Please forward this message to others who are interested on the
topic. More information concerning this concerence can be found at
http://www.kolumbus.fi/pi99
More information concerning the conference program in Tampere
(January 9, 1999) can be found at:
http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/hallinto/PI99
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COME AND JOIN US 6-9 January 1999 in Finland
Politics & Internet, 2nd International Congress on Electronic Media &
Citizenship in Information Society
Make a round trip and explore the Finnish Information Society:
6 January in Helsinki, 7-8 January in Espoo and 9 January in
Jyväskylä, in Oulu or in Tampere. Transfers are arranged.
Registrate now on http://www.kolumbus.fi/pi99
We are proud to invite you to participate in the Politics & Internet, 2nd
International Congress on Electronic Media & Citizenship in Information
Society. It is an influential and diverse gathering of people from
political sector, NGOs, IT industry and research. 100 Networking
associations, 200 presentations from business, science, NGOs, academia and
politics gather in Finland in January 1999.
The mission of the congress is to establish a global network of people
interested in electronic media and democracy in the information society.
We believe that in the gathering committed individuals will be able to
form effective networks and innovations in the field of the congress
themes.
Come and join the congress and share with us the messages from the
industry, grassroots organisations, researchers and politicians!
We start on Wednesday 6 January in Helsinki, continue on 7-8 January in
Espoo and on 9 January we will travel either to Jyvaskyla, Oulu or to
Tampere (http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/hallinto/pi99) for a separate event
in each of them.
The congress is organised by the Finnish National Fund for Research
and Development (SITRA) on the initiative of the Committee for the
Future of the Finnish Parliament
Local congresses are organised by
Regional Council of Central Finland/Jyväskylä
Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia/Oulu
University of Tampere, School of Public Management/Tampere
Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli/Espoo
Lasipalatsi Media Centre/Helsinki
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Keynote speakers in Helsinki are:
>From Germany to Finland - the Internet & Politics theme turns into a
European topic
Aatto J. Prihti, President/SITRA
Christa Maar, President/Academy of the Third Millennium
Markku Markkula, Chair of the Programme Committee of the 2nd Politics &
Internet Congress 1999, MP
Viewpoint: Electronic Media
Alexandre Haeffner, Head of Cap Gemini Telecom & Media
Keith Todd, CEO/ICL
Arne Wessberg, Director General/Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE
Viewpoint: Citizenship
Liisa Kauppinen, President/The World Federation for the Deaf
Risto Linturi, Research Fellow/Helsinki Telephone Corporation
Sirkka Pöyry, Secretary General, FEANI
Viewpoint: Information Society
Benjamin Barber, Professor/Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bertil Haarder, Vice-President/European Parliament
Keynote speakers in Espoo are:
Jouni Backman, Minister for Administrative Affairs
Ted Becker, Professor/Auburn University
Christa Slaton, Professor/Auburn University
Chun Wei Choo, Professor/University of Toronto
Tarja Cronberg, Executive Director/Regional Council of North Karelia
Jean-Francois Marchipont, Principal Adviser/EC
Jens Thorhauge, Executive Director/The Danish National Library
Authority
Parallel session themes in Espoo are:
I POLITICS IN TRANSITION AND THE FUTURE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR
- Transformation of politics, democracy, public administration and
services
- Regulating and de-regulating the information society
- Citizens' access to information
II NEW CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY IN INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Empowering the citizen and participation
- Evolution of social groups and emergence of virtual communities
- Creating a citizen centric information society
III ENHANCING CITIZEN CENTRICITY BY DEVELOPING NEW SERVICES AND
TECHNOLOGIES
- The role of knowledge in information society
- Transformation of business
- To whom is digital media converging
Themes of the local congresses:
Jyväskylä: Virtualisation of Citizenship and Entrepreneurship - is All
Politics still Local Politics?
Oulu: Oulu as the Leading Pilot Laboratory in the Area of Information
Society Development
Tampere: Local Partnership for Prosperity and Welfare: Shaping the
Local Information Society
Exhibition will be organised in conjunction of the congress. The
purpose of the exhibition is to give the congress participants and
the guests of the co-operative partners a chance to view new
technology, machines, software and services available in the field.
The participants and other exhibition visitors will also have the
opportunity of making new contacts with commercial and non-
commercial companies.
For associations and federations the exhibition will enable them to
present their activities to a wide, international group of experts.
Virtual congress
The congress will have its own web site providing a meeting place and
information both before and after the event. The numerous projects and
discussions proceeding via the net will create the concrete framework for
the congress.
Early bird dead-line 20 November 1998. There are only 500 seats
available, so register now!
The language of the congress is English.
Further information/Brochure requests:
CongCreator CC Ltd
P.O. Box 762
00101 Helsinki
Tel. (09) 440 822
Fax. (09) 492 810
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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CongCreator Ltd.
P.O. Box 762
00101 Helsinki
FINLAND
Tel. +358 9 440 822
Fax. +358 9 492 810
Company mail: [log in to unmask]
Personal mailboxes: [first name]@congcreator.com
The forthcoming congresses/conferences:
www.dipoli.hut.fi/pi99
www.congcreator.com/ifcw99 - under construction
www.congcreator.com/calcified-tissues - under construction
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