Evan Leibovitch

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), convened by the United Nations at the urging of the International Telecommunications Union, intends to address the global economic, societal and political changes being wrought as our information-based society replaces the old industrial one. WSIS is a two-phase summit. Phase One takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, December 10 - 12, 2003. Phase Two will take place in Tunis, Tunisia in November, 2005. A key concern of both phases is to address the "digital and knowledge divides" that are growing as the information society continues to expand. Until recently, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), was to play a major role in WSIS's plans for closing these information gaps. Evan Leibovitch, President of the Linux Profession... (more)

Upstairs, Downstairs: a Retrospective on the World Summit of the Information Society

The World Summit of the Information Society, held mid-December in Geneva, held out the promise that the nations of the world could agree on innovative and effective policies on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The conference, sponsored by the United Nations and the International Telecommunications Union, has attempted to portray itself as laying the groundwork for an ICT e... (more)