The Latin American and Caribbean Symposium on Education, Science and Culture in the Information Society SIMPLAC 2002 is ready to begin.
More than 500 participants and 80 lecturers will be present during the symposium.

Latin American and Caribbean Symposium: "The Education, the Science and Culture in the Information Society" will be held this year in the Conventions Palace of Havana, Cuba, from the 18th to the 21th of February. It will emphasize in the topics of policies of the Information Society, regulatory framework and practical experiences for the mass information on society informatic culture.

This event, sponsored by the Ministry of Informatics and Communications of Cuba and UNESCO, will gather to more than 500 participants and 80 national and international lecturers of high level.

Program of General Activities.

Monday February 18, 2002.

09:00 - 16:00	Registration, Conventions Palace of Havana
13:30 - 16:20 Plenary Room	Masterly Lectures within the framework of the 8th Convention Informatic 2002
17:00 Plenary Room	Opening Special performance of a camera music women's group "Camerata Romeu"
19:00	Welcome Cocktail to SIMPLAC and the Convention

Tuesday February 19, 2002.

09:00 Room 3	Opening of the Latin American and Caribbean Symposium on Education, Science and Culture in the Information Society
10:30 - 13:00	Working sessions
14:00 - 18:00 Room 3, 8, 11	Working sessions

Wednesday February 20, 2002.

09:00 - 13:00 Room 3	Working sessions
10:00 Room 3	Round Table "Open dialogue regarding the challenges of the Information Society".
14:00 - 18:00 Room 3	Working sessions

Thursday February 21 the 2002.

09:00 - 12:00 Room 3	Working sessions
12:00 - 13:00 Room 3	Closing
20:00	Artistic Gala with the National Ballet of Cuba directed by its first dancer ALICIA ALONSO in the Gran Teatro de La Habana.

Confirmed lecturers.

Important lecturers have confirmed their attendance and will give lectures along the working sessions. Some of them are:

Mr Abel Prieto. Minister of Culture of the Republic of Cuba

Engineer. Félix Kemper. National Coordinator of the Information Society in Paraguay

Sr. Carlos Alfonso Red del Tercer Sector. Brasil

Dra. Susana Finquelievich National Counsel of Scientific and Technical Researches (CONICET). Buenos Aires University, Argentina

Mr. Errol Hewitt Special Adviser to Prime Minister Central Information Technology Office Jamaica

Sra. María Mercedes Salgado Director of Art Le Monde Interactif. Francia

Claudio Menezes Regional Informatic Adviser, UNESCO-Montevideo

Bengt Rystedt President of the International Cartographic Association, Sweden

In next days the detailed program of the Symposium will be available.

In your interest in participating you just have to fill the form that is in http://www.informatica2002.com/SimpLAC/form.htm. This pre-registration allows speeding up the accreditation process at your arrival for the Symposium, at the Palace of Conventions of Havana, where you can pay the inscription and collect the materials.