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3 October 2007
Government Conference Center, Ottawa, Canada
Summary of the meeting
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What is the participative web?
The Internet is characterised by increased participation and interaction of users to communicate and express themselves. It is an Internet influenced by new intelligent web services enabling users to contribute to developing, rating, collaborating and distributing Internet content and developing and customising Internet applications, driven by an expanding broadband base and easy-to-use software to create and distribute content.
How is the participative web changing things?
The participative web is increasingly important in driving innovation in business, research and social activities. More open approaches to information creation, exchange and diffusion are also being taken up extensively in government, the education sector and other public domains. As new models for creation, distribution and use of digital content and information develop, new policy challenges for governments are emerging to provide an environment that enables and supports these developments.
The debate about the participative web
Questions to be addressed in the Foresight Forum include: What does the future hold for the participative web? What are the trends and impacts on knowledge creation for business, users and governments? How can confidence and trust be enhanced in an increasingly participative Internet environment? What is the government role in providing the right environment for stimulating innovation and economic growth through the use of digital content and information?
This first international policy forum on the participative web brought together policy makers, academics, business executives and a wide range of civil society to address these questions.
The presentations and discussions around the themes of creativity, confidence and convergence will contribute to the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy in Seoul, Korea, 17-18 June 2008.
See the full conference programme.
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