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CONGRESS in Helsinki, Finland January 6—9, 1999 Further Information: Committee Counsellor Paula Tiihonen the Finnish Parliament, FIN-00102 Helsinki Tel POLITICS & INTERNET CONGRESS in Helsinki, Finland January 6—9, 1999 Further information: Committee counsellor Paula Tiihonen The Finnish Parliament, FIN-00102 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 432 2084 Fax +358 9 432 2140 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.eduskunta.fi Cover: Ina Colliander, Girl and butterfly, Woodcut, 1950. The Parliament art collection. Photo: Simo Rista. ISBN 951-53-1934-X OY EDITA AB, HELSINKI 1999 Foreword Challenges for Democracy through Effective Networking The opportunities to wield influence available to both citizens and decision-makers on the highest level are constantly diversifying and strengthening. Why this congress and why in Finland? As a result of the work done by the Committee for the Future in the Finnish Parliament, we have found many interesting answers to the challenges that the information society is throwing up. To us the flood of information is not a burden, but rather something that presents new opportunities. We only need to step briskly forward on the road of managing information and putting it to effective use. Recent years have seen the introduction on an enormous scale in Finland of new methods and means of interactivity and networking. New social and cultural innovations are likewise being developed at a brisk pace in this country. Thus it is very natural for us to be engaged, fresh-mindedly and through broad cooperation, in seeking new contents and ways of doing things also for democracy. My vision for Finland — one that could well become reality within the next few years — is for this country to serve as an information society laboratory for the whole of the EU. In that scheme, we the people would use the most modern technology available and in the process play a crucial role in the development of social innovations. The third feature of my vision of a knowledge society is a passion for learning, which inspires people and communities to network so that they can share their knowledge openly and effectively. This gathering has tangibly shown that our Western democracy is in positive transition. Some key principles, namely participation, openness, caring and trust, are becoming ever more important as a result of rapid technological development. At the same time demands with respect to quality of life and welfare are requiring us to deal with new and important aspects of these principles. Everyone has growing opportunities — and an obligation — to strive for success. At the present stage of development of our democracy — in a turbulent world — it is important to emphasise the responsibility that everyone bears for others and the natural environment. Success, as we in our Committee for the Future defined it, must be seen as a concept considerably broader in compass than just economic success. Success on the part of an individual or community is the achievement of the goals that they themselves have consciously, and in part unconsciously, set. Success by a society means providing the preconditions for citizens to have a good life. Improving opportunities for citizens to participate and increasing equality, environmental sustainability and fairness are characteristic features of a successful society. We in Parliament would like to express our thanks to all the congress participants and organisers, including the countless voluntary workers, whose enthusiastic efforts have made this event a success. Working together, we exceeded all of our expectations, indeed even by a wide margin. This congress is an ongoing process in which the forerunners met face-to-face in Finland and will keep on meeting on the Net to shape the future we want. I invite you to continue participating in this development process. Markku Markkula MP, Chair of the Programme Committee 299003D From the editor On behalf of the Committee for the Future, I’d like to thank all of you for taking part in the POLITICS&INTERNET Congress. You’ve helped us to have a successful, colourful, exciting conference in which different kinds of people and organizations have been able to meet and exchange ideas about the future. I want to give special recognition to those of you who have put this booklet together. I asked you to prepare your texts in a couple of weeks because we wanted to publish the main results of the congress immediately, and I know very well that you are very busy experts — but you understood what publishing something quickly means. As the main organizer of the congress, the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra), will be publishing a variety of materials from the congress on the Internet at www.kolumbus.fi/pi99. Sitra is also planning a special CD on the congress’ findings. This more traditional type of report, edited by the secretary to the Committee for the Future, incorporates only those presentations that were ready — or almost ready — as of the beginning of February. In the case of keynote speakers who were not in a position to submit a text ready for publication, we have decided to present summaries or utilize press analyses of the speeches. This express booklet embodies the style and atmosphere of the Second POLITICS&INTERNET Congress. The congress was planned, organized and financed with one-third of the resources normally devoted to such an undertaking. When we at the Committee for the Future were discussing how to organize the congress, the experts all said that it would take three times as much time, work, and money. Elections will take place in Finland in 1999, and we knew it would be a long time before we had another real chance to hold such an event. We therefore thought that if we took into account the eagerness of the volunteers around us, we could handle the job. As a civil servant, I especially appreciated that 3 MPs from the biggest parties — Kalevi Olin from the Finnish Social Democratic Party, Markku Markkula from the National Coalition Party and Kyösti Karjula from the Finnish Centre Party — toiled away as any other volunteers would. Representing both the Government and the Opposition, the three were firmly committed to the project from beginning to end. As the President of the Republic Martti Ahtisaari said when he addressed us at the congress, ”The idea behind this Second POLITICS&INTERNET Congress has been from the outset to get citizens involved in many ways, both directly and through their representatives. The arrangement of a conference on so many levels has certainly not been easy. But democracy is such a wonderful thing that making an effort to increase it is always worth while.” So we took the risk. It was a wise decision. We succeeded beyond my expectations. There are many criteria and means of measuring success, one of them being publicity — and the themes of the congress, say nothing of its speakers and discussions, must have been interesting, for Finland’s media published or broadcast more than 150 reports and interviews on the event. My warm personal thanks to all of you who have helped us and have receive nothing more than the joy of working in return. Dr. Paula Tiihonen Counsellor to the Committee for the Future Parliament of Finland Contents FIRST DAY: Martti Ahtisaari President of the Republic Speech ............................................................................................................................................. 13 Riitta Uosukainen Speaker of the Parliament Welcoming Speech at Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art ..................................................... 16 Bertel Haarder (EU; Denmark) Vice-President of the European Parliament Information Technology as a Liberating Factor ............................................................................. 18 Aatto Prihti, President of The Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra) Opening Speech: An Information Society for Ordinary People ..................................................... 21 Christa Maar (Germany) President of the Academy of the Third Millennium In Future the Internet May Have a Revolutionary Impact on Political Life ................................... 23 Kalevi Olin, MP (Finland) Debate Needed: What Kind of Democracy Internet Can Serve for? .............................................. 27 Benjamin Barber, Professor (USA) The Internet Can Promote Democracy, but It Takes Work ............................................................ 29 Keith Todd, CEO at ICL (UK) and Alexandre Haeffner, Group Vice-President at Cap Gemini (France) You Need Commercial Applications! ............................................................................................. 31 Martti Tiuri, MP (Finland) Facts and Visions of the Knowledge Society in Finland ................................................................ 34 Arne Wessberg, Director-General (Finland) Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) Equality, Identity and Community in the Information Society: Public Service Broadcasting in Our Digital Times ......................................................................... 36 Risto Linturi, Researcher (Finland) Towards Media Democracy, Mass Manipulation or Cyber Crime ................................................. 40 Sirkka Pöyry (Finland) Secretary General of FEANI Knowledge Society as a New Working Environment for an International NGO ........................... 44 SECOND AND THIRD DAY: Jouni Backman (Finland) Minister for Administrative Affairs Opportunities of the Finnish Information Society — National Strategies ...................................... 49 Ted Becker, Professor and Christa Slaton, Professor (USA) Internet Already
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