Programme

Programme >> Digital Provinces

The "Digital Provinces" initiative becomes part of the festival "Interferenze", organized by the Cultural Association Interzona, with the aim to organize workshops and activities to promote the discussion about the usage of information technologies in local sphere.
The 2006 edition talks about two main themes. The first is about free software and how the usage of Open Source Software may help in diffusion of the usage of information technologies in peripheral areas. The second theme aims to extend the horizon of the initiative to more general arguments. The dealt themes will be different: particularly we will focus on the attention on the usage of innovation instruments for tourist development of the inner areas and, in general, on the new media.

August 3rd - Workshop Area 4 pm

talk: INNOVATION FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Roberto Formato - director of the tourist sector province of Naples
(in Italian only)

presentation of the book "Tourism Engineering", by R. Formato.

August 4th - Workshop Area 4 pm

talk: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Ingegneria Senza Frontiere (ISF) - Section of Naples
(in Italian only)

ISF will talk about how digital technologies may help in socio-economic development of poor countries through the showing of projects of which they are authors and protagonists. The talk will concentrate on two projects:

The debate will be enriched by the presence of the members of ISF coming from other Italian sections.

August 5th - Workshop Area 4 pm

minitalk: MAO - MEDIA & ARTS OFFICE PREVIEW
Vito Campanelli e Francesco Quarto
(In Italian only)

Interferenze will give hospitality to the first public presentation of a new subject that occurs in referring international scene: the public of "caudinum" festival will learn the description of operative methods of the association, the politic, cultural and aesthetic concepts, the projects preview. They will anticipate next initiatives (a talk and a connected event) that will be held in Naples in Autumn 2006. Their level is similar to the program of Interferenze 2006 so it will be certainly interesting for that public of the initiatives dedicated to new medias.

open session:
EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES FOR OPEN SOURCE WORLD IN SOUTHERN PROVINCES
(in Italian only)

Groups of software developers, associations, and IT firms will discuss about how the development of Open source software could help in diffusion and usage of digital technologies in the provinces of the South of Italy.
Participants are joined by a passion in usage of open source samples and by carrying out their activities in not highly urbanized areas. They will exchange their experiences during this talk and we hope to create a base for possible common actions. There will be present: