It is possible, rather it is imperative, for the international community to use the summit to turn a spotlight on the problems that have afflicted Tunisian society and led to an all-time high in internal tensions. As the summit will be held in Tunisia, the international community must at least use that opportunity to apply its recommendations both to faraway countries and to the host country itself.

The Telecentre Leaders Forum is a series of four 2-hour long participatory workshops for telecentre and network leaders, policy-makers, researchers and grassroots practitioners to share experiences, inspiring stories and practical ideas that they can use in their day-to-day work.

Below is a list i've compiled on events happening at the same time, or just before the WSIS. If you know of other events, please email me privately and i'll add to next revision.

I would like to share with you news of a campaign being organized to support the nomination of the Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Abadi as an opening speaker at the upcoming UN World Summit on the Information Society.

Certain issues seem to be arising in regards to speaker selection , especially the nomination of Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate as opening speaker . This for me is puzzling and indeed shocking.

The list of accepted parallel events have now been published on the Tunis WSIS website