Words from the President By Hervé Fischer, President of FIAM
January 2009
The economic context is very difficult this year. Consumer credit is frozen in many countries, investments are retained, companies reduce their activities, massively lay off, some will go bankrupt. Microsoft has announced closures of 5000 jobs. It is a signal that does not deceive. Faced with this extremely serious crisis, which will last one year or more, how SMEs in multimedia products and services will they survive? To innovate, we must have funds available, therefore, sell, access to venture capital, or to get public aid in research. When the consumption falters, while private investors are retreating, will the States go to spend a few million billions they throw in the battle to rescue small businesses of digital technologies? Nothing is less certain. They are not the electoral weight, they do not have the strength to cry, nor the means to lobby.
Yet, they are normally created in the more quality jobs and bring the new economy to the innovation that will make the international competition.
More than ever, States have a responsibility to support this emerging strategic industries. The digital infrastructure is now as important as roads, rail, aviation, telecom. There are digital technologies in all sectors of activity: science, technology, economics, finance, education, health, cultural industries. Investing in digital is supporting all industries. And with a very small share of that vote billion wherever possible to revive the economy, it has a lever versatile, whose effectiveness is demonstrated.
Faced with the crisis, it is in digital priority the need to invest.
THE 5TH WORLD SUMMIT ON INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA (WSIM 2009)
Supporters
THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (CHINA)
LIAONING PROVINCIAL PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT (CHINA)
CREATIVE ECONOMY & INDUSTRIES PROGRAMME,
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) Avec le soutien de
L’ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE (OIF)
Hosts
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MULTIMEDIA ASSOCIATIONS (FIAM/IFMA)
SHENYANG MUNICIPALE GOVERNMENT
ORGANIZERS:
SHENYANG QIPANSHAN DEVELOPMENT ZONE
SHENYANG MUNICIPAL INFORMATION INDUSTRY BUREAU
SHENYANG MUNICIPAL CULTURE BUREAU
SHENYANG MUNICIPAL RADIO & TV BUREAU
SHENYANG MUNICIPAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUREAU
CO-ORGANIZER:
LIAONING PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE
CHINA CHAMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE (CCOIC)-SHENYANG
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK COMMITTEE ON MULTIMEDIA &
DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY, WORLD CHINA NETWORK ASSOCIATION
(INCMD-WCNA)
TIME: SEPTEMBER 23RD -25TH, 2009
VENUE: SHENYANG BIYUETAN VACATION HOTEL (SHENYANG, CHINA)
World Summit on Internet and Multimedia (WSIM) is the global event on multimedia and internet hosted by International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM/IFMA). The 1st WSIM was in Montreal (Canada); the 2nd in Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.); the 3rd in Montreux (Switzerland); the 4th in Beijing (China).
The WSIM 2009 will focus on innovative digital multimedia and creative content design. As the event host, FIAM/IFMA invites international senior representatives and experts from UN agencies, international professional and industrial associations, chambers of commerce, financial organizations, research and educational institutes, manufactures and service providers on multimedia, internet and digital media industry, to participate in the WSIM 2009. International participants from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa, with local participants together, will explore the global development strategy and future trends, present international excellence, and promote worldwide opportunities and projects for the digital media industry. (www.5thwsim.com)
The WSIM’s topics include:
3D/4D animation and multimedia software
Wireless multimedia and mobile content
Electronic game and digital entertainment
Digital film and internet TV
New media arts and digital culture
Digital media education and e-learning
Digital city and digital lifestyle
Digital business and internet services
Interactive multimedia and integrated media
Multicultural content and digital technology innovation
Green electronic and digital media industrial sustainable development
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MULTIMEDIA ASSOCIATIONS (FIAM/IFMA)
International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM/IFMA) is a NGO in Special Consultative Status with United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC), established in Montréal, Canada in 1997. FIAM/IFMA’s objective is to develop a global network for professional organizations, industrial associations, chambers of commerce, financial organizations, research and educational institutes, manufactures and services providers, related to multimedia, internet and digital media industry, such as 3D animation and digital media design, interactive media innovation, wireless multimedia and mobile contents, electronic game and digital entertainment, digital film and web TV, new media arts and digital culture, digital business and internet services, digital city and digital lifestyle, digital education and e-learning, green electronic and sustainable development, etc. Mr. Hervé Fischer (Canada) is the President of FIAM/IFMA. (www.fiam.org)
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK COMMITTEE
ON MULTIEMDIA AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY,
WORLD CHINA NETWORK ASSOCIATION (INCMD-WCNA)
World China Network Association (WCNA) is registered in Canada in 2004, as a non-for-profit international organization, aiming at the development to help the World focus on China and China open to the World. In cooperation with FIAM/IFMA, on the bases of the network between the North America and China, INCMD-WCNA is promoting the international opportunities and networks on multimedia and digital media industry between China and global multicultural regions from the Commonwealth, OIF, CIS, GCC, CPLC, Spanish World and German World, etc. WCNA has a networking partnership with FIAM/IFMA and an office of New Media International Centre in Beijing, in cooperation with China National New Media Industry Development Zone (CNM). (www.wc-na.org)
As the Capital City of Liaoning Province, located at the center of the Northeast Asian and Bohai economic ring, Shenyang is the central city of the Northeastern Region of China, the equipment manufacturing base of China, the trade and commercial hub of Northeast China, and also a historically and culturally famous city of China, a model city for environmental protection of China, the best human habitant city chosen by UN. According to the one of future development strategies, the City of Shenyang will pay more attention to the further development on creative economy and digital media industry.
SHANYANG QIPANSHAN DEVELOMENT ZONE:
A NATIONAL CULTURAL INDUSTRY DEMONSTRATION ZONE
Shanyang Qipanshan Development Zone is a national cultural industry demonstration area in China and the only one in the Northeast China. The future plan of the development zone includes: 1) Developing creative design, animation and electronic game, wireless multimedia, and establishing the Qipanshan Digital Creative Industry Centre, in cooperation with China-Europe Cultural and Creative Industry Research Institute, and Chinese Carton Entertainment City; 2) Developing film and TV production and forming the Northeast Film and TV Cultural Centre, in cooperation with Kanto Movie and Television City; 3) Creating the North China Media Centre, in cooperation with North Media Group. In the meantime, with rich landscape resources, such as Forest Park, Xiu Lake and International Horticultural Expo Garden, Qipanshan Development Zone is working for its goal to become a national ecological region.
AGENDA FOR WSIM 2009 (WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009)
8:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony
Chairs:
Ping Li (Canada), Vice
President & CEO, International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
Dating Zou (China), Vice
Mayor, Shenyang Municipality
§Introduction to VIPs
§Opening Remarks – By Hervé Fischer (Canada), President,
International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM); Member, UNESCO
Canadian Committee; Founding Director, International Digital Observatory (OINM)
§Welcome Remarks – By Yingji Li, Mayor, Shenyang Municipality
§Launch of Digital Shock ( a
Chinese version of Hervé Fischer’s Book)–
By Yifan Li, Representative in China, International Network Committee on
Multimedia and Digital Media Industry,
World China Network Association (INCMD-WCNA)
§Launch of Into the Pixel
(an exhibition on the Art of Video Game) -
By Joseph Olin (USA), President,
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS)
09:30-10:50 Main Forum: Digital Multimedia &
Creative Economy
Shi Xie (China),
Director, Shenyang Municipal Culture Bureau & Shenyang Municipal Publishing
Bureau
§Arts and Culture in Modern Society – By Jian Ouyang, Deputy Minister,
China’s Ministry of Culture
§Cultural Industry Development Trends – By Weiping Teng (China), Deputy Governor, Liaoning Provincial Government
§The South-South Cooperation and Assets/Technology Exchange for
Creative Economy – By Francisco Simplicio (Brazil), Chief, Division for
Knowledge Management and Operations & Special Unit for South-South
Cooperation (SU/SSC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
10:50-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:20 Main Forum: Digital Multimedia &
Creative Economy
Chairs:
Yuandong Hu (China),
Head, Investment & Technology Promotion Office-China (ITPO-China), United
Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Hongfeng Yang (China),
Director, Shenyang Municipal Information Industry Bureau
§NGOs and Information Society in Economic and Social Development
– By Andrei Abramov (Russia), Chief, NGO Branch, Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
§Global Digital Media Innovation, Green Electronics Challenge - By Hervé Fischer (Canada),
President, International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM/IFMA);
Founding Director, International Digital Observatory (OINM); Member, UNESCO
Canadian Committee
§Digital Media Venture Capital and Investment – By Patrice
Dallaire (Canada), Vice President & General Manager, Quebéc Deposit &
Investment Fund in China (CDPQ-Chine)
§National Cultural Industrial Development Demonstration Zone and
Digital Media Industrial Development in Qipanshan, Shenyang – By Fenghai Liu
(China), Vice Secretary General, Shenyang Municipal Government; Director,
Shenyang Qipanshan Development Zone
§Questions & Answers
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Global Network Meeting: International
Excellence and Opportunities on Cultural Industry and Digital Media Industry
Chairs:
Roland Grunder
(Switzerland), Secretary General, SwissMedia Association (SMA); Vice President,
International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
Dange Wang, Vice
President, China Chamber of International Commerce(CICC) Shenyang Branch; Chairman of Board, Shenyang Venture Capital Fund Co., Ltd
§Inter-cultural Joint Projects on Cultural Industry - Yuandong Hu
(China), Head, Investment & Technology Promotion Office-China (ITPO-China),
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
§International Excellence and Global Opportunities on Digital
Media from French-Speaking Regions – By Pietro Sicuro (France), Director,
Institute of Digital Francophonie (IFN), Organisation internationale de la
Francophonie (OIF) / Pierre Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso), Representative, IFN, OIF;
President, African Free Software Users Association (AAUL)
§International Excellence and Global Opportunities on Digital
Media from Commonwealth Regions – By Mohan Kaul (UK), CEO, Commonwealth
Business Council (CBC) / Vijay Amliwala (UK), Managing Director, Commonwealth
Business Council (CBC)
§International Excellence and Global Opportunities on Digital
Media from Spanish/Portuguese-Speaking Regions – By Alexander Mora-Delgado
(Costa Rica), Vice-President, Latin America, Caribbean & Spain ICT Industry
Federation (ALETI); President, Costa Rica Chamber of Information and
Communication Technologies (CAMTIC); Board Member, International Federation of
Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
§Questions & Answers
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-16:45 Plenary Session 1: Digital Media Design
and Animation
Chairs:
Ray L. Steele (É.U.), Executive Director, International Digital Media and Arts Association (iDMAa); Professor and Director, Centre for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State University
Shiqiang Yang (China), Director, Professional Committee on Multimedia, China Computer Society; Professor, Department of Computing Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
§Digital Media Design: Interaction – By Luc Courchesne (Canada),
Founder and Board Member, Society for Arts and Technology (SAT); Professor in
Design, Université de Montréal (UM)
§3D/4D Animation - By Zhongqiu Li (China), Vice Secretary
General, China Animation Association
§Connecting Intelligence – By Derrick de Kerckhove (Canada),
Director, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Professor, University of
Toronto (UT); Senior Advisor, International Advisory Committee, International
Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
§Multimedia Software Development – By and Fortune Solani Mhlanga
(Zimbabwe), Representative, Highway Africa
§Questions & Answers
16:50
– 17:50 Workshop and Matchmaking
Options
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Digital Media Projects with
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Chairs :
Pierre Ouédraogo
(Burkina Faso), Representative, Institute of Digital Francophonie (IFN),
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF); President, African Free
Software Users Association (AAUL)
Guoping Jiang (China),
Vice Secretary General, Venture Capital Professional Committee of Science and
Technology Financial Promotion Association of China
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Digital Media Projects with
Latin America, Caribbean and North America
Chairs:
Alexander Mora-Delgado
(Costa Rica), Vice-President, Latin
America, Caribbean & Spain ICT Industry Federation (ALETI); President, Costa Rica Chamber of
Information and Communication Technologies (CAMTIC); Board Member, International
Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
Dehui Liu (China),
Representative, Asia-Pacific Centre of FIAM
AGENDA FOR WSIM 2009 (THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2009)
09:00-10:30 Plenary Session 2: Wireless Media and
Mobile Contents
Chairs:
Guy Gadney (Australia), President of Board, Australian Interactive
Media Industry Association (AIMIA)
Lixin Tang, Director,
Research Centre on Holographic Mobile Media, Communication University of China
(CUC)
§Integrated Media and Wireless Media – By Mr. Mark Fuerst (USA), Executive Director, Integrated Media
Association (IMA)
§Mobile Content – By Bruno Guglieminetti (Canada), Producer,
Journalist and Columnist on New Technologies, Radio-Canada
§3G and Wireless Media Applied Technology – By Lixin He (China),
President, Wireless New Media Alliance
§Creative Multimedia and Mobile Screen Content Strategy – By
Kamil Ahmad Bin Dato Othman (Malaysia), Vice President, Creative Multimedia
Strategy & Policy, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)
§Questions & Answers
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Plenary Session 3: Electronic Gaming
Industry and Digital Entertainment
Chairs:
Denys Tremblay (Canada), Project Coordinator, National
Animation and Design Centre (NAD); Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQÀC)
Hongji Wang (China),
Vice Secretary General, Committee on Game, Publishers Association of China
§Game Arts and Interactive Achievements – By Joseph Olin
(USA), President, Academy of Interactive
Arts & Sciences (AIAS)
§Game and Digital Entertainment in Interactive Media Industry - Guy Gadney (Australia), President of Board, Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA)
§Home Video Game - Jonathan Ding (USA), Chair, Industrial Advancement Group, Interactive Media Industry Alliance (IMIA)
§Connecting Intelligence and Practices – By Derrick de Kerckhove (Canada), Director, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Professor, University of Toronto (UT); Senior Advisor, International Advisory Committee, International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
§Questions and Answers
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Plenary Session 4: Digital Film and
Internet TV
Chairs:
Hervé Fischer (Canada), President, International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM/IFMA); Founding Director, International Digital Observatory (OINM); Member, UNESCO Canadian Committee
Liansheng Yu (China),
Director, Shenyang Municipal Radio and TV Bureau
§Film & Digital Film / TV – By Changyu Wang (Hong Kong), Honorable Vice Chairman, China Film Foundation (CFF); Honorable Vice Chairman, China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (CSMPTE); Secretary General, Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFF); President, Salong Fimls Ltd.
§Digital Film and Digital Film Logistics – By Michael Stroud
(USA), CEO & Co-Founder, iHollywood Forum
§Digital Film Lab - Honghai Wang (China), Vice President, Beijing
Film Academy, China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (SARFT)
§Integrated TV and Video – By Matthias Ditsch (Germany), Founder
& Board Member, Integrated TV & Video Association (ITVA)
§Questions & Answers
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-16:45 Plenary Session 5: New Media Art and
Digital Arts Fund
Chairs:
Joseph Olin (USA),
President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS)
Huizhu Song (China),
Vice Secretary General, China Industrial Design Association (CIDA)
§Digital Media and Arts – By Ray L. Steele (USA), Executive
Director, International Digital Media and Arts Association (iDMAa); Professor
and Director, Centre for Information and Communication Sciences, Ball State
University
§New Media Arts – By Quan Long (China), Chairman, China New Media
Art Department Dean Forum 2009; President, School of New Media Art &
Design, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (BUAA)
§Digital Fine Arts, Digital Music and Digital Performance – By Yifan Li (China), Director, Digital Media Arts Research Centre, School of Art Design, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication; Director, New Media International Centre (NMIC), China National New Media Development Zone (CNM); Representative in China, International Network Committee on Multimedia and Digital Industry, World China Network Association (INCMD-WCNA)
§Digital Media Art and
Supporting Fund – By Andrée Duchaine (Canada), General Manager, Groupe
Molior
§Questions & Answers
16:50
– 17:50 Workshop and Matchmaking
Options
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Digital Arts and Digital
Design Projects
Chairs:
Luc Courchesne (Canada),
Founder and Board Member, Society for Arts and Technology (SAT); Professor,
Universié de Montréal (UM)
Wei Zhang, Professor,
Luxun Arts Institute
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Digital Film/TV Projects
Chairs:
Michael Stroud (USA),
CEO and Co-Founder, iHollywood Forum
Shaojun Gao, Vice
President, Academy of Broadcasting Planning (ABP), The State Administration of
Radio, Film & TV (SARFT)
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Electronic Game and Digital
Entertainment Projects
Chairs:
Zude Le (Canada),
Project Director, International Federation or Multimedia Associations
(FIAM)
Kai Xu (China),
President, Sino-Euro Research Institute on Cultural Industry
AGENDA FOR WSIM 2009 (WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2009)
09:00-10:30 Plenary Session 6: Digital Business &
Internet Services
Chairs:
Kamil Ahmad Bin Dato
Othman (Malaysia), Vice President, Creative Multimedia Strategy & Policy,
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)
Liyi Ding (China), Vice
President, North-East Asia Development Research Institute; Vice President,
Liaoning Provincial Economic Management Cadre Institute
§Global Digital Business and SMEs Development Strategy – By
Narendra K. Rustagi (India), Executive Director, Global Digital Business
Association (GDBA); Professor and Chair, Information Systems & Decision
Sciences, School of Business, Howard University
§Internet Services – By Alex Hung (Hong Kong), Vice President,
Internet Professional Association (iProA)
§Multimedia Software Development - By Fortune Solani Mhlanga (Zimbabwe), Representative, Highway Africa
§Human Resources Issues and Digital Reality - Marccus Goddard (France), Executive Director, Netexporateur
§Questions & Answers
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Plenary Session 7: Digital Cities and
Digital Culture
Chairs:
Mark Fuerst (USA),
Executive Director, Integrated Media Association (IMA)
Xiaoming Zhang (China),
Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural Industry and Cultural
Policy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
§Digital Lifestyle : A New Craft of
Thought – Jean-Michel Cornu (France), Scientific Director, Fondation internet
nouvelle génération (FING)
§Digital City and e-Government - By Gerardo Brenes (Costa Rica),
Vice President Costa Rica Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies
(CAMTIC)
§e-Health and e-Pharmacy – By Françoise Galland (France),
Director for e-Pharmacy, Information and Communication Technology Service
(STIC)
§Digital Cultural Heritage– By Rafael De La Osa Diaz (Cuba), Director, Cubarte
§Questions & Answers
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Plenary Session 8: Digital Media Education
and Human Resources Development
Chairs:
Derrick de Kerckhove
(Canada), Director, McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology; Professor,
University of Toronto (UT); Senior Advisor, International Advisory Committee,
International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
Zhen Dong (China),
Supervisor, China Education Television (CETV)
§Information Professionals Preparing for the Digital World and
Digital Library in Education – By David Cappoli (USA), Digital Resources
Librarian, Department of Information Studies, Graduate School of Education
& Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
§e-Learning and Interactive Media – By Stefan Thurhage (Sweden),
Chairman, Interactive e-Learning (Promise)
§Digital Media Education – By David Livingston (USA), Director of
Development, Digital Media Academy (DMA)
/ Chi-Ray Chien (USA), Director, DMA Summer Program in Stanford University
Campus, DMA
§Digital Publication - By Huiying Ren (China), Chairman, North Publishing Media Group
§Questions & Answers
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-16:45 International Business Dialogue:
International Opportunities and Projects with Asia Pacific/China Regions on
Multimedia, Internet and Digital Industry
Chairs:
Narendra K. Rustagi
(India), Executive Director, Global Digital Business Association (GDBA);
Professor and Chair, Information Systems & Decision Sciences, School of
Business, Howard University
Xiaodong Yang (China),
Director, Media & Press Centre, China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade (CCPIT) and China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC)
§North America - Asia Pacific/China Opportunities and Projects on
Digital Media – By Ping Li (Canada), Vice President & CEO, International
Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM)
§Europe - Asia Pacific/China Opportunities and Projects on
Digital Media – By Roland Grunder (Switzerland), Vice President, International
Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM); Secretary General, SwissMedia
Association (SMA)
§Latin America - Asia Pacific/China Opportunities and Projects on
Digital Media – By Carlos Arguello (Guatemala), President, Studio-C; Founder,
Fundacion CA (Central American Foundation)
§Africa - Asia Pacific/China Opportunities and Projects on
Digital Media – By Oumar Sall (Sénégal), Representative, Group 30 Africa
§Questions & Answers
16:50
– 17:50 Workshop and Matchmaking
Options
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Digital Media Projects with
Africa
Chairs:
Edna dos Santos-
Duisenberg (Brazil), Chief, Creative Economy Programme, United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Pierre Ouédraogo
(Burkina Faso), Representative, Institute of Digital Francophonie (IFN),
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF); President, African Free
Software Users Association (AAUL)
Li Zhang, Deputy Secretary General, China-Africa Business Council (UNDP Project)
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Digital Business and Digital
SME Projects
Chairs:
Xiaobin Liu (China),
Representative in China, International Federation of Multimedia Associations
(FIAM)
Alex Hung (Hong Kong),
Vice President, Internet Professional Association (iProA)
§Workshop and Matchmaking Meeting on Digital Education and
Training Projects
Chairs:
Nils Carlberg (Sweden),
Board Member, Interactive e-Learning (Promise)
Shenzhang Lu, President,
School of Animation, Communication University of China (CUC)
18:30-20:30 Farewell Party: 2009 WSIM New Media Art Show (China Region) and Visit a Site of Creative Town of Lily, Shenyang Qipanshan Development Zone (A National Cultural Industry Demonstration Zone)
Members, advisors, coordinators and network of FIAM
Professional and industrial organizations and associations related to digital media industry
Educational, training and researching institutes on digital media
Organizations and experts in fields of ICT, computer and software, digital media design, electronic game and digital entertainment, new media arts and culture, digital city and digital lifestyle, digital business and internet services, creative and cultural industry, intellectual property, information security, trade and services industry
Financial institutes and investors on digital media venture capital
Ping Li
Vice president &
CEO, FIAM/IFMA
Tel: (1-450) 659-8880; (514) 978-8885
Fax: (1-450) 659-4881
E-mail: pingli.monhai@gmail.com pingli@fiam.org
Web:www.fiam.org
Address: 465 St-Jean Street, Suite 300, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2Y 2R6
Zude Le
Director for Communication, FIAM/IFMA
Tel: (1-450) 619-0213
Fax: (1-450) 659-4881
E-mail: zudele@fiam.org zudele@hotmail.com
Contacts in China:
Yu Lin
Deputy Director
Administration Office
Qipanshan Development Zone
Tel: (86-24) 8805 0020
Fax: (86-24) 8805 0530
E-mail: 80050070@163.com
Web :www.5thwsim.com
Address: 123-3 Forest Road, Qipanshan Development Zone, Shenyang, 110163
P. R. China
Xaiobin Liu
Representative in China for FIAM/IFMA
Tel: (86-10) 8807 0322
Fax: (86-10) 6806 6153
E-mail: xiaobin@ccpitbj.org
Yifan Li
Representative in China for INCMD-WCNA
Tel: (86-10) 6026 1136
Fax: (86-10) 6026 1132
E-mail: liyifan@vip.sohu.net
FIAM in Special consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations
The International Federation of Multimedia Associations (FIAM) has been granted a Special consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Non-governmental, non-profit public or voluntary organizations may be admitted into a mutually beneficial working relationship with the United Nations by attaining consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.This status is based on Article 71 of the Charter of the United Nations and on ECOSOC Resolution 1996/31 adopted in 1996.
The rights and privileges enumerated in detail in ECOSOC resolution 1996/31, enable qualifying organizations to make a contribution to the work programmes and goals of the United Nations by serving as technical experts, advisers and consultants to governments and Secretariat. Sometimes, as advocacy groups, they espouse UN themes, implementing plans of action, programmes and declarations adopted by the United Nations.
In concrete terms this entails their participation in ECOSOC and its various subsidiary bodies through attendance at these meetings, and also through oral interventions and written statements on agenda items of those bodies. In addition, organizations, qualifying for General Category consultative status, may propose new items for consideration by the ECOSOC. Organizations granted status are also invited to attend international conferences called by the U.N., General Assembly special sessions, and other intergovernmental bodies.
FIAM is then entering a new role of collaboration with its member associations, with the aim of developing a series of work cells in as many sectors concerned by the multimedia and digital interactive content. There is in our network all the know-how and capability needed to help the United Nations bodies across the word in our areas of expertise.
