Issued by: SA Communication Service
LAUNCH OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT (ISAD) CONFERENCE - 13 TO 15 MAY 1996 ----
The Information Society and Development (ISAD) Conference which is to be held at Gallagher Estate, Midrand from 13 to 15 May 1996 will, for the first time, bring together countries of the developed and developing worlds to explore ways and means to truly globalise the Information Society, and to ensure that countries of the developing world will not be marginalised by this new information revolution.
The ISAD Conference is an initiative of Deputy President Mbeki who, during the G-7 Information Society Conference in Brussels in February 1995, expressed the need for a conference on the information society which would bring together the developed and developing worlds. In broad terms, the ISAD Conference has as objective the inclusion of the developing world, as "significant participants", in the rapidly expanding Information Society.
You are invited to a press briefing hosted by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. Minister Jay Naidoo, Minister of Post, Telecommunication and Broadcasting and Minister Ben Ngubane, Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology will also be present at this launch.
Date : Thursday, 2 May 1996
Time : 14:00
Venue: : Room 159, Union Buildings, Pretoria
For more information contact Mr Connie Molusi on 082 552 1939 or (012) 319 8282.
ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNICATION SERVICE PRETORIA 30 APRIL 1996