[Chapter-delegates] OECD seeking YouTube video: “How can the Internet make the world a better place?”

[Bill Graham]

I thought the following might interest some of you (thanks to Michael  
Nelson for this particular pointer)
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The OECD is organising a Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the  
Internet Economy on 17-18 June 2008 in Seoul, Korea. Government  
ministers from more than 40 countries, global business and civil  
society leaders, academics and technical experts will meet with more  
than 1000 participants to forge broad principles that can provide an  
enabling policy environment for the Internet Economy.
To ensure the widest participation to this event, Angel Gurría, the  
OECD Secretary General, invites Internet users to upload a short video  
on a dedicated YouTube video channel answering the following question:
“How can the Internet make the world a better place?”

The OECD will select some of the best contributions and, in Seoul,  
will ask ministers and meeting participants to react in a video.
We would like to invite you to record your answer to this question in  
a short 1 or 2 minute video and to upload it on YouTube. You are  
totally free with regard to how you want to address the question and  
the content of your answer.
Entries will be closed the day before the opening of the Seoul  
Ministerial Meeting (16 June 2008).
The links below will help you upload your video on the Web site.

Links
·         Watch the  OECD Secretary General announcement: www.youtube.com/FutureInternet
·         OECD Press release:
·      www.oecd.org/document/3/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40713859_1_1_1_1,00.html

·         Seoul Ministerial Meeting:
·         www.oecd.org/FutureInternet
·         www.oecdministerialseoul2008.org

·         Upload your video: www.youtube.com/FutureInternet - Click  
“Submit”
·         How to upload a video on YouTube: http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=57924&topic=10525
·         What video formats can be uploaded: http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=55744&topic=10526
·         YouTube Support center:
  http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/

The OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is a global  
forum for new ideas to create prosperity in developed and developing  
countries. Its members, the governments of 30 market democracies, work  
together to address the economic, social and governance challenges of  
globalisation as well as to exploit its opportunities (www.oecd.org/about) 
.

Figures and facts about YouTube:
·         Over 240 million users, of which 66% in the 18-34 age group.
·         2/3rds of traffic outside of the US.
·         Hundreds of millions of video are viewed daily.
·         The Davos Question, a similar initiative, has had over 4  
million views.