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International Conference on Digital Books and Future Technologies

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International Conference on Digital Books and Future Technologies

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Shenzhen, China


Following a 2013 International Conference on “Books facing the challenges of a globalized world” which resulted in  adopting the  historic “Shenzhen Declaration”,  a new initiatIVE  jointly with UNESCO led to the convening of A SECOND conference Namely “DIGITAL BOOKS AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES” WHICH WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 29-30 IN SHENZHEN.The Meeting Concentrated on digital world where the format of reading and learning will drastically change leading to further divides between “AVE” and “ AVE NOT”.  This conference was the result of this collaborative efforts in which 24 International experts participated and dialogued with their 45 Chinese nationals.  This Conference was open to public and during a round table meeting, live questions from the audiences or students from various universities and colleges was replied too.

For further details see the documents listed here:

Agenda of the Conference

Annotated Agenda

Agenda 全球图书会议:数字图书与未来科技会议议程

Final Declaration

ebooks:Final Report