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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Robert Guerra
[mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> March 28, 2005 4:51
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Gurstein, Michael<BR><B>Cc:</B> Andrew Clement; Leslie Regan
Shade; marita moll<BR><B>Subject:</B> Upcoming WSIS Events [Draft - Edition
03-28]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/enriched format -->
<DIV><B>(please distribute) </DIV>
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<DIV>Dear colleagues: </DIV><BR>
<DIV>Below is a draft schedule of events, conferences and other meetings
related to key stake-holders involved in the WSIS process. </DIV><BR>
<DIV>It is a personal effort , one where I try to complement the list
maintained by the ITU . It includes "official" meetings, as well as others -
specifically those organized by Civil Society NGOs involved in the process. If
you know of an event that's not listed - please do me email me so that I can
add it, and sent it in the next version (in a month's time). </DIV><BR>
<DIV>regards </DIV><BR>
<DIV>Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org> </DIV>
<DIV>Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe<B><U>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Upcoming WSIS Events [Draft - Edition 03-28] </DIV>
<DIV></U></B>http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/upcoming-wsis-events.html<B><U>
</DIV>
<DIV></U></B></DIV>
<DIV>Note: The items that are bolded are events that are likely to be of
importance to civil society. The emphasis is mine, and mine alone...
</DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>April </B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>4- 8 Mar del Plata, Argentina, ICANN Meeting [Internet Governance]
</DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>13-15, Dublin, Ireland, UN ICT Task Force, 8th Meeting </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>18-20 <FONT color=#0000dd>Conakry, Guinea, Africa Civil Society for the
Information Society - ACSIS and the Government of Guinea is happy to invite
you to attend the First Africa Civil Society sub-regional workshop. </DIV>
<DIV></FONT> </DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>18-20 Third Meeting of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)
</DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>24-25 Tunis, Tunisia - NGO Forum for WSIS </DIV>
<DIV></B>Organized by: UN NGO Section DESA, Association of Tunisian Mothers
</DIV>
<DIV>http://www.worldfamilyorganization.org/infocenter/Preparatory_NGO_Forum_Tunis_0405.htm
</DIV><BR>
<DIV>In preparation for the 2nd phase of the World Summit on Information
Society - Tunis 2005, to take place in Tunis from 16-18 November 2005, and in
celebration of the National Day of NGO, the NGO section of the United Nations
Department of Economic and Social Affairs / ECOSOC and the Association of
Tunisian Mothers, coordinator of the Informal Regional NGO Network for Africa
(UN-NGO-IRENE / Africa), coordinate the NGO Forum devoted to the theme “For an
Inclusive, People Centered, Development Oriented and Knowledgeable Information
Society for All.” </DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>May </B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>4-6 Cairo, Egypt, Global Knowledge Partnership Annual Meeting </DIV>
<DIV></B>http://www.globalknowledge.org/am/<B> </DIV><BR>
<DIV>6-7 May 2005, Bamako (Mali), UNESCO - Multilingualism for Cultural
Diversity and Participation of All in Cyberspace </DIV><BR>
<DIV>8-10 May 2005, Cairo (Egypt), WSIS Sub-Regional: Towards WSIS Phase II;
an Arab Regional Dialogue </DIV>
<DIV>http://www.wsis-egypt.gov.eg/main.asp </DIV><BR>
<DIV>10-11 May, Summit of South American and Arab Countries, Brasilia, Brazil
</DIV>
<DIV>http://www2.mre.gov.br/aspa/index.htm </DIV>
<DIV><I></DIV><BR>
<DIV>- Ministerial preparatory meeting took place in Marrakech, 25-26 March
</DIV>
<DIV>Details @ </I>http://www.maec.gov.ma/preparatory/FR/default.htm<I> </DIV>
<DIV></I></B><I></DIV>
<DIV>11-13 May 2005, Paris (France), UNESCO and the Club of Rome - World
Conference on ICT for Capacity-Building: Critical Success Factors </DIV><BR>
<DIV></I><B>13-15 Winnipeg, Canada - <FONT face=Arial>Paving the Road to Tunis
- WSIS II: The Views of Canada's Civil Society on the Geneva Plan of Action
and the Prospects for Phase II </DIV>
<DIV></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial>(Organized by the Canadian Commission for
UNESCO) </DIV>
<DIV></FONT><I></DIV>
<DIV></I><B>16-17 May 2005, Tokyo (Japan), <I>WSIS Thematic</I>: Government of
Japan/ITU/UNU - Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Conference </DIV>
<DIV></B>http://www.wsis-japan.jp<B>/<I> </DIV><BR>
<DIV>Themes: </DIV><BR>
<DIV>- Technology Innovation </DIV>
<DIV>- Sharing Knowledge and Building Capacities </DIV>
<DIV>- Digital Divide </DIV>
<DIV>- Civil Society session (to be determined) </DIV>
<DIV>- Ubiquitous Network Society<FONT face=Arial> </DIV>
<DIV></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV></I></B><I>17-18 May 2005, Saint-Petersburg (Russian Federation) -
"UNESCO between two Phases of the World Summit on the Information Society"
</DIV>
<DIV>http://ifap.ru/wsis </DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial></DIV>
<DIV></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial>25 May London, UK - </FONT><B>The UK input to
the World Summit and the UK Consultative Day </DIV>
<DIV></B>http://www2.britishcouncil.org/wsis-our-participation.htm<B>
</DIV><BR>
<DIV></B>A UK consultative day which will bring together a variety of views
concerning the future of the Information Society, will take place on Tuesday
24 May 2005 at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester. This invitation-only event will
see representatives drawn from the media, government, civil society, academia
and business and will be hosted by the British Council. </I></DIV>
<DIV><B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>29- 2 June, Tehran, Iran , <FONT face=Arial>Asia Pacific High Level
Ministerial Meeting on WSIS </DIV>
<DIV>organized by UN ESCAP </DIV><BR>
<DIV></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial>29- June 3, </FONT><SMALL>Peru, <FONT
face=Arial>APEC Telecommunications and Information - Ministerial </DIV>
<DIV></FONT></SMALL><B><FONT face=Arial></DIV>
<DIV>June </DIV><BR>
<DIV></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial>2-3, Vienna, Austria, World Summit Awards -
Contributory Conference on ICT and Creativity </DIV><BR>
<DIV></FONT><B>8-10 June, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), WSIS Regional - Latin
America and the Caribbean Regional meeting. </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>- Official Regional Meeting website - http://www.riocmsi.net/ </DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial></DIV>
<DIV></FONT></B>9-10 June 2005, Seoul (Korea), Government of Republic of Korea
(MIC/KADO)/ITU - Thematic Meeting on "Multi-stakeholder partnerships for
Bridging the Digital Divide"<B><FONT face=Arial> </DIV><BR>
<DIV>14-17, Fourth Meeting of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)
</DIV><BR>
<DIV></FONT>28 June- 1 July 2005, Geneva (Switzerland), ITU - WSIS Thematic
Meeting on Cybersecurity </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>July </DIV><BR>
<DIV></B>6-8, Gleneagles, Scotland, G8 Summit </DIV>
<DIV><B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>Mid July, Geneva, Launch of Working Group on Internet Governance Report
</DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>11-15, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, ICANN Meeting [Internet
Governance] </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>August </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>31 Aug - 2 Sept, Botswana, World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR)
</DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>September </DIV><BR>
<DIV>14-16, New York (USA), UN Summit of Leaders, 60th Aniversary </DIV><BR>
<DIV>19-30, Geneva (Switzerland), WSIS PrepCom 3 </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>- TBC - UN ICT Task Force, 9th Meeting </DIV>
<DIV></B>- TBC - Yaounde, Cameroon, CTO ICT Forum and Council Meeting<B>
</DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV>October </DIV><BR>
<DIV></B>3-5, Salvador, Brazil - CTO ICT Forum and Council Meeting </DIV>
<DIV>14-15, Salamanca, Spain, XV Ibero-American Summit<B> </DIV><BR>
<DIV>November </DIV><BR>
<DIV></B>4-5, Mar del Plata, Argentina, Fourth Summit of the Americas
</DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>9-11, Bilbao (Spain), II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities
on the Information Society </DIV>
<DIV></B>http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/ </DIV>
<DIV><B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>16-18 , Tunis (Tunisia), WSIS Summit </DIV>
<DIV></B>18-19, Korea, APEC Summit </DIV><BR>
<DIV>25-28, Malta, Commonwealth Heads of State (CHOGM) </DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>30 - 4 Dec, Vancouver, Canada - ICANN Meeting [Internet Governance]
</DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>2006 </DIV><BR>
<DIV>March </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>ITU World Telecommunications Development Conference (WTDC) </DIV><BR>
<DIV>27-31, Wellington, New Zealand, ICANN Meeting [Internet Governance]
</DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>June </DIV><BR>
<DIV>Oct-Nov. </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV>
<DIV>ITU Plenipotentiary </DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>Dec </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV>4-8, Hong Kong, ITU Telecom World 2006 </DIV><BR>
<DIV><B><U>Past Events</U> </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>2005 </DIV>
<DIV></B></DIV><BR>
<DIV><B>March</B> </DIV><BR>
<DIV>23-25, Chicago, USA, Non Profit Technology Conference (NTEN) 2005- </DIV>
<DIV><B><I>Innovation and Vision in Nonprofit Technology: The Next 10 Years
</DIV>
<DIV></I></B>http://www.nten.org/ntc-agenda<B><I> </DIV>
<DIV></I></B></DIV>
<DIV>2005 marks the tenth year that nonprofits have been using technology in a
meaningful and purposeful way during the age of the Internet and the networked
economy. It is also the tenth year that people from across the U.S. and around
the globe have gathered to chart a course for a more effective and sustainable
future for nonprofits through strategic use of technology. The 2005 Nonprofit
Technology Conference will honor that past by identifying the current state of
the sector, looking to the next ten years and beyond, and addressing the new
questions and issues that we face as a maturing field. Sessions at the 2005
NTC will identify strategies and tactics that will help nonprofits: </DIV><BR>
<DIV>* Achieve excellence in program delivery and operations </DIV>
<DIV>* Sustain meaningful relationships with stakeholders </DIV>
<DIV>* Embrace constructive innovation </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>