OCTOBER 27-30: Bangkok, Thailand
Association of Women¹s Rights in Development 10th International Forum
http://www.awid.org/go.php?pg=forum2005&theme=forum

NOVEMBER 14-16, 2005 (Tunis, Tunisia): World Forum on
Information Society - Digital Divide, Global Development and
The Information Society Conference. The Forum is organised in view of
the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society with the
intention of contributing to the Tunis Summit and its Preparatory Process.

NOVEMBER 16-18, 2005 (Tunis, Tunisia): WSIS II Summit. The
second phase of the WSIS will review the implementation of the
Action Plan and will set new (and more detailed) targets for the
period 2005-2015. It will also deal with the important
unfinished business of the first phase, e.g. the governance of
the internet and the question of financing mechanisms.
http://www.worldsummit2005.org/
Watch for civil society side events, e.g. by CRIS, and events outside the
summit.
http://www.crisinfo.org/

NOVEMBER 17-18, 2005 World-Information Conference (Bangalore, India) ­
The two-day conference will host distinguished international and local
speakers and will focus on the culture of ŒOpen Source¹ as well as on issues
of ’Intellectual Property¹. Special attention will be paid to urban issues,
i.e. how the city is affected by the IT-economy, and to issues of
information control and surveillance. Up to 1.000 participants are expected
to take part in the event in Bangalore, live streaming will enable a wider
international audience to follow the conference proceedings.
http://world-information.org/wio/program/bangalore2005

DECEMBER 5-9, 2005 (Bangalore, India): OURMedia / NUESTROSMedios.
5th International Conference. A transnational network with over 400
academics, activists, researchers, practitioners and advocates working
across every continent and in more than 40 countries. Presentations mainly
in English, with Spanish translation.  http://www.ourmedianet.org/

DECEMBER 3-4, 9-10, 16-17 (Hongkong)  new media and social transformation
conference (9-10) and workshops
A citizen's media convergence paralell to the social movement mobilizations
around the WTO ministerial meeting. Focus on Blogging, Independent Media and
Citizens Journalism, media education and social movements. Cantonese,
Putonghua and English Language.
http://inmedia-conf.blogspot.com/