DiploNews – Issue WSIS – 27 November 2003

 

DiploNews – Special Issue – Diplo @ WSIS – November 27, 2003

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We are pleased to invite you to join our planned events for the World Summit on the Information Society, from Dec. 9 – 13 in Geneva.

DiploFoundation’s stand will be located in the ICT4D Platform at Geneva Palexpo, on “Policy and Implementation Street”. At our stand you will find leaflets about our activities, copies of our publications, and more. Feel free to drop by to talk to members of the DiploTeam to learn more about our activities.

We are interested in meeting any individuals or institutions interested in cooperating with  Diplo in the field of research or training.

Below you will find a list of Diplo’s scheduled panels and presentations. For more  information please visit our website, Diplo@WSIS.

Who Runs the Internet?
Governance of the Information Society
Organised in cooperation with the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI)

Venue: Jacques Freymond Auditorium (HEI), Rue de Lausanne 132, 1202 Geneva (map);
Date/Time: December 9, 19.00
Panelists:
Paul Twomey (President/CEO of ICANN)
Jovan Kurbalija (DiploFoundation)

 

The Information Society Library – Getting the Best Out Of Cyberspace

Venue: TBA;
Date/Time: December 10, 13.30 – 15.30
Panelists:
Prof. Dietrich Kappeler (DiploFoundation)
Eduardo Gelbstein (DiploFoundation)
Jovan Kurbalija (DiploFoundation)

ICT and Security Challenges – CyberCrime, CyberTerrorism and CyberWar
Organised in cooperation with the Geneva Center for Security Policy 

Venue: TBA;
Date/Time: December 10, 16.00 – 18.00
Panelists:
Fred Tanner (GCSP)
Eduardo Gelbstein (DiploFoundation)
Prof. Neil MacFarlane (GCSP)
 
 
Virtual Diplomacy for the Roma
Organised in cooperation with the European Roma Information Office

Venue: TBA;
Date/Time: December 12, 10.00 – 12.00
Panelists:
Angela Kocze (Director, ERIO)
Valeriu Nicolae (Deputy Director, ERIO)
Representative of the Open Society Institute

 

Online Negotiations
Organised in cooperation with the University of Michigan

Venue: TBA;
Date/Time: December 12, 13.30 – 15.30
Panelists:
Alex Sceberras Trigona (former Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Prof. Derrick L. (Cogburn University of Michigan)
Jovan Kurbalija (DiploFoundation)

 

Online Learning

Venue: Diplo stand at the ICT4D Platform;
Date/Time: TBA
Panelists:
Eduardo Gelbstein (DiploFoundation)
Hannah Slavik (DiploFoundation)
Dejan Dincic (DiploFoundation)

 

ICT, Diplomacy and Development

Venue: Diplo stand at the ICT4D Platform;
Date/Time: TBA
Panelists:
Anthony Hill (former Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN)
Alex Sceberras Trigona (former Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Prof. Nabil Ayad (University of Westminster)
Prof. Dietrich Kappeler (DiploFoundation)

 

Information Society and Constitutional Law
Organised in cooperation with the Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg;

Venue: Diplo stand at the ICT4D Platform;
Date/Time: December 9, 15.00
Panelists:
Anthony Hill (former Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN)
Prof. Thomas Fleiner (University of Fribourg)
Prof. Stevan Lilic (University of Belgrade)

 

Geneva Video Collection on Diplomacy (GVCD)
Organised in cooperation with CHERSA, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

Venue: TBA;
Date/Time: TBA
Panelists:
to be confirmed

Knowledge Management: African and Arab Charters on Human Rights
Organised in cooperation with the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies

Venue: Diplo stand at the ICT4D Platform;
Date/Time: TBA
Panelists:
Hadeel Treiki (Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies)