An international conference and exhibition organised by PressWise on behalf of the EC Information Society Forum to examine the democratic issues raised when people with disabilities, older people, ethnic minorities and others are denied access to communications technology.

Contents

• The Bristol Declaration
• Welcome statements
  By Cllr Nikki Barton, Deputy Lord Mayor of Bristol and Dr Claudio Carrelli, President, EC Information Society Forum.
• Asserting citizens' rights in the Information Society
  Mike Jempson, Executive Director of PressWise and a member of the EC Information Society Forum, explains why the UK media ethics body has organised infoCity @ Bristol ’98.
• Sites of interest for virtual tourists in the Bristol area
  Robin Askew and Eugene Byrne have selected a few local internet sites that might tickle your fancy.
• A 'virtual tour' of Bristol
  Journalists Robin Askew and Eugene Byrne guide us along the information superhighways of the South West.
• Barriers to equality in the information society
  Dr. Jan Van Dijk, of the University of Utrecht, queries whether in future the world will divide simply into 'information-haves' and 'information-have-nots'.
• Overcoming new barriers to access
  Prof. Rodolfo Cattani of the Italian Institute for the Blind, argues if the Information Society is to be more inclusive, hardware and software manufacturers must listen to people with disabilities.

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