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World Summit of the Information Society

World Summit of the Information Society. WSIS is the first Summit to address the challenges and opportunities presented by the Information Society. Two Phases: Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005 The results of the Geneva Summit consists of a declaration of principles and an action plan .

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World Summit of the Information Society

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  1. World Summit of the Information Society • WSIS is the first Summit to address the challenges and • opportunities presented by the Information Society. • Two Phases: Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005 • The results of the Geneva Summit consists of • a declaration of principles and an action plan. • New kind of summit • governments will work together with the private sector (industry) and civil society (us) to define actions and solutions Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  2. WSIS Topics • Good governance • dialogue between citizens and political groups (e-democracy) • support for schools and teachers (e-education) • support for the medical system (e-health) • Cultural and linguistic diversity • local content • open and free system of information • new media to supplement traditional media • Development i.e. Digital Divide • facilitating infrastructure for access to the network information for better conditions of trade and development overcoming poverty • Security of information • Solidarity Fund Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  3. WSIS Results • Declaration of Principles • A. Our Common Vision of the Information Society • We, the representatives of the peoples of the world, assembled in Geneva from 10-12 December 2003 for the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, declare our common desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and peoples to achieve their full potential in promoting their sustainable development and improving their quality of life, premised on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and respecting fully and upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. • B. An Information Society for All: Key Principles • C. Towards an Information Society for All Based on Shared Knowledge Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  4. WSIS Results • Plan of Action: • Vision and principles of the Declaration translated into concrete action lines • to advance the achievement of the internationally-agreed development goals, such as the Millennium Declaration, the Monterrey Consensus and the Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Implementation • The Information Society envisaged in the Declaration of Principles will be realized in cooperation and solidarity by governments and all other stakeholders • Plan of Action is thus an evolving platform to promote the Information Society at the national, regional and international levels • Private Sector and Civil Society both seen as equally important for bridging the Digital Divide Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  5. Role of Science in the Information Society • RSIS was a WSIS Summit Event held at CERN in Geneva, on 8-9 December 2003 • To emphasise Role of Science in the Information Society and to express the voice of the scientific community to WSIS • Organised by UNESCO, CERN, International Council of Science Unions and Third World Academy of Science • ____________ • A definition of the "information society": The term "IS" covers the acquisition, storage, processing, transmission, distribution and use of information and knowledge. Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  6. Why RSIS: Goals and Challenges • Millennium Goals • Target 18: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially in information and communications • Kofi Annan's Challenge to Scientists: • Address the clear inequalities in scientific activities between rich and poor, developed and less developed, act to overcome the Digital Divide • Adamo Samassekou's request to WSIS and Scientists: • Solidarity • Global Cooperation North  South, South  South Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  7. Why RSIS: Knowledge Society • Science is an acknowledged process to transform data to information to knowledge • Ordered into context, reduced to essentials and validated, curated Information becomes Knowledge • Knowledge offers the capacity to act, the potential to get something going • Basic Knowledge is a Public Good • Science is a Public Good underpinning the Information Society Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  8. RSIS Programme • Setting the scene (08-12-2003): • 1. Welcome; L Maiani DG CERN • 2. Welcome from the host country; A Ogi • 3. RSIS at WSIS; A Samassekou, President WSIS PrepCom • Y Utsumi, Sec Gen ITU • 4. Keynotes; Nitin Desai, spec. advisor to K Annan; HRH Princess M C Sirindhorn, Thailand; W Erdelen, Ass. DG UNESCO • 5. Visionary: Esther Dyson, founding chair of ICANN • 6. How the IS fosters Research and Learning; I Serageldin, DG Library of Alexandria • 7. Bridging the Digital Divide; Santiago Borrero (former chair Global Spatial Data Infrastructure, current Sec Gen Pan-American Institute Geography and History • 8. The next Steps; Juan Rada; Sen Vice President Oracle • 9. Reflections on the RSIS; R Kahn, Juergen Renn, B S Ngubane, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, R Bloem Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  9. RSIS Programme, cont. • Parallel Sessions: • 10. Contributions to Education; Chair Wei Yu, Chinese Education Ministry; Rapporteur M El-Tayeb, UNESCO • 11. Contributions to Economic Development; Chair J Dryden, Dep Director OECD; Rapporteur M Nahavandian, Tehran • 12. Contributions to Environment; Chair W Erdelen, UNESCO; Rapporteur L Fusco, ESA • 13. Contributions to Health; Chair J Kim, WHO; Rapporteur H McConnell, Interactive Health Institute • 14. Contributions to Enabling Technologies; Chair R Kahn; Rapporteur D Williams, CERN and TERENA Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  10. RSIS Programme, cont. • 15. Response of the Scientific Community to UN Challenge; Opening Address K Matsuura, DG UNESCO; Chair M Hassan TWAS; Rapporteurs presenting the outcome of their sessions • 16. The return to society; N Stehr, Advanced Cultural Studies, Germany; O Purbo, Indonesia • 17. Science and Governance: I Illiescu, President Romania; T Berners-Lee; W Lichem, Austrian Fed Min Foreign Affairs; Atta-Ur-Rahman, Minister Science and Technology Pakistan; T Abu-Ghazeleh, UN ITC Task Force • 18. Summary and Closing Remarks; M G K Menon • 19. Key Messages from RSIS; L Maiani DG CERN Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  11. RSIS @ ICT4D • SIS Forum • Electronic demonstration of 42 projects from 32 organisations in 5 themes: • Education and Culture; Health; Development, Environment, Risks; Fundamental Science and Enabling Technologies; CERN in the Information Society • SIS Online Caltech-CERN • (with CRC, Canada, North Western University (USA), SWITCH, Switzerland) • Demonstrations of the power of high bandwidth connectivity • Music Grid with CRC/Canada • VRVS, MonALISA and Grid enabled Physics Analysis demos • UNOSAT, . . . . . • Both: Kofi Annan and Tim Berners Lee: Message to Schools Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  12. Key Messages from RSIS • Education: • consensus that education is needed for development, a role for South-South cooperation, ICTs are essential; • Health: • ICTs can help in priority public-health areas (safe water, …), capacity-building, telemedicine; • Environment: • planners and decision makers need accurate and timely information, North-South collaboration essential to ensure access to data • Economic Development: • open-source software should be made available, exchange and use of scientific data could be a model for society; • Enabling Technologies: • scientists should engage in policy arena and define projects with clear benefits, e.g., networks, knowledge depositories, grids, etc. Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  13. RSIS Guidelines • Scientific information should be freely available • Software tools for distribution should also be freely available • Networking infrastructure should be established world-wide • Training of people, equipment should be provided in host nations • General education is basic for Information Society Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  14. Tomorrow’s Digital Libraries:How ICTs Will Preserve and Disseminate Knowledge Ismail Serageldin Geneva 8 December 2003

  15. Feed the Hungry Ismail Serageldin

  16. Heal the Sick Ismail Serageldin

  17. Protect the Environment Ismail Serageldin

  18. Bring Dignity to Work Ismail Serageldin

  19. Allow the Joy of Self Expression Ismail Serageldin

  20. The Industrial Countries are leaving the Less Developed Countries (LDCs) further behind… except for the East Asian Countries (including China) that are rapidly mastering new technologies Ismail Serageldin

  21. Ismail Serageldin

  22. The Enormous Weakness of the Schooling System on Which the University Builds Ismail Serageldin

  23. Ismail Serageldin

  24. Rich Countries Vs. Poor Countries Income: 40Times Research: 220 Times Ismail Serageldin

  25. Libraries • Preserve the achievements of the past • Provide access to common heritage of humanity • Fundamental part of the education system • Spread the values of rationality, tolerance, diversity and the scientific outlook • Important public outreach functions • Essential for scientific R&D efforts that drive economic growth Ismail Serageldin

  26. Computers : An Essential Library Instrument Ismail Serageldin

  27. Ismail Serageldin

  28. Ismail Serageldin

  29. Towards a Web ofCulture and Science A Contribution to the Conference “The World Summit on the Information Society” Geneva 2003 Jürgen Renn, MPI for History of Science

  30. The Crisis of Culture and Science in the Information Age Lack of Cultural Heritage on the Web The bulk of information which forms the coreof cultural heritage is largely excluded from the information system constituting the backbone of an ever-more knowledge-based world. Jürgen Renn, MPI for History of Science

  31. The Vision of a Web of Culture and Science Jürgen Renn, MPI for History of Science

  32. TheImplementationof the Vision The Berlin Declaration “In order to realize the vision of a global and accessible representation of knowledge, the future Web has to be sustainable, interactive, and transparent. Content and software tools must beopenly accessible and compatible.” “Our organizations are interested in the further promotion of the new open access paradigm to gain the most benefit for science and society.” Jürgen Renn, MPI for History of Science

  33. Education in the Era of Information Technology • World-wide access to enormous resources (courseware, data sets, libraries, museums, people …). • Virtually instantaneous visual, video, audio communications. Participation! • Dramatic improvements in technology are occurring at astonishing rates. • It is not expensive now and is getting cheaper every day. Robert Eisenstein, Santa Fe Institute

  34. Robert Eisenstein, Santa Fe Institute

  35. Information Technology for Education----A wonderful Opportunity! Atta-ur-Rahman Federal Minister ,Ministry of Science & Technology, Pakistan

  36. The Strategy… Atta-ur-Rahman • And an environment that stimulates creativity and welcomes advances in the use of Information Technology Service to the Citizens • High capacity, reliable and accessible communications • s and Eabling enviroment Laws and enabling environment IT Education

  37. August 14, 2000 29 Cities

  38. FASTEST INTERNETSPREAD!! Atta-ur-Rahman Oct 2003: 1600 locations 97% Population Access to the Internet 97% of the population UNCTAD report 2003 —35% ahead of India!!

  39. The Prestige accident Wide Swath Mode Envisat ASAR: 17 November 2002 Space as global data access in emergency

  40. Monitoring spills in Med Sea: comparison 1999/2000 Need for a complex information management system! The Role of Science in the Information Society

  41. SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE PRODUCTS • SST climatology derived from the PATHFINDER NOAA/AVHRR archive (1985-1995, 9 km resolution). Time intervals are 10 day periods.

  42. Information technology • Environmental monitoring for sustainable development need • Integration of all available maturemeans (including space and other technologies) • appropriate scale (local, regional and global) • Tight cooperation with all concerned parties (community) • Solve the data policy issues Luigi Fusco, ESA The Role of Science in the Information Society

  43. VISION for next decade • Every citizen • shall be able to easily monitor • the state of his environment, • from his planet to his country, • to his village, • to his street • to his house Luigi Fusco, ESA The Role of Science in the Information Society

  44. Reconstruction of ScientificCo-operation in South-East Europe Current Status: Possible SEE-network topology Existing Geant-Connections SINSEE- GB- Backbone Existing international connections Currently built connections Discussedconnections Unclearconnections Development of a Regional Research and Education e-Infrastructure UNESCO-CERN-MPG Workshop at CERN (April-2002)

  45. Summary & Call for Action • Connect all universities, poly-technical high schools by creating the Global Research and Education Network by 2005 • Create basic, affordable (open source?) software tools for disseminating this information • Create Open Courseware and digital and certified knowledge depositories, e.g. Digital Libraries • Collect indigenous cultural and knowledge heritage in all countries • . . . . . Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

  46. Next • Proceedings, pdf versions of all RSIS presentations to be published soon • Only my own transparencies will be available, not those borrowed from the RSIS Speakers • Expect concrete suggestions and guidelines from this conference • Thank you! Turn on the lights, including the Internet light everywhere Hans F Hoffmann/ CERN; Lishep BR; Feb 2004

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