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SUNDAY
JULY 12, 2015
INDRAJIT BANERJEE
OPENING CONFERENCE | CONFÉRENCE D'OUVERTURE |
CONFERENCIA DE APERTURA
Time: 17:30-19:00
Place: Palais des congrès
INDRAJIT BANERJEE
Originally from India, Indrajit Banerjee has been
Director of Knowledge Societies Division at
UNESCO since 2010. He holds a doctorate in
communication and didactics from the Sorbonne
University and completed a post-doctorate at the
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He
was Secretary-General of the Asian Media Information
and Communication Centre (AMIC) from
2004 to 2009. He is an expert on the social impact
of information and communication technologies.
He is the author or editor of more than ten books
and has given presentations in more than 80 international
conferences around the world. He has
published articles in several international journals
in the field of communications. Articles and books
he has written include “The Diffusion of the Internet
and Rural Development,” published in 2006,
and “Rhetoric and Reality: The Internet Challenge
for Democracy in Asia,” published in 2003. He
was also the co-editor of the Asian Communication
Handbook in 2008, with Stephan Logan.
Connecting the dots: UNESCO's comprehensive
study on Internet-related issues
This presentation will highlight the preliminary findings
of UNESCO's comprehensive study on Internetrelated
issues, covering four key themes of increasing
debate – access, freedom of expression, privacy and
ethics. The presentation will provide insights into the
views expressed by UNESCO's Member States and
international experts on these issues, their implications
and possible avenues of future research and debate.
Faire des liens : Étude complète de l’UNESCO
sur les enjeux reliés à Internet
Cette présentation exposera les résultats préliminaires
de l’étude approfondie de l’UNESCO sur les enjeux
reliés à Internet, regroupés autour de quatre thèmes
majeurs de plus en plus débattus : l’accès, la liberté
d’expression, la vie privée et l’éthique. La présentation
donnera des aperçus des points de vue exprimés par
des États membres de l’UNESCO et par des experts
internationaux sur ces enjeux, leurs implications et les
possibles voies de recherche et de débat.
Atando Cabos: Estudio Integral de la UNESCO
sobre Problemas Relacionados con Internet
Esta presentación destacará las conclusiones preliminares
del estudio global de la UNESCO en temas
relacionados con Internet que cubren cuatro temas
clave de un creciente debate - el acceso, la libertad
de expresión, la privacidad y la ética. La presentación
proporciona una visión de las opiniones expresadas
por los Estados Miembros de la UNESCO y expertos
internacionales en estos temas, sus consecuencias y
las posibles vías de investigación y debate futuro.
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