[eccr] The information society and social policy

More information at http://www.fontys.nl/sociaalplatform/ISSP/

International Seminar Dutch Conference
1st December 2004 2nd December 2004
The information society and social policy

Computers and internet stand for technical progress. But do they also bring about social progress? Is social quality improving as more households gain access to the internet and more people spend time using new media? Or will access and use of technology prove to become a new faultline in social exclusion?

This seminar and conference will explore how new media and social quality relate to each other. The perspective is that of social policy and practice. How can government, local authority, social agencies, community workers & engage with technology to increase the contribution technology can make to social quality? Through a number of country reports and thematic papers, the international seminar explores what policy/practice matches our ambitions to achieve e-inclusion.

Programme international seminar, 1st December 2004
Chair: Jan Steyaert & Jos de Haan
12.00 lunch
13.00-15.00 Country reports
" Sara Ferlander, Stirling University, Sweden
" Dutch reflection on Swedish country report (Valerie Frissen)
" Lutz Kubitschke, Empirica, Germany
" Dutch reflection on German country report (Jan van Dijk)
" Eric Goubin, Hogeschool Mechelen, Belgium
" Dutch reflection on Belgian country report (Joeri van der Steenhoven)
" Gail Bradbrook, Citizens Online, UK
" Dutch reflection on UK country report (Lambert van der Laan)
" Discussion: lessons learned
15.00-15.30 Coffee/tea break
15.30-17.30 special themes
" Fibre to the home, can technological innovation be turned into social progress?
Vicky Nash, Oxford Internet Institute
" Growing diversity in information and entertainment: does media use follow
production and distribution trends?
Frank Huysmans, Social and Cultural Planning office (SCP)
" Where does time spend on the internet come from?
John Robinson, University of Maryland
" The original space of flows: neighbourhood in the network society
Kevin Harris, Community Development Foundation
17.30-18.00 discussion: where next ??
19.00 dinner in town

More information at http://www.fontys.nl/sociaalplatform/ISSP/

Registration
Number of participants at the seminar is limited to 50, early registration is needed. Number of participants at the conference is expected to be about 750.
Please register by mail to (MJ.Groenen /at/ fontys.nl). Kindly indicate whether you register for the seminar or for both the seminar and the conference.

The conference
The conference on 2nd December will bring together people from policy, practice and science. It is the concluding event of several programmes on social quality and new media, including the digital playgrounds and the digital hatcheries. More at www.ictensamenleving.nl

Location
Both the international seminar and the conference are in Eindhoven, the
Netherlands. The seminar is at the broadband demonstration centre, the
conference at the Evoluon. Both are close to the city centre.

When
The international seminar is on 1st December 2004, from lunchtime to
dinnertime. The conference is on 2nd December 2004, all day.

Costs
Participation in both seminar and conference is free. Lunch and dinner on
1st December are included. Participants cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

Accommodation
We have made a block reservation at the Mandarin Park Plaza hotel in the centre
of the city at about 105 euro per night for a single room, incl. breakfast.
If you wish to be part of this block reservation, please send a mail to
(MJ.Groenen /at/ fontys.nl).

For other accommodation opportunities,
check http://www.vvveindhoven.nl/int/
Supported by
Social Qualtiy Matters
http://www.sqm.nl/
-MES
Netherlands organisation
for scientific research
Society and the Electronic Highway
http://www.nwo.nl/mes
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