OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy

Title

OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy

Date

17-18 June 2008

Venue

COEX (World Trade Center, Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-731, Korea)

Organised by

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Hosted by

Korea Communications Commission (KCC)

programme

Ministerial Meeting (17-18 June 2008), Stakeholder Forums (16 June 2008)

SIDE EVENTS

World IT Show (17-20 June 2008), Future of the Internet Economy Pavilion, forums, seminars, and Dynamic IT Korea Experience, etc.

In 1998, as the Internet was emerging as a mainstream activity, the OECD convened a Ministerial Conference on E-Commerce in Ottawa, Canada. The Conference established policies in areas such as privacy, security, taxation and consumer policy that have been instrumental in nurturing online activity.
Ten years later, the online world is at another critical juncture. Major transformations in Internet use will affect how the Internet economy develops: our daily reliance on the Internet for commercial and social activities is increasing; and the integrity of the network is tested daily by severe and sophisticated attacks. The implications for economic and social activities are far-reaching and profound, including for the next several billion Internet users.
The changes afoot require, once again, principles and practices to help guide the Internet economy over the next decade. The Ministerial represents a timely opportunity for governments, businesses, the Internet technical community and civil society to consider social, economic and technological trends shaping the development of the Internet economy, and to discuss policies that can best provide an enabling environment for the future.