OECD example of Remote participation
Ginger Paque
This is the info published by the host, S. Korea, for the OECD Ministerial. I find it to be helpful both as a checklist and presentation format.
5 Internet
The Ministerial website
25. A dedicated Ministerial meeting website is prepared by the OECD: www.oecd.org/FutureInternet. The OECD web site contains basic information and provides links to the relevant pages on the Korean website. The Korean website www.oecdministerialseoul2008.org is operated by the Korean authorities and contains information on logistical aspects of the event. It also contains a number of interactive features. The website is available in English and Korean, and a French version is being developed. There are direct links from the OECD Ministerial website to the Korean website.
26. All relevant Ministerial documents and publications are/ will be available on the webpage, including: i) the programme of the Ministerial meeting; information about speakers/participants, background reports; ii) Policy Brief and the OECD Observer magazine with relevant feature articles, media reviews, and others; iii) a series of “Ask the economists” on the Ministerial issues; iv) the Ministerial blog.
27. The website will be an important tool of communication during the Ministerial since the meeting will be webcast in real-time, and all agreed Ministerial outputs and the Chair’s Summary will be made available on-line.
28. After the meeting additional material will be posted on the Ministerial webpage, including links to press articles and video of each Ministerial session.
Electronic newsletter
29. The OECD Secretariat is planning to issue the ICCP electronic newsletter in May 2008 focusing on the programme of the Ministerial and the documents that have been declassified for release. Another edition of the ICCP newsletter - a special issue on the Ministerial- is planned for the beginning of June.
Google initiative
30. Google will arrange a YouTube-channel/YouTube-question for the Ministerial; along the lines of what Google did in Davos http://www.youtube.com/davos). The aim of this initiative is to involve a broad audience worldwide into a discussion on the future of the Internet, by asking one simple question that everyone can have an opinion about e.g. “What one thing can you think of that would make the Internet better?".
31. OECD will issue a press release to launch the initiative (in early June 2008). Individuals who will be asked to answer the question include, for example, the OECD Secretary General, Viviane Reding from the European Commission, Vint Cerf from Google or Lawrence Lessig.
32. During the Ministerial, Google and the OECD will have a booth with video cameras and will ask Ministers, CEOs and experts to answer the question. The answers/ videos will be made available on YouTube and enable a wider audience to get involved and participate in the Ministerial.