Conference Russian Regions' Readiness for the Information Society and e-Government will be held within the framework of INFOCOM 2005. The event is organized by the Department of Information Society Development Strategy of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications and Institute of the Information Society.

The event will be attended by representatives of public authorities, local officials responsible for introduction of ICT, as well as IT companies, civil society, research and education community, mass media, political and community leaders, and leading Russian experts in the sphere of Information Society development.

Participants to the round table will be presented Index of Russian Regions' e-Readiness - 2005. The aim of the survey conducted by Institute of the Information Society with support of the Russian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications is to establish information and analytical tool for assessing the level of regions’ readiness for wide-scale use of ICT for developing the key spheres of activity (governmental administration, business, healthcare and culture), as well as for drafting, conducting and amending the policy of the Information Society development on federal and regional levels. The participants will also be presented unique rating data on Russian regions’ e-readiness as of 2005 and new site e-Region.

The conference will pay particular attention to the state of affairs in regions from the point of view of establishing 'e-government', including such functions as public services for citizens and organizations, increased efficiency and interaction of public authorities and local authorities and increased transparency of their activity due to active use of ICT.

The conference participants will receive data of the new rating of Russian regions' readiness for e-government, and results of comparative analysis of the level of readiness for e-government of Russian regions and countries of the world based on UN methodology.

Among other issues the conference will discuss federal contest Best Region in the Sphere of ICT annually held within the framework of FTP eRussia. The competition organizers will recount the history of the contest, nominations and assessment criteria, method of summing up the results and choosing the winners of the year 2005.

The conference will be held on 29 September 2005 in the Conference-hall of exhibition centre "Crocus Expo" from 11.00 to 15.00.

Information support - RIA RosBusinessConsulting, and Boss-IT and Information Society journals.

Contact information:
Phone/Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 925-17-27
E-mail: info@iis.ru
URL: http://www.iis.ru/infocom2005/