Preparatory meetings Geneva, first phase

UNESCO WSIS Events:

• Ministerial Round Table "Towards Knowledge Societies" 
  9-10 October 2003, Paris (France)

WSIS Preparatory Committee Meetings (PrepComs):

• PrepCom-1:
  1-5 July 2002, Geneva (Switzerland)
• PrepCom-2:
  17-18 February 2003, Geneva (Switzerland)
• Intersessional Meeting between PrepCom-2 and PrepCom-3:
  15-18 July 2003, Paris (France)
• PrepCom-3:
  15-26 September 2003, 10-14 November 2003, 5-6 December 2003, and 9 December 2003, Geneva (Switzerland)

WSIS Regional Conferences:

• Africa:
  25-30 May 2002, Bamako (Mali)
• Pan European:
  7-9 November 2002, Bucharest (Romania)
• Asia-Pacific:
  13-15 January 2003, Tokyo (Japan)
• Latin America and the Caribbean:
  29-31 January 2003, Bavaro (Dominican Republic)
• Western Asia:
  4-6 February 2003, Beirut (Lebanon)
• Pan-Arab Regional Conference:
  15-17 June 2003, Cairo (Egypt)

Other Events:

• Bishkek-Moscow Conference on the Information Society: 
  9-11 September 2002, Bichkek and 23-24 October 2002, Moscow
• Role of Science in the Information Society (RSIS): 
  8-9 December 2003, Geneva