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SIS-Forum at
ICT4D |
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SIS-Forum@ict4d: A Complementary event to the
RSIS conference,
in the framework of the ICT4D Platform.
This is the first instantiation of the SIS-Forum
concept.
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The ICT4D at WSIS |
The
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and
the Global Knowledge Partnership are organizing
in Palexpo, Geneva, during the WSIS an exhibition and a
series of events collectively called the ICT for Developement
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The RSIS Conference |
CERN, together with the International Council for Science, the Third
World Academy of Sciences, and UNESCO, organizes a conference called
The Role of Science in the Information
Society on the 8th and 9th December 2003, in the framework of the
World Summit on the Information
Society. |
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The SIS-Forum @ ICT4D |
In addition to the conference, CERN has organized an
exhibition/conference (see
SIS-Forum concept) on behalf of the world's scientific community
called SIS-Forum @ICT4D (Science and Information Society Forum at
the ICT4D).
The SIS-Forum@ict4d exhibition is displayed at Palexpo, Geneva, from the
9th to the 13th of December 2003. It consists of digital demonstrations
and presentations of projects and activities, all focusing on science's
leading role in driving the development of the Information Society.
In addition to demonstrations of invited and selected projects, the
forum will highlight key moments of
RSIS , and publicize the results of the conference.
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The messages |
Exhibits
at the SIS-Forum will dramatise features of science that foster ICT
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Scientists deployed
the Internet Infrastructure
Scientists invented
the World Wide Web
Scientists are developing the computing Grid |
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Science
is collaborative and transcends borders
Scientific communities can be the vector for IS deployment is developing
regions |
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Call for Content for the SIS-Forum @ ICT4D |
CERN has invited the scientific
community to propose demonstrations and presentations for the SIS-Forum
exhibition, and has issued a
Call for Content for the event.
Selected projects have been
offered free-of-charge access to the SIS-Forum stands and to the
technical setting to present or demonstrate their activity. They have to
bear other costs (such as travel and lodging costs of technical and
presenting personnel, provision and shipment of any special equipment).
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Stands @ ICT4D
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The SIS-Forum, as implemented at the ICT4D, consists of two stands.
- The main stand is divided into four distinct thematic areas with
standard computing and presentation equipment. These areas reflect
some of the topics of the RSIS conference. It portrays a
ScienceTree.
- The second stand, called “SIS Forum On-line” is
dedicated to on-line demonstrations.
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