As well, knowledge-based industries demand innovative ways of exchanging information, technology and expertise. We require new models for sharing what we know. Set up to address these needs, Orbicom is an international network that links communications leaders from academic, media, corporate and government circles with a view to providing for the exchange of information and the development of shared projects. A Global Mandate to Enhance Communications Orbicom is supported by internationally-based institutions, media, governments and corporations. This Conference foresaw that new communications technologies would have a significant impact upon the complex processes shaping economies, the environment, social justice, democracy, and peace.
Societal change depends upon participatory communications.
Greater access to information and increased ways of exchanging knowledge affect social development, democratization and good governance. Orbicom brings the Chairs and the associate members together in a global network. Each of these Chairs includes communications leaders from the private and public sectors. This international collaboration of academics, high level corporate decision makers, policy consultants, and media specialists makes the Orbicom Network unique and constitutes a truly multidisciplinary approach to the promotion of communications development. Specific Areas of Expertise Orbicom 's Network underscores its multinational, multisectorial and multilingual approach, and includes expertise in seven key areas.