National Telecommunications and Information Administration

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration

(NTIA), Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting on November 16, 1994, regarding the G-

7 ministerial level conference on the Information Society on February

25-26, 1995, in Brussels.

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SUMMARY: NTIA is convening a public meeting to discuss U.S. government

goals and technology demonstration for the up-coming G-7 ministerial

level conference on the Information Society. The G-7 conference is

scheduled for February 25-26, 1995, in Brussels.

The public meeting will be chaired by Larry Irving, Assistant

Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and

Administrator of NTIA. The purpose of the meeting is to brief the

public and obtain input on U.S. government goals for the meeting in

Brussels and to solicit industry interest in participating in

technology demonstrations, which will be held in conjunction with the

G-7 conference.

DATES: The public meeting will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon on

Wednesday, November 16, 1994, in the main auditorium at the U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC. Members of the public should use the main entrance to the

Department of Commerce building, on 14th Street between Pennsylvania

Avenue and Constitution Avenue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Charles M. Rush, Chief Scientist,

NTIA; U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4701; 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482-

1866; Fax: (202) 482-1865; E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the Naples G-7 Summit in July 1994, the

G-7 leaders emphasized the necessity of encouraging the development of

a worldwide information society and they agreed that the relevant

ministers should meet in Brussels. The European Commission extended an

invitation to the G-7 to convene a ministerial level conference on the

Information Society on February 25-26, 1995. The Information Society

Conference will include ministerial level discussions on: (1)

Regulatory and competitive frameworks; (2) the development of the

infrastructure and access to it; and, (3) essential applications as

well as the social, societal, and cultural aspects of the information

society.

Each G-7 Country, plus the European Union, will send Ministers

responsible for telecommunications and information matters. The

conference will include a session with private sector representatives,

both users and producers of telecommunications and information

equipment and services from each of the Member states participating in

the G-7 conference. Technology demonstrations will be given by

governments and industry during the conference to showcase the benefits

and capabilities of information technology. The United States

delegation will be led by Ronald H. Brown, the Secretary of Commerce.

Dated: November 7, 1994.

Larry Irving,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.

[FR Doc. 94-27923 Filed 11-9-94; 8:45 am]

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