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DAY 1: MONDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2007

08:00 – 09:00

Registration of Participants

09:00 – 12:00

Plenary Hall (Room 1)

Youth Preparatory Session
Facilitated by GAID, Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD/DESA) and ATHGO International

12:00 – 13:00

LUNCH BREAK

13:00 – 14:30

Plenary Hall (Room 1)

PLENARY

Message from
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations,
delivered by Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, GAID

Welcome and Opening Statement by
Dr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

Keynote Speech by
Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Video Clip of the International Youth Forum Egypt 2007 in Sharm El Sheikh

Keynote speech by
H.E. Mr. Adolf Ogi, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace and Former President of Switzerland
Video Clip of the International Year of Sport and Physical Education 2005

Keynote speech by
H.E. Mr. Robert Hensler, State Chancellor, State Chancellery of the Republic and Canton of Geneva

Interactive Dialogue
Moderators:
Ms. Jennifer Corriero, TakingITGlobal and
Mr. Gbenga Olabisi Sesan, ITU Youth Forum Alumnus

Remarks by H.E. Ms. Gisèle Mandaïla Malamba, Secretary of State for the Family and for Disabled Persons, Belgium

Remarks by Mr. Guy Sebban, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce

Remarks by Dr. Martina A. Roth, Director, Education, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Intel Europe

Remarks by Ms. Walda Roseman, Chairperson, ITU Youth Forum Steering Committee, CEO, CompassRose International

Remarks by Honourable Datuk Seri Azalina Othman, Minister for Youth and Sports, Malaysia, delivered by Honourable Mr. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Malaysia

Remarks by Ms. Hélène Dumais, Youth Representative, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and Vice President, Quebec Permanent Council on Youth, Canada

Remarks by Mr. Carlos Lopes, Assistant-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Interactive Dialogue
Moderators:
Ms. Jennifer Corriero, TakingITGlobal and
Mr. Gbenga Olabisi Sesan, ITU Youth Forum Alumnus

14:30 – 15:30

High Level Panel of Private Sector and Civil Society on Youth

Remarks by Mr. Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO

Panelists:

  • Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization
  • Mr. Alain Clerc, Executive Secretary, Digital Solidarity Fund
  • Ms. Renate Bloem, President, CONGO

Interactive discussion

  • Mr. Johan Farid Khairuddin, Head, Regional Youth Project, ASTRO
  • Mr. Dag Nielsen, Director, Ericsson Response, Ericsson
  • Ms. Charlotte Moser, Manager, Global Online Communities, Development Gateway Foundation
  • Mr. Luc Delaney, European Policy Associate, Google

Interactive discussion

Moderator:

  • Mr. Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO

15:30 – 17:30

Plenary Session on: ICT as a tool for Innovations by Youth for Youth
Organized by ITU

Moderator:

  • Mr. Reza Jafari, Chairman and Managing Director, NeuStar International

Panelists:

  • Keynote speech: H.E. Dr. Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communication and information Technology, Egypt
  • Mr. Sami Al-Basheer, Director, ITU-BDT
  • Ms. Ouna Hanane, ITU Youth Alumni
  • Mr. Gordon Lennox, Principal Administrator, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media
  • Mr. Ran Ren, ITU Youth Alumni
  • Ms. Isabelle Mauro, Head of External Affairs, Public Policy, GSM Association
  • Mr. Patrick Cosgrave, Rock the Vote Ireland & ITU Youth Alumni
  • Ms. Jessica Rimington, Executive Director, One World Youth Project

Conclusion by moderator.

17:30 – 18:30

Marketplace

To showcase and present innovations in the use of technology, initiatives and programmes by, and for, Youth. Marketplace participants and session locations are subject to change.

Please see Marketplace Guide for the latest information.

Room 1

Unlimited Potential, Microsoft

Room 5

Wireless and open source technology projects in Africa, Kafui Prebbie (17:30 – 18:00)

Room 6

Young People of Africa: Time to Act!, Development Partnership International

Room 7/8

Projet Candgo, African Centre for Female Competences/Centre Africain des Competences Feminines

Millennium of Info Reality (MIR) project, New Perspectives Foundation (18:00 – 18:30)

18:30 – 20:30

Reception Hosted by the State of Geneva

DAY 2: TUESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2007

09:00 – 10:30

Room 1

Roundtable on: ICT in Education: "ICT for Inclusion: Waste or Necessity?"
Organized by UNESCO

Moderator:

  • Mr. Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO

Speakers:

  • Ms. Farina Costanza, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO
  • Dr. Hoda Baraka, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt
  • Prof. Maria Veronica Reina, Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, Washington DC (Argentina)
  • Prof. Tim Unwin, World Economic Forum and University of London, UK

Interactive discussion

  • Ms. Yetnebersh Nigussie, African Union of the Blind (AFUB), Ethiopia
  • Mr. Debobroto Chakraborty, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), Bangladesh

Interactive discussion

Room 3

Panel on: ICT Platforms for Youth-led development - Breakthrough technologies & applications
Organized by ITU

Moderator:

  • Ms. Walda W. Roseman, CEO, CompassRose International

Speakers:

  • Mr. Souheil Marine, Manager, Digital Bridge, Alcatel-Lucent
  • Mr. Boguslaw Georges Sebek, ITU-TSB
  • Dr. Fabrizio Savi, Head of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Telecom Italia
  • Ms. Gyanee Dewnarain, ITU Youth Alumni
  • Ms. Michelle Fernando, ITU Youth Alumni
  • Ms. Rehan Elfiky, ITU Youth Alumni
  • Mr. Kafui Prebbie, ITU Youth Alumni

Interactive discussion

Room 4

Workshop on: Youth and the Future of the Internet
Organized by Google

Speakers:

  • Mr. Luc Delaney, European Policy Associate, Google

Moderator:

  • Mr. Luc Delaney

Room 6

Workshop on: Empowering Youth to Bridge the Digital Divide - Voices from young people world wide
Organized by CONGO

Speakers:

  • Josephat Suwe, Kenya, Youth Leader in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya, University student
  • Julia Fauth, Germany
  • Jeruel Basalong, Phillipines, Young Entrepeneur in ICT, Lutheran Church in the Phillipines
  • Sarah Davies, YWCA young professional, Canada
  • Sophia Gerghis, YMCA intern, Egypt

Moderator:

  • Jenny Fretheim, Executive Secretary, World Alliance of YMCAs

Rapporteur:

  • Roger Schmidt, Youth Secretary, The Lutheran World Federation

10:30 – 12:00

Room 1

Roundtable on: ICT Applications for Informal Education and Youth Participation
Organized by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

Moderator:

  • Mr. Pietro Sicuro, Director, Institut de la Francophonie numérique

Speakers:

  • Ms. Christina Kalloo, Zero Tolerance Against Domestic Violence, Mauritius
  • Mr. Renaud Gaudin, Association Kunnafoni, France
  • Mr. Firas Toumi, Club UNESCO Mourouj, Tunisia
  • Mr. Oumar Diamoutene, Youth and ICTS, Mali
  • Ms. Mariam Togola, ICVolontaires, Mali
  • Mr. Mohammed Al-Armouti, Netcorps, Jordan

Interactive discussion

Room 3

Roundtable on: ICT and Employment Generation: Opportunities Offered by ICTs in Generating Youth Employment
Organized by ILO and IADB

Moderator:

  • Ms. Giovanna Rossignotti, ILO

Speakers:

  • Mr. Roberto Zachmann, ILO
  • Mr. Fabian Koss, IADB
  • Mr. Ariosto Manrique Moreno, Comisión Nacional de Empresarios Jóvenes (COPARMEX)

Interactive discussion

Room 4

Panel on: ICT and Health: When 2 Worlds Collide
Organized by WHO

Moderators:

  • Dr. Joan Dzenowagis, WHO
  • Mr. Shubhabrata Roy, WHO

Room 6

Workshop on: "Education in the 21st Century: Simultaneous Integration of Technology & A Universal Value System in Our Classrooms"
Organized by Virtue Foundation

Speakers:

  • Mr. Joseph Salim, President, Virtue Foundation
  • Mr. Sigeri Diaz della Vittoria, Atheneum
  • Mr. Maitre François Ameli, Sorbonne University and Fondation Ostad Elahi

Interactive discussion

Moderators:

  • Mr. Joseph Salim

12:00 – 12:30

Marketplace

Room 1

Youth Peer Education Network (Y-Peer), United Nations Population Fund

Room 3

Education and Information Technology, Mindset Network

Room 4

ICTs for Youth Initiative, UNICEF Somalia

Room 6

New Media Promoting Youth Participation, Young Journalist Centre, Moldova

12:30 – 13:00

Mindset Health Information Technology: Mindset Network

Cyber Peace Initiative, Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement and MCIT Egypt

Empowerment of Youth for e-Transformation of Turkey, Youth Association for Habitat

13:00 – 14:00

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 – 15:30

Room 1

Roundtable on: Closing the digital divide gap with web 2.0 technology
Organized by UNICEF

Moderator:

  • Ms. Kirsten Jordan, Online Community Partnerships Coordinator, TakingITGlobal

Speakers:

  • Ms. Kirsten Jordan, Online Community Partnerships Coordinator, TakingITGlobal
  • Ms. María Cristina Gallegos, Voices of Youth Coordinator, UNICEF
  • Ms. Terra Weikel, UNICEF
  • Ms. Jessica Rimington, OneWorld Youth Project
  • Ms. Natasha Ghent-Rodriguez, UNA-USA
  • Mr. Francis Cardinal, TakingITGlobal
  • Mr. Ran Ren, ITU Youth Alumni

Panelists introduction

Group discussion

Room 3

Workshop on: Unleashing Entrepreneurial Creativity of Youth to Meet the Millennium Development Goals
Organized by OCCAM

Moderator:

  • Mr. Roberto Rossi, OCCAM

Speakers:

  • Ms. Adele Smithers Fornaci, Smithers Foundation
  • Ms. Jan Simmons, Infopoverty Institute, University of Oklahoma
  • Mr. Roberto Rossi, OCCAM

Interactive discussion

  • Mr. Andras Kocsis, OCCAM

Interactive discussion

Room 4

Workshop on: ICT and the Well-Being of Children and Young People
Organized by The Universal Education Foundation (UEF) and Education Development Centre, Inc (EDC)

Moderator:

  • Ms. Vivian Guilfoy, Senior Vice President and Director, Education, Employment and Community Programs, EDC

Speakers:

  • Dr. Marwan Awartani, Secretary-General, UEF
  • Dr. Michelle Selinger, Cisco, Education Strategist for Corporate Affairs and adviser for ICT in education
  • Dr. Joyce Malyn-Smith, Director of Strategic Initiatives in Workforce & Human Development, EDC
  • Mr. Daniel Kropf, Founding Chairman, UEF

Interactive discussion

Room 6

Workshop on: Cybervolunteering: A Millennium Solution for Development by Young Africans
Organized by ICVolunteers

Moderators:

  • Ms. Viola Krebs, ICVolunteers
  • Mr. François Grey, CERN

Speakers:

  • Mr. Kalli Sihem, Algeria
  • Mr. Eloi Appora-Gnékindy, Central African Republic
  • Mr. Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, Ghana

Interactive discussion

  • Mr. Oumar Diamoutene, Youth and ICT, Mali
  • Mr. Togola Tidiani, ICVolontaires-Mali

Interactive discussion

  • Representatives from Lycée de Ferney-Voltaire; Collège Candolle de Genève; Earth Focus Foundation
  • Mr. Daouda Baba, Niger
  • Ms. Nicola Furey, Earth Focus Foundation

Interactive discussion

  • Mr. Marc Foukou-Mfoutou, Azur Développement, Congo-Brazzaville
  • Ms. Chantel Daniels, ICV-Desk, South Africa
  • Mr. Simelane Vulindlela, University of Swaziland, UNISWA Foundation, Swaziland

Conclusion by Ms. Viola Krebs, ICV

15:30 – 17:00

Room 1

Roundtable on: Improving Health and Connecting Young People: The role of ICT
UNFPA and TakingITGlobal

Speakers:

  • Ms. Charlotte Juul Hansen, UNFPA
  • Ms. Marija Vasileva Blazev, UNFPA
  • Mr. Francis Cardinal, TakingITGlobal
  • Mr. Sokva Tola, UNFPA (Cambodia)

Moderator:

  • Ms. Katja Iversen

Room 3

Workshop on: ICT, Youth and Urbanization
Organized by UN Habitat

Moderator:

  • Mr. Vasant-madhav Shenoy, Lucos

Speakers:

  • Ms. Nivedita Mukherjee, Oracle Kenya
  • Ms. Lucia Di Siervo, City of Florence, Italy
  • Mr. Levy Michel Ndanga, Infomarket, Burundi
  • Mr. Abdi Mohamed, Altaawon Islamic Youth Centre, Kenya
  • Ms. Jane Nyakairu, UN-HABITAT, Kenya

Interactive discussion

Room 4

Panel on: ICTs and Education in Cuba
Organized by The Ministry of Informatics and Communication, Cuba

Speakers:

  • Ms. Idelsi Martínez, Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (UCI)
  • Ms. Naryana Linares, Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (UCI)
  • Mr. Reinier Tan, Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas (UCI)
  • Mr. Raúl Van-Troi Navarro, Joven Club de Computación y Electrónica (JCCE)

Moderator:

  • Mr. Juan Fernández, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Informatics and Communication, Cuba

Room 5

Workshop on: Can "Base of the Pyramid" Hardware/Software Products Enhance the Education Experience
Organized by Winrock International

Speakers:

  • Mr. Gary Garriott, Innovation Program Officer, Winrock International
  • Ms. Patricia Flanagan, USAID
  • Participants from Cisco, Intel, Microsoft

Moderator:

  • Mr. Gary Garriott

17:00 – 18:30

Plenary Hall

Wrap-up Session – Report on the outcome of the various sessions of the day

Facilitated by: Mr. Armen Orujyan, ATHGO International

19:15 – 20:15

Concert by Gazebo

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2007

09:00 – 10:30

Room 1

Workshop on: Youth and the Media
Organized by ASTROplc

Speakers:

  • Mr. Johan Farid Khairuddin, Head, Regional Youth Project, ASTRO
  • Mr. Darren Lee, Astro

Interactive discussion

Moderator:

  • Mr. Johan Farid Khairuddin, ASTRO

Room 5

Panel on: How can you stimulate low income segment to social and economical development?
Organized by Ericsson

Moderators:

  • Mr. Gbenga Sesan, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria
  • Ms. Jennifer Corriero, TakingITGlobal

Interactive discussion

Speaker:

  • Mr. Dag Nielsen, Director Ericsson Response

Interactive discussion

Room 6

Workshop on: ICT@The Grassroots
Organized by the US Peace Corps

Moderator:

  • Dr. Paul Jhin, Director of Special Initiatives, U.S. Peace Corps

Speakers:

  • Ms. Heidi Joseph, Peace Corps Education Volunteer, Zambia
  • Ms. Melody Jenkins, Peace Corps Health Volunteer, Botswana
  • Mr. Nicholas Cabiati, Peace Corps Small Enterprise Development Volunteer, Senegal
  • Mr. Daniel Schier, Peace Corps Small Enterprise Development Volunteer, Senegal

Conclusion by Dr. Paul Jhin, Peace Corps

Room 18

Roundtable on: Youth, ICT and Governance
Organized by UN Habitat

Moderator:

  • Mr. Vasant-madhav Shenoy, Lucos

Speakers:

  • Ms. Lucia Di Siervo, City of Florence, Italy
  • Mr. Benedetto Zacchiroli, City of Bologna, Italy
  • Ms. Nivedita Mukherjee, Oracle Kenya
  • Mr. Abdi Mohamed, Altaawon Islamic Youth Centre, Kenya
  • Mr. Levy Michel Ndanga, Infomarket, Burundi

Interactive discussion

10:30 – 12:00

Room 1

Roundtable on: Job Skills for Employment Generation
Organized by Microsoft

Speakers:

  • Mr. Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman of Microsoft Europe
  • Mr. Peter Shiras, Vice President for Employability Programs, International Youth Foundation
  • Mr. Johannes Weissmann, Jade
  • Ms. Barbara Kreissler, Industrial Development Officer, UNDIO
  • Ms. Hoda Baraka, First Deputy to the Minister, Ministry of Communication & Information technology, Egypt

Interactive discussion

Moderator:

  • Mr. Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman of Microsoft Europe

Room 5

Workshop on: Social Networking for Youth-Led Development
Organized by TakingITGlobal

Moderators:

  • Ms. María Cristina Gallegos, Voices of Youth Coordinator, UNICEF
  • Ms. Kirsten Jordan, Coordinator, Online Community Partnerships, TakingITGlobal

Speakers:

  • Ms. Kirsten Jordan, Coordinator, Online Community Partnerships, TakingITGlobal
  • Mr. Francis Cardinal, Coordinator, Creating Local Connections West Africa

Group activity

  • Ms. Terra Weikel, WIKI Content Manager, UNICEF

Group activity

Room 6

Workshop on: Connecting Between School & Work: How Relevant Have ICTs Been for Us?
Organized by Division for Social Policy and Development, UN DESA

Speakers:

  • Ms. Jennifer Corriero, TakingITGlobal
  • Mr. Gbenga Olabisi Sesan, ITU Youth Forum Alumnus
  • Mr. Hugo Berkeley, Freelance Journalist, CNN, MTV

Moderator:

  • Ms. Patience Stephens, Division for Social Policy, UN DESA

Room 18

Workshop: How Voice Internet Can Effectively Bridge the Digital & Language Divides and Enable Bottom of the Pyramid People to Drive World Economy
Organized by Internet Speech

Speakers:

  • Dr. Emdad Khan, CEO, InternetSpeech, Inc, USA

Interactive discussion

  • Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, GAID Secretariat

Interactive discussion

  • Mr. Jean Kaytar, Ingénieurs du Monde, France
  • Mr. Christopher Strebel, UNESCO

Interactive discussion

Moderator:

  • Mr. Emdad Khan, InternetSpeech

Marketplace

12:00– 12:45

Room 1

MTV Agents of Change, MTV Latin America

Room 5

ICT Programs in Africa, Peace Corps

Room 6

Community of Expertise on Youth Social Technopreneurship

Room 18

International University Network, Positive Foundations

12:45 – 13:30

Bus de l'Internet / Cybermobile, Association Béninoise des Enfants Démunis et Orphelins

13:30 – 14:30

LUNCH BREAK

14:30 – 16:00

Room 1

Roundtable on: ICT as an Instrument for the Empowerment of Young Women and Girls
Organized by the UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) and co-sponsored by the International Women's Tribune Center and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC/WNSP)

Moderator:

  • Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, UNDESA/GAID

Speakers:

  • Ms. Itir Akdogan, PhD student at University of Helsinki, Turkey
  • Ms. Mridula Swamy, IT for Change, India
  • Ms. Lerato Legoabe, Girls'Net / Women'sNet, South Africa
  • Ms. Jesenko Osmanagić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Interactive discussion

Rapporteur:

  • Ms. Mavic Cabrera Balleza, International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC)

Room 5

Workshop on: How can ICTs Foster the Employability of Youth with Disabilities?
Organized by G3ict

Moderator and Rapporteur

  • Ms. Pauley Tedoff, Program Manager, G3ict

Speakers:

  • Ms. Adriana Zarraluqui, Associate Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • Ms. Pauley Tedoff, Program Manager, G3ict
  • Mr. René Leon, Program Officer, The Organization of American States' (OAS) Trust for the Americas' Partnership for Opportunities in Employment through Technologies in the Americas (POETA)
  • Ms. Licia Sbatella, Professor, Politecnico di Milano
  • Mr. Yun Ling, ITU
  • Ms. Pia Korpinen, Associate Expert, International Labor Organization
  • Ms. Caroline Millous, Director, Air France's Projet Handicap
  • Ms. Esther Niclosse, Beneficiary of Air France's Projet Handicap
  • Mr. Jan Bloem, International Sales Manager, Freedom Scientific
  • Mr. Alessandro Campi, Professor, Politecnico di Milano
  • Mr. Christophe Oberson, Service Romand d'Informatique pour Handicapés de la Vue

Interactive discussion

Room 6

Panel on: Building Human Capital and Intellectual Capacity
Organized by NABU

Moderator:

  • Mr. Arvind Kaila, President, NABU Advisory Council of Experts

Speakers:

  • Mr. Suresh Guptara, NABU
  • Mr. Jyoti Guptara, NABU
  • Ms. Debra Cole
  • Mr. Rajesh Lilothia, NABU
  • Ms. Farah Al Haj Youness
  • Mr. Emdad Khan, InternetSpeech
  • Ms. Heidi Joseph, US Peace Corps
  • Mr. Arvind Kaila, NABU

Interactive discussion

16:00 – 18:30

Plenary Hall (Room 1)

Reporting on Key outcomes, recommendations for follow-up actions

Facilitated by: Mr. Armen Orujyan, ATHGO International

Panels:

  • Education
  • Health
  • Political participation
  • Action plan

Interactive discussion

18:30 – 18:45

CLOSING PLENARY

Moderators::

  • Mr. Johan Farid Khairuddin, ASTRO
  • Mr. Armen Orujyan, ATHGO International

Speakers:

  • Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Global Alliance for ICT and Development
  • Mr. Carlo Ottaviani, President, STMicroelectronics Foundation
  • Dr. Paolo Saporito, President, OCCAM
  • Mr. Sami S. Al-Basheer, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), ITU
  • Hon. Safuneitu'uga Pa'aga Neri, Minister of Technology and Communications, Samoa
  • Ms. Jean Swanson Jacobs, Deputy Minister of Social Development, South Africa
  • Mr. Sobri Ahmad, Secretary General, Committee for ASEAN Youth Cooperation (CAYC), inviting participants to join the UN GAID Cyber Development Corps (CDC) Strategic Alliances, in conjunction with the World ICT Week 2008, organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Malaysia.
  • Mr. Augustin Ido, Institut de la Francophonie Numérique, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Concluding Remarks by:

  • Dr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

Conclusion by Mr. Sarbuland Khan, GAID Secretariat

18:45 – 20:00

Farewell Reception hosted by ITU