The Internet economy: Towards a better future – upcoming OECD ministerial meeting

Can you remember life before the Internet? Though quite a new technology, already a world without the web has become as unthinkable for many of us as a world without telephones. But what of the future? Can the benefits of this extraordinary technology be multiplied, and how can the thornier challenges be met? The Future of the Internet Economy will be the subject of the first OECD ministerial meeting ever to be hosted in Asia.

Can you remember life before the Internet? Though quite a new technology, already a world without the web has become as unthinkable for many of us as a world without telephones. But what of the future? Can the benefits of this extraordinary technology be multiplied, and how can the thornier challenges be met?The Future of the Internet Economy will be the subject of the first OECD ministerial meeting ever to be hosted in Asia. Taking place 17-18 June 2008 in Seoul, Korea (see below), it will examine the implications of the rapid growth in the use of the Internet for our economies and societies and the policies needed for continued growth.
www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/2330/The_Internet_economy:_Towards_a_better_future_.html

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