17-28 February 2003 Geneva, Switzerland - Second Preparatory Meeting on the World Summit
Second preparatory meeting for the World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Geneva from December 10-12 2003.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory/prepcom/prepcom2.html
25 February 2003 Kiev, Ukraine - Problems and prospects of Information Society Development
International conference organised by the All-Ukrainian Foundation “Information Society of Ukraine” in close cooperation with Ukrainian Institute of Information Society.
http://www.isu.org.ua/en/index.php
27-28 February 2003 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 2 workshops on 'Safer Internet'
http://www.saferinternet.org/news/Events-feb2003.asp
10-12 March 2003 Malmo, Sweden - ASEM summit on Globalisation and ICT
http://www.iked.org/asem2003ict/program.html
15 March 2003 Nomination deadline for the world's most stupid security measure. The Stupid Security Award will be presented on 3 April 2003, during the CFP-conference.
http://www.privacyinternational.org/activities/stupidsecurity/
25 March 2003 - UK Big Brother Awards
For the 5th time, Privacy International will present awards for: Worst Public Servant; Most Invasive Company; Most Appalling Project; Most Heinous Government Organisation & Lifetime Menace.
http://www.privacyinternational.org/bigbrother/uk2003/
1-4 April 2003 New York, USA - CFP 2003, including international Big Brother Award presentation.
http://www.cfp2003.org/cfp2003/program.html
22-24 April 2003 St Petersburg, Russia - Building the Information Commonwealth
International Conference on Information Technologies and Building Prospects for the Development of Civil Society Institutions in the CIS Countries.
http://www.communities.org.ru/conference
6-7 May 2003 Padova, Italy - Information Society Visions and Governance
Colloquium in preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society, organised by the European Institute for Communication and Culture (EURICOM), in co-operation with the University of Padua (Padova)
Contact for information: Claudia Padovani, Dipartimento di Studi Storici e Politici, Università di Padova e-mail:
claudia.padovani@unipd.it