[Advisors] Fwd: Telling your story to an international audience - WSIS 2017

[Marita Moll]

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Subject: 	Telling your story to an international audience - WSIS 2017
Date: 	Wed, 1 Feb 2017 18:28:15 -0400
From: 	Brian Beaton <brian.beaton at KNET.CA>
Reply-To: 	Brian Beaton <brian.beaton at KNET.CA>
To: 	FIRSTMILE at LISTSERV.UNB.CA



FYI .. Susan and I met met via Skye on Jan 31, with Vladimir Stankovic 
who is with the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) program at 
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva. Vladimir is 
encouraging everyone to become involved in this year's WSIS process 
through two initiatives

  * /*SHARE YOUR I.T. STORY/PROJECT*: Submit your projects/ for the WSIS
    Prizes 2017 contest/ at *www.wsis.org/prizes
    <http://www.wsis.org/prizes>*/
  * /*JOIN THE DISCUSSION FORUM*: Explore the *www.wsis.org/forum
    <http://www.wsis.org/forum>* for more information on our annual
    event on ICTs for SDGs, and in particular check the submission form
    for the Open Consultation Process. WSIS Forum is a multi-stakeholder
    approach event and the shape of the format is based upon proposals
    by all interested participants./
  *

    /the deadline for submissions is *14 February*/

 From http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2017

The *World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 
2017* represents the world’s largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for 
development’ community. The annual *WSIS Forum* is a global 
multi-stakeholder platform facilitating the implementation of the WSIS 
Action Lines for advancing sustainable development. The Forum is 
co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD, in close collaboration 
with all WSIS Action Line co-/facilitators and other UN organizations 
(UNDESA, FAO, UNEP, WHO, UN Women, WIPO, WFP, ILO, WMO, ITC, UPU, UNODC, 
UNICEF and UN Regional Commissions). It provides an opportunity for 
information exchange, knowledge creation and sharing of best practices, 
while identifying emerging trends and fostering partnerships, taking 
into account the evolving Information and Knowledge Societies.

Brian

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