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HIGH LEVEL DEBATE |
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High Level Debate No 3
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Social networking
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Tuesday 11 May 2010, 09:00-11:00
Room K
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Description
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Internet social networking including blog,
wiki, as new tools, media and platforms based on Web2.0
application, has gained ubiquitous popularity throughout the
world and has had a wide range of political and social
implications for knowledge societies. On 8 April 2009,
Facebook celebated having its 200 millionth active user and
at the beginning of 2010, this number had increased to 360
million. The biggest social networking website Qzone in
China had 376 million registered accounts last year, and at
the moment on 5 March of 2010, Qzone declared it had 100
million users online at the same time.
The high level debate will bring together
stakeholders from all over the world ranging from industry
leaders, policy makers, civil society to legal experts and
users to provide a panorama of the state of art of social
networking applications. They will exchange their visions on
the opportunities and threats of these tools for the future.
The panel will also encourage brainstorming and debates on
burning issues of social networking related to the WSIS Plan
Actions, which might include:
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Potential to reinvent political and
civic participation
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Opportunity and challenge to freedom
of expression and privacy
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Impact on media and citizen
journalism
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Implications to empower youth for
development
The whole discussion will ultimately
inform the ongoing WSIS implementation process of WSIS
contributing towards building inclusive knowledge societies
and put the potential of ICTs at the service of human and
social development.
*English & French interpretation will be
made available.
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Programme
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09:00
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Opening and Introductory
Remarks by Chair
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15'
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Mr Jānis Kārkliņš, Ambassador of Latvia to
France and Permanent Representative to UNESCO and newly
appointed Assistant Director-General for Communication
and Information at UNESCO
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09:15 |
Presentations by Panellists
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10' |
Mr Thomas Schneider, Coordinator
international Information Society
International Affairs, Federal Office of Communications OFCOM, Switzerland
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10'
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Ms
Msiska Kenneth, Executive Director, Young
Advocates for the Advancement of ICT-related
Development (Y.A.A.ICT-D), Malawi
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10' |
Mr Michaël Vanfleteren, Legal Adviser,
European Data Protection Supervisor(EDPS),
Belgium
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10' |
Mr Anand Giridharadas,
Columnist, The New York Times / International Herald
Tribune, U.S.
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10'
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Mr Bertrand De La Chapelle,
Special Envoy for the Information Society, France
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10'
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High-level representatives
from social networking industry - TBC
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10:05 |
Questions and Answers
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10:55 |
Closing Remark by Mr Jānis Kārkliņš
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Remote Participation
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Those unable to travel to Geneva can participate remotely via the
live audio webcast and the interactive live blog coverage.
 WEBCAST
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LIVE BLOG
An event reminder can be set for the live blog through the panel on the
right.
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Live Blog
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More Information
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For more information, please contact:
Ms Xianhong Hu
(x.hu@unesco.org),
Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace,
Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
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HIGH LEVEL DEBATE
