On 15 February 2012 the Hungarian Government decided to organise the International Conference on Cyberspace in Budapest on 4-5 October 2012.

Hungary’s aim – by organising a meeting following the London Conference on Cyberspace – is to promote international thinking on the analysis of activities in cyberspace, on the free and secure use of cyberspace to serve economic growth and social development.

The conference reinforces Hungary’s role in this area which is decisive in science, economy and politics. A further aim of the conference is to direct the attention of international cyberspace experts, as well as businessmen and scientists to the opportunities in Hungary, which serves the development and the international relations of the country. Due to its political and professional significance and the high level of various participants (government, academic-researcher, business, NGO), the conference is one of the distinguished diplomatic and professional events in 2012.

The organisation of the conference promotes more effective and secure use of the world wide web and – through this – the economic growth targets, innovation, R&D activities, the knowledge industry, the creation of jobs, security, the reduction of bureaucracy, and the development of e-governance.

The detailed schedule of the conference and the programmes accompanying it is to be compiled in the following months with the help of national and international partners, scientists, the industry, businessmen, and the civil society. In order to coordinate the organisation, the Government sets up a Conference Workgroup, the Foreign Minister appoints a ministerial commissioner and sets up a Conference Secretariat.

(kormany.hu)