ISSS '99

ISSS 99 Conference

15.--16. March 1999

		Main Home page Home page Statistics Secretariat of ISSS 99 Conference Venue History of European Seminars ISSS 98 March - a Month of the Internet 1^st virtual vernissage			Programme of the Conference Sunday 14^th March Prague 9.30--16.45 Weekend Special Programme (Details) 9.30 Departure of Special Coach from the hotels to the Prague City Centre 10.00 Beginning of the sightseeing tour 13.00 End of the sightseeing, lunch, individual programme 16.45 Departure for Hradec Kralove from the Prague City Centre terminal Address: Na porici Street, Praha 1, Metro: line B, Namesti republiky station Hradec Kralove, Aquacentre of the Town Baths 20.00--22.00 Special Invitation Programme Toast with the Mayor of Hradec Kralove, Raut in the Aquacentre Lounge Monday 15^th March Main Hall 10.00--10.15 Opening, Introductory Addresses Hradec Kralove: Oldrich Vlasak, Mayor Government of Czech Republic: Pavel Mertlik, Deputy Prime Minister, Office for the State Information System of the Czech Republic: Karel Berka, Chairman Council of Europe: Risto Koivisto, Committee of the Regions of EU, Chairman of the CLRAE working group 1^st unit: Strategy and conception of the development of information society Main Hall 10.20--10.55 Government strategy at the field of the state information policy Lecturer: Pavel Mertlik, Deputy Prime Minister Annotation: Summary of present development, information policy as a part of government policy statement--its influence on transparency of the economy, government support for the development of necessary infrastructure and education, outline for the new promotive programmes. 11.00--11.45 Legislation--Czech Republic, Act on Freedom of Information Lecturer: Michael Zantovsky, Senator and Presenter, and Oldrich Kuzilek, Presenter Annotation: Warrant for the bill of law, comparation with the similar foreign legislation, consequent duties for the state administration and self-government authorities, demands on the technical equipment and education of their employees. 11.45--14.00 Lunch, Companies presentation Oracle, Novell, IBM, Software 602 2^nd unit: Pillars of the development of information society Main Hall 14.00--14.30 Sources, principles and perspectives of development of IS in Europe Lecturer: Henry Haglund, Head of Unit ISPO (Information Society Promotion Office) in DG XIII Annotation: Summary of present attitudes of the EU and EC towards the IS phenomenon, outline of present situation, perspectives of further development, institutional framework for information policy of EU, influence of the IS on the process of European integration, "Europe of Regions" in the light of the application of information technologies. 14.30--15.00 Infrastructure--Finland, the role of state, regions, towns and villages in the development of necessary infrastructure Lecturer: Timo Kietavainen, Deputy managing director Association of the Finnish Local Regional Authorities Annotation: Characteristics of the division of competence and duties between the central government, regions, towns and villages, as a part of the support of the IS technical infrastructure development, towns as a nodal points for the access of individuals to the world wide web, towns and villages as a telecommunication service operators. Illustrative examples. 15.00--15.30 Education--Sweden, education of the older and younger generation as the prerequisite of the effective use of the information technologies Lecturer: Katrin Holmgren, Union of Swedish Municipalities Annotation: Education programmes for children and adults, coordination of the activities of the charity organizations, state administration and self-government authorities, role of the educational system. 15.30--16.15 Break, Companies presentation 3^rd unit: Workshops Main Hall 16.15--17.45 Promotive Programmes--Czech Republic, promotion of the use of IT in the towns and villages Lecturer: Jiri Hladik, Ministry for Regional Development Annotation: Promotive programmes of the Ministry for Regional Development, conditions for the grant obtaining, goals of the promotion. Promotive Programmes--Czech Republic, targeted support for the specific projects in state administration and self-government Lecturer: Karel Berka, Chairman, The Office for the State Information System of the Czech Republic Annotation: Coordination of public sector information systems. Programme of development of public library information site--RISK Lecturer: Blanka Koubova, Ministry of Culture Annotation: Presentation of the programme RISK, which aim is to support of public librarary information site development in the Czech Republic. Promotive programmes--EU, tools for the IS development in the EU countries Lecturer: Heikki Lunnas, Finland, chairman of LOCREGIS Group Annotation: Presentation of the wide range of the EU promotive programmes, mechanism of their functioning and evaluation, specific programmes for the countries wishing to join European Union. Small Hall 16.15--17.45 Discussion--Citizen's participation in the politics--importance of the new IT Introductory address: Michael James Macpherson, Great Britain Disputants: Jiri Pehe, director, Policy Department of the Office of the Czech President, Ondrej Neff, editor of the Internet daily Neviditelny pes, Ivan Gabal, sociologist and others. Annotation: Influence of the modern technologies implementation on the politics and decision processes, problem of the political responsibility in the light of deepening ability of public to control the operation of the politicians and state employees etc. Lecture Hall 16.15--16.45 Data protection in IT, documents verification, practical use of encoding technologies Lecturer: Vlastimil Klima, analyst Annotation: Data protection and encoding in the public administration, authenticity verification of the electronic documents, prevention of the unauthorised access to protected data. 16.45--17.15 Year 2000 problem Lecturer: Josef Holda, The Office for the State Information System of the Czech Republic Annotation: Role of the OSIS in the coordination of preparations for the Year 2000 problem at the level of state information systems, methodical help, consultation. 17.15--17.45 Register of the objects a addresses Lecturer: Martin Prochazka, analyst Annotation: Completion, maintenance and use of state object and addresses register, created on the basis of agreement between the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Czech Post in cooperation with district and municipal authorities. Database unification as the prerequisite of higher and more efficient deliverability of mail and social security benefits etc. 20.00--24.00 Evening Programme Raut, first virtual vernissage of Vladimir Rencin's cartoons. Moderators: Ondrej Neff and Jan Pokorny Tuesday 16^th March 4^th unit: News at the field of IS in the Czech Republic, comparation of the IS development in respective countries Main Hall 9.00--9.30 New presentation of the real estate register on Internet Lecturer: Josef Jirman, Czech Geodetic and Land Register Office Annotation: Public information about property ownership on Internet, procedure, schedule. 9.30--10.00 Legislation aspects of new presentation of the real estate register on Internet Lecturer: Lumir Nedvidek, Czech Geodetic and Land Register Office Annotation: new role of the public libraries in the CR, specific projects in district and municipal libraries 10.00--10.30 Informatization of the public libraries Lecturer: Ivana Strossova, District Library of Havlickuv Brod Annotation: new role of the public libraries in the CR, specific projects in district and municipal libraries Small Hall 9.00--9.30 Czech Republic--state of the development of information society Lecturer: Jiri Remr, analyst, Czech Republic Annotation: Summary about development of the information society in the Czech Republic, present experiences, presentation of special survey on using of PC and Internet in the Czech Republic. 9.30--10.00 Lithuania--state of the development of information society Lecturer: Vygintas Grinis, Lithuanian Ambassador in the CR Annotation: Summary about development of the information society in Lithuania, present experiences, presentation of illustrative projects. 10.00--10.30 Austria--state of the development of information society in the public administration Lecturer: Elisabeth Stiftinger, Union of Austrian Cities Annotation: Methods of the use of IT in public administration, state and European programmes for the IT development Lecture Hall 9.00--10.30 Use of the Internet in the District Magistrates I. Participants: computer specialists from the District Magistrates Annotation: Professional discussion about the state of use of Internet in the District Magistrates. Elisabeth Hall 9.00--10.30 Meeting of the Association of District Magistrates (OkU) Participants: chiefs of the Districts Magistrates Annotation: Working session of the Association of District Magistrates Main Hall 10.30--10.50 Closing Ceremony of the Joint Part of the Conference Announcement of the results of the Contest "Golden Crest" for the best WWW homepage of towns and villages. Award of the Prize "Czech At-sign" for the best public administration office, which has published recently the key data on the Internet. Closing of the joint part of the Conference ISSS '99 and Seminar on Local and Regional Information Society. 10.50--11.30 Break, Companies presentation Microsoft 5^th unit: Round Table Discussion, meeting of the committees and commissions Small Hall 11.30--13.30 Round Table discussion--Perspectives of the IS development in the Czech Republic Participants: Members of Parliament, Senators, Government Officials, IT Experts. Opening speech: Jiri Zlatuska, rector of the Masaryk's University, Brno. Moderator: Frantisek Dohnal, Union of Towns and Villages of the CR. Annotation: Discussion about the possibilities of the IT use, main obstacles of the IS development in the Czech Republic and its solutions, importance of the cooperation of the state administration and self-government representatives with, scientists and private entrepreneurs in the process of the informatization of society. Main Hall 11.30--13.30 Use of the Internet in the District Magistrates II. Participants: computer specialists from the District Magistrates Annotation: Professional discussion about the state of use of Internet in the District Magistrates. Lounge 11.30--13.30 Seminar of the webmasters from the towns and villages Participants: providers of the www homepages for the towns and villages Annotation: Seminar for the providers of the Internet pages for the towns and villages 13.00--15.00 Lunch, Companies presentation

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