LAUNCH OF THE
DIGITAL INCLUSION BRAND

Friday, January 23 at 3pm, Orange County Conference Center FETC Press Room S220-A

How do we know when we have crossed the Digital Divide?

A brand that will give international recognition to all projects working on the Digital Divide may be the first step. Today, we will launch this brand, and declare Friday, January 23, 2004 as Digital Divide Awareness Day.

The Digital Inclusion brand that you see above was developed as a result of the recent Salzburg Seminar in Austria and attended by 55 high-level IT experts from 30 countries. This brand will give instant recognition to the 100,000’s of projects which have the key aim of building self-reliant members of the Information Society across the world.

The branded projects will provide an internationally recognizable basis for people to share experiences related the Digital Divide that exists across cultures and countries.

“The bridging of the digital divide is the next frontier to be conquered to ensure equality in educational and workforce opportunities,” said State Representative Ed Jennings, “This a domestic and international concern, so we are joining together today behind the digital divide brand to address this issue.”

For further information contact the Digital Inclusion Institute:
Dr. Shahram Amiri: 386-848-3415
email: contact@digitalinclusion.net
web: http://www.digitalinclusion.net