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Regional Seminar on ICT and Education
Provisional Agenda
9 February 2009, Palacio de Convenciones, La Habana, Cuba
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Registration of participants |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome and opening remarks
- Mr. Boris Moreno, Vice Minister of Informatics and Communications, Cuba
- Mr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, ITU
- Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator GAID
- Martine Dirven, Officer in Charge, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC
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| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Session I: Education as a priority for ICT for development in Latin America and the Caribbean
"The centrality of education in productive development and the information society", Martine Dirven, Officer in Charge, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC
Discussion
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| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. |
Session I: Education as a priority for ICT for development in Latin America and the Caribbean (cont.)
"Policies of ICTs and education. Education: the first priority of eLAC2010", Massiel Guerra, ECLAC
"Massive use of ICTs in education and the education for the development of ICTs, the Cuban experience", Melchor Gil Morell, Director of the University of Computer Sciences, Cuba
ICT and Education in LAC: potential, problems and challenges. Elena García, Red Latinoamericana de Portales Educativos (RELPE)
Discussion
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| 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Session II: Are there ICT innovations that are truly making a difference in education, in the LAC region?
- How are ICTs currently being used in the education sector in the LAC region, and what are the strategies and policies related to this use?
- What are the three key successes and ingredients for success, the lessons for the future and the three main challenges and constraints faced by LAC countries in this area?
- What are the lessons learned from the past decade’s investment and activities, successes and failures, related to ICT use in education, and how can these lessons inform policy dialogues and project preparation going forward?
Interactive Discussion within the Panel
Moderator: Elena García, Coordinadora técnica, Red Latinoamericana de Portales Educativos (RELPE)
Panel
- Ing. Miguel Brechner, President of Laboratory Technological of Uruguay
(LATU)
- Máster Carlos Cascante. Vice- minister of Science and Technology of Costa Rica.
- Carlos Expósito Ricardo, Adviser of the Ministry of Education of Cuba
- Mr. Kwame Boafo, Director of the Kingston Office and former Chief of the Executive Office of the Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
- Mr. Jyrki Pulkkinen, CEO, GeSCI - Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative
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| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. |
Coffee break |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Session II: Are there ICT innovations that are truly making a difference in education, in the LAC region?
- How will “innovative ideas” translate into on-the-ground action? What are the partners, platform and processes needed for innovations to be developed, applied and diffused?
- How do we invest in the right innovations for the people at the bottom of the ICT pyramid? And who are the players and what kind of support is needed to create “buying power”, improve access, and tailoring local solutions?
Interactive Discussion within the Panel
Moderator: Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Member of the United Nation'́s GAID
High-Level Panel of Advisers
Panel
- Ms. Gloria Bonder, UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America and Member of the UN GAID Steering Committee
- Mr. José Ayala, ERICSSON
- Mr. Daniel Pimienta, President of Networks & Development Foundation (FUNREDES)
- Ms. Olga Lidia Martínez Leyet, Director of the Center for Innovation and Quality of the Education, University of Computer Sciences, Cuba
- Flor Borrelli, Director of ICT teacher training program for indigenous
teachers in Venezuela, Cisneros Foundation
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| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Summary and Closing Session
- Mr. Boris Moreno, Vice Minister of Informatics and Communications, Cuba
- Martine Dirven, Officer in Charge, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC
- Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator GAID
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Regional Seminar on ICT and Education
Provisional Agenda
9 February 2009, Palacio de Convenciones, La Habana, Cuba
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Registration of participants |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome and opening remarks
- Mr. Boris Moreno, Vice Minister of Informatics and Communications, Cuba
- Mr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, ITU
- Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator GAID
- Martine Dirven, Officer in Charge, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC
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| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Session I: Education as a priority for ICT for development in Latin America and the Caribbean
"The centrality of education in productive development and the information society", Martine Dirven, Officer in Charge, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC
Discussion
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| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12.00 a.m. |
Session I: Education as a priority for ICT for development in Latin America and the Caribbean (cont.)
"Policies of ICTs and education. Education: the first priority of eLAC2010", Massiel Guerra, ECLAC
"Massive use of ICTs in education and the education for the development of ICTs, the Cuban experience", Melchor Gil Morell, Director of the University of Computer Sciences, Cuba
ICT and Education in LAC: potential, problems and challenges. Elena García, Red Latinoamericana de Portales Educativos (RELPE)
Discussion
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| 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Session II: Are there ICT innovations that are truly making a difference in education, in the LAC region?
- How are ICTs currently being used in the education sector in the LAC region, and what are the strategies and policies related to this use?
- What are the three key successes and ingredients for success, the lessons for the future and the three main challenges and constraints faced by LAC countries in this area?
- What are the lessons learned from the past decade’s investment and activities, successes and failures, related to ICT use in education, and how can these lessons inform policy dialogues and project preparation going forward?
Interactive Discussion within the Panel
Moderator: Clotilde Fonseca, Fundación Omar Dengo
Panel
- Ing. Miguel Brechner, President of Laboratory Technological of Uruguay
(LATU)
- Máster Carlos Cascante. Vice- minister of Science and Technology of Costa Rica.
- Carlos Expósito Ricardo, Adviser of the Ministry of Education of Cuba
- Mr. Kwame Boafo, Director of the Kingston Office and former Chief of the Executive Office of the Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
- Mr. Jyrki Pulkkinen, CEO, GeSCI - Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative
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| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. |
Coffee break |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Session II: Are there ICT innovations that are truly making a difference in education, in the LAC region?
- How will “innovative ideas” translate into on-the-ground action? What are the partners, platform and processes needed for innovations to be developed, applied and diffused?
- How do we invest in the right innovations for the people at the bottom of the ICT pyramid? And who are the players and what kind of support is needed to create “buying power”, improve access, and tailoring local solutions?
Interactive Discussion within the Panel
Moderator: Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Member of the United Nation'́s GAID
High-Level Panel of Advisers
Panel
- Ms. Gloria Bonder, UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America and Member of the UN GAID Steering Committee
- Mr. José Ayala, ERICSSON
- Mr. Daniel Pimienta, President of Networks & Development Foundation (FUNREDES)
- Ms. Olga Lidia Martínez Leyet, Director of the Center for Innovation and Quality of the Education, University of Computer Sciences, Cuba
- Flor Borrelli, Director of ICT teacher training program for indigenous
teachers in Venezuela, Cisneros Foundation
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| 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Summary and Closing Session
- Mr. Boris Moreno, Vice Minister of Informatics and Communications, Cuba
- Martine Dirven, Officer in Charge, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC
- Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator GAID
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