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Forty government ministers will meet with private business managers in Seoul next month to plan an all-reaching, all-seeing, all-knowing internet, which derives data from RFID tags and other ubiquitous sensors.

Father of the internet and Google chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf (pictured here) will be participating in the OECD meeting.

The ministers says they want to “provide guidance” to consumers as they adjust to the convergence of all media and commerce, and sensor-derived data, into a single stream.

From the program for the upcoming meeting:

The Future of the Internet Economy OECD Ministerial Meeting
The Internet is a key infrastructure for global economic growth and social development. Three major trends – Convergence, Creativity and Confidence – are influencing the policy environment for the Internet Economy. Each of these trends reflects significant shifts in the use and functionality of the Internet. Collectively, they represent a major transition in the evolution of the Internet and the economic system that has developed around it. Therefore, it has become increasingly necessary that policies supporting the Internet Economy be carefully crafted and co-ordinated across policy domains, borders and multiple stakeholder communities.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental trade organization set-up to rebuild postwar Europe. It has since broadened its reach into virtually every aspect of human affairs, planet-wide.

(Images: Vint Cerf, from the ICANN website.)