Inaugural Meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development
Kuala Lumpur, 19-20 June 2006
Hosted by the Government of Malaysia

Speakers Profiles

Ali Abassov, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Azerbaijan

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh is the founder and Chairman of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, the largest Arab group of professional service firms in the fields of accounting, management consulting, training, intellectual property, legal services, information technology, capacity building, credit information and legal translation. Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh was a member of the United Nations ICT Task Force and Chair of its Working Group on Human Resources and Capacity Building and of its Arab Regional Network. He is currently the Chair of the ICC's Commission on E-Business Information Technologies and Telecoms and of its Jordanian Intellectual Property Committee and Chairman of the Arab Internet & Domain Names Association, member of the Advisory Board on Dispute Settlement in International Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property of UNCTAD and observer member of UNCITRAL. Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh is also an active member of the E-Commerce Committee of the Licensing Executives Society International and a founding member of WIPO's Industry Advisory Commission. Past experiences include serving as the first Chairman of the Arab Internet Names Consortium, chairing the Lebanese Intellectual Property Committee of ICC, the UN Committee of Experts on Global Accounting Standards, and the Steering Committee for Newly Industrialized and Developing Countries' Affairs of the IASC. He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut and received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Canisius College, USA.

Wilton Agatstein is vice president of the Channel Platforms Group. In this position, he is responsible for defining, developing and delivering solutions uniquely for the developing world. Mr. Agatstein's group is located in Cairo Egypt , Sao Paulo Brasil, Guadalajara/DF Mexico, Sacramento/Portland USA, Shanghai China and Bangalore/Delhi India. From these locations, the team deeply understands the needs of the billions of underserved people in the world, defines solutions that uniquely meet these needs and then delivers on these requirements. All of this work is done in partnership with both the private and public sectors. Mr. Agatstein has been with Intel for 26 years and has had a variety of responsibilities ranging from IC design to Intel Capital. Most recently, Agatstein was general manager of the Reseller Products Group (RPG). RPG delivers branded PC building blocks to resellers, dealers and small integrators primarily in the developing world. Prior to that, Agatstein lead the creation of Intel's IC design center in Penang, Malaysia . Agatstein grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Rice University with a degree in Materials Science. He is married with two high school aged daughters. Mrs. Agatstein is the Principal of a small private K-8 school that the Agatstein family founded. Finally, Mr. Agatstein has coached women's football (soccer) for over 10 years.

Titilayo Akinsanmi currently works with SchoolNet Africa as a joint Program Manager of the Global Teenager Project. She previously worked in the broadcasting industry and in mobile telecommunications. Ms. Akinsanmi is an avid volunteer around issues of youth, gender, and local content and on how ICT serves as an enabling tool for development; she believes in the principle of 'Ripples' - all it needs is an initial ring and it keeps growing beyond expected boundaries. She is currently volunteering with the AFARA (Nigeria) and IKAMVA youth project (South Africa) as well as facilitating the WSIS Youth Caucus. Ms. Akinsanmi holds B.A degree in English from Obafemi Awolowo University.

Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi is the prime Minister of Malaysia since October 2003. Upon graduating, Dato' Seri Abdullah joined the civil service, where he started his career as Assistant Secretary in the Public Services Department in 1964. He then moved to the National Operation Council (NOC), the body responsible to exercise the ruling powers for the country after the May 1969 racial riots. Dato' Seri Abdullah was later promoted to the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports as Director General and then Deputy Secretary General. Dato' Seri Abdullah resigned from Government service in 1978 to pursue a political career. Dato' Seri Abdullah won his first election for the Parliamentary seat of the Kepala Batas constituency in 1978, (a seat he has retained since). In the same year, Dato' Seri Abdullah was appointed to his first post in the administration of the Government of Malaysia, as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Territory Ministry. He was then promoted to Deputy Minister. Dato' Seri Abdullah later held the posts of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Minister of Education, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Foreign Affairs. In January 1999, Dato' Seri Abdullah was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs. Dato' Seri Abdullah received his B.A. in Islamic Studies from the University of Malaya.

Craig Barrett is chairman of the board of Intel Corporation and a leading advocate for improving education around the world. He is also a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards globally. Mr. Barrett is a recent appointee to the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations and to the American Health Information Community (AHIC). He is a member of the National Academies Committee, co-chairman of the Business Coalition for Excellence in Education, a member of the Board of Trustees for the U.S. Council for International Business and co-chair of the National Innovation Initiative Leadership Council. Dr. Barrett is also the chair of the National Academy of Engineering, a member of the Board of Directors for Intel Corporation, the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, the National Forest Foundation, Achieve, and TechNet. Mr. Barret began his tenure at Intel as a Technology Development manager in 1974, during his tenure he served as Intel's President and Chief Executive Officer and as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Intel, Dr. Barrett was an Associate Professor at Stanford University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Dr. Barrett was a Fulbright Fellow at Danish Technical University in Denmark in 1972 and a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Physical Laboratory in England from 1964 to 1965. Dr. Barrett is the author of over 40 technical papers dealing with the influence of microstructure on the properties of materials, and a textbook on materials science, Principles of Engineering Materials. Mr. Barret holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science from Stanford University.

Kazem Behbehani joined the World Health Organization in January 1991and is currently a WHO Envoy. Prior to joining the organization, he was a Professor of Immunology at Kuwait Medical Faculty, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Vice President of Kuwait University and a visiting professor/scholar at Harvard medical school. At WHO, he has worked in the AIDS programme, was a programme manager in Tropical Disease Research, and director of both the Division of the Control of Tropical Diseases and of the Eastern Mediterranean Liaison Office. He has more than 100 scientific publications and one book on science and technology to his credit.

Renate Bloem is the President of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) since November 2000. Ms. Bloem led CONGO delegations to the World Conference against Racism, the World Summit on Sustainable Development and has been at the forefront of guiding, supporting and coordinating Civil Society in the process of the World Summit of the Information Society. Under her leadership, CONGO has gained prominence in the international civil society landscape and became the main counterpart of NGOs within the United Nations. Ms. Bloem has been dynamically engaged in the NGO work since 1985. As a strong advocate for human rights, of women and children in particular, she was actively involved in the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, (Art. 37d) and, after its adoption, in the promotion of children's rights. As UN Representative for the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women, she led her delegation to the World Conferences on Human Rights (1993), the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995) and the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (1996). Ms. Bloem completed her studies in Medicine, Languages and Literature at the Universities of Bonn, Munich and New York.

Peter A. Bruck is the chairman of the board of directors of the World Summit Award (WSA), a global initiative started in 2003 in the framework of the WSIS to select and promote the world's best e-Content, Mr. Bruck is General Manager of Research Studios Austria within the Austrian Research Centers and division head for e-technologies and smart media at the ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH, the Austrian national public-private technology research organization. He is also the honorary president of the International Center for New Media in Salzburg and the chairman of the board of the European Academy of Digital Media-EADiM. Mr. Bruck has taught at universities in Canada, U.S. and Western Europe. He founded the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg and headed research institutes at universities and national research organizations in Canada and Austria and has been a senior partner at the International Communications Research Associates in Ottawa, Canada. He is also chairman of the advisory committee on media diversity of the Council of Europe. Mr. Bruck has published and edited numerous books, research reports, and articles in the fields of communication and new media studies, media and information economics, telecommunication development, cultural study, and sociology. Mr. Bruck studied at the universities of Vienna, Iowa, and McGill(Montreal), and holds a PHD in law and communications, and masters degrees in sociology and economics.

Lee Yee-Cheong is director of UMW Holdings Berhad, the Malaysian partner of Toyota Motor. He also serves as chairman of the board of the ASEAN Council of Academies of Science, Engineering and Technology (ASEAN-CASE) and is a member of the Energy Commission Malaysia. Dato' Yee-Cheong was president of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) from 2003 to 2005, and vice president of the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia. He was a founding member of the board of the Inter-Academy Council of World Science Academies and a member of the Academic Council of the World Economic Forum. In 2002, Dato' Yee-Cheong led WFEO in the ICSU/WFEO joint initiative at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Dato' Yee-Cheong was also a co-coordinator of the UN Millennium Project "Science, Technology and Innovation" Task Force. He has received several awards and is an honorary fellow at several engineering organizations including the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, the Institution of Civil Engineers UK, the Institution of Electrical Engineers UK, and the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He is a patron of the International Young Professionals Foundation and a foreign fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. He is founding president of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology and is a member of the National Economic and Social Council, Kenya.

Anne L. Cobb is President of Central Europe, Middle East and Africa at Visa International and she is heading a territory covering 92 countries. Prior to this assignment Ms. Cobb has had a variety of responsibilities with VISA International ranging from business development to marketing and strategic planning. Before joining Visa International Ms. Cobb worked for 12 years with Crédit Agricole. Ms. Cobb holds graduate degrees in Political Science and Economics.

Joan Dzenowagis is Project Manager for e-Health at the World Health Organization. Ms. Dzenowagis is an international health policy specialist with experience at the country, regional and international level in information and communication technology and public health, policy and strategy development. During the past 10 years at WHO she has held posts in disease surveillance, information technology strategy and research, as well as managing an international public-private partnership in ICT and health. Currently she is responsible for eHealth governance and Internet affairs. Her research covers global and regional developments in new technologies in the health sector, ranging from eHealth policy to health information on the Internet. In 2004-2005 she led WHO's participation in the World Summit on the Information Society and published WHO's first eHealth Strategy, providing a foundation for the Organization's eHealth work and a basis for action for WHO member states. Her 2005 report outlining opportunities for using ICT in health, Connecting for Health: Global Vision, Local Insight, was published by WHO and the European Commission for the WSIS.

Astrid Dufborg is the Executive Director of the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI). Prior to this assignement Ms. Dufborg was Ambassador and ICT Adviser at the Swedish Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, leading the Swedish government's work in relation to the WSIS. Ms. Dufborg was also a member of the United Nations ICT Task Force where she, among other things, served on its Bureau and convened the Working Group on the Enabling Environment. Ms. Dufborg has vast experience working with development issues, having been employed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for more than 30 years of which 10 years have been spent in various African countries. Her last position was as Assistant Director General. Ms. Dufborg has a political science educational background.

Peter Fröhler joined the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 1977 and is currently heading the division of Services Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency. During his professional career with UNCTAD he has been working in many different areas of development cooperation. Among others he has managed the programme for Customs reform and computerization (ASYCUDA), which has been implemented in 90 countries worldwide. Before joining UNCTAD he has worked for the Kiel Institute for World Economics in Germany, where he has developed quantitative simulation models.

Victoria Garchitorena is President of Ayala Foundation and Managing Director of Stakeholder Relations of Ayala Corporation, a business conglomerate in the Philippines, with an active presence in many industries including banking and financial services, telecommunications, electronics and information technology, and utilities. Ms. Garchitorena is also a Senior Consultant to the Office of the President of the Philippines on Poverty Alleviation and Good Governance, she is President/Board Member of Ayala Foundation USA, Director of the Philippines Charity Sweepstakes Office and Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Council Against Corruption of the World Bank.

Adrian Godfrey is the Director of Corporate Responsibility at Cisco Systems, Inc. He has been with Cisco since 1998, holding several positions in the Human Resources division, including that of Head of Recruitment. In 2002, Godfrey was appointed to create and manage the Community Investment operation for Cisco Europe, Middle East and Africa operations. Godfrey received an engineering diploma from Coventry Polytechnic and a post-graduate diploma in multi-sector partnership from Cambridge University.

Simo Hoikka is program manager at Nokia Corporate Relations and Responsibility, He currently manages the Bridgeit project in the Philippines, a global program designed to deliver digital education materials to schools using mobile technology. Prior to this assignment he held various positions within Nokia in sales and marketing as well as general manager of Nokia subsidiaries. Mr. Hoikka holds a Bachelor of Science, in Telecommunications.

Alfred Ilukena is Under Secretary and Chairperson of the ICT Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education of Namibia. Prior to this assignment Mr. Ilukena served as Director of the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED), a national body that mobilizes resources to improve the quality of education through innovative curriculum development, research in education and training, and by linking the Ministry of Education to the local community and Namibia to the international community in these fields.

Sri Dr. Jamaludin b Dato' Mohd Jarjis is the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia since 2004. Dato' Mohd Jarjis held the posts of Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (2004) and Second Finance Minister (2002). He has been a member of Parliament for Rompin since 1990 and a member of the UMNO Supreme Council since 2000. Prior to his political assignments he has been the Chairman of Tenaga National Berhad and Executive Vice Chairman of EPE Power Corporation. Past experiences also include teaching at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) as well as working with the consulting firm J&A Associates. Dato' Mohd Jarjisholds a B.A. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada and a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Power System) from the University of McGill, Canada.

Abdul Waheed Khan is Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was responsible for coordinating UNESCO's contribution to the United Nations ICT Task Force and the World Summit on the Information Society. Prior to joining UNESCO, Mr. Khan served as Vice-Chancellor at the Indira Gandhi National Open University and was also Chairman of the Distance Education Council. In addition, Mr. Khan has provided consultancy services to a number of international agencies such as the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok and the World Bank. He is the author of a number of books and articles published in various academic journals, especially on development communication, distance education and multi-media technology applications.

Sarbuland Khan is the Director for the Division for ECOSOC Support and Coordination of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. Mr. Khan directed the preparation of the Ministerial meeting of ECOSOC on ICT for development and has been responsible for its follow-up in the context of servicing the Secretary-General's Advisory Group on ICT and the establishment of the United Nations ICT Task Force. During his twenty-one years of professional experience within the United Nations, he has held positions as the Branch Chief for the Policy Coordination and Interagency Affairs, Chief for the Office of the Under-Secretary-General of the Department for Economic and Social Affairs, and Special Assistant to Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Decolonization. From 1979 to 1981, he served as delegate to the Second Committee in the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations. Prior to joining the United Nations, Mr. Khan was the Director for the Economic Coordination in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.   From 1967 to 1969, Mr. Khan was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics in Punjab University of Lahore. Mr. Khan holds a Masters degree in economics. He has authored a number of publications and various articles in economics for books, journals, newspapers and magazines.

Hak-Su Kim is Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) since July 2000. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Kim had served as the Republic of Korea's Ambassador for International Economic Affairs. Mr. Kim began his career in 1960 as an economist with the Republic of Korea's central bank. In 1969, Mr. Kim served as Secretary to the Minister of Commerce and Industry and was the London Representative of the Bank of Korea until 1973. He hen moved to the private sector, joining Daewoo Corporation as Executive Director and President of Daewoo International Steel Corporation in New York. Mr. Kim joined the United Nations in 1981 as Chief Planning Officer and Chief Technical Adviser in the Department for Technical Cooperation and Development in the Pacific island states of Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. After eight years of United Nations duty, Mr. Kim accepted a position as Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, researching and publishing on many substantive issues regarding international economic cooperation and later served as President of the Hanil Banking Institute before taking up the post of Secretary-General of the Colombo Plan, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Mr. Kim holds an undergraduate degree from Yonsei University and a masters degree from Edinburgh University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of South Carolina.

Janet Longmore is President & CEO of Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT). Janet's twenty-five years of development experience is at the base of DOT's high impact and innovation as a public/private NGO that engages young leaders in working at the community level in the effective use of ICTs for education and small to medium enterprises. Since co-founding DOT in 2002, Janet has spearheaded the launch of DOT's initiatives in the Middle East and Africa and now most recently in the United States in those communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Janet is committed to effective initiatives that empower people to learn to use technology for social and economic development and has distinguished herself as a leader in building public-private partnerships designed to achieve this goal. In the 1990's, as CEO of the largest agency for at-risk youth in the USA, she led the creation of multi-sector partnerships that successfully brought, for the first time, technology training to thousands of inner city and rural youth. Ms. Longmore, the DOT team and its global network of partners are committed to the engagement of stakeholders in each country of operation to ensure ownership, sustainability and growth and to the sharing of best practices, operations and knowledge within a country and globally.

Mark Malloch Brown has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since April, 2006. Before his current appointment, he was the Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet. In that position, he worked closely with the Secretary-General and the Deputy-Secretary General on all aspects of UN work, including helping to set out an ambitious reform agenda for the United Nations. Prior to becoming Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Malloch Brown served as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). At the request of Secretary-General Annan, Mr. Malloch Brown also led the UN system's efforts to help support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Prior to his appointment with the UNDP, Mark Malloch Brown served at the World Bank as Vice-President for External Affairs, and Vice-President for United Nations Affairs. Before joining the World Bank, Mr. Malloch Brown was the lead international partner in a strategic communications management firm, the Sawyer-Miller Group, where he worked with corporations and governments. Mr. Malloch Brown founded The Economist Development Report, a monthly report on the aid community and the political economy for development and served as the Report's editor from 1983 to 1986. Previously he had been the political correspondent of The Economist. Mr. Malloch Brown also worked for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Thailand and Geneva. Active in human rights and refugee issues, he formerly served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Refugees International in Washington, D.C., and has served on the advisory boards of a number of non-profit organizations. Mr. Malloch Brown received a Degree in History from Magdalene College, Cambridge University, and a Master's Degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan, and is the recipient of a number of honorary degrees and awards.

Shoji Nishimoto has served as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) of UNDP since September 2002. Prior to joining UNDP, Mr. Nishimoto held the position of Director-General of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Strategy and Policy Department. During his 21-year tenure at the ADB, Mr. Nishimoto served in a number of senior management positions in the Programmes Department, the Strategy and Policy Office, the Strategic Planning Unit of the Office of the President, and the Development Policy Office. He also worked in the Agriculture and Rural Development Department as a Senior Project Economist and a Senior Sector Planning Specialist. Mr. Nishimoto specializes in strategic planning and management, development policy formulation and evaluation, investment analysis, and project management. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Nishimoto served as an Associate Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, and as an Economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. Mr. Nishimoto holds a postgraduate degree in Economics from the University of Hawaii and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Osaka University.

Danilo Piaggesi has been Chief of the Information and Communication Technology for Development Division, of the Sustainable Development Department at the Inter American Development Bank, in Washington D.C., since 1999. Prior to the IABD assignement he was part of the technical staff of TELESPAZIO of TELECOM-Italia Group in Rome, where he was in charge of the Strategic Alliances and International Activities Division. Mr. Piaggesi worked for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at different duty stations in Africa and Latin America from 1981 to 1991. Also, he was a Consultant to the European Union in Brussels, evaluating project proposals for funding in the field of telecommunications and environment. Mr. Piaggesi holds a Masters degree in Physics with a diploma in geophysics from the University of Rome, and an Executive International Business Certificate from Georgetown University/John Cabot.

Rinalia Abdul Rahim is Executive Director of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), the world's first Multistakeholder Partnership in the area of ICT and development. She established the GKP Secretariat in Kuala Lumpur upon its transfer from the World Bank Institute in 2001. She now heads its operations and provides leadership and strategic guidance. She is currently an ex-officio member of the GKP Executive Committee and serves as a member of the International Advisory Panel for the WSIS ICT4D Platform as well as UNDP's Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP). She began her career as a policy technologist in 1997 with the National Information Technology Council (NITC) of Malaysia, the primary advisor and consultant to the Malaysian Government on matters pertaining to ICT for national development. At NITC she was entrusted with managing the Council's Governance Agenda portfolio. In 1998 she was part of the Malaysian Consulting Team engaged by the Regional Bureau for the Arab States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to share the Malaysian models and experiences in developing a national ICT strategy/framework. In 2000, she was a lead architect of the Second Global Knowledge Conference (GKII), and she co-chaired the GKP Working Group on Governance with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Ms. Abdul Rahim holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Princeton University.

Stephen Settimi is Senior Technical Advisor and Fellow at the Knowledge Management/Information Technology Office of Population and Reproductive Health Policy at USAID in Washington DC. Mr. Settimi currently provides technical guidance and administrative oversight for development and health communication activities of the Office's portfolio, implemented through Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health (INFO) project of Johns Hopkins University and the Intrahealth Human Capacity Project. Mr. Settimi advises the Bureau on effective use of KM/ICT4D for cross-sector integrated program planning and particularly for engaging youth. Previously Mr. Settimi was the Chief Executive Officer of GNS Information Technologies, a health informatics and database company. Mr Settimi has published a number of articles on database application programming. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Science and a Masters Degree in International Relations from the University of San Diego.

Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen is Vice-president of Orbicom, Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication, at the University of Québec in Montréal. Prior to this assignment Mr. Shariffadeen was teaching at the University of Malaya (UM) and served as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. In 1984 he formed the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS) which has since become MIMOS Berhad and where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Shariffadeen has been a key player in getting Malaysia on the fast IT track. He helped to catalyze the formation of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and contributed to the development of the National IT Agenda. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia; Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia; Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA; member of the National Council for Scientific Research and Development (NCSRD); member of the Board of Directors, University Malaya beginning from 2003 also appointed as Fellow of a Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), Japan. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor at the University Utara Malaysia and also the International Islamic University. Mr. Shariffadeen obtained a PhD in Control Systems in 1974 from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

Pietro Sicuro is the Director of the Institut Francophone des Technologies de l'Information et de la Formation (INTIF) and the Administrator of the Fonds francophones des Inforoutes of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie since 1998. He coordinates the Francophone contribution regarding the implementation of the Information Society and represents the Francophonie within various international authorities specialized in the field of ICT. He is interested particularly in the problems of cultural and linguistic diversity in the digital world. Prior to his current assignment Mr. Sicuro was Senior Advisor - Policies and International Co-productions with Téléfilm Canada, Special Advisor - Cultural Industries and Communications of the Prime Minister of Quebec, and Associate Deputy Minister responsible for the International Stakes of Information Society with the Department of Communications of Quebec. Mr. Sicuro took part in work of the Dot Forces of the G8 and the UNICT Task Force. Mr. Sicuro holds a Masters degree in Communications from the University of Quebec in Montreal.

Fatimata Seye Sylla is the founding President of Bokk Jang 2B1-SN NGO, the Executing Agency for DFI and OSIWA E-Riders in Senegal, a founding member of OSIRIS and ISOC associations in Senegal, of REGENTIC, a gender and ICT network and FOSSFA and is the National Coordinator of ACSIS Senegal. With a baccalaureat in mathematics, Ms Fatimata SEYE SYLLA is a M.I.T./ Media Lab Master of Science with a first university degree from Le Havre University (France) on computer Science. She has a post graduate management degree from the African regional school in Dakar (CESAG). She has attended many training sessions in computer science : data base management, computers in education, web design, internet, multimedia, networking. After working for ten years within the Senegalese government as a project manager, and for 9 years as the General Manager of a computer service company in Senegal, she has run the 3 year USAID funded Program "Digital Freedom Initiative" in Senegal (www.dfi.sn ) as the Program Director. As an international consultant for Unesco, UNFPA, UNECA, ITU, USAID, UNDAW, FRANCOPHONIE and IDRC, she has set up computer systems and trained african professionals in several workshops. She has conducted research in the field of Information and Communication Technologies use in Education, gender and development and has written several papers in the same field; some of them are published. She is a member of CATIA (Catalyzing Access to ICTs in Africa) Steering Committee Board. She has attended the whole process of WSIS as a member of the WSIS Gender Caucus, FOSSFA Council and ACSIS.

Sayave Gnoumou is a surgeon and a member of the surgery unit at the American Hospital of Paris. He created Nazounki, a Global Medical Network, where he serves as the president of the medical board. Dr. Sayave is an expert in Health Information management systems and Telemedicine and consulted with the African Union and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Dr. Sayave created one of the first Electronical Medical Record Shared through the Internet and he also set up SAGESSE ("Système Global d'Actions Electroniques au Service de la Santé et de l'Education"), a fully integrated ehealth sytem having eCares, eSurveillance with alert, eAdministration and eEducation.

Dato Suriah Abdul Rahman former Secretary-General, MOSTI

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Assistant Secretary-General for economic development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. He was visiting senior research fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore and professor in the applied economics department, University of Malaya, until 2004. He also has taught at Science University of Malaysia, Harvard University, Yale University, National University of Malaysia and Cornell University. He has also been a visiting fellow at Cambridge University. Mr. Sundaram is Founder and Chair of IDEAs, or International Development Economics Associates. He served on the Advisory Board of the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD). He was President of the Malaysian Social Science Association, and also served on the Pro-tem Committee of the Asian Social Science Association, the Executive Committee of the International Peace Research Association and Malaysia's National Economic Consultative Council. Mr. Sundaram has authored more than 35 monographs, edited more than 50 books, and translated 11 volumes, in addition to writing many academic papers and articles for the media. He is also on the editorial boards of several journals. Mr. Sundaram studied at the Penang Free School, Royal Military College, Yale University and Harvard University.

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