Business Forum on the Information Society
 
 
December 8th & 9th, 2003 - IATA Conference Center - Geneva
 
 
Send Abstracts before July 31st, 2003
 
     
 
As a part of the IRFD Geneva 2003 Conference on the Information Society, the Business Forum will bring together individuals and groups from the entire spectrum of the business community (corporate professionals, researchers, business educators, policy analysts, NGOs). In recent years, business partnership has become a vital component of the global development discourse within the UN policy framework. The upcoming World Summit on Information Society, which will be held in Geneva, is not an exception, and the business community is expected to play a continuous key role in this process. To this effect the International Research Foundation for Development is organizing a special forum focusing on the business partnership as an integral part of the global development in the age of information society.
 
 
     
 
This special forum would like to bring diverse views, innovative ideas, product information, best practices and insights of business leaders with regard to the information technology and the advancement of global business, which will eventually benefit for the whole world through market integration, expansion, business network alliances and so forth. This forum would like to address the whole spectrum of issues, considerations, and practices that business community facing in developing a partnership with governments, local communities, NGOs, science and technology communities, policy makers and other multi-stake holders in the process of global development.
 
     
   
     
  Business Forum Themes:  
  Development of ICT for Wealth Creation & Economic Growth
 
  Development of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and their Integration into the Global Economy.  
  Global Business and Cross Sectoral Network  
  Commercial Crime Services (fraud and cyber-crime)  
  Intellectual Property Rights  
  International Trade and its Impact on Investment Competition and the Environment  
  Corporate Governance, Responsibility, and Sustainable Development  
  The Role of Business in Economic and Social Development (Ethical Issues)  
  Private Investment and Public-Private Partnership  
  Security and Trade: Supply Chain Security between Governments and Industry; Use of Information Technology to Enhance Security  
  The Role of International Chamber of Commerce in World Trade  
  Global Trade and E-business  
  Business, Local Communities and NGOs  
  International Business and Legal Environment  
     
   
  Click to register online for the IRFD WFIS Geneva 2003 Conference