Nations agencies
represented by UN JIU, RMS, Perens, Mark Shuttleworth and others on a
panel moderated by The Economist.

At Tunis this year, there is well organised effort at least from UN
development agencies to highlight the importance of FOSS for developing
countries.

David Hakken

Information Ethnographer

Professor of Social Informatics

School of Informatics

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN 47406

dhakken@indiana.edu

http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp

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