OECD conference on how the web is changing our lives, our economy, our opportunities – and what comes next: 3 October 2007, Ottawa, Canada

19/09/2007 - Leading experts and thinkers from some of the world’s top corporations and research institutes will set out their vision of the next-generation Internet, its enhanced interactivity, and how users, business, scientists and citizen groups will exploit its new possibilities.

This conference will take place on Wednesday 3 October 2007 in Ottawa, Canada. This event, hosted by the OECD and Industry Canada, is open to the media.

Among the confirmed speakers are:

• Robert Sutor, Vice President, Open Source and Standards, IBM (U.S.)
• Andrew Herbert, Director of Microsoft Research Laboratory Cambridge (UK)
• Jungwook Lim, Vice President for Service Innovation, Daum Communications (Korea)
• Hemanshu Nigam, Chief Security Officer, MySpace (U.S.)
• Kiyoshi Mori, Vice Minister, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (Japan)
• Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook (U.S.)
• Bob Young, Founder, Lulu.com (Canada)
• Michael Gill, Chief Executive Officer, Fairfax (Australia)
• Paul Misener, Head of Global Public Policy, Amazon.com (U.S.)
• Diane Rothen, Programme Director, Office of Cyberinfrastructure, The National Science Foundation (U.S.)
• Andres Monroy-Hernandez, MIT Lego and Lifelong Kindergarten initiative (U.S.)
• Ginsu Yoon, Vice President Business Affairs, Second Life (U.S.)
• Ulf Dahlsten, Director for "Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures", Information Society and Media Directorate-General, European Commission (EU)
• Michael A. Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and e-Commerce Law (Canada)
• Gary Davis, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (Ireland)

For further information on the Forum journalists should go to http://www.oecd.org/futureinternet/participativeweb.

A background study of the OECD is available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/14/38393115.pdf.

Journalists can register by sending an email to spencer.wilson@oecd.org.

The Forum will also be webcast live at http://www.oecd.org/futureinternet/participativeweb.

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 (www.oecd.org/FutureInternet).