[rohrpost] Fwd: World-Information.Org: Public Conference "World InfoCon"

[Krystian Woznicki <krystian@snafu.de>]

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>WORLD-INFORMATION.ORG
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>World InfoCon Conference
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>Brussels, 13 & 14:07:2000
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>10.30 - 18.30
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>Rue de l'ecuyer 50 Schildknaapstraat
>1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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>Artists, experts, intelligence agents, scientists and politicians gather to
>discuss the issues of digital ecology, future culture heritage and media
>economy.
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>The speakers and panelists describe a world of imbalanced information
>channels and locate major nodes of infrastructure and crossroads of content
>development. World InfoCon's major goal is to give insight into the complex
>fabric of the data-economy and the new media landscape.
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>The conference serves as a forum of discourse for strategies in information
>work.
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>SCHEDULE:
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>Thursday 13.07.2000
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>10:00 - 13:00
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>Nicole Fontaine (FR) (tbc)
>Chairwomen of the European Parliament
>Welcome Note
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>Phillipe Quéau (FR)
>Director of Information and Informatics Division at UNESCO, Founder of
>WebWorld
>Opening speech
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>Infoworld:
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>Saskia Sassen (UK/US)
>Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
>A topography of E-space - electronic networks and public space
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>Philip Hammond (UK)
>Senior Lecturer in Communications, South Bank University
>Lessons of the Kosovo Information War
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>15:00 - 18:00
>Surveillance and Control Technology
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>Duncan Campbell (UK)
>Journalist, IPTV Ltd.
>Echelon, Global Surveillance, and Human Rights
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>Steve Wright (UK)
>Omega Foundation
>Challenging the Emergence of 21st century Global Surveillance Networks
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>Simon Davies (UK)
>Computer Security Research Centre, London School of Economics
>Engineering the Extinction of Privacy
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>Friday, 14.07.2000
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>10:00 - 14:00
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>World Communication
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>Shahidul Alam (Bangladesh)
>Online Publisher, Media Activist and Photo-journalist
>The digital divide between industrialised and developing countries and its
>implications for the global political systems and the media
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>Cees Hamelink (NL)
>Centre for Communication and Human Rights, University of Amsterdam
>Global Governance of the Info-World: An Arena of Conflicting Interests
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>Rapport by Steve Kurtz (US)
>Critical Art Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon University
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>Panel/Roundtable Discussion with:
>Michael Polman, Antenna/APC
>Alexander Ivanko, OSCE
>Erkki Liikanen, European Commission: Enterprises & Information Society (tbc)
>Viviane Reding, European Commission: Education & Culture (tbc)
>Raymond Weber, Council of Europe (tbc)
>Steve Kurtz, Critical Art Ensemble, Carnegie Mellon University
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>Conference Moderator:
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>Eric Kluitenberg (NL)
>New Media Programme Co-ordinator, De Balie
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>ALL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD IN ENGLISH
>Translation notes will be provided
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>WORLD-INFORMATION.ORG
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>EXHIBITION
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>30:06 > 30:07:2000
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>The World-Infostructure Exhibition
> From alphabet to internet -
>A journey into the world of information.
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>The Future Heritage Expo
>Arts for a digital millennium.
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>The World-C4U-Exhibition
>Total security and the virtual doppelganger.
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> From June 30th and July 30th, World-Information.Org presents a three-part
>exhibition at the Centre Brussels 2000 in co-production with Brussels 2000 -
>European City of Culture for the year 2000.
>In the heart of the city, visitors can sensually discover the world of
>information:
>an environment assembling exhibits and visual diagrams explaining the
>complex nature of information technologies, interactive installations, and
>artistic works.
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>artists & exhibitors:
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>Ingo Günther-GER&USA, Marko Peljhan-SLO, Critical Art Ensemble with Faith
>Wilding & Paul Vanouse-USA, RTMark-USA, Cinema Nova Video Library-BE, Oliver
>Ressler-A, Mongrel-UK, Jason Skeet & Andi Freeman-UK, Max Moswitzer-A,
>Monochrom-A, Matthew Fuller, Simon Pope & Colin Green-UK, e-lab-LV,
>Constant-BE, Apsolutno-YU, Volkstanz-A, Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum-GER, The
>Association of Autonomous Astronauts-INT, Namebase-USA, SYNREAL-INT, Anita
>Witek-A&UK, Technisches Museum Wien-A, a.o.
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>WORLD-INFORMATION.ORG
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>Rue de l'ecuyer 50 Schildknaapstraat
>1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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>daily 11.00 - 21.00, Sundays until 19.00
>closed on Mondays
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>for up-to-date info
>mail to: listserver@world-information.org
>subscribe world-info-news youremail@yourdomain.org
>
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>http://world-information.org
>mailto:info-office@world-information.org
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