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Information Technology
(or Information and Communication Technology) cannot be seen as
a separate entity. Its application should support human development
and this application has to be engineered.
What has to be taken into account when engineering the Knowledge Society ?
The Conference will address :
Lifelong Learning and education, e-inclusion, ethics and social impact,
engineering profession, developing e-society, economy and e-Society.
What actions have to be undertaken to realize a human centered Knowledge
Society ? The presentations in this World Summit parallel event
will reflect the active stance towards human development supported
by ICT expressed in its title. A Round Table session will provide
concrete proposals for action.
This Forum on « Engineering
the Knowledge Society » (EKS) will take place from 14.00 - 18.00
hrs on December 11, and from 9.00 - 13.00 on December 12
at Palexpo in Geneva (rooms O&N).
The programme includes
the following presentations :
• Niki
Davis (UK-USA) A comprehensive Synthesis on Research into Information
Technology in Education
• Tom
J. van Weert (Netherlands) Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge
Society
• Bernard
Cornu (France) Collective intelligence and Capacity building
in the Information Society
• Jarmo
Viteli (Finland) e-Tampere - Social Engineering of the
Knowledge Society
• Jean-Marie
Leclerc (Switzerland) The e-Society Repository : An Open Tool
to Build a Human Information Society
• André Hurst (Switzerland)
Preserving Information-Orality, Writing and Memory in a Human Society
• Kenneth
Deer (Canada) Towards an indigenous Vision for the Information
Society
• Klaus
Brunnstein (Germany) Vulnerabilities of Information Technologies
and their impact
on the Information Society
• Jacques
Berleur (Belgium) Professional Deontology, self regulation and
Ethics in the Information Society
• J.
Barrie Thomson (United Kingdom) Development in the Field Software
Engineering
Professionalism, standards and Best Practice
• Willis
King (USA) The Role of Professional Society in the Information
Age
• Anneke
E.N. Hacquebard (Netherlands) Managing ICT Skills Profiles
• Colin
Harrison (USA-Switzerland) Enabling ICT Adoption in Developing
e-Societies
• René Longet (Switzerland)
Sustainable Development and Information Society (From Rio to Geneva)
• John
Gage (USA) Impact of Future Technology on Society
• Antoine
Geissbühler (Switzerland) Telemedicine for medical Capacity Building
in Developing Countries : Experiences and Lessons Learned in Mali
• Mohan
R. Gurubatham (Malaysia) Understanding and interpreting the Drivers
of the Knowledge Economy
• Mikko
J. Ruohonen (Finland) Networked Economy - Effects on organizational
Development
and the Role of Education
• André-Yves
Portnoff (France) Beyond Information Society : the Revolution
of non-tangible Assets
• Wesley
Shrum (USA) Social Engineering of the Internet in Developing
Areas
The Forum « Engineering
the Knowledge Society » is open to all accredited participants of
the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS). To get accreditation
please go :
http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation.html
Forum International Programme
Committee :
• Jean-Claude Badoux (WFEO,
SATW)
• Leszek J. Bialy (WFEO)
• Pierre-André Bobillier (IFIP,
SFI, SI, SISR)
• Fulvio Caccia (SATW)
• Louis-Joseph Fleury (SATW)
• Raymond Morel (IFIP,
SATW, SFI, SI, SISR)
• Andreas Schweizer (SATW)
• Tom van Weert (IFIP,
SATW)
Each participant in the
Forum will have to arrange own travel and accoommodations. Because
of expected shortages it is adviced to make the necessary arrangements
(hotel and travel) well in advance.
For accommodation you may wish to consult : www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/accommodation
Website of the Forum « Engineering
the Knowledge Society » http://ict.satw.ch (from
October 1, 2003
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