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MEDIA CONTACT: Matt Lindsay

October 16, 2002

(202) 994-1423 


GW TO HOST GLOBAL FORUM 2002
OCTOBER 17-18

Participants to Discuss the Promise of Broadband Services Towards the Multimedia and a Knowledge Society

 

EVENT: The George Washington University is hosting the Global Forum 2002, an annual, independent international event dedicated to business and policy issues affecting the successful evolution of the information society.  Corporate executives, government officials and senior academics will be in attendance, including former Secretary of Defense William Cohen and the Honorable Edith Cresson, former prime minister of France. The Global Forum 2002’s topic is “A World In Transition: The Promise of Broadband Services Towards the Multimedia and Knowledge Society,” and it is co-sponsored by The George Washington University’s Institute for Knowledge Management. 
WHEN:

Thursday, October 17 – Friday, October 18 
Registration begins each day at 7:30 a.m.

(See agenda at http://www.items.fr/global_forum.htm)

WHERE:

Media and Public Affairs Building

The George Washington University

805 21st Street, NW

Washington, D.C.

 

 

Background:


The George Washington University Institute for Knowledge Management is a collaborative partnership between Professor Michael Stankosky of the School of Engineering & Applied Science and Professor William Halal of the School of Business & Public Management. The Institute conducts research, education, and consulting work, and strives to bridge the divide between theory and practice. 

The Global Forum 2002 is a not-for-profit initiative of Items International (France) and Foundation Sophia Antipolis (France).  It is sponsored by organizations around the world, interested in sharing and influencing global IT agendas, and enabling business and government leaders from all sectors of our communities to meet and work with suppliers and service providers.

For more information on Global Forum 2002, please visit the conference website at www.items.fr/global_forum.htm.

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