Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo, presente en FORO maR
Cremades
& Calvo-Sotelo plays an active role in the development of the
Society of Information, not only through its advisory services to its
clients, but also through its participation in those proyects whose
goal is the promotion of the Society of Information in our society. One
example for the above is the contribution of Cremades &
Calvo-Sotelo to the Madrid Forum Online for the Society of Information:
FORO maR. FORO maR was created on the initiative of the Municipality of
Madrid an is an encounter-point for all players involved in the
Technologies of Information. FORO maR was born with an open vocation of
communication and exchange of ideas and solutions, which shall eneble
the development of th Society of Information and the prevention of the
effects of th so-called "digital breach". The opinion of manufacturers,
operators, service providers and users is being heard for this cause.
History
and Objectives
The idea to create a forum was an initiative of the City Council of
Madrid through the Main directorate of Technological Innovation. One of
the objetives of the Forum is to position Madrid as a leader among the
cities of the world in the use of new technologies, thereby promoting
the development of the Society of the Information in the capital. In
order to successfully undertake this ambitious project it was
considered essential to have the experts in the field create a point of
contact with the purpose of obtaining the greatest possible number of
opinions and proposals, stimulating the public participation so that
the City Council could collect data and sufficient observations that
would serve as foundation to adopt the pertinent measures. Leading this
agreement of cooperation between the City council and the School was
the Spanish Association of Telecommunication Engineers (COIT). It was
at the beginning of October of 2004 when the Madrid Forum for the
Society of Information celebrated its first full session. Its objective
is to open the debate on the future of the Society of Information in
the capital and propose a plan for the incorporation of the citizens,
public companies and administrations of the society of information,
publishing its proposals in a "White Paper".
Organization
The function of institutional representation
is the responsibility of the chairman Javier Cremades. The tasks of
analysis and deliberation, as well as the manifestation of the criteria
of the Forum are attributed to the Plenary session, comprised of
outstanding professionals from diverse sectors of society. The Plenary
session is specialized in the aspects that pertain more directly to the
Society of the Information. Besides the mentioned bodies there also is
a Technical Secretariat, in charge of the administrative functions and
organization, carried out by COIT. This secretariat in addition has
been the one in charge of preparating the subjects to deal with in the
Plenary sessions or, in its case, to develop the proposals adopted
through the specific creation of committees. For it, the COIT counts
with the specific collaboration of several organizations like the law
firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo. In the Public Forum the citizens can
express opinions and comment the diverse questions raised regarding the
Society of the Information and its implications.
The
Forum in the media and it´s public consequence
The activities of the Madrid Online Forum
have had considerable consequences in the media, fundamentally in the
press – general and specialized - , radio, web pages and blogs.
Just in the period between the months October and December 2004, the
Forum occupied an informative space on more than forty occasions. The
web page has received more than 100 thousand visits. In the Public
Forum, it has placed a debate on ten proposals, including the previous
version of the white book, that has been object of numerous and
interesting commentaries and suggestions given by the Internet users.
