The Istanbul World Forum on Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies begins on 27 June 2007. Over 200 speakers and more than 1000 participans from 140 countries will be there.

Papers and presentations from speakers and background papers are now being uploaded to the conference website. They are linked to the conference agenda. http://www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum

If you aren't in Istanbul then be sure to watch the live webcast which begins at 11am Turkish time (4am in New York, 10 am in Paris and 6 pm in Sydney). Plenary sessions will be broadcast live in seven languages (English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Turkish). The webcast will be available for viewing after the World Forum.

Go to www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum/webcast to watch the webcast live or the recorded sessions.

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