Presidency of the Conference

  • Raoul Weiler, President of Brussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome
  • Abdul Whaheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO

Patronage of the Conference

  • Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  • Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania
  • Lidia Brito, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mozambique
  • Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Education and Culture
  • James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank
  • Prince El Hassan bin Talal, President, Club of Rome
  • Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General, UNESCO
  • Janis Karklins, President, Preparatory Committee, World Summit on the Information Society
  • Roberto Peccei, Vice Chancellor of Research University of California, Los Angeles
  • Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union