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From: Eleanor <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Reynolds To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:24 PM Subject: OII News [2004.09.20]: ESRC Seminar Series Dear Friends and Colleagues of the Oxford Internet Institute, Please may we bring your attention to the following forthcoming event surrounding the participation of civil society in Internet Governance in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society: -------------------- ESRC Seminar Series - Critical Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society: Civil Society Participation and Issues Date: 2004-2005 Location: Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS The Oxford Internet Institute has received a grant from the ESRC to hold four seminars and one small conference focusing on civil society participation in the World Summit on the Information Society. Four events will be held in the run up to the 2nd summit in November 2005. A final seminar will be held early in 2006, to allow for an informed and reflective discussion of the whole WSIS process. Seminar 1: Reflecting on the Civil Society Agenda An Invitation to Contribute: Call for Papers 10th December 2004 Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS The 2003 World Summit of the Information Society (Geneva, 2003) generated a 'Civil Society' declaration that emphasized a commitment to: "building information and communication societies that are people-centred, inclusive and equitable", defined by a set of more specific principles. How are these broad aims being translated into specific policy goals relating to such areas as access, connectivity, and content regulation? Are these principles and the policies they subsume enabling a productive (or conflictual) engagement with other stakeholders in the process? Why did some civil society groups who would share the declaration's aims decide not to participate in the WSIS process? These are some of the questions we want to reflect on in this agenda-setting seminar. We welcome contributions from civil society groups who participated in the debates and those who stayed away. We also welcome contributions from academics and policy makers who can reflect on civil society groups' ability to shape agendas and discourses, and influence outcomes either in relation to WSIS or other international decision making forums (e.g. WTO or Earth Summits). Please send papers to: [log in to unmask] More information can be found at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/collaboration/?rq=specialevents/20050101 -- Lucy Martin Events Officer Oxford Internet Institute Tel: +44 (0)1865 287228 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 287211 www.oii.ox.ac.uk [log in to unmask] Thoughts- Themes - Tinkerings www.ahlert.org Oxford Internet Institute +44 (0)1865 287 203 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the NorMAN <http://www.mailscanner.info/> MailScanner Service and is believed to be clean. The NorMAN MailScanner Service is operated by Information, Systems and Services, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************