Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:33:29 +0100
From: Jeroen de Kloet
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Global E-Quality - Rethinking ICTs in
Africa, Asia and Latin America

Dear listmember,

Herewith I would like to draw your attention to the conference "Global
E-Quality - Rethinking ICTs in Africa, Asia and Latin America." The
conference, organized by the International Institute Of Infonomics, will
take place from March 25 - 27, 2002 in the historic city of Maastricht (The
Netherlands).

In this mail you will also find the programme of this three-day conference.

A brief introduction
Today's world can very well be considered to be a wired one, encapsulated by
what is known as the World Wide Web. As the digitisation of society unfolds,
there is an increasing need to know whether bytes indeed travel freely
across the world. What are the consequences of the digitisation of society
at a global scale? What happens when global bytes arrive at particular local
sites? Will this enhance e-quality globally? This work-conference will
confront these issues by analysing Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs), with a particular focus on the Internet, in countries
in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Global E-Quality will bring together scholars, policy makers, NGOs and
innovative thinkers from around the world. The conference is
dialogue-driven; its main format will be a series of workshops chaired by
leading experts in the field. The number of participants will be limited in
order to facilitate an open and in-depth debate. We suggest that you
register as early as possible.

The Programme

Monday 25 March
08.30 - 10.00: Registration
10.10 - 11.00: Opening address by Louk Box, Professor in
International
Cooperation, Maastricht University
11.30 - 13.00: Plenary Panel "ICT and Higher Education"
13.00 - 14.00: Lunch
14.00 - 15.30: Parallel workshops: Education
Workshop 1: E-learning & the Virtual Campus
Workshop 2: E-research
16.00 - 17.00: "Access to ICT, the African state of play" by Maria A.
Beebe, Senior Associate for Global Networks, Centre to Bridge the Digital
Divide, Washington State University
17.00 - 19.00: Drinks

Tuesday March 26, 2002
10.00 - 11.00: "ICT and its Impact on Politics in China" by Guo
Liang,
Associate Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences, Beijing, China.
11.30 - 13.00: Parallel workshops: Politics
Workshop 3: E-Politics
Workshop 4: The Digital Divide
13.00 - 14.00: Lunch
14.00 - 15.30: Parallel workshops: Development
Workshop 5: E-Development
Workshop 6: International Cooperation
Workshop 7: Back to the Future
19.30 - 22.30: Conference Dinner

Wednesday March 27, 2002
10.00 - 11.00: "The Knowledge Society - A View from the
Periphery" by Gilson Schwartz, Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced
Studies, University of São Paolo, Brazil.
11.30 - 13.00: Plenary closing session: A research agenda for the
immediate future
Afternoon: Lunch & farewell

The Gallery of Ideas

Prior to the conference, participants will present their views on-line in
the Gallery of Ideas, you can already find reports on Internet in Asia and
in Africa there. Please visit the website for more information:

http://www.infonomics.nl/globalequality/

Global E-Quality is being organised by the International Institute of
Infonomics, a new venture of the University of Maastricht and Hogeschool
Zuyd, sponsored by the European Commission.

Feel free to forward this announcement to other lists and contacts.

In case you require further information after visiting the website, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

With kind regards,

Jeroen de Kloet

______________________________________

Dr. ir. Jeroen de Kloet
Researcher
International Institute of Infonomics
PO Box 2606
6401 DC Heerlen
The Netherlands
t +31-(0)45-5707690
f +31-(0)45-5706262
e [email protected]
w http://www.infonomics.nl

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