I have this in file form (better format), but am sending as text in case
some might have difficulty opening the file.
Bertrand Schneider, Gen'l Sec'y, sent this in response to my post re Global
Internet Liberty Coalition.
Steve
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Our Project is to create new worlds and link them
1 - 5 MARCH 1999
Palais des Congrès of the Futuroscope Poitiers
3 MAIN THEMES :
· The Firm in the 21st century : virtual or real?
· Governance facing the globalization of the economy.
· Can human beings enlarge their capacities: learning and knowledge?
9 WORKSHOPS
20 COMMUNICATIONS
12 APPLICATIONS OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES
4 SUMMARIES OF CONFERENCES DURING THE PAST YEAR
Under the patronage of President Jacques Chirac
in the presence of Monsieur René Monory, Président du Sénat, Président de
la Fondation
Prospective et Innovation
Patrons :
- Raymond Barre, former Prime Minister of France
- Belisario Betancur, former President of Colombia
- Michel Bon, President, France Telecom
- Ricardo Diez Hochleitner, President, Club of Rome
- Klaus Eierhoff, head, Bertelsmann Multimedia
- Kurt Furgler, former President of the Swiss Confederation
- President Göncz of Hungary
- Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan
- Jacques Levy, president de la Conference des Grandes Ecoles
- Ruud Lubbers, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Federico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO
- Guy de Panafieu, President, Bull
- Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister of Israel
- Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Laureate
- Mario Soares, former President of Portugal
welcome to our lands,
welcome to our mutant worlds
We are in the encounters that we make in these worlds, in the
rituals that we create there; we exist as much through direct
contacts as through virtual ones. Our thoughts, soaring like time,
can now meet as rapidly as our messages. We are nomads, free
in our images and identities, more vividly ourselves and at the
same time living cells within the multitude, seeking a
Renaissance, seeking a new form of humanism.
The Symposium, melting pot of our hopes and ambitions, the first world
forum devoted
to these ideas, is unique because it offers:
- an exchange of experiences, reflections, updating of knowledge regarding
the
overwhelming changes in information technologies and the convergence of the
different
media (telephones, computers, radio, television, satellites, etc.)
- proposals of concrete projects
- international meetings of participants coming from the five continents
- discussions between experts of scientific, technical and social sciences,
academics,
politicians and leaders of the business community
- an opportunity for the participants to meet about a hundred young people,
chosen
from among the brightest members of their generation from all over the
world, with
special mastery of the concepts and tools of Information Technology :
searchers,
inventors, businessmen...
- demonstrations of the latest technologies and the most innovative
applications of these
technologies
- a summary of the most interesting meetings on information technologies
held
throughout the world in the course of the previous year
Welcome to our mutant worlds
MONDAY 1st MARCH 1999
9.30 - Official opening Amphithéâtre
"Paris"
Speeches of welcome Jacques Chirac, President of the French
Republic
René Monory, President of the French Senate
Bertrand Schneider, President of the World
Symposium
on Network Media
Speeches ...
...
...
11.00 - Coffee break Exhibition hall
11.30 - Presentation of the programme of the meeting Amphithéâtre "Paris"
Registration for workshops
Registration for Futuroscope film programmes
12.45 - Lunch Restaurant
14.00 - Workshops Rooms
Tokyo, Le Cap, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Toronto, Berlin, Rome, Delhi,
Nairobi
To finalize 3 Projects, each relating to one of the main themes of the
Symposium.
Formation of groups, selection of "movers", "shakers" and rapporteurs
15.00 - Free
Visit to the Futuroscope
16.00 - Demonstrations Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Satellite link with Nicholas Negroponte - Media Lab - MIT - USA
· Demonstration of the Project "Divine" (videoconference)
17.00 - End of the first session
TUESDAY 2nd MARCH 1999
9.15 - Notices Amphithéâtre "Paris"
9.30 - Workshops
· The Firm in the 21st century
. Businesses in the global market
. Real cost of IT in investments and in jobs
. New opportunities from electronic business
Rooms Tokyo, Le Cap, Rio de Janeiro
. Governance
. Restructuring and new modes of operation of
world financial markets
. Will IT give governments more
effective control over
the World Trade Organization?
. What conditions are necessary for
poor countries to
benefit from the progress made in IT?
Rooms San Francisco, Rome, Delhi
· Education
. Help for slow learners: at what stages
and by whom
. Distance learning - changes
and improvements
. Sharing knowledge across all kinds of
frontiers
Rooms Toronto, Berlin, Nairobi
11.30 - Workshops
Summaries of the morning sessions for each Main Theme
Extended Rooms
12.30 - Lunch
14.00 - Contributions and discussions
· What can IT be expected to do to help the unemployed, slow learners,
young people
in trouble?
Michel Bon, President, France Telecom - France
Laurent Benzoni, economist - France
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Changes in the ways firms are structured and in management methods
Thierry Breton, President Thomson Multimedia - France
Ideyuki Tokuda, Carnegie Mellon University - Japan
Amphithéâtre "Sydney"
· Demonstration of the Project "Promise"
Exhibition hall
15.00 - Contributions and discussions
· Firms and conglomerates in the 21st century. How much will still be real?
Rajat Gupta, Managing Director, McKinsey and C° - USA
William Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering - USA
Amphithéâtre "Paris
· Will IT cause the disappearance of public bureaucracy?
Michael Hawley, Assistant Professor of Media Technology, MIT - USA
Jack Pellicci, Vice-President, Oracle - USA
Amphithéâtre "Sydney"
· Demonstration of the Project "CAPE" IPC
Exhibition hall
16.00 - Contributions and discussions
· Does the management of firms (the decision-makers) have adequate mastery
of the
tools of IT?
Joel de Rosnay, Director of Strategy, Cité des Sciences et de
l'Industrie -
France
Vinton Cerf, Vice President, MCI - USA
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· The role of IT in transforming primary and secondary education
Professor Georges Charpak - France
François Peccoud, President, University of Compiègne - France
Amphithéâtre "Sydney"
· Demonstration of the Project EMDIS
Exhibition hall
17.00 - Report on the past year
Summary of the UNESCO Montecarlo Conference on ethics and intellectual
property
Presentation by Mr...... UNESCO
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
18.00 - Free
Futuroscope film programme
20.00 - Dinner debate, chair : Alain Minc, President of AM conseil, Writer
Tables chaired by :
James Botkin, President InterClass - USA
Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner, President of the Club of Rome - Spain
Yotaro Kobayashi, Chairman and CEO, Fuji-Xerox - Japan
Olivier Lebot, journalist, Le Point - France
Pierre Lévy, Professor of University - France
Muneyuki Matsushita, President, Asahi Shimbun - Japan
Philippe Quéau, Directeur de l'Information et de l'Informatique - UNESCO
Ken Sakamura, Professor, University of Tokyo - Japan
Nordin Sopiee, Chairman & CEO, ISIS - Malaysia
Don Tapscott, chair, Alliance for Converging Technologies and writer -
Canada
WEDNESDAY 3rd MARCH 1999
9.15 - Notices Amphithéâtre "Paris"
9.30 - Workshops
The Firm Rooms Tokyo, Le Cap, Rio de Janeiro
Governance Rooms San Francisco, Rome, Delhi
Education Rooms Toronto, Berlin, Nairobi
11.30 - Workshops
Summaries of the morning sessions for each Main Theme
Extended Rooms
12.30 - Lunch
14.00 - Contributions and discussions
· Demonstration of the Project CAPS (communication Access to information
for
Persons with special needs)
· Demonstration of the Project TEN (Tele-Education Network)
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
15.00 - Contributions and discussions
· What changes will IT bring in society, attitudes and culture?
Jacques Attali, Professor and writer - France
Hiroshi Nakajima, ASCII Mirai Kenkyujo - Japan
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Use of IT in the day-to-day running of the firm - bugs and obsolescence
Egon Hörbst, President, Siemens - Germany
Priscilla Douglas Manager, Public Sector Market, Xerox - USA
Amphithéâtre "Sydney"
16.00 - Contributions and discussions
· How to select from the vast mass of available knowledge?
Tonino Cantelmi, Psychiatrist - Italy
Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, Rapporteur Général, Mission Internet,
Conseil d'Etat - France
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· The role and responsibilities of business with regard to training
Serge Tchuruk, President, Alcatel-Alsthom - France
Nobuo Saito, Dean, Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio
University
Japan
Amphithéâtre "Sydney"
17.00 - Contributions and discussions
Michael Dertouzos, Director Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT - USA
Robert Metcalfe, Vice President, International Data Group - USA
Dominique Wolton, sociologist - France
18.30 - End of the session
THURSDAY 4th MARCH 1999
9.15 - Notices Amphithéâtre "Paris"
9.30 - Workshops
The Firm Rooms Tokyo, Le Cap, Rio de Janeiro
Governance Rooms San Francisco, Rome, Delhi
Education Rooms Toronto, Berlin, Nairobi
11.30 - Workshops
Summaries of the morning sessions for each Main Theme
Extended rooms
12.30 - Lunch
14.00 - Contributions and discussions
· Which is stronger: government pressure in support of the public interest
or the
pressure of manufacturers of IT?
Morris Chang, Chairman and President, TSM - Taiwan
Jean-Marie Messier, Vivendi - France
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Is access to IT really the key to joining the global economy?
Donald Odera, Director Telecom Forum Africa - Kenya
Peter Da Costa, Senior Communication Adviser, UN Economic Commission
for Africa, Ethiopia
Pierre Mangin, designer - France
Amphithéâtre "Sydney"
· Demonstration of the Project "Tecodis" (relating to Telework)
Exhibition hall
15.00 - Contributions and discussions
· Why are large multimedia firms particularly affected by global mergers?
Klaus Eierhoff, Head, Bertelsmann Multimedia - Germany
Serge Kampf, President Directeur General, Cap Gemini - France
Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Sharing knowledge across frontiers : harmonization of or threats to
cultures,
languages, scripts?
Chris Yapp, ICL - UK
Philippe d'Iribarne, Sociologist - France
Amphithéâtre "Sydney"
· Demonstration of the Project IBCOBN (interactive TV for elderly persons)
Exhibition hall
16.00 - Contributions and discussions Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Demonstration of Project EPS-INFO (new methods of communication and
teaching
tools for the general public)
· Summary of the Langkawi International Dialogue on "Smart partnership for
global
co-operative prosperity"
Presentation by M......
17.00 - Free
Futuroscope film programme
FRIDAY 5th MARCH 1999
9.15 - Notices Amphithéâtre "Paris"
9.30 - Workshops Extended Rooms
Summaries of discussions by Main Theme
9.30 - Reports from the last year Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Summary of the XV IFIP World Computer Congress of Vienna and Budapest
Presentation by M.
· Summary of the Ecole Polytechnique conference of April 28, 1998 on Firms
facing
the Information society
Presentation by M.
10.30 - Contributions and discussions Amphithéâtre "Paris"
· Matching academic training and firms' needs in IT and prospects for jobs
Peter Cochrane, Head of Advanced Applications and Technologies,
British
Telecom Laboratories - UK
Nirmal Jain, Managing Director, Tata Infotech - India
· The influence of IT on governments functionning
Yazid Sabeg, President, Compagnie des Signaux - France
Ashok Soota, CEO, Wipro Infotech Group - India
12.30 - Lunch
14.00 - Presentation of the Workshop Projects Amphithéâtre "Paris"
Chairman : Derrick de Kerkhove, Director McLuhan Programme - Canada
Governance facing the globalization of the economy
Rapporteur M.
Can human beings enlarge their capacities: learning and knowledge?
Rapporteur M.
The firm in the 21st century: Virtual or real?
Rapporteur M.
16.15 - Conclusions Amphithéâtre "Paris"
17.00 - End of the Symposium
