------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:35:37 +0200 To: [log in to unmask] From: CongCreator <[log in to unmask]> Subject: P&I 99, 2nd International Congress on ... 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 for a separate event in each of them. REGISTRATION FEES: BEFORE 20 NOVEMBER * 1200 FIM presenters * 1800 FIM delegates from Universities or Research Institutes * 2800 FIM other delegates * 1000 FIM accompanying persons AFTER 20 NOVEMBER * 2300 FIM presenters * 2300 FIM delegates from Universities or Research Institutes * 3500 FIM other delegates * 1000 FIM accompanying persons There are only 500 seats available, so register now! 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, Department of Administrative Science/Tampere Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli/Espoo Lasipalatsi Media Centre/Helsinki KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WITH THEIR TITLES: * Jouni Backman, Minister for Administrative Affairs: OPPORTUNITIES OF THE FINNISH INFORMATION SOCIETY - NATIONAL STRATEGIES * Benjamin Barber, Professor/Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: THE INTERNET: A PLACE FOR COMMERCE OR A PLACE FOR US? * Ted Becker, Professor/Auburn University & Christa Slaton, Professor/Auburn University: HOW THE INTERNET IS TRANSFORMING REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD * Chun Wei Choo, Professor/University of Toronto: HUMAN INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS AND MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION * Tarja Cronberg, Executive Director/Regional Council of North Karelia: CITIZENSHIP, IDENTITY AND REGIONAL POLITICS * Bertil Haarder, Vice-President/European Parliament: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS A LIBERATING FACTOR * Alexandre Haeffner, Head of Cap Gemini Telecom & Media: WEB - THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMERCE * Liisa Kauppinen, President/The World Federation for the Deaf: HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY * Risto Linturi, Research Fellow/Helsinki Telephone Corporation: CONVERGENCY: TOWARDS MEDIA DEMOCRACY, MASS MANIPULATION OR CYBER TERROR? * Christa Maar, President/Academy of the Third Millennium: FROM GERMANY TO FINLAND - THE INTERNET & POLITICS TURNS INTO A EUROPEAN TOPIC * Jean-Francois Marchipont, Principal Adviser/EC: WHICH EUROPEAN WAY TOWARDS THE WIRED DEMOCRACY?: RE-ENGINEERING THE SOCIETAL GRID THROUGH NETWORKS * Aatto J. Prihti, President/SITRA * Sirkka Pöyry, Secretary General, FEANI: KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AS A NEW WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL NGO * Jens Thorhauge, Executive Director/The Danish National Library Authority: INTERNET AND THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES * Keith Todd, CEO/ICL: BRINGING THE INFORMATION SOCIETY TO REALITY * Arne Wessberg, Director General/Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE: EQUALITY, IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING IN OUR DIGITAL TIMES Session programme: I POLITICS IN TRANSITION AND THE FUTURE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICS, DEMOCRACY, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES 1. Impact of technology on democracy in the information society Chair: Dick Holdsworth, E-mail: [log in to unmask] This session aims to show how information technology can be put to the service of democratic decision making. It emphasises the need to take into consideration the different phases in which European countries adapt to the development of information society and its impact on policy making. 2. Internet and parliaments Co-ordinator: Mikko Valtasaari, E-mail: [log in to unmask] What kind of practices and plans are there in EU Parliament and in National Parliaments for using Internet and modern technology in general? 3. Government on-line. Utilising internet for better democracy in government & parliament Chair: Marcus Schmidt, E-mail: [log in to unmask] This session will deal with general questions of how Internet tools can be utilised for enhancing democracy in decision making on central administrations level, such as in ministries, Cabinets and Parliament. The Internet can be exploited for improving both in-agency and cross-sectoral processes, as well as for processes between government and citizens, therefore widening the basis for people to participate. 4. Politics and the information society in social welfare and health care and for co-ordinators Local co-ordinators: Hannu Valtonen & Pekka Ruotsalainen, E-mail: [log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask] In social and health care, the social, administrative, juridical, and ethical characteristics of various structures and working methods linked to the information society are becoming visible when they are applied to the work in social and health care. A systematic governance of these questions is a challenge to the politics of the information society. In this seminar, the improvement of the capacity of politics to handle these problems is discussed. 5. Telematics based educational services Local co-ordinator: Kari Salkunen, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The session will discuss approaches to building educational and training services based on the use of information and communication technologies. Examples of national policies, global and regional ICT service provision and content provision will be introduced. REGULATING AND DE-REGULATING THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 6. Mass media, freedom and regulation Local co-ordinator: Kaarle Nordenstreng, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The mass media are predominantly owned and financed by the private sector, but their social role makes them typically part and parcel of the public sector, as well as the third sector of civil society. The Internet has posed a great challenge to traditional press, radio and television, blurring borderlines between print and electronic media and between public and private communications. Freedom of information is increasing, while the voices of censorship are being raised, calling for a new approach to media accountability. 7. Options and regulations of the Internet Chair: Petri Aaltonen, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The session on options and regulations of the Internet in the main deals with the direction it is considered desirable to develop the Internet, and the regulation needed to ensure this development. CITIZEN'S ACCESS TO INFORMATION 8. Copyright and Public Access to Information Chair: Tuula Haavisto, E-mail: [log in to unmask] - In which direction is the recent copyright legislation development taking us - towards better access to information, knowledge and culture, or will it close the sources from the users? 9. Public libraries as open access points to information and culture Co-ordinator: Tuula Haavisto, E-mail: [log in to unmask] - What are the basic access points to information in the information society? Certainly, public libraries are among them. The Internet offers a great challenge to them, too: how to offer keys to net documents, as they help to find traditional material. - Is it possible for libraries to answer to both the human development needs and the public information requirements of individuals? 10. "Public information access" projects Chair: not confirmed yet To be active and competent in the information society a citizen has to be well informed. The Internet makes it possible to offer better access to many kinds of information. Ambitious projects to offer official and other information via net are under way all over the world. Some examples from the governmental and commercial fields are presented in this session. II NEW CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY IN INFORMATION SOCIETY EMPOWERING THE CITIZEN AND PARTICIPATION 11. Utilising the Internet for better democracy in local administrations and decision making Chair: Keskinen, Auli, e-mail: [log in to unmask] In the session several local solutions, especially in municipal level, for more deliberative and participatory decision making practices are discussed. The paradigm shift towards interactive administration, including residents, municipal authorities & experts and those holding positions of trust as proactive independent operators will be outlined and developed. 12. Empowering the citizen Local co-ordinator: Reijo Raivola, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Information society, learning society - just idle words and a smoke screen to hide deep divisions of post-modern societies, or a chance of empowering the people and restoring their lost voice? 13.Towards greater public participation - Public dialogue Chair: Tomas Ohlin, E-mail: [log in to unmask] What are the main obstacles for increased large scale public participation in political decision making? What is the role of technology, and which interests are of a non-technical nature? EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL GROUPS AND EMERGENCE OR VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES 14. Democracy, Internet and non-governmental organisations Chair: Heidi Hautala, MEP, E-mail: [log in to unmask] This session is intended to take a look at the possibilities for non-governmental organisations to enhance world wide campaigns with the help of the Internet and especially using e-mail. The session will have specific examples but will also scrutinise the use of the Internet in helping the wider public to access information. 15. Internet, information society and new societal movements Chair: Mika Mannermaa, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The aim is to discuss the role of the Internet in societal change processes in the information society. What are the attitudes of people towards the Internet as a tool of social change? What ideological tensions are created by the information society, what kind of new societal movements may be born, and how do they use the Internet in their activities? The role of the Internet at the level of communities, and the idea of virtual communities as new means of organising information and offering services will also be discussed. 16. The special needs of special groups Chair: Jan Ekberg, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Our information society has to be designed and built in such a way that disabled people and the elderly can also use future services such as information services, teleshopping and tele home care. The presentations in this sessions will show how the information society can be made accessible to these groups and will show what measures society has to take in order to reach this goal. 17. Exclusion and the information society; information for some, exclusion for others? Local co-ordinator: Tuula Helne, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Does the information society increase social exclusion (of some) or does it, on the contrary, offer new opportunities (for others)? Who - which groups of people or nations - are the excluded? How to assure that a maximum number of people will profit from the opportunities? 18. Internet contributions to international crisis intervention and peace building Chair: Burkhard Luber, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The session will focus how the Internet can contribute to trans-national NGO communication and international conflict management. It will include conceptualisation aspects, case studies, presentations and an exchange of experiences among the session participants. 19. Trans-national democracy and the European constitution - the Internet as a tool, not a solution - workshop Co-ordinator: Thomas Hug, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The democratic potentials of the Internet as a support for participatory (direct) democracy solution, but not a substitute for constitutional rights. CREATING A CITIZEN CENTRIC INFORMATION SOCIETY 20. Web White & Blue: a model elections online public service campaign 'Meet the expert' Steven Clift, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Democracies Online. The 1998 United States elections provided an opportunity for an innovative online public service campaign to emerge. Learn about the Web White & Blue initiative which involved major commercial online services, non-profit online election projects, government online, and others. Discuss ways to apply this partnership model in your own community, region, or country. Reflections on public use of the Internet in real politics starting with Minnesota's E-Democracy in 1994 through projects launched in 1998 will also be shared. 21. Creating paths to information society: benchmarking IS strategies and programmes I- II Chair: Matti Mälkiä, E-mail: [log in to unmask] During these two sessions, various national and international information society initiatives, strategies, policies, and programmes are analysed with regard to their aims and objectives, their contexts and contents, their strengths and weaknesses, and their method of implementation. This process endeavours to develop a better understanding of the criteria that can be used to evaluate their performance and to identify the best practices in the field. 22. Role of the Internet in transition and European accession processes in Central and Eastern Europe Local co-ordinator: Tuomo Rintamäki, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The objective of the session is to provide examples and generate discussion on the role of the Internet and new telecommunications technologies in Central and East European countries in their transition towards democratic information societies and in the accession process of (some of) these countries to the European Union. The session will be built around four main areas: 1. Education/training, 2. Local government, 3. Business, 4. NGOs (non-governmental organisations). 23. Revision of the national information society strategy in Finland Chair: Antti Rainio, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The revision of the National Information Society Strategy in Finland is searching for new possibilities to develop society in a balanced manner, supporting both competitiveness and social cohesion. The focus has been new services in daily life and the expected competence of a citizen. A few hundred people have been involved in the strategy project in 1997-1998 and several background surveys have been published. The initiative and follow-up for the strategy revision came from the Information Society Forum which has been supporting the work of the National Information Society Committee. For further information www.sitra.fi 24. Ethics and values in information society Chair: Irma Levomäki, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The horizon of moral orientation is inescapably present in human life; therefore it is meaningful to reflect deliberately on ethics and values. The information society creates an especially great need - and also opportunity - for reflection on the values of social life. The presentations in this session will discuss both the status of value reflection in the information society, and some more specific questions related to the content of ethics. Each presentation will be followed by discussion. 25. Virtualisation of citizenship, parliament and government Chairs: Kalle Lyytinen & Juha Knuuttila, E-mails: [log in to unmask] 26. The cash dispensers are here, will we have robot nurses next? Are the machines going to take over women's work? Chair: Ojala, Outi, MEP, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The Working Group will discuss women's positions and views on information technology; especially in the area of working life: employment, expertise and democracy. Speakers list, including both researchers and trade union activists, will be compiled later on. The co-ordinator of the group is Ms.Outi Ojala (MEP), the vice-chairperson of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in the European Parliament. III ENHANCING CITIZEN CENTRICITY BY DEVELOPING NEW SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES THE ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE IN INFORMATION SOCIETY 27. Learning in information society - generations meet and learn - together? Local co-ordinator: Eija Haapanen, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The papers will cover explicit and implicit learning, in formal and informal environments; children learning by doing and using ICT in their explorations; professional technologists facing new challenges - learning the new and unlearning the old. And, finally the whole issue of lifelong learning in the information society will be questioned: it will be argued that ICT will control the learning process and predestine the results - if we do not take care. 28. Knowledge management Local co-ordinator: Esko Kilpi, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Does new technology, providing access to Internet, or increasing the amount of information available increase understanding and lead to better decision making? This session discusses the organisational contexts, where learning takes place, and the organisational dynamics for creating new knowledge. We also focus on organisational change, and the use of new technology, as means to identify, create and leverage new knowledge and new competencies. 29. Work in the information society - evolving practises Chairperson: Heiskanen, Tuula, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Concrete practices in working life develop out of the interplay between technology, organisation and culture. What kinds of practices support development towards full citizenship? What kinds of exclusion mechanisms can be detected? How are boundaries between working life and other social fields moving? What do the practices tell us about development trajectories which in public discussions have been touched upon: such as the option of learning society and the segmented society? TRANSFORMATION OF BUSINESS 30. Frameworks for electronic commerce Chair: Marja Erola, E-mail: [log in to unmask] The globalisation of the Internet and electronic commerce presents a different set of challenges about how science and technology can inform policy development, how to stimulate relevant expertise, how to diffuse knowledge to practitioners and policymakers, and how to make all this work on an international level. 31. Opportunities and threats of emerging ICT and infrastructures Chair: Aatto J. Repo & Jari Karpakka, E-mails: [log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask] This session focuses on theoretical aspects, ethical considerations, and communicative dimensions of opportunities and threats of exploiting ICT. Some practical examples of new ICT applications in some countries are presented. Also, methods to treat possible emerging threats caused by the usage of new ICT will be discussed. 32. Convergency, unemployment, taxation and electronic commerce Chair: Reino Paasilinna, MEP, E-mail: [log in to unmask] Convergency profoundly changes labour market and business opportunities making base for the real information society and challenging politics. TO WHOM IS DIGITAL MEDIA CONVERGING? 33. Towards digitised cultural industry - global vs. local content Chair: Hannele Koivunen, E-mail [log in to unmask] The concept and the future role of cultural (content) industry will be discussed. The aim is to increase knowledge on changes in the way people communicate, applying critical theoretical approach and other related orientations on various aspects of cultural industry and mass media, e.g. new innovative uses of television and web technologies. 34. Digital broadcasting media in everyday life - workshop Chair: Heikki Lehmusto Co-ordinator: Ismo Silvo, e-mail: [log in to unmask] Digital broadcasting media as the public's equal and easy access to the information society services. Workshop discusses old and new media content: convergence of broadcast and multimedia content; changing relationships between local, national and international contents. In addition to thematic presentations, examples from emerging European Digital TV services will be presented and a panel discussion concerning these services is organised: Does digital TV enhance everyday lives of citizens. Members of the panel: representatives from Finnish and Nordic industries EXHIBITION 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. PROGRAMME IN JYVASKYLA Jyvaskyla: Virtualisation of Citizenship and Entrepreneurship - is All Politics still Local Politics? Opening Session - Kalevi Olin, MP Democratizing Civil Society in the Generational Justice - Professor Benjamin Barber, State University of New Jersey Rutgers USA Video conference from Oulu Chair; Professor Kalle Lyytinen, University of Jyväskylä Sessions: 1. INTERNET AND THIRD AGE Chair: Kalevi Olin, Ph.D. * Learning in Later Life (LiLL) -Project in the University of Jyväskylä Jaakko Leppänen, MBA Comment: Arnold Lerber, Project Co-ordinator * The Social Insurance Institution and development of Internet services for the senior citizens Matti Puhakka, Director, The Social Insurance Institution * OKO Bank and internet services Matti Korkeela, Executive Director 2. HOW DOES NETWORKING AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY AND ENTERPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES? Chair: Aino Suhola, MP * Commercialising the research results of the American Universities Markku Lampola, Lic. Jur. Lawtech Ltd. * Public Administration and spin-off- companies Olli Niemi, Ph.D., Director, Tampere Technology Centre Ltd * Case: Yomi Media Olli Väätäinen, Director * Case Nokia Group * Sectoral Development Model of Electronics in Central Finland Kari Liuska, Director, Jyvaskyla Science Park Contact Information in Jyväskylä Juha Knuuttila Tel. +358 14 603 248 Fax +358 14 603 068 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Local organisers: University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Information Technology Regional Council of Central Finland PROGRAMME IN OULU Oulu towards the Leading Pilot Laboratory in the Area of Information Society Development Opening session Kyösti Karjula, Member of Parliament Session 1. OLDER PEOPLE AND THE DISABLED IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY - ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS OR PASSIVE PATIENTS? Chair: Mr. Vesa Tornberg, Manager, OuluTech Ltd/SEGEL * Democratising Civil Society in the Generational Justice Prof. Benjamin E. Barber, USA (in videoconference connection with the session in Jyväskylä) * Ergonomics, Gerontology and Participation - a New Approach to Support R&D/ mmHACS (Multimedia Home Aid Communications Systems) -project Seppo Väyrynen, Professor, Oulu University * Oulu Deaconess Institute - a Platform for Pilot Projects Jarmo Karpakka, Hospital Director, Oulu Deaconess Institute * Making Oulu Region an Information Society for Elderly, too! Pekka Koivukoski, Lecturer, Oulu Polytechnic, ´Oulu Region 2010 Towards Network Society´and ´Digital City Oulu´ -projects * Selective Privacy Issues in Information Society Jorma Kajava, Mikko T. Siponen, Oulu University Discussion Session 2. SERVICES AND PEOPLE´S MOBILITY IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY - HOW THOSE ON THE PERIPHERY CAN PARTICIPATE? Chair: Petri Pulli, Professor, Oulu University * Pilot Laboratory Concept and its Implementation in Oulu - concept presentation Pirjo Koivukangas, Professor, Oulu University - concept in action Martti Sorri, Research Professor, Oulu University * Telemedicine - Telemedicine - the Oulu Experience. Implementation and Assessment Jarmo Reponen, MD, Project Manager, Northern Ostrobothnian Hospital District - Tel-Kainuu - Electronic Transfer of Biosignals Hannu Leskinen, Director of Hospital District, Joint Municipal authority for Specialised Health Care and Social Welfare in Kainuu * ELRES - Drug and Disease Information System Based on Digital Drug Description %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%