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Hi everyone, This seems to be the day for forwarding messages:) Re. below, I hope this may be of interest to many of you - it's a bit of a sleeper, but we shouldn't underestimate its significance. Cheers, Leo ---------- > >Government of Canada Consultation with Canadians for the World Summit on the >Information Society >http://www.wsis-smsi.gc.ca/act/en/consultation/contents.htm > >Table of Contents: > >World Summits: An Overview > >The Need for a World Summit on the Information Society > >Summit Objectives > >Canada's Experience and Success in Building an Information Society > >Canada's Vision of a Global Information Society > >Canadian Consultation on the Summit > >Consultation Questions > > >Canadians wishing to contribute to the Summit by making their views known >are invited to read the consultation document and submit their comments >online at http://www.wsis-smsi.gc.ca. Comments are welcomed by September 30, >2003. > > >Date: 2003-08-12 > >OTTAWA, August 12, 2003 -- Canadians are invited to help shape Canada's >vision on how the world can work together to translate information >technology advancement into worldwide social and economic benefits. > >Aiming to gather heads of state and government, executive heads of United >Nations agencies, industry leaders, non-governmental organizations and civil >society, the World Summit on the Information Society is being held under the >high patronage of Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, with the >International Telecommunication Union taking the lead role in preparations. >The Summit is being held in two phases with the first happening from >December 10-12, 2003, in Geneva, Switzerland, and the second in 2005 in >Tunis, Tunisia. > >Key issues for discussion include infrastructure development and the >possible financing of universal access to bridge the digital divide, systems >security and user privacy. The Geneva portion of the Summit is mandated to >issue a declaration on these issues and establish an action plan. > >This consultation is being administered by Industry Canada in partnership >with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. > >For more information, please contact: > >Media Relations >Industry Canada >(613) 943-2502 -- _______________________ Leo J. Deveau, M.Ed., MLIS Independent Market and Policy Research 9 Chestnut Ave. Wolfville, Nova Scotia. B4P-1V7. Canada Office: 902-542-3908 Cell: 902-452-3517 Fax: 902-542-7686 [log in to unmask] My professional and personal subject lists can be found at: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ljdeveau/Homepage.html