Press release
10 April 2012
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
13 April last date for accreditation: Stockholm Internet Forum on 18-19 April
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt is hosting the Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for Global Development on 18-19 April. Media representatives covering the conference on site will need special accreditation.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Internet Infrastructure Foundation (.SE) and Sida are organising the first ever Stockholm Internet Forum on Internet Freedom for Global Development SIF12 an international conference on the role of internet freedom in global development.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson and Minister for Information Technology Anna-Karin Hatt will be representing the Swedish Government.
Freedom on the Internet for global development
The conference aims to deepen the discussions on how freedom and openness on the Internet promote economic and social development worldwide.
Participants will include 350 invited decision-makers, representatives of civil society, activists, the business sector and the tech community. The conference will be held at Radisson Blu Park Hotel in Solna.
Media accreditation
Read more about accreditation and the conference on the related links. The closing day for accreditation is 13 April.
Contact
Lena JernDeputy Director, International Press Centre
+46 8 405 38 22
+46 708 13 68 95
email to Lena Jern Teo Zetterman
Deputy Director, Project manager for communication Stockholm Internet Forum
+46 8 405 10 00
+46 708 10 73 47
