The Internet Economy: Generating Innovation and Growth
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
June 28-29, 2011
Paris
http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_47081080_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
This high-level meeting builds upon the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy. Drawing together leaders from all stakeholder communities, its aim is to continue fostering the development of the Internet economy, with a focus on:
- Supply: by encouraging the extension of high capacity communication networks to reach maximum national coverage and provide access at affordable prices.
- Demand: by fostering the use of the Internet in critical areas (health, education, transport, energy) in order to increase efficiency.
- Openness: by reaching a consensus on how to maintain an open Internet economy and encouraging multi-stakeholder co-operation
- Measurement: by benchmarking developments in high capacity communication networks and quantifying the Internet’s impact on the economy in order to facilitate evidence-based policies.
- Means: by exchanging best practices in all of these areas.
Leaders from governments and stakeholders will discuss the adoption of shared principles to help policy makers, increase trust and reach a consensus on how best to ensure the continued and innovative growth of an open Internet economy.
Please note that attendance at this meeting is by invitation only.