[Foundation-l] Participation of Wikimedia Foundation to the WSIS

[Yann Forget]

Hi,

Here are the details for the participation of the foundation to the World 
Summit on Information Society (WSIS). So in short, if the foundation wants to 
have a booth in Tunis, application has to be sent soon.

Regards,
Yann

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The Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will 
consist of two parts: the Summit that will take place from 16 to 18 November 
2005 at the "Parc des expositions du Kram" in Tunis, and the Parallel events, 
consisting of a series of meetings, discussions, workshops and exhibitions 
that will also be held in the Kram Centre.  

More information on the Format of the Summit and the Agenda are available at 
http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html .  

Parallel events consist of an exhibition and a partnership area  
events like  meetings, discussions and workshops, etc. events of global nature  
The exhibition will be open to the public. Exhibitors do not necessarily need 
to be accredited to WSIS, but they should respect the non-profit character of 
the parallel events. Requests for exhibition space can be made in electronic 
format at   http://www.expo.ict4all-tunis.org/ . The below mentioned deadline 
does not apply to requests for exhibition space. The exhibiton will open on 
15 November and will last till 19 November 2005. 

Events in the Kram Centre can be organized by all accredited stakeholders, 
between 14 and 19 November 2005. Limitations may apply due to room 
availability. More information about parallel events is contained in the 
"Guidelines for Organizers of Parallel events during the second phase of 
WSIS",  jointly established between the host country Tunisia and the 
International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 
The document is available in English at 
<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/docs/guidelines.doc>  
and in  French at  
<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/docs/guidelines-fr.doc> .  
Please note that the deadline for submissions  of requests for the 
organisation of events is 30 April 2005. Requests for rooms for meetings, 
discussions and workshops have to be submitted using the form indicated in 
the Guidelines 
(<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/docs/formulaire.doc>) .  
 
Sincerely yours  
 
Charles  Geiger 
Executive Director WSIS

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