Amcham the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg organizes its
traditional Comit Seminar on IT; Society and Culture.

The event will be hosted in TV Studio of RTL - 45, Bd Pierre Frieden L-1543 Luxembourg.
For more information please contact Dilek Ayaydin (ayaydin@amcham.lu).
 
IT has become part of our every day lives, especially since communication networks have unleashed its full power. Technology has a major influence in the way we interact, communicate, consume, learn, etc.
This event will consider social and cultural impacts of IT in Western cultures. Presentations will address IT usage habits (TNS ILRES, Charles Margues), the use of technology to preserve and spread cultural heritage (CVCE, Ghislain Sillaume), "The National Library in the Digital Age:
A Key Player in the Knowledge Society" (BnL, Monique Kieffer), the shift in media consumption patterns (BCE/RTL, Tun van Rijswijck), the impact on democracy, "Power to the People" (ISOC, Patrick Van de Walle) and ICT and social impacts (Steve Glange, openBC/XING).
A concluding round table discussion moderated by Guy Kerger (MindForest) will address further technological, economic and societal challenges.

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