INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
COUNCIL WORKING GROUP ON THE WORLD Document: WG-WSISSUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
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Date: 24 March 2004
6th Meeting, Geneva — 7-8 June 2004
English only
Regional Conferences
Region
Africa
Dates
2-4 February 2005
Accra, Ghana
2004
Havana, Cuba
2005
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Latin America and
the Caribbean
Western Asia
Venue
28-30 September 2004
Beirut, Lebanon (ESCWA)
Possible Candidates for the Thematic Meeting
Themes
Dates
Knowledge Sharing and Free
Flow of Information
2005
Countering Spam
7-9 July
2004
Venue
Organizers
Brazil
Government of Brazil
Geneva
ITU
Economic Implications of ICT
December
2004
UNCTAD/OECD/ILO/ITC/IDRC
Measuring the Information
Society
February
2005
UNCTAD/OECD/UNESCO/UN
Regional Commissions/ITU
Empower Citizens through
Knowledge
2005
ICT-enhanced Learning
2005
Freedom of Expression in
Cyberspace
2005
Paris,
France
UNESCO
Cultural Diversity
2004
Moscow,
Russia
UNESCO
Paris,
France
UNESCO
UNESCO
Multilingualism
2005
Bamako,
Mali
UNESCO
Reaching the Marginalized
2005
Tunis,
Tunisia
UNESCO
Innovations to Bridge the
Digital Divide
April
2005
Tokyo,
Japan
United Nations University
On-line
WIPO
Kobe,
Japan
WMO
Intellectual Property and
Information and
Communication Technologies
ICT Applications in Natural
Disaster Reduction
18-22 Jan
2005