[Fwd: Seminar & Call for papers, 14-15 March 2005]

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Subject: Seminar & Call for papers, 14-15 March 2005
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:09:28 +0200
From: Tere Vadén <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]

Seminar announcement & Call for papers

POLICY OPTIONS AND MODELS FOR BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDES
Freedom, Sharing and Sustainability in the Global Network Society

Time:  14-15 March 2005
Venue: University of Tampere, Finland

Dead-line for abstracts 15 January 2005
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, organised by the research project Global 
Challenges of
eDevelopment of Hypermedia Laboratory of the University of Tampere, 
aims at
addressing ways to bridge the wide gaps, or digital divides, that are
characteristic of the current information society. One feature of the 
new
technologies is that they enable new kinds of freedom and sharing. This 
can
boost, for example, societal participation of citizens and 
collaboration in
sciences and technology development. However, in order for these and 
other
benefits to materialise, a framework aiming at sustainability in its all
aspects would be necessary. A part of such framework would be a system 
of
innovation and intellectual property that addresses the basic needs and
rights of the people. The seminar brings together researchers, students,
experts and policy makers working on these issues internationally.

The programme will be organised following the seminar themes:

Theme 1: Freedom and Sharing in the Global Network Society
- information technologies and societal participation
- open and collaborative models (free software, open content, open 
access)

Theme 2: Globally Sustainable Information Society
- ecologically, socially, culturally and economically sustainable 
technologies
  and cultures
- balanced innovation systems and intellectual property regimes

Schedule:
- Call for papers out on 26 November 2004
- Dead-line for abstracts 15 January 2005
- Programme finalised by 31 January 2005
- Seminar 14-15 March 2005

Advisory Committee: Antti Kasvio (chair), Burchard Bagile, Mika Böök, 
Antti
Hautamäki, Avinash Jha, Jukka Kemppinen, Salla Koivusalo, Robin Mansell,
Kaarle Nordenstreng, Marjut Salokannel, Juha Suoranta, Markku Turunen 
and
Tapio Varis.

Contact: Programme coordinator Marko Ulvila [email protected], 
+358-3-215
4079, Hypermedia Laboratory, Fin-33014 University of Tampere, Finland


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