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            <td>Telling your story to an international audience - WSIS
              2017</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Wed, 1 Feb 2017 18:28:15 -0400</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Brian Beaton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brian.beaton@KNET.CA"><brian.beaton@KNET.CA></a></td>
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            <td>Brian Beaton <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brian.beaton@KNET.CA"><brian.beaton@KNET.CA></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:FIRSTMILE@LISTSERV.UNB.CA">FIRSTMILE@LISTSERV.UNB.CA</a></td>
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          font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;
          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">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</p>
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          normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
          255); padding-left: 0px !important;">
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              vertical-align: baseline;"><b>SHARE YOUR I.T.
                STORY/PROJECT</b>: Submit your projects<em
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                vertical-align: baseline;"> for the WSIS Prizes 2017
                contest</em> at <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;
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                    href="http://www.wsis.org/prizes" style="box-sizing:
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                    0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial;">www.wsis.org/prizes</a></span></strong></em></li>
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              vertical-align: baseline;"><b>JOIN THE DISCUSSION FORUM</b>:
              Explore the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border:
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                  href="http://www.wsis.org/forum" style="box-sizing:
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                    baseline;">www.wsis.org/forum</span></a></strong> 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.</em></li>
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                baseline;">the deadline for submissions is <strong
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          font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;
          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">From <a
            moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2017"
            style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(233, 102, 86);
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            background-repeat: initial initial;">http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2017</a></p>
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          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The <strong
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            padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">World Summit on the
            Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2017</strong> represents
          the world’s largest annual gathering of the ‘ICT for
          development’ community. The annual <strong style="box-sizing:
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            vertical-align: baseline;">WSIS Forum</strong> 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.</p>
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          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Brian</p>
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