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Programme |
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October 15th 17.00 – 19.00 |
Riga sightseeing tour |
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Wednesday October 16, 2013 / Press Conference Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, K.Valdemāra iela 3/ |
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9.30 – 10.00 |
Registration and welcoming coffee |
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10.00 – 12.00 |
Welcoming Addresses |
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- Mr. Viktors Makarovs, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Republic of Latvia - Mr. Jānis Kārkliņš, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of UNESCO - Mr. Edmunds Sprūdžs, Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Republic of Latvia - Dr. Andrejs Vasiļjevs, Chairman of the UNESCO IFAP Working Group on Information Ethics |
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Speeches |
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-Mr. Evgeny Kuzmin, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council for the UNESCO Information for All Programme - Prof.Dr. Rafael Capurro, President of the International |
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12.00 – 13.00 |
Group photo |
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Lunch |
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13.00 – 15.00 |
WORK SESSION I |
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Objective of the session is to identify current challenging areas and indicate the main ethical dilemmas of the Information Society and potential ways for addressing these challenges and opportunities. |
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Chaired by Prof. Ludovit Molnar, Chair of the Slovak Comission for UNESCO |
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Presentations:
- Dr. Verena Metze-Mangold, Vice President of the German National Commission for UNESCO - Dr. Seyed Omid Fatemi, President of the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology - Ms. Katrīna Sataki, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of University of Latvia, Network Solutions Department - Mr.Toms Meisītis, Chairman of the Public Advisory Board to the National Electronic Media Council, Lattelecom, Latvia - Dr. Nelson Echia Achonduh, Researcher at the Ministry of Education, Republic of Cameroon |
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15.00 – 15.30 |
Coffee break |
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15.30 – 17.00 |
WORK SESSION II |
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This session will outline opportunities how to address the ethical challenges of the Information Society. |
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Chaired by Dr. Verena Metze-Mangold, Vice President of the German National Commission for UNESCO |
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Presentations:
- Prof. S. Romi Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of the Sciences Po – Paris
- Prof. Skaidrīte Lasmane, Senior Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia - Ms. Diane Whitehouse, Chair of the IFIP working group 9.2 on social accountability and computing - Mr. Sarunas Koncius, Solution Specialist, Microsoft Lithuania
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18.15 – 19.15 |
Visit to the Castle of Light
Visit of the new building of the National Library of Latvia (in construction) Welcoming address by Mr. Andris Vilks, Director of the National Library of Latvia |
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19.30 – 21.00 |
Reception at the Riga IT Centre Welcoming address by Dr. Signe Bāliņa, President of Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association |
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Thursday October 17, 2013 / Press Conference Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, K.Valdemāra iela 3/ |
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9.30 – 11.00 |
WORK SESSION III |
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The main objective of this session is to share various experience on how current challenges are being tackled in different regions by various stakeholders, as well as to identify emerging concerns and findings from the recent researches. |
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Chaired by Mr. Evgeny Kuzmin, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council for the UNESCO Information for All Programme |
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Presentations: - Prof. Dr. Rafael Capurro, President of the International Center for Information Ethics - Mr. Eric Nurse, IFAP Vice-Chairman for Latin America and the Caribbean - Mr. Mukunda Thapa, Secretary of the Maitidevi UNESCO Club, Nepal
Reflections: - Ms. Xueyun You, Director of the Internet Affairs Bureau The State Internet Information Office - Tomasz Komorowski, Project coordinator, Polish National Commission for UNESCO |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.30 – 13.00 |
WORK SESSION IV |
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The main objective of this session is to identify the main tools and action plan after the meeting. |
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Chaired by Prof. Mohammed Shaaban Sheya, Deputy Permanent Delegate of the United Republic of Tanzania to UNESCO |
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Presentations: - Dr. Jacob Rendtorff, Associate Professor of Responsibility, Ethics and Legitimacy of Corporations at the Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies at Roskilde University - Mr. Uldis Zariņš, Head of Strategic Development, National Library of Latvia - Prof. Izzeldin Osman, Professor of the Sudan University of Science and Reflections: - Dr. Marek Holynski, President of the Polish National IFAP Committee |
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13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 – 16.30 |
WORK SESSION V /Meierovica Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, K.Valdemāra iela 3/ |
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Work on the Riga Guidelines on Ethics in Information Society. |
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Chaired by Mr. Boyan Radoykov, Chair of UNESCO Communication and Information Sector |
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16.30 – 17.00 |
CLOSING SESSION / Press Conference Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, K.Valdemāra iela 3/ |
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Closing Speeches |
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- Mr. Evgeny Kuzmin, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Council for the UNESCO Information for All Programme - Mr. Boyan Radoykov, Chair of UNESCO Communication and Information Sector - Ms. Baiba Moļņika, Secretary-General a.i. of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO |
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