>POLICY OPTIONS AND MODELS FOR BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDES
>Freedom, Sharing and Sustainability in the Global Network Society
>
>14-15 March 2005 University of Tampere, Finland
>
>http://www.globaledevelopment.org/forthcoming.htm
>
>Advances in the information and communication technologies and the emergence
>of a global network society present new challenges for research and policy
>making. The seminar aims at addressing ways to bridge the wide gaps, or
>digital divides, that are characteristic of the current information society.
>The new technologies that enable new kinds of freedom and sharing can boost,
>for example, societal participation of citizens and collaboration in sciences
>and technology development. However, a framework aiming at sustainability and
>addressing the balanced systems of innovation and intellectual property would
>be necessary. The seminar will bring together researchers, students, experts
>and policy makers working on these issues internationally.
>
>Key note presentations of the seminar are:
>- Freedom and Sharing in the Global Network Society, Colin Lankshear,
> Ballarat University, Australia
>- Collaboration and Development in Free Software Communities, Rishab Aiyer
> Ghosh, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
>- Problems of Knowledge in the Information Age, Avinash Jha,
> Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India
>- Prospects of Internet Governance, Wolfgang Kleinw�chter,
> University of Aarhus, Denmark
>- Reforming Intellectual Property Regimes for Balanced Development,
> Marjut Salokannel, University of Helsinki, Finland
>
>The 30 seminar presentations are organised in five sessions with the
following
>themes.
>
>Theme 1: Freedom and Sharing in the Global Network Society
>- information technologies and societal participation
>- open and collaborative models - free software
>
>Theme 2: Globally Sustainable Information Society
>- information society in Africa
>- balanced innovation systems and intellectual property regimes
>- information and communication technologies, sustainability and development
>
>Participation in the seminar is free. Please register by 7 March to seminar
>secretary Maija Ilvonen ([email protected]), phone +358-3-2158313
>Hypermedia Laboratory, Fin-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
>
>For more information on the programme kindly contact Marko Ulvila
>[email protected], +358-3-215 4079, Hypermedia Laboratory, Fin-33014
>University of Tampere, Finland
>
>The seminar is organised by the research project Global Challenges of
>eDevelopment of Hypermedia Laboratory of the University of Tampere in
>association with the Information Society Institute, University of Tampere,
>Finland Futures Research Centre of Turku School of Economics and Business
>Administration, Network Institute for Global Democratization and Tampere
>Information Processing Association - PITKY.
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