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Consumers in the Information Society conference to be held in Malaysia
18 Nov 2011
Members of Consumers International (CI) will come together from
around the world to discuss and set an agenda for advocacy on
issues that face consumers in today's digital world. This will mark
the the first global summit of "Consumers in the Information
Society: Access, Fairness and Representation", to be held in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia on 8-9 March 2012.
New challenges for consumers
The opportunities and challenges that face consumers in
today's online digital environment raise a range of new issues
for the global consumer movement.
For example, products that were once sold as goods, are now
packaged as digital services, lacking many of the incidents of
ownership that consumers expect. They are often delivered over broadband networks
for which there are no uniform consumer protection standards.
Many of the institutions making decisions for this digital
environment do so without first hearing from consumers about their
rights, interests and concerns.
Topics
A broad range of issues are included in the conference
programme, including the internet and human rights, cyber-security,
and intellectual property abuse. The
event will also open with a networking opportunity.
Full details
Read more about Consumers in the Information Society: Access,
fairness and representation.
Other meetings
Preceeding the conference on 5 March
will be a meeting of the Asian Network for Consumer (ANCO)
Participation in Standardization and on 6-7 March a regional
meeting of members of CI from Asia Pacific and the Middle East.