The First World Summit on the Knowledge Society

Letter from the Organizing Committee

Dear All,

The World Summit on the Knowledge Society, is an international attempt to promote the dialogue for the main aspects of the Knowledge Society towards a BETTER WORLD for all. The World Summit on the Knowledge Society will bring together Academics, People from Industry, Policy Makers, Politicians, Government Officers and active citizens to look at the impact of Information Technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key facets of today’s world: the state, business, society and culture.

Five general pillars provide the constitutional elements of the Summit:

- Government and Democracy in the Knowledge Society

- Research and Sustainable Development in the Knowledge Society

- Social and Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society

- Information Technologies for the Knowledge Society

- Education, Culture, Business, Tourism, Entertainment in the Knowledge Society.

The Summit provides a distinct, unique forum for cross-disciplinary fertilization of research, favouring the dissemination of research that is relevant to international research agendas as the EU FP7.

We need a better world. We contribute with our sound voices to the agenda, policies and actions. We invite you to join your voice with ours and all together to shape a new deal for our world. Education, Sustainable Development, Health, Opportunities for well being, Culture, Collaboration, Peace, Democracy, Technology for all. Open Minds for a Better World.

Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras
President, OPEN RESEARCH SOCIETY
General Chair of the Summit