[WSIS CS-Plenary] European / North American WSIS Activists Meeting, Berlin 13 June

[Ralf Bendrath]

Somehow this mail did not get through the first time. Karen?
R.


Hi all,

we are holding a full-day WSIS-Activists meeting in Berlin on 13th June,
alongside with the international conference "Wizards of OS". It will
mainly be a meeting of European / North American folks, but everybody
else is of course more than welcome.
>From the list of confirmed speakers and participants, it will be a quite
promising event, especially as it is ten days before PrepCom1 starts.

Hope to see you in Berlin!

Best, Ralf

PS: For practical reasons and lack of funding, the working language will
be English.
PSS: Please forward this to other lists you find appropriate.
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European / North American WSIS Activists Meeting  	
Berlin, 13 June 2004, 11:00 – 21:00 CEST
  	 
Technical University of Berlin
Main building, Room H 2013
Straße des 17. Juni 135
Berlin, Germany

Public Transport: Subway U2: Ernst-Reuter-Platz

Summary: The first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society
is over. On the one hand a failure in terms of concrete results, on the
other hand a success in networking and mobilising global civil society.
The challenge is now to use the momentum, mobilise civil society, get
real on implementation, and reach out to other social movements. 

Join us in Berlin to debate where the agendas of WSIS should be going,
how we strategize for the next phase in Tunisia and improve the actual
impact of civil society.

The meeting will take place as part of the "Wizards of OS" conference
that will attract a number of key Civil Society activists and academics
from all over the world. So there are plenty of chances for networking
and meeting old and making new friends! See www.wizards-of-os.org for
the whole conference programme and more infos.

Topics: Civil society positions, successes and agendas, Working inside
and outside official WSIS structures, Linking WSIS to other Information
Policy Issues and Social Movements, Preparations for PrepCom 1 in
Tunisia, How to work with Tunisian Civil Society, Virtual Link and
Debriefing to / from other conferences

Speakers include:
Karen Banks, Association for Progressive Communications, London; Ralf
Bendrath, www.worldsummit2005.org, Bremen/Berlin; Renata Bloem,
Conference of NGOs (CONGO), Geneva; Christoph Bruch, Humanistische
Union, Berlin; Tile von Damm, Perspectives of Global Policy / PerGlobal,
Berlin; Andreas Dietl, European Digital Rights, Brussels; Rikke Frank
Jørgensen, Danish Human Rights Institute, Copenhagen; Alvar Freude,
odem.org; Robert Guerra, Privaterra, Toronto; Robin Gross, IP-Justice,
San Francisco; Arne Hintz, hubproject / Research Centre Media and
Politics, Hamburg; Rainer Kuhlen, Nethics, Konstanz/Berlin; Helga
Lindenmaier, Tunisia coordinator of ai Germany, Unterheinriet; Meryem
Marzouki, IRIS, Paris; Claudia Padovani, CRIS Italy; Marianne Seger,
EURAG, Mühlheim; Frannie Wellings, Electronic Privacy Information Center
/ Public Voice, Washington DC

Attendance is free, but please send an e-mail to to Charlotte Dany
<charlottedany (at) yahoo.de> to let us know you will be coming for
planning purposes.


AGENDA

11:00 Welcome and Introduction
Ralf Bendrath, www.worldsummit2005.org, Bremen/Berlin (confirmed)

11:15 Civil Society Strategy: General Discussion

Brief input statements on lessons learned and steps ahead
• CS themes and structures: positions, successes and agendas
Karen Banks, Association for Progressive Communications / APC, London 
(confirmed)
• Funding for bridges across the digital divide - update
Rainer Kuhlen, Nethics, Konstanz/Berlin (confirmed)
• The struggle on Internet governance – update
Jeanette Hofmann, Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus, Berlin
(confirmed)
• Plan of Action and Implementation
TBA
• Working inside the process and in a government delegation
Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Danish Human Rights Institute / Human Rights
Caucus, Copenhagen/Berlin (confirmed)
• Working outside official WSIS structures
Arne Hintz, hubproject / Research Centre Media and Politics, Hamburg
(confirmed)
• The Tunisian situation and WSIS process - Making WSIS a true
opportunity for Tunisian independent Civil Society
Meryem Marzouki, IRIS / Human Rights Caucus, Paris (confirmed)
• Lessons learned from global networking on development and environment
Tile von Damm, Perspectives of Global Policy / PerGlobal, Berlin and
Nika Greger, German Society for Nature Conservation (DNR), European and
International Affairs (confirmed)

General Discussion
• Moderation: Claudia Padovani, CRIS Italy (confirmed)

13:45 Lunch

15:00 Preparations for PrepCom 1 in Tunisia

Brief input statements
• State of affairs in the WSIS process / Expectations for PrepCom1
Renata Bloem, CONGO, Geneva
• The civil society pre-prepcom in Tunis
Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, Berlin (confirmed)
• The Human Rights situation in Tunisia
Helga Lindenmaier, Tunisia coordinator of ai Germany, Unterheinriet
(confirmed)
• Secure communications infrastructures for us in Tunisia
Alvar Freude, odem.org / Robert Guerra, Privaterra, Toronto (confirmed)

General Discussion
• Moderation: Marianne Seger, European Federation of Older Persons /
EURAG, Mühlheim

17:00 Coffee Break

17:30 Linking WSIS to other Information Policy Issues and Social
Movements
• North America
Frannie Wellings, Electronic Privacy Information Center /EPIC, The
Public Voice, Washington DC (confirmed)
• Europe / EU
Andreas Dietl, European Digital Rights/ EDRi, Brussels (confirmed)
• How to engage WIPO, WTO, ITU and other arenas?
Robin Gross, IP-Justice, San Francisco  (confirmed)
• Linking WSIS to other Information Policy Issues and Social Movements
TBA

19:00 Virtual Link and Debriefing to / from other conferences
• FM at dia Forum 04: Connecting Free Media, Prague/Freistadt
<http://www.fmedia.ecn.cz>
• US Community Technology Centres annual conference, Seattle
<http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2004/about/index.htm>

20:00 Closing Plenary
• Follow-up
• Next events
• Moderation: TBA

21.00 End