[WSIS CS-Plenary] RT Speakers

[Jeanette Hofmann]

On 17 Oct 2003 at 12:52, wolfgang at imv.au.dk wrote:

I've been told that the deadline for proposing speakers for the Round Tables 
is around end of October. Can anybody confirm this information?

jeanette 
> dear friends,
> 
> has anybody already an information about the subjects of the six or so roundtables? My
> understanding is, that in each Round Table, which will be high level RT with heads of
> States and CEOs of corporations, there will be two speakers from civil society. 
> 
> My proposal for a procedure is that we 
> 1. signal to the WSIS Secretariat, that CS Plenary / CS C&T will via the CS Bureau as soon
> as posisble that we will make officially concrete proposals (to avoid that the WSIS
> Secretariat or somebody else invites speakers from elsewhere) and 2. start to manage a
> list with proposed speakers for the Round Tables so that we can find a way to have high
> level and balanced geographical, constituency, gender etc. representation.  
> 
> After the nomination of "CS Speakers/Panelists" we shoud encoruage the panelists to
> communicate with the relevant Caucus / C&T group to make sure, that basic points,
> developed over the preperatory process, should be adequately made public in the panel
> discussion. 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> wolfgang
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