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| OUTLINE | We, a non-profit organization, Japan Computer Access for Empowerment
(JCAFE, the Chair, Hamada Tadahisa) are going to hold a series of
symposia in Tokyo, Sendai, Hiroshima, and Kobe from 11th to 19th
October 2003, entitled 'Civil Society and the Internet, Twenty Years
of Networking and Future Prospects'. (Funded by The Toyota Foundation
and Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Supported by Internet Association
Foundation, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, and The Japan
Society for Studies of Voluntary Activities.) |
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| Area |
Date |
Place |
Programme |
| Tokyo | Sat., Oct. 11th | Rikkyo University | U.N World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), Asian Regional NGO Conference In preparation for the coming U.N World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in December 2003 in Geneva, Asian NGOs which support the development of communications networks will come together and discuss the issues relevant to the Asian region, as part of a larger global problem, and how to solve them. |
| Sun., Oct. 12th | Rikkyo University | Conference of Networking Specialists NPOs and NGOs working in the field of information and communications, members from NGOs and NPOs related to the field of community media, and IT researchers will gather at this conference to discuss the subject of networking. This will be the first time that this conference will have been convened in Japan. We will discuss the way to facilitate the use of the internet in the wider community, what communications media should offer, then, what we will do next such as the creation of working groups. |
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| Mon., Oct. 13th National Holiday |
Rikkyo University | International symposium, 'Civil Society and the Internet; Twenty Years of Networking and Future Prospects' | |
| Sendai | Thurs., Oct. 16th | Sendai Mediatheque |
1) Workshop for the use of Information
Technology in Support of the Activities of Citizens' Groups 2) 'Citizens' Activities and the Internet' Symposium |
| Hiroshima | Sat., Oct. 18th | Hiroshima City Plaza for Town Development through Citizen Exchange | 'Citizens' Guide to Transmitting Information Using Various Media' symposium |
| Kobe | Sun., Oct. 19th | Kobe Crystal Hall | 'Civil Society and Networking' symposium |
| SPONSORS | The Toyota Foundation Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| CO-SPONSORS | Syutoken Co-op Cosumers' Cooperative Union NEC Chuo Labour Bank |
| SUPPORTED by | Internet Association Japan Japan Science and Technology Agency Japan NPO Center Nippon Keidanren 1% Club The Japan Society for Studies of Voluntary Activities |
| ASSISTED by | NPO Support Center Japan C's = Coalition for Legislation to Support Citizens' Organizations JCA-NET PRIFE (People's Research Institute on Energy and Environment) CPSR/Japan Shapla Neer Mell Project (Media Expression, learning and Literacy Project) 21 Seiki Shakai Design Lab. Media Study Group |
