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Wednesday, 2 September 2009
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| 9:00 am – 3:30 pm |
Strategy Council |
| 5:00 am – 6:45 am |
Steering Committee |
Thursday, 3 September 2009
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| 8:00 am – 9:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:30 am – 8:40 am |
Inauguration and Walk-through of iMarketSpace and WSA Exhibit |
| 8:40 am – 8:45 am |
Opening Video Presentation by Indigo Brainmedia |
8:45 am – 9:30 am
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Opening Remarks by Mr. Sha Zukang,
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Introductory Keynotes:
- Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Chairman and Founder, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization Chairman, UNDESA-GAID
- His Excellency Mr. Juan Molinar Horcasitas
Secretary of Communications and Transportation, Legal Cabinet, Government of Mexico
- His Excellency Mr. John Nsambu
Minister of State for ICT, Uganda
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| 9:30 am – 10:45 am |
State of ICT Development – A Global Perspective
An opening discussion moderated by Ms. Dorothy Gordon
Director-General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
Opening Comments: Ms. Behjat Al Yousuf
Associate Director, Dubai Women’s College
Discussion Leaders:
- H.E. Mr. Markku Kauppinen
Ambassador, Trade and Development at the Department for Development Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
- Mr. Sebastián M. Cabello
Regulatory Manager, Public Policy, GSMA
- Mr. Ki-Su Lee
President, Korea University
- Mr. Mohsen Moazami
Vice President, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems
- Mr. Ulf Pehrsson
Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, Ericsson
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CONTENT
ICT Innovations: Changing Education Processes and Learning Culture
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| 10:45 am – 11:00 am |
Conversation with Mr. Kamran Elahian
Chairman and Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners, Co-Chairman, UNDESA GAID |
| 11:00 am – 11:15 am |
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| 11:15 am – 12:30 pm |
The Intercultural Innovations in Education
A discussion moderated by Mr. Jyrki Pulkkinen
CEO, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI)
Opening Comments by Ms. Gloria Bonder
Chair Holder of the Regional UNESCO Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America , Chair of the International Taskforce on Women and ICT – ITF
Discussion Leaders:
- His Excellency Mr. Amirzai Sangin
Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Afghanistan
- Ms. Bonnie Bracey
Professional Development Coach, The Thornburg Center for Professional Development
- Mr. Alfonso Romo Garza-Lagüera
Founder, EducarUno
- Mr. Rodrigo Arboleda Halaby
President & CEO, Ibero-America and The Caribbean, One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
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| 12:30 pm – 12:45 pm |
Conversation with Mr. Michael Landau
Chairman & President, MAP International |
| 12:45 pm – 1:00 pm |
Conversation with Mr. Peter A. Bruck
Chairman of the Board, World Summit Award |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
LUNCHEON |
| 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Regional Panel
Learning and Teaching with ICT
A discussion moderated by Mr. Nestor Bercovich,
Project Coordinator @LIS2 “Political and Regulatory Dialogue and Inter-Exchange of Experiences,” Information Society Program
Opening Comments: Mr. Guillermo Sunkel
Coordinator (Education Component) @LIS2. “Political and Regulatory Dialogue and Inter-Exchange of Experiences,” Information Society Program.
Discussion Leaders:
- Ms. Lea da Cruz Fagundes
Director, Cognitive Studies Laboratory, Universidad Federal de Río Grande Sur, Brazil
- Mr. Juan Fernandez
Advisor, Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Cuba
- Mr. Fernando Gamboa
Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnologico (CCADET), UNAM, Mexico
- Mr. Juan Carlos Tedesco
Director de la Unidad de Planeamiento Estratégico de la Educación, Presidencia de la Nación, República Argentina
- Mr. Ignacio Jara Valdivia
Deputy Director, Center for Policy Studies and Practices in Education, Chile
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| 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm |
RAICES SHOW AND COCKTAIL
LOCATION: ITESM |
Friday, 4 September 2009
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ACCESS
ICT Innovations: Providing Affordable Access to Education
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| 9:00 am – 9:15 am |
Conversation with Mr. Nicholas Negroponte
Founder & Chairman, One Laptop Per Child |
| 9:15 am – 9:30 am |
Conversation with Professor Efim Malitikov
Chairman, Interstate Committee of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on Knowledge Promotion and Adult Education |
| 9:30 am – 10:45 am |
Affordable Computing Models for Schools – Successes and Challenges
A discussion moderated by Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh
Executive Director, IT For Change
Opening Comments: Mr. Peter Hellmonds
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Nokia Siemens
Discussion Leaders:
- Mr. Miguel Brechner
President & Chairman, Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU)
- Mr. Tom Broderick
Director of Globalization, EMC Corporation
- Mr. Stephen Dukker
Chairman & CEO, NComputing, Inc.
- Ms. Effat El Shoky
Advisor to the Minister for International Relations, Egypt
- Mr. Vijay Thadani
President, NIIT Ltd
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| 10:45 am – 11:00 am |
Conversation with Ms. Jennifer Corriero, Ms. Natasha Ghent–Rodrigez and Mr. Rajiv Ramakrishnan
UNDESA-GAID Committee of eLeaders for Youth and ICT |
ICT BUSINESS INNOVATIONS FOR EDUCATION
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| 11:00 am – 11:15 pm |
Conversation with His Excellency Mr. Amirzai Sangin
Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Afghanistan |
| 11:15 am – 11:30 am |
Conversation with Mr. Shai Reshef
Founder and President, University of the People (UoP) |
| 11:30 pm – 12:45 pm |
Innovations for Breakthroughs in Learning: How to Achieve Mass Results
A discussion moderated by Dr. James H. Poisant
Secretary General, World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)
Opening Comments: Mr. Bradford R. Kane
CEO, International Commission on Workforce Development
Discussion Leaders:
- His Excellency Mr. Ivo Ivanovski
Minister for Information Society, Macedonia
- Ms. Janet Longmore
Founder, President & CEO, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT)
- Mr. Raj Shah
Chief Marketing Officer, NComputing
- Ms. Rosa G. Wachenchauzer
ICT National Contact Point, Ministry for Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina
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| 12:45 pm – 1:00 pm |
Closing remarks by Mr. Ramón Garza
CEO & Founder, Indigo Brainmedia
Co-Chairman, UNDESA-GAID
Closing remarks by His Excellency Mr. Alonso Lujambio Irazábal (TBC)
Public Education Secretary, Government of Mexico
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| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
LUNCHEON |
| 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
Parallel sessions
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8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
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GALA DINNER HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF NUEVO LEON |
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