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Trends in the Information Society since WSIS

Trends in the Information Society since WSIS. David Souter ict Development Associates. Reviewing WSIS after ten years: three questions.

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Trends in the Information Society since WSIS

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  1. Trends in the Information Society since WSIS David Souter ict Development Associates

  2. Reviewing WSIS after ten years: three questions • To what extent has 'people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society’ developed in the ten years since WSIS, and how have WSIS outcomes contributed towards this? • What are the major challenges that have inhibited the emergence of a 'people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society’, and how effectively are these being addressed? • What should be the priorities for stakeholders seeking to achieve WSIS outcomes and progress towards the Information Society in the Post-2015 Development Agenda?

  3. The context for WSIS implementation • The changing international environment: • Economic recession and restructuring • Demographic growth, migration, social and cultural change • Environmental impacts • The rapid pace of change in ICT technology and markets • The transition from the Millennium Declaration and MDGs to the Post-2015 Development Agenda and SDGs

  4. ‘New themes in changing times’ identified in the CSTD 5-year review • the transition to mobility in access to basic telecommunications • the transition to broadband at the core of network and future service provision • the emergence of cloud computing • the emergence of value-added mobile services, mobile transactions and mobile Internet • the emergence of social networking and other user-generated content and services

  5. ‘Emerging trends’ identified in the Issues Paper, CSTD intersessional • the datafication of business and government organisation and practice • big data analysis and related developments including social media analytics, open data, crowdsourcing and citizen science • the rapid development of cloud computing and emergence of the cloud economy • the development of the Internet of Things • the development of smart systems Trends in technology and markets – the development of ICTs

  6. Key themes in Information Society development include: • Infrastructure • Inclusiveness • Developmental impact • Governance • Finance • The processes for WSIS implementation • etc. The overarching WSIS vision of ‘a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society’

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