Tunis Phase Preparation SI UN - WSIS

`Tunis Phase Preparation From January 2004 to June 2004 ( PrepCom1 Phase II ) Brainstorming meeting (Tunis, 2-3 March 2004)`

After the end of WSIS Geneva phase, the Tunis phase starts in 2004.

Arrangements for the Tunis Phase of the Summit
SMSI : Site Officiel Tunisien
Participation � Austrans 2004 7-10 Janvier
United Nations Association-USA "The WSIS: What happened and Where Do We Go From Here?" with UN staff, government, and NGOs (New York, 8 January )
Internet Resources Mirroring Service for UK Further and Higher Education ( Deadline for Proposals: 12 Jan 2004 )
The World Social Forum (Mumbaii,India, 16-21 January 04)
The World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland, 21-25 January )
UN Canadian delegation debriefing Ottawa 23 January report
R�union de debriefing de la Soci�t� Civile Fran�aise (23 janvier 2004, 14-17 h, Amphi Gay Lussac, 1 rue Descartes, Paris )
Voeux de l'Internet (23 janvier 2004)
- Pour les e-toiles
Launch of the Open Consultation phase of the World Tour of the Information Society (WTIS) ( Paris, 23 January 2004)
Meeting of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP) at Ministerial Level ( Paris, 29-30 January 2004 )
- Consultations with Civil Society
- Final Communiqu�
Call for papers for a special issue 'Announcing The World Summit in Reflection: a deliberative dialogue on WSIS" (Deadline:31 Jan. 04), from the journal of Information Technologies and International Development ITID published by MIT Press
ITT: Open Access Publishing ( Deadline for Proposals: 2 Feb 2004 )
Parliamentary Inquiry: Scientific Publications ( United Kingdom House of Parliament ) We submitted written evidence ( more ).
A study to forecast a delivery, management and access model for Eprints and Open Access Journals within Further and Higher Education ( Deadline for Proposals: 10 Mar 2004, 12:00 PM )
National Policies on Open Access (OA) Provision for University Research Output: an International meeting (February 19, 2004, Southampton University )
Workshop on Internet Governance (ITU, 26-27 February 2004 )
Phase II Road Map
Civil Society Bureau meeting (ITU, 26 February 2004)
Brainstorming meeting (Tunis, 2-3 March 2004)
- Braintorming Meeting on WSIS (Tunis, 2-3 March 2004): Notes on the activities
- Notes for the report On the activities of the brainstorming meeting
- Fin des travaux de la r�union informelle en pr�paration � la deuxi�me phase du Sommet ''Tunis 2005''
- Our Proposal of an Interface Process
- Notre Proposition d'un Processus d'Interface
- Report ( under preparation )
- Key Elements of the work (ITU document)
- Pictures by Robert Guerra
Cr�ation de revues �lectroniques scientifiques: appel � projets
Trial testing of a Virtual Conference concept ( 17 March 2004 )
- Main proprietary software ( order by market share ):
  - WebEx
  - Genesys Conferencing
  - PlaceWare ( bought by Microsoft )
  - InterCall
  - Centra
  - Lattitude Communications ( bought by Cisco )
- WSIS_WG_Virtual (WIKI page )
- Marratech download ( Proprietary software that may run under GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS/X)
- Marratech Pro reference Manual
- Science of Collaboratories
- Skype ( P2P phone )
- Drupal
- Everychat
- Kolab
- OpenGroupware
- Media Application Server
Anouncement ( 22 March 04 ) by Prof. Wesley Shrum of the initiative of an event Past, Present, and Future of Science and Technology in the Information Society ( 13-15 November 2005 ) within the framework of her Globalization of Science project.
S&T for Development in WSIS--March 23 planning meeting (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA ) ( preliminary agenda )
Implementing the WSIS Action Plan (Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation , Nairobi, 25-26 March 2004) (see also : AITEC - Kenya ).
Sixth Meeting of the UN ICT Task Force 25-27 March 2004, UN Headquarters
Premi�re F�te de l�internet scientifique (29 mars au 2 avril 2004)
F�te de l'Internet ( 29 mars - 4 avril 2004 )
World Telecommunication Day 2004: Survey ( 14 Avril 2004 )
"The Europe of Knowledge 2020" 26-28 April, 2004, European Commission, Li�ge Convention Centre
Founding Congress of United Cities and Local Government 2-5 May 2004 ,Paris, France
Theme : Cities, local governments; the future for development.
- UN Advisory Committee
- Information society
Forum 2004 (Barcelona)
Berlin 2 Open Access: Steps Toward Implementation of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities ( May 12 - 13, 2004, CERN, Geneva )
Preliminary EU Views on the Preparatory Process for the Tunis Phase of the Summit
Swiss Non-Paper on the structure and focus of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society
SMSI - 2005 - Tunis (Ambassade de Tunisie en France )
Lobbying for Open Access legislation (Interview, Open Access Now, June 7, 2004 )
Free Science I. Publishing ( Wizards of OS 3 : The Future of the Digital Commons, 10-12 June 2004, Berlin )
Libre Acc�s et publication scientifique : la n�cessaire implication des chercheurs (25 juin 2004 , Semaine du Document Num�rique La Rochelle, 21-25 Juin 2004 )

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