[WSIS CS-Plenary] conference call this Friday, October 8 at 1400 GMT

Wed Oct 6 08:40:48 BST 2004

Frannie, if possible I will join.

I have a lecture from 9.00 - 12.00 CEST, GMT is Greenwich time, right?

Best

wolfgang

On tirsdag, okt 5, 2004, at 22:12 Europe/Copenhagen, Frannie Wellings  
wrote:

> Hi all - If anyone is interested in discussing the recent UN WGIG  
> consultation/civil society nominations to the WGIG and/or discussing  
> the financing caucus development and meeting in Berlin, these items  
> will be part of the agenda I've organized for a civil society  
> conference call this Friday, October 8th. Milton and Ralf have both  
> kindly agreed to give an update on these items to those who haven't  
> been involved, but I hope more of you will join the call for a  
> discussion.  The information is below...  Send me an e-mail to let me  
> know if you can join.  Best to all, Frannie
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------
>
> PUBLIC VOICE TELECONFERENCE THIS FRIDAY
>
> - Date & Time: Friday, October 8th, 2004 at 10am EDT, 1400 GMT  (call  
> duration: one hour)
> - Call in Number from North America: 1-888-268-1204   OR   from
> outside North America:  1-512-225-3050
> - Access code: 65889#
> - Agenda as Currently Proposed:
>
> * Internet Governance - Milton Mueller
> * WIPO meeting/Geneva Declaration update - Jamie Love and Robin Gross
> * UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity - Sasha Costanza-Chock
> * Recent activity regarding the CoE Convention on Cybercrime  - Frannie
> * WSIS Financing Activities - Intergovernmental Bureau meeting - Ralf  
> Bendrath
> * INDUCE Act Update (US) - Mike Godwin
>
>
> My organization is trying to bring together NGOs working on or  
> interested in these issues. Please reply to let me know that you'll be  
> joining the call.  And feel free to send any other issues you'd like  
> to add to the agenda for discussion.
>
> Anyone from civil society involved in or interested in these issues is  
> invited to participate.  Meetings take place monthly (the following  
> meeting will be held on November 12th).
>
> Public Voice Meeting Page:
> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/pvwsismeetings/
>
>
> p.s. - If anyone uses some form of VoIP for cheap international  
> calling, Skype, etc., please let me know so I can suggest it to > others.
>
>
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> ---------------------
>
>
>
> Please also note the following upcoming events:
>
> October:
>
> CPSR CONFERENCE:  "MAKING THE GRADE? A REPORT CARD ON US POLICY AND  
> THE INFORMATION SOCIETY"
> October 16, 2004
> Georgetown University, Washington, DC
>
> Experts from academia, civil society organizations, and the private  
> sector will analyze the Bush Administration's performance on a variety  
> of ICT issues and each give a "grade" on the merits and later, a big  
> picture overview of and cumulative final grade on current US policy.    
> The conference will conclude with an open discussion on how to advance  
> a public interest agenda that is suited to the current technological  
> and policy environment, and on the roles that CPSR and other  
> progressive advocacy organizations can play in such an effort.
>
> CPSR Event:
> 	http://cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg04/
>
>
>
> November:
>
> UN ICT TASK FORCE SEVENTH MEETING
> November 18-20, 2004
> Berlin, Germany
>
> The UN ICT Task Force meeting will be held on the 19th and 20th and  
> will feature a Global Forum on "Enabling Environment for Digital  
> Development".  Civil Society organizations are organizing a meeting on  
> the 18th to discuss developments in financing. News on on this meeting  
> will be available soon on  http://www.worldsummit2005.org.
>
>
>
> UN ICT Task Force:
> 	http://www.unicttaskforce.org/seventhmeeting
>
>
>
> December:
>
> "AFRICA ELECTRONIC PRIVACY AND PUBLIC VOICE SYMPOSIUM"
> December 6, 2004
> Cape Town, South Africa
>
> The purpose of this Symposium is to bring together African NGOs,  
> technical experts and policy makers to discuss Privacy, the World  
> Summit on the Information Society and the policy development of  
> Information and Communication Technologies. It is an opportunity for  
> the public voice to be heard on issues such as safeguarding electronic  
> privacy and protecting online speech, as well as African perspectives  
> on Internet governance and the World Summit on the Information  
> Society. The Symposium will be held in Cape Town, South Africa at the  
> Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island, on December 6, 2004 in  
> conjunction with the ICANN meeting. The event will be split into three  
> sessions. Participants are encouraged to submit papers on African  
> perspectives on global Internet Governance, African Internet  
> Governance, or data protection or free expression online in Africa;  
> papers will be posted on the web site before the symposium. Please  
> send any inquiries, program suggestions, African NGO contacts, or
> papers to <thepublicvoice [at] epic.org>.
>
> Cape Town Event:
> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/capetown04/
>
>
>
>
> FOR EVENT UPDATES, SEE:
> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events
>
> FOR A CALENDAR OF GLOBAL ICT POLICY RELATED EVENTS, SEE:
> 	http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/2004_csonetwork.html
>
> -- 
>
>
> ~~~
>
> Frannie Wellings
> Policy Fellow, Electronic Privacy Information Center   ~     
> http://www.epic.org
> Director, The Public Voice    ~   http://www.thepublicvoice.org
>
> 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
> Washington, D.C.  20009
> USA
>
> wellings at epic.org
>
> +1 202 483 1140 x 107 (telephone)
> +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
>
> ~~~
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