How can the Internet make the world a better place?

In Seoul, Korea, on 17-18 June, government ministers from more than 40 countries, global business leaders, technical experts and academics are meeting to work out how the Internet can improve the world. They will forge broad principles that can provide an enabling policy environment for the Internet Economy. It is organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

They want to know what you think. You can tell the leaders and opinion shapers in Seoul what you think by uploading a video on the FutureInternet channel at YouTube and they will upload responses to your ideas.
The video’s which are most valuable according to the OECD will be show at the conference.

Great idea. But why did they made such a boring announcement? See also the video below from Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist at Google.
I have my thoughts and doubts about this initiave but what do you think? Are we, citizens of the world, capable of making a strong statement and refreshing and creative ideas?

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Yes, of course we are. Every good idea in this world has come from one person… who had the chance, for different reasons, to get that thought alive. And Internet allows it in an amazing way. It’s full of great ideas… sadly, many of them aimed at earning money and not really at creating a “better world”.

But “will these ideas really change the world?” is a very different question.

This is a good opportunity, if, they really do what they say they’ll do. I really hope that those who think/know a lot about Internet and that “better world” will send a video. Maybe I would have allowed other formats, (podcast or short text...), but seeing different people telling their ideas will be fine. I would post something… if I had time to and a video camera. Hmmm… maybe.

In any case, the second question is: how will they manage this information?

Is OECD supposed to be spelled in a different order on the right side “OCDE”?