Media Events at SIS-Forum
Wednesday 10 December 2003
Palexpo, Hall 4, Stand #620, Science Tree
Inauguration Ceremony [10:00 - 10:15]
- Prof. Luciano Maiani (Director-General, CERN)
- Mr. Carlo Lamprecht (Président, Département de l'Economie,
de l'Emploi et des affaires extérieures, Canton de Genève)
- Mr. Francois Fluckiger (SIS-Forum Manager)
- Dr. Christopher Jones (SIS-Forum on-line Manager)
Visit of Mr. Kofi Annan, [10:30 - 10:45]
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Kofi Annan and Dr. Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the
Word-Wide Web, will each send an email from the world's first web server.
Tentative schedule
- 10:30
- UN delegation arrives at CERN stand and is welcomed by
Prof. Luciano Maiani, Director General of CERN.
- 10:33
- Mr. Shashi Tharoor UN Under-Secretary-General of DPI
welcomes the SG, media, and guests.
- 10:36
- Mr. Kofi Annan UN Secretary-General, Tim Berners-Lee,
and Mrs. Annan make brief remarks to media and guests.
- 10:42
- Secretary-General's message is projected on to a screen.
- 10:43
- Secretary-General Kofi Annan walks over to the computer and
sends his email. World map is projected on the screen and countries.
- 10:44
- Dr. Tim Berners-Lee walks over to the computer and sends his email.
His message is projected alongside the Secretary-General's.
- 10:45
- UN delegation tours CERN stand, talks to children, and leaves