Electronic media and citizenship

The second international congress on electronic media and citizenship in the Information Society will be held in various venues in Finland from 6 to 9 January 1999. The congress will be organised by the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (SITRA) on the initiative of the Finnish Parliament's Committee for the Future.

The theme this year will be "Electronic media and citizenship in the Information Society" and discussions will centre around three main themes:

- Politics in transition and the future of the public sector;
- New citizenship and democracy in the Information Society;
- Enhancing the central role of the citizen by developing new services and technologies.

The congress will be composed of a series of plenary sessions to be held in Espoo, Finland, on 7 and 8 January 1999 and a series of separate congresses to be held in various venues throughout Finland on 9 January 1999. These are as follows:

- Virtualisation of citizenship and entrepreneurship, to be held in Jyväskylä;
- Services and people's mobility in the Information Society with particular emphasis on older people and the disabled, to be held in Oulu;
- Local partnership for prosperity and welfare, to be held in Tampere.

The conference organisers are currently seeking active participation in the congress, for example through the presentation of a paper or organisation of a workshop within the themes to be addressed.
For further information, please contact:

CongCreator CC
PO Box 762
FIN-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358-9-440822; Fax +358-9-492810
E-mail: secretariat@congcreator.com
URL: http://www.dipoli.hut.fi/pi99/(opens in new window)