Vladimir de Semir
Born in Barcelona, on September 19, 1948. Journalist, specialist in Scientific and Medical Journalism since 1982. Associated professor in Science Journalism and director of the Master in Science Communication at the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) Director of the Scientific Communication Observatory at the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) Director of the "Quiral Rapport" since 1996 (Medicine and Health in the Spanish Press) Town councillor, Commissioner for Scientific Culture of the Barcelona City Hall Member of the European Commission's Expert Committee on Scientific Culture Member of the Management Board of the International Network of Public Communication of Science and Technology and of the European Network of Science Communication Teachers. Member of the executive committee of the Universal Forum of Cultures 2004 (Unesco-Barcelona) Manuel Castells
Resumé of Curriculum Vitae, 2003.
Since 2001, Manuel Castells has been Research Professor of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), where he chairs the Scientific Committee of IN3, the Research Institute of the UOC.
Manuel Castells graduated in Public Law and Political Economy at the Paris- Sorbonne University in 1964. He received a doctorate in Sociology and a state doctorate in Human Sciences from the Paris-Sorbonne University.
This main work is The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture trilogy, originally published in English by Blackwell.
His most recent publications are The Internet Galaxy, published in 2001 by Oxford University Press and The Information Society and the Welfare State. The Finnish Model (co-author), published by Oxford University Press in 2002.
In 2003, Manuel Castells, together with Imma Tubella, is co-directing the Catalonia Internet Project, which is analysing on an empirical basis the interaction between information and communication technologies and society, business and institutions in Catalonia. Based on the sociological survey carried out, Manuel Castells, Imma Tubella and their collaborators are preparing the book La societat xarxa a Catalunya. This book will be published by Rosa dels Vents/Mondadori at the end of 2003.
During 2003-2004, Manuel Castells is directing an international comparative research project on the network society, which will be presented in the book Comparative Studies on the Network Society, to be published in 2004 by Edward Elgar (London). This book will include the Catalan network society in its terms of international comparison. Erkki Liikanen
Born in Mikkeli, Finland, on 19 September 1950
Education Masters degree in political science (economics), University of Helsinki
Political Career 1972-90 Member of Parliament; member of Cultural Affairs Committee (1972- 75), Agriculture and Forestry Committee (Vice-Chairman) (1977-79), Foreign Affairs Committee (member 1975-82; Chairman 1983-87)
1976-79 Member of the Supervisory Board of Televa Oy
1978, '82, '88 Elector of the President of the Republic
1980-89 Member then Chairman of Supervisory Board of Outokumpu
1981-87 Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
1983-87 Parliamentary Trustee to the Bank of Finland (Vice-Chairman), Speaker's Council
1987-90 Minister of Finance
1990-94 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Finnish Mission to the European Union
1995-99 Member of the Commission for Budget; personnel and administration; translation and in house computer services
1999 Member of the Commission for Enterprise and Information Society Carolin Welzel
Carolin Welzel was born in 1972 in Mannheim, Germany. Since march 2001 she works for the Bertelsmann Foundation in Guetersloh as Project Manager E- Government. Her main fields of activity include the possibilities of restructuring and modernising administration by means of digital media and the support the new media can give to democratic development in politics, administration and non- governmental-organisations. In this field the Bertelsmann Foundation has published several papers such as the study "Balanced E-Government" and, recently, a book under the same title. Currently, several research projects conducted by the Bertelsmann Foundation are focusing on specific questions aroused by the „Balanced E-Government" study such as financing E-Government and the transfer and distribution of E-Government knowledge among local governments.
Carolin Welzel has an M.A. in History and Political Sciences as well as a French Licence in History. After graduating she started working for politik-digital.de, an independent platform for politics and new media in Berlin. As Director Research for politik-digital.de she conducted various studies in co-operation with Accenture and the German Federal Agency for Political Education among others. Carolin Welzel is co-author of "Digitale Demokratie" published in 2002 and co-founder of EPUBLIK, a network of experts in the field of new media and politics. www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de www.begix.de www.epublik.de Stefano Rodotà
Born in Cosenza in 1933.
Professor of Civil Law, Faculty of Law of Rome "La Sapienza" University. President, Italian Data Protection Authority. Chairman, European Data Protection Working Party. Member of the European Commission Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies. Visiting Fellow, All Souls' College, Oxford; Visiting Scholar, Stanford School of Law. Lessons and seminars in European universities, USA and Canada, Latin America. Representative, Italian Parliament (1979 to 1994). Vice-President, Italian Chamber of Deputies (1992). Representative, European Parliament (1987). Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1983 to 1994). Member of the Convention for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000).
Latest books published: Il terribile diritto. Studi sulla proprietà privata, 2 ed., Il Mulino, Bologna, 1990; Tecnologie e diritti, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1995; Tecnopolitica, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1997; Libertà e diritti in Italia, Donzelli, Roma, 1997; Repertorio di fine secolo, 2 ed., Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2000. Lluís Olivella
(Barcelona, 1947) is an industrial engineer.
He worked in the Information and Documentation Consortium of Catalonia until 1975 and in 1976 received his doctorate in Information Technology. He was head of the Computing Centre of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) until 1983 and professor of Operative Research at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and at the Faculty of Information Technology of the UPC. Since 1985 he has been Head of Municipal Computer Services, first as Director of the Municipal Computer Centre and since 1995 as Director of the Municipal Information Technology Institute of Barcelona City Council. Steve Cisler
Steve Cisler is a librarian and telecommunications consultant who has been involved with community networks since 1986. In the 1990's while at Apple Computer, Inc, he made grants to libraries and communities that were building Free Nets and other community networks. He convened two community networking conferences, Ties That Bind, in 1994 and 1995, that brought together networkers from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, and Germany. He headed a project to free up unlicensed wireless spectrum (5 GHz band) for public use. In 1996 he helped found what is now the Association For Community Networking, and since then has been active in the rural United States and in Latin America to help grow community-based ICT projects. Dr. Pekka Himanen
Dr. Pekka Himanen is the Director of the Berkeley Center for Information Society and the author of "The Hacker Ethic" (2001, translated into fifteen languages) and "The Information Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model" (2002, with Manuel Castells). Himanen obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki and has since carried out research, and lectured extensively, in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Among his many adviser positions, Himanen has advised the Finnish government, parliament, and President on the information society." Stephen R. du Mont
Mr. Du Mont currently is a Corporate Vice President at Cisco Systems, Inc., leading the Global Public Sector Internet Solutions Team. He is also serving as Chairman of several international technology companies, located in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Cisco, he was involved in both the private and the public sectors, in a consulting capacity, and has filled the management leadership role of change agent, for several transforming enterprises.
He spent many years with a major international management consulting firm, supporting clients in over 50 countries and evolving to the level of Worldwide Managing Director. This provided opportunities to lead technology implementation engagements for all levels of government entities, as well as for commercial enterprises. He had the direct responsibility for the creation of a change management methodology and the building and management of an associated global practice. He was responsible for advising two major countries in their migration from Soviet inspired centrally planned economies, subsequently receiving invitations to and setting up the first western consulting operations in these countries. After providing consulting support to the U.S. Department of Treasury, he was offered a Presidential appointment as Assistant Secretary, responsible for Information Technology, but elected instead to accept a private sector management position. This resulted in leading four different international consumer goods company groups through technology facilitated transformations, in the capacity of COO or CEO.
Academically, he pursued Electrical Engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels, specializing in computer design, and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Joan Rangel Tarrés
08393 - Caldes d'Estrac Telephone: 93 402 22 60
Personal Details: Date of birth: 2 January 1950, Caldes d'Estrac
Education: Officer of the Merchant Navy Graduate of Law of Barcelona University (UB) Diploma in Company Management from ESADE
Institutional Presence - From 1979 to 1987 and from 1991 to the present, Mayor of Caldes d'Estrac Town Council - From 1987 Councillor of the Public Finance and Planning Internal Affairs Department of Barcelona Provincial Council - Since 1987 member of the Local Public Finance Committee of the FEMP - From 1995 to 1999 Vice-president of the FEMP - From 1991 to the present Member of the Catalan School of Administration - Currently Member of the Catalan Statistics Board, since its creation
Political Posts - From 1991 to 2000 First Secretary of the PSC (Socialist Party of Catalonia) of the Maresme region - From 2000 to the present Organisation and Finance Secretary of the PSC Has spoken at several courses and conferences, in particular on the issue of local finance. Jari Seppälä, 46, Communications Director of the City of Tampere, Finland.
Master of Science (Communication), University of Tampere.
Journalist for 10 years as a news reporter in a local newspaper and national tv- news.
Since 1987 a city communicator, specialized in media service, video production and the Internet. Head of information unit for the city of Tampere (200.000 inhabitants). Responsible for the city web services and Infocity-sub-project of the eTampere-program 2001-2005.
Has acted as the chairman for two committees founded by the Association of Finnish Local Authorities, one creating the good practise for municipal information and the other one guidelines for municipal services presented over the Internet.
A member of a committee on eGovernment (JUHTA) founded by Finnish Ministry of the Interior.
Project manager for the City of Tampere in a Tacis City Twinning project "Local Democratic Network", lead together with Bologna (Italy) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) in 1999-2001.
Several contributions for international conferences, publications and research projects on Internet services. James Neville Compton
Currently: Member of Seattle City Council, Position 9. Chair of Public Safety & Technology Committee, Chair of WTO Accountability Review for Council, Member of Labor- Management Leadership Council, Member of Seattle Citizens' Search Committee for a new Chief of Police, Member of Seattle Citizens' Search Committee for a new Chief of Fire Department, Member of Mayor's Youth Safety Task Force.
Education: Reed College, Portland, Oregon. BA, History 1964 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, MA (Honors) 1969
Professional Honors: NBC Fellow in Journalism at Columbia University, 1968-69. AFL-CIO Award 1967 Columbia-Dupont Award San Francisco Film Festival Golden Globe Several Regional Emmys (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) Janus Award for documentary Monica Berneström
Head of the Department TIME (Telecom, IT. Media and Entertainment) at the Economic Development Agency in the City of Stockholm. Coordinator and responsable in the City of Stockholm for participation in EU IST-program
Chairman of the swedish part of EU-project Avanti and Cybervote..
Member of Stockholm Forum for Europe.
Member of the Council of Mobile Services.
Member of the board in Stockholms Region IT-forum.
Member of the workinggroupgroupe "IT and Democracy" run by the Swedish Government. Horst Ulrich
Head of the "Berlin.de" project and Commissioner for eGovernment of the Berlin Senate Chancel-lery
Born on 24 May 1947 in Hamburg
1966 Abitur (university entrance examination)
1967 Military service
1978 Degree in education at Freie Universität in Berlin
1979 Seminar leader and teacher in the field of adult political education
1988 Berlin Senate Chancellery, editor-in-chief of the Berlin Manual
1993 Public relations - responsible for brochures, books, films
1996 Responsible for the "Berlin.de" project and head of the "Berlin.de" editorial office
2002 Commissioner for e-government of the Berlin Senate Chancellery Marta Continente
Born in Barcelona, 30 July 1955.
Education Graduate of Economics Sciences and Business Studies of Barcelona University. Studies in Physical Sciences.
Professional Career Since 1999: Head of Communication and Customer Service and Head of Internet Management at Barcelona City Council.
1996- 1999: Assistant Manager of the Barcelona Institute of Culture, Barcelona City Council.
1993-96: Head of economic promotion and co-ordination of the Strategic Plan for Poble Sec, in the Sants Montjuic district of Barcelona City Council.
1991-93: Executive Advisor of the Ministry of Culture of the State Administration.
1987-91: Technical Director of the Young Persons Institute of the state administration, causing her to change her residence to Madrid.
1983-87 Head of Young Persons at Santa Coloma de Gramenet City Council. Teresa Serra i Majem
Born in Barcelona on 4 August 1955. Lives in Barcelona.
Graduate and Master in Computing at the Paris VIII University. Computer Graduate of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
Has taught at the UAB and at the Technical University of Catalonia (1978-1984). She has worked as technical manager of information systems at the Metropolitan Corporation of Barcelona (1981-1984) and as technical manager of information systems and organisation at Barcelona City Council, where she headed information systems projects (1984-1989) and head of European telematics projects and municipal internet services (1994-1997). She has also been the general manager of a development company and has set up advanced technology information systems projects (1989-1994).
Member of the Management Committee of the European network Telecities (1995- 1999).
Assistant director of the Barcelona Municipal Institute of Information Technology (1997-1999).
Commissioner of the Mayor of Barcelona for promoting the Information Society (1997-1999).
Catalan Parliamentary Deputy since the last local elections held in October 1999, in the Socialist Party (Grup dels Socialistes - Ciutadans pel Canvi).
President of the Parliamentary Information Society Commission.
Member of the City Council Telecommunications Commission.
Member of TeleCities Steering Committee (Spanish representative). Prof. Geoff Mulgan
Current Post: Since September 2000, he is Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office, UK.
Previous activities: Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Inequality and Social Exclusion, Welfare to Work and the family; Founder and Director of Demos, the British independent think- tank.
Areas of expertise : Public policy, telecommunications, social and cultural theory
Publications: Connexity 1997, Life after Politics (ed) 1997, Politics in an antipolitical age 1994, Communication and Control 1990, The Question of Quality 1990.
Others: Visiting Professor University College London, Trustee of Photographers Gallery, Crime Concern and Political Quarterly, World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow, and former presenter for BBC TV and radio.
Contact: [email protected] Bernard Benhamou
Head of the Mission"Internet, Schools & Family". Ministry of Education.
Senior Lecturer on the Information Society at the Political Sciences Institute in Paris (http://www.NetGouvernance.org).
Promoter of the exhibition "Passport to the Cyberworld", the first exhibition exclusively undertaken on the Internet, in collaboration with the City of Sciences and Industry of Paris.
Expert in development projects related to new technologies undertaken by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and through the programme State and Information Technologies of the General Plan Committee. Patricia Riley
Dr. Riley is the Director of the School of Communication in the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. She is a specialist in organizational communication and internationally known for her work on institutional politics and organizational culture change. Her most recent research focuses on the role of communication infrastructure in knowledge management processes and on the role of communication and information technologies in organizational change and transformation. She has a new grant funded by the DOD to help develop and evaluate virtual training. Her work has appeared in such books as Organizational Communication and Change, Organizational Culture, Advances in Leadership Research and the Handbook of Organizational Communication, and in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Communication Quarterly, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Journal of Management, Argument and Advocacy, New Management and Communication Reports. She is presently working on a book with Warren Bennis called Organizational Redevelopment.
Dr. Riley teaches undergraduate courses in organizational communication and graduate seminars on power and politics in organizations, organizational culture, and organizational communication theory. An expert in research methods, she also teaches graduate seminars in field research methodology and multivariate statistics. In addition, she is an associate member of the USC Leadership Institute, teaches in the Executive Program in the Marshall School of Business, is an adjunct member of the East Asian Studies Center and directs both the undergraduate and graduate internship programs. Ernest Maragall
Born in Barcelona in 1943 Profession: Economist and Computer Analyst
Professional Activity From 1958 to 1970 In private sector companies in the fields of Advertising and Marketing
1970-1983 At Barcelona City Council as a Computer Analyst
1983-1989 Head of Institut Cartogràfic de Barcelona S.A., a private municipal company (ICB S.A. Spm)
1990-1991 General Manager of the Municipal Institute of Information Technology (IMI) of Barcelona City Council
1991-1995 Head of the Department of Basic and Organisational Information and Delegate Councillor of the IMI and Delegate Councillor of the ICB.
1995-1997 Speaking Councillor of the Public and Quality Function of Barcelona City Council.
Since October 1997 Councillor of Public Finance and Function. President of the District Council of Sant Andreu.
Since July 1999 Councillor of the Presidency of Public Finance. President of the Municipal Institute of Information Technology. President of the Municipal Institute of Public Finance. Vice-president of the Public Function Committee of the Spanish Federation of Municipal Districts and Provinces. Vice-president Localret Board of Administration. Barcelona City Council Representative at the Federation of Municipal Districts of Catalonia. Vice-president of the Barcelona Municipal Institute of Education.
Since July 2001 Spokesperson of the Municipal Government of Barcelona City Council. Esteve Ollé
Born in Barcelona in 1978 and an Economics graduate of Barcelona University, he studied Political Science at the Pompeu Fabra University and has studied several courses and seminars on the impact of technology on society at the London School of Economics.
He is currently attending the Doctorate Programme on the Information Society of the IN3, specialising in on-line administration and the impact of new technologies on the Public Administration, on which he has carried out various research projects. He is undertaking his research project at IN3, as part of the Catalonia Internet Project, where he is joint head of the research project Uses of the Internet at Barcelona City Council. He has also collaborated in research projects on political processes and electoral behaviour in the international environment.