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From: Peter Franck <pfranck>

>From rvincent@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu  Tue Nov  8 04:44:10 1994
From: Richard Vincent <rvincent@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Status: RO



MACBRIDE ROUND TABLE ON COMMUNICATION

Africa Faces the Information Highway.




Seventh MacBride Round Table:  Tunis, Tunisia,  March 16th to 18th, 1995.




The information superhighway heralds the next revolution in
communications. As the USA, Europe and Japan pursue their plans
to create the most advanced communications systems yet developed,
researchers, journalists and others ask if the superhighway will
be accessible only by wealthier countries and groups, by-passing
developing nations and poorer communities.

The Tunisian Association of Communication (ATUCOM) is organizing
the Seventh Annual MacBride Round Table, from the 16th to the
18th of March in Tunis.  Its central theme is the implications
for Africa of the global information superhighway.

Topics covered will include:

 -   The Superhighway infrastructure, the main actors, its
     regulation and control;

 -   Social Objectives of the Superhighway, to include
     teletraining, teleworking, teleservices, telemedicine,
     interactive multi-media;

 -   The extension of the superhighway to different regions,
     Africa, Arab, Magreb, etc.;

 -   African Priorities, including technology requirements,
     investment, appropriate economic applications, horizontal
     communication, local initiatives ...;

 -   Ethical and legal aspects, including human rights,
     intellectual property ...

The Round Table will comprise both presentation sessions and
group workshops, and also welcomes contributions on broader
communications issues, including media empowerment in women's and
grass-roots movements, the safety of journalists, human rights in
communications, the relevance of the UN Social Summit in
Copenhagen.

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Participation Deadlines:

One page abstracts for presentations at the Round Table must be
received by 15th December 1994, in English, Arabic or French.
Acceptance will be notified by the 15th of January 1995.  The
final text must be submitted by February 15th.  Papers should be
no more the 25 pages in length.

Offers to organize action-oriented workshops around specific
issues are especially encouraged, from the NGO sector and others.
Submit letters of proposal for workshops.

Copies of the abstracts and any additional correspondence should
be submitted simultaneously to *both* individuals listed below:


Mustapha Masmoudi
President, Association Tunisienne
de la Communication (ATUCOM)
Residence les Olympiades
1003, Tunis, Tunisia.
tel: +216 1 793939
fax: +216 1 794949


Dr. Richard C. Vincent
School of Communications
Dublin City University
Dublin 9, Ireland
tel: +353 1 7045220 (office), 7045671 (office-direct), 8335869 (home)
fax: +353 1 7045447 or +353 1 8360830
e-mail: 76002551@vax1.dcu.ie
e-mail: rvincent@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu



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The Round Table languages are English, Arabic and French.


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Costs:

$50 for individual academics, experts, students and NGOs
representatives (no accommodation)

$250 for institutions, administrations and enterprises (no
accommodation)

$400 to include hotel and half board for 4 nights (15th to 18th
inclusive) and local transport.


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MacBride Round Table Steering Committee:

Awatef Abdel El-Rahman (Egypt), Kerric Harvey (USA), Wolfgang
Kleinwaechter (Germany), Mustapha Masmoudi (Tunisia), Kaarle
Nordenstreng (Finland), Sean O Siochru (Ireland), Florangel
Rosario-Braid (Philippines), Mike Traber (United Kingdom),
Richard C. Vincent (USA).


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Founding Seat of the Round Table is in Dublin, Ireland.