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| Third UNESCO Congress on Ethical, Legal and
Societal Challenges of Cyberspace
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| Introduction |
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Background Study
"The Role of Public Authorities in Access to Information : The Broader and More Efficient Provision of Public Content" by Elizabeth Longworth, Principal, Longworth Associates, New Zealand |  |
 | Thomas B. Riley:
"The Internet is a medium that allows people to involve themselves in the democratic process in new and unique way." |
 | George Papapavlou:
"There is now emerging an encouraging future for new initiatives in public-private collaboration in information dissemination." |
 | Ekaterina U. Genieva:
"The information society is in the first place a publicly useful humanitarian information content." |
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| Second Session |
 | Arthur Levin:
"If the goal of universal access is to be attained, it will require commitment by governments." |
 | Yasuhiko Kawasumi:
"There still remain barriers for improvements of accessibility." |
 | Jean-Noël Tronc:
"In order that access to information, to networks and to services is beneficiary for all, actions taken by the public sector are critical." |
 | Alugro Agudo
Director, School of Libraries and Archives, Venezuela |
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| Third Session |
    | Background Study "Copyright and Access to Information in the Digital Environment"
by Yves Poullet, Mireille Buydens, Séverine Dusollier |
Background Study
"Protecting human dignity in the digital age"
by Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center, USA |  |
 | Stefano Rodota
Committee of Ethics of the Italian National Council of Research |
 | Hansjürgen Garstka:
"Every user has to be given the individual right to be informed on all personal data which are processed about him or her." |
 | Amr Zaki Abdel Motaal:
"The technological race between privacy protection techniques and surveillance techniques will continue." |
 | Marshall Conley:
"If the Internet is to continue as an innovative means of collaboration, discovery, and social interaction, it will need to build upon its adaptability and participatory design." |
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| Sixth Session |
Background Study
"Protecting human dignity in the digital age"
by Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center, USA | |
  | Ian Brown, Simon Davies:
"The machinery of the state will be confronted by a feral and adaptable infrastructure of powerful privacy protection." |
 | Adama Fofana:
"L'observation stricte du principe de la liberté de communication sans réglementation conduit à des dérives attentatoires à la dignité humaine." |
 | Duncan Campbell:
"There is wide-ranging evidence indicating that major governments are routinely utilising communications intelligence to provide commercial advantage to companies and trade." |
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| Closure |
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The Infoethics 2000 Congress is the third in a series of conferences organised by UNESCO in order to build up a consensus on ethical, legal and societal principles applicable in cyberspace.
Numerous international consultations are showing that clear policy guidelines are needed in the increasingly open, interactive and global information context. Such guidelines should cover all aspects of the global information networks - technological and economic, but also educational, scientific, cultural and social. The latter will ultimately have a deeper and more fundamental significance in achieving an Information Society for All.
The official working languages will be English, French and Spanish with simultaneous interpretation.
The registration is compulsory (there are no fees). Badges will be issued to registered participants on the opening date of the Congress. They will be requested at the entrance of the meeting room.
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