Welkom in Eindhoven!

The 2016 Global Forum started Sunday with a reception for VIP and Sponsors. The event was hosted by the City of Eindhoven at The Philips Museum housed in the original factory built in . Philips, an electronics company of which the Dutch are extremely proud, was established by Gerard Philips in Eindhoven in 1891. The company initially grew rich by producing light bulbs but many branches of high technology development were later added to this unique, resoundingly Dutch company. Guests were treated to docent led tour of the museum which shows a comprehensive history of the Philips Company and their development of a vast range of products since their formation. The Vice Mayor welcomed guests to the City of Eindhoven, and remarked about the significance of the innovative forum in the Brainport of the Netherlands. View video an photos

#GlobalForum12: The social networking for this year’s Global Forum will be covered by a talented group of Stockholm University students. Get to know them here.

Erika Mann, Head of EU Policy Brussels, Facebook; ICANN – Board of Directors
about Facebook users and their privacy, took part of Session 8 – Social Networking:Identity in the eWorld

IS-practice is proud to be one of the organizers and the Belgian representative of the Global Forum: Shaping the Future. The 2011 Global Forum will tackle an important topic of global mobility and access to the Internet under the title “Vision for the Digital Future: Mobilizing Organizations and People” which will be hosted at the Palais d’Egmont (Brussels, Belgium) by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 7-8 November 2011.
The Global Forum: Shaping the Future is an independent annual international event devoted to both business and policy issues that affect the successful evolution of the Information Society (IS). Therefore, the Global Forum facilitates businesses and governmental sectors of the IS to meet, work together and exchange knowledge with suppliers and service providers. Thanks to its approach and activities in the past 20 years, the Global Forum has become a high profile international think-tank event that tackles the issues of strategy, business, policies and civil society in the Information Society.
IS-practice as the Belgian representative of this year’s Global Forum: Shaping the Future is responsible for managing the logistical aspects of the event and ensuring its smooth implementation, organisation and deployment.