Introduction: Learning from the past, present and future

Abstract

The event summarized in this volume was one of four official side events that occurred in conjunction with the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. Both events were held in Tunisia, near the Mediterranean coast of Tunis, during mid-November 2005. Past, Present and Future of Research in the Information Society (PPF) took place over the three days (13-15 November) preceding the main Summit (16-18 November). The chapters in this volume are abbreviated versions of the sessions at the PPF conference. Each author was asked to provide an extended abstract of their presentation and the lead author of each chapter edited these together.1 © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.