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The Joy of Sharing Knowledge
African Information Ethics Conference:
Ethical Challenges in the Information Age

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Pretoria, 5-7 February 2007

Preliminary Programme

Monday (5 February 2007)
Tuesday (6 February 2007)
Wednesday (7 February 2007)

Download: Detailed version of the preliminary programme as PDF.

5 February 2007

Keynote address:

President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki (to be confirmed)
Opening addresses:

Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Herr Dr. Horst Köhler 
(to be confirmed)
President of the Republic of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (to be 
confirmed)
Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and 
Information at the at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Representative of the African Union / NEPAD (TBA)
Theme keynote speakers:

Prof. R. Capurro: Information Ethics for and from Africa
Prof. A. Kaniki: The foundations of Africa Information Ethics - from an 
African perspective
Prof. J. J. Britz: The challenges of African Information Ethics
Prof. I. Mosala: Ethics and Information Exchange between diverse 
cultures (to be confirmed)
6 February 2007

- Morning Session -

Theme Group Discussions:

Discussion of 12 principal themes in smaller groups each facilitated by 
an appointed theme facilitator.
Brief introduction of UNESCO's proposal for a code of ethics (B. 
Radoykov, Information Society Division, UNESCO)
All groups will focus their discussion on the following issues:

UNESCO's proposal for a Code of Ethics - an African perspective
Possible implications for minority groups, different age groups (for 
example, youth), gender, and socio-cultural and economic implications
TOPIC 1: Foundations of African Information Ethics

Topic facilitator: D. Ocholla (South Africa)

Theme 1: Respect for human dignity - information based rights
Theme 2: Freedom of expression, Freedom of access to information
Theme 3: Freedom of access to information (IP legislation, open-access 
movement, TRIPS)
Theme 4: Information wrongdoings, information corruption, information 
injustice
TOPIC 2: Cultural diversity and globalization

Topic facilitator: P. Kanyandago (Uganda)

Theme 5: Protection and promotion of indigenous knowledge
Theme 6: Global security, human security, privacy, transparency
Theme 7: E-Government and related topics
Theme 8: Cultural diversity and development
TOPIC 3: Development, poverty and ICT

Topic facilitator: K. Mchombu (Namibia)

Theme 9: Using ICT for a better life in Africa: case studies
Theme 10: Internet and exclusion (socio-political and economic 
exclusion)
Theme 11: North-South flow of information and information imperialism
Theme 12: Brain draining in Africa
- Afternoon session -

Topic Group Meetings:

Separate meetings of the three topic groups.
Theme synthesisers will report their group's summary to their topic 
facilitator.
Report back to conference participants by three topic facilitators.
Radoykov, Boyan (Information Society Division, UNESCO): Report on 
UNESCO's Proposed Code of Ethics from an African Perspective

General Discussion

7 February 2007

- Morning Session -

Recapturing and Integration of Day One and Two content
Special session on Information policy issues
Practical Guidelines for implementation
- Afternoon session -

Symposium summary
The Way Forward: Implications for establishing a field in African 
Information Ethics
Conclusion
Last update: 22-01-2007
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