A Project for Humanity

Our times are characterized by global communication – news and information can be brought into our homes in seconds. We are living in the information society and this fact has fundamentally changed the role and nature of the world exposition.
EXPO 2000 is dedicated to the idea of bringing together the nations of the world and giving concrete expression to the common effort to shape the future. This concept stretches the horizon of human endeavor and imagination, mapping out possibilities and opportunities for the entire human race. It symbolizes an awareness to the fact that advance of technology should not be merely limited to developing modern missiles and spacecrafts.
The EXPO does not intend to re-invent the wheel. The purpose is to find out what approaches are people in other parts of the world adopting toward technology while giving them the chance to exchange views on their proposed approach. In the thematic area of EXPO 2000, business and industry have an exceptional opportunity to show how present and future problems can be solved with the aid of new techniques and technologies. Companies are thus making an important contribution to the World Exposition. There will be a tough competition going on between companies to display their capabilities in facing the future challenges. Each industrial and technological giant aims to make the most of the five months that EXPO 2000 offers in touch with the world.
It is of great significance that EXPO 2000 is not accessible via the Internet. Computer monitors are not what the world exposition aims to offer. There are many activities that have to be performed live, vast human acquaintances that have to be made in person and numerous experiences to be offered in terms of technological achievements.
Organizers of EXPO 2000 have spent months in a global search for ongoing projects that somehow correspond to the EXPO themes. These projects can be an educational program for children, a rainmaker for arid areas or a research job on artificial intelligence – whatever that can inspire preserving the nature. These operations act as a bridge toward international solidarity between 2000 and 2005 when the next world exposition goes on stage. Some of the most realistic and outstanding of these projects will be presented in the event to demonstrate how technology can coexist and contribute to the two other themes “Humankind” and “Nature”. In this sense, EXPO 2000 is a world laboratory where industrial and scientific viewpoints can be freely discussed.
Visitors of EXPO 2000 will come from a very wide range of expertise. EXPO must present general information for those who are content with a general experience and specific information for those who are after details. Consequently, the most outstanding project may be EXPO 2000 itself: a project for humanity.