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Last updated: November
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Monday - November 14th,
2005 |
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| 7:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m. - Renaissance Tunis Hotel: World Forum Registration
Desk |
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IRFD World Forum Registration |
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| 8:15 a.m. -
8:30 a.m. - Room: Utique |
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Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address |
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Digital Divide, Global Development and
the Information Society |
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Welcome Remarks |
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by
Dr. Neville S. Arachchige Don, President, International
Research Foundation for Development |
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Keynote Address: Bridging
the Digital Divide - The Role of Indigenous People |
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by
Mr. Pelin Walis, Minister, Council of Indigenous Peoples,
The Executive Yuan, Taiwan |
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| 8:30 a.m. -
10:30 a.m. - Room: Utique |
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Plenary Session: Information
Society, Governance and the Role of Parliament |
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Moderator: Dr. Neville S. Arachchige
Don, President, International Research Foundation for Development,
USA |
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Information Society Paradox: A Text and
Context for an Integrated Development Approach and Sustainable
Governance |
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Dr. Neville S. Arachchige Don, President,
International Research Foundation for Development, Cambridge,
MN, USA |
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Digital Divide that Should Not Be... |
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Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, MP, Minister of
Science and Information & Communication Technology, Government
of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
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Privacy and Security
in an Information Age |
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Dr. Amitai Etzioni, Professor, Institute
for Communication Policy Studies, The George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., USA |
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Information Society and the Role of Parliament |
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Dr. Osmo Kuusi, Special Adviser to the
Committee for the Future, Parliament of Finland, Helsinki,
Finland |
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10:30
a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Morning Break for Coffee, Tea and
Refreshments |
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Compliments of the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - Environment
and Human Settlements Division and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) - Division of Early Warning and Assessment |
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| 10:45 a.m.
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Panel 1: Capacity
Building for Electronic Information Tools and the Environment |
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Organized
by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE) - Environment and Human Settlements Division
and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -
Division of Early Warning and Assessment |
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Moderator/Panel President: Mr. Chris Jarvis,
Freedom of Information Policy Manager, Environment Agency
of England and Wales, and Chairman, UNECE Task Force on Electronic
Information Tools |
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Environmental Information Sharing
Under the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and
Capacity-Building |
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Mr. Gerald Cunningham, Coordinator,
UNEP Infoterra Network (UNEP-DEWA) |
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Recommendations on the More
Effective Use of Electronic Information Tools to Provide
Public Access to Environmental Information: The Aarhus Clearinghouse
for Environmental Democracy |
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Mr. Michael Stanley-Jones,
Environmental Information Management Officer, UNECE |
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Developing Electronic Networks
in EECCA Countries |
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Mr. Oleksandr Svirchevskyy,
Expert Advisor, UNECE Working Group on Environmental Monitoring
and Assessment, Ukraine |
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Experience with the Pollutant
Release and Transfer Register Virtual Classroom in Eastern
Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Region |
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Ms. Tatiana Terekhova, Fellow
and Administrator, PRTR Virtual Classroom, United Nations
Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) |
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Interactive Tools for Environmental
Reporting and Cost Analysis: The Protocol on PRTRs Cost Model |
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Ms. Laura Altinger, Economic
Analyst, UNECE |
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E-tools Capacity Building in
Central Asia |
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Mr. Rustem Bigarinov, Information
Programme Manager, The Regional Environmental Centre for
Central Asia (CAREC - Kazakhstan) |
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National Applications of ICT
to Promote Public Participation: Public Registers and Local
Area Environmental Information Systems in Belarus, Russian
Federation and the United Kingdom |
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Mr. Chris Jarvis, Freedom of
Information Policy Manager, Environment Agency for England
and Wales, UK |
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12:45 p.m. - 2:00
p.m. - LUNCH |
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| 2:00 p.m.
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Panel 2: Transfer
of Information Technology and Knowledge: Development
and Underdevelopment - I |
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Organized by the International Association
for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) |
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Moderator: Robin Mansell, Professor & President,
International Association for Media and Communication Research
(IAMCR), London School of Economics, London, England, UK |
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Alleviating Inequality: Struggles
Over ICT Financing Mechanisms |
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Robin Mansell, Professor & President,
International Association for Media and Communication Research
(IAMCR), London School of Economics, London, England, UK |
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New Policy Approaches for Information Societies:
Globalization, Communication Governance and the Public |
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Marc Raboy, Professor; and Jeremy Shtern,
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Communication, Université de
Montréal, Quebec, Canada |
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Redressing e-Exclusion and Social Divergence
in an Era of Technological Convergence |
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Hopeton S. Dunn, Chair, Communication Policy
and Technology Section, IAMCR, and Director, Caribbean Programme
in Telecommunication Policy and Management, University of
the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
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Beyond the Tech-Fix: New Potentials and
Barriers to Leapfrogging Development in the Knowledge Economy |
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Paschal Preston, Founder, STeM Research
Centre and Professor, School of Communication, Dublin City
University, Glasnevin, Ireland |
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From Capacity to Presence: Research for
Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Reform
in the Internet Age |
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Rohan Samarajiva, Executive Director, LIRNEasia,
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration, Colombo,
Sri Lanka, and Sujata Gamage, Coordinator, The Education
Forum @ The Pathfinder Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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| 2:00 p.m.
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Panel 3: The
Geographical Dimension of the Information Society |
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Organized by the
IGU Commission on the Geography of Information Society |
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Moderator: Aharon Kellerman, Chair, IGU
Commission on the Geography of the Information Society |
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The Geography of the Information
Society: An Overview |
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Aharon Kellerman, Chair, IGU
Commission on the Geography of the Information Society, and
Professor, Department of Geography, University of Haifa,
Israel |
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The eAtlas Perspective: Territorial
Dimensions of the Information Society |
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Emmanuel Eveno, Professor,
University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, GRESOC, France |
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Services Geolocalized in the
European Metropolises: Towards a Possible Inflection of Urban
Mobilities? |
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Philippe Vidal, Maitre de
Conferences, Universite Le Havre, France |
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Integrating the Social Sciences
and Engineering for a Better Information Society: the Bridging
Role of Information Geography |
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Maria Paradiso, Professor,
Universita del Sannio, Centre of Excellence on Software Technologies
and DASES, Benevento, Italy |
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New Territories of the Identity.
ICT Networks, and Cultural Identities - Regional Minorities
and Diasporas |
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Henry Bakis, Universite de
Montpellier III et UMR ESPACE, France |
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4:00 p.m. - 4:30
p.m. - Afternoon Break for Coffee, Tea and Refreshments |
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| 4:30 p.m.
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Session 1: Scientific
Innovation, Knowledge Economy & Management, and the
Information Society |
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Moderator: Pelin Walis, Minister, Council
of Indigenous Peoples, The Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Modern ICTs in Contemporary Science:
New Opportunities and Challenges |
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Elena Z. Mirskaya, Professor,
Russian Academy of Science, Institute for the History of
Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia |
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Indigenous People and Global
Connection |
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Pelin Walis, Minister, Council
of Indigenous Peoples, The Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Civil Engineering Education
for Information Society: A Case Study |
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Satya Pal Bindra, Director,
Research & Development, International Energy Foundation;
Muheddin S. Tughar, Civil Engineering Department, Margeb
University, Tripoli, Libya |
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Innovation and Competitiveness
in the Information Economy: "Leapfrogging" Strategies for
Developing Countries |
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Mahendhiran Nair, Associate
Professor, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia,
Selangor |
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Process Reengineering through
ICT Interventions in Haryana Board of School Education, India |
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Rakesh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner,
Rohtak, Haryana, India |
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Session 2: Information
Communication Technology, e-Commerce and the Business
Environment |
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Moderator: Narine Abazian, Head of Business
Planning and Financial Analysis, ArmenTel |
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The Role of ICT in Bridging the Gap Between
Strategy to Execution |
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Narine Abazian, Head of Business Planning and
Financial Analysis Division at Armenia Telephone Company
(Armen Tel) |
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Human Resource Planning & Control
for Energy Industry in Libya: Meeting the Challenge |
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Satya Pal Bindra, Hussein Lahmar,
and Nagia M. Bouazzi, Margeb University, Civil Engineering
Department, Al-Garaboli, Libya |
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Overview and Analysis of the
ICT Development in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Technical and
Legal Perspectives |
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Hurriyah El Islamy, Doctoral
Student, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK;
and Adlin bin Hisyamuddin, Head of PKI, Central Informatics
Organization, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain |
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Session 3: The
Role of ICT in Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Development
- I |
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Moderator: Kuo Wei Wu, Board Member, Asia
Pacific Network Information Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
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ICT as Catalyst for Development:
Strengths and Weaknesses |
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Edvins Karnitis, Commissioner,
Public Utilities Commission of Latvia |
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Broadband Demand Aggregation
to Accelerate Regional Economic Development |
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Ed Brown, Chief Executive Officer,
Adit North, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK |
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How are Mobiles Empowering
Local Communities in Developing Countries? |
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Chaitali Sinha, Research Officer,
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa,
Canada |
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The Influence of Demographic
and Socio-Economic Factors upon Using Information Technology
among More, Moderate, and Less Developed Countries in the
Globe |
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Ashraf Ragab EL-Ghannam, Senior
Researcher, Department of Rural Sociology, Agricultural Extension
& Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research
Center, Egypt |
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ICT, Knowledge Networks, and
Poverty |
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David Prosperi, Professor,
& Iliana Mizinova, PhD Student, Department of Public
Administration, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, USA |
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The Ideology Underneath the
Technology: Chilean Microenterprises and Public ICT Policies |
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Dorothea Kleine, Doctoral Student,
London School of Economics and Political Science, London,
England, UK |
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Information Society and Quality
of Life |
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Kuo Wei Wu, Board Member, Asia
Pacific Network Information Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
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Opening the Gates of Opportunity
for Arab People |
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Najat Rochdi, Regional Director,
ICT 4 Development in the Arab Region - ICTDAR, UN Development
Programme, UNDP |
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Session 4: Transfer
of Information Technology and Knowledge - Development
and Underdevelopment - II |
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Moderator: Dr. Lu Lancelot, Associate Researcher,
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan |
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New Forms of Structural Inequalities
in the World, Regional Sub-globalization and Dependent Modernization
of the Balkans |
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Ljubisa Mitrovic, Professor,
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Nis, Serbia and Montenegro |
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Digital Opportunity Initiative
(DOI) for Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan |
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Dr. Lu Lancelot, Associate
Researcher, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, Taipei,
Taiwan |
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Open Source Software, Digital
Divide, and Development |
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Giampaolo Garzarelli, Professor,
University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy; Bjorn Thomassen,
Lecturer, Department of International Relations, The American
University of Rome, Italy; and Yasmina Reem Limam, Affiliate,
Faculte de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Nabeul,Tunisia |
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Have-nots in the Global Academy:
The Information Society and the Digital Divide in the Academic
Workplace |
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Catherine Cassara and Laura
Lengel, Associate Professors, School of Communication Studies,
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA |
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Encountering the National Variations
of the Information Society: The Peculiarities of the 'Greek
Case' |
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Dimitris Boucas, Researcher,
London School of Economics, London, England, UK |
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The Urgent Need to Rewire and
Reboot the WSIS Machine |
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Amy West, ARTICLE 19, Manchester,
CT, USA, and Audrey Selian, PhD Candidate, Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Manhasset, NY, USA |
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Providing Universal Access
to Basic Telecommunication Services in Developing Countries
- An Institutional Economics Approach |
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Thorsten Scherf, Institute
for Co-operation in Developing Countries (ICDC) at the University
of Marburg, Germany |
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Tuesday - November 15th,
2005 - Renaissance Tunis Hotel |
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Session 5: Geographical
Information Systems and Sustainable Information Society |
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Moderator: David R. Smith, Associate Professor
of Geography, Kernan Robson Chair in Government, Ohio Northern
University, Ada, Ohio, USA |
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New Cartographic Technologies
and their Potential to Map Indigenous Knowledge and Land
Use |
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Claudio Aporta, Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University,
Ottawa, Canada |
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Environmental Information Management
and Reporting in the Czech Republic |
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Jaroslav Racek, Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Informatics, Massaryk University in Brno; Jiri
Hrebicek, Committee Member, Information Systems in Waste
Management, Ministry of Environment; Thomas Pinter, Vice
Dean, Faculty of Informatics, Massaryk University in Brno,
Czech Republic |
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Spatial Portals: Adding Value
to Spatial Data Infrastructure |
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Winnie Tang, CEO, ESRI China
(Hong Kong), Ltd., Hong Kong , and Jan Selwood, Project Manager,
ESRI China (HK), Ltd. |
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The Digital Divide and Geographic
Information Systems: The availability and accessibility of
GIS technology to the Global Community |
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David R. Smith, Associate Professor
of Geography, Kernan Robson Chair in Government, Ohio Northern
University, Ada, Ohio, USA |
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Session 6: Social
Stratification and the Digital Divide |
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Moderator: Mike Cushman, Research Fellow,
Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics,
London |
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The Experience of Non-users
of Computers and their Aspirations for their Use: |
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Report of a Study in South
London |
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Mike Cushman, Research Fellow,
and Ela Klecun, Lecturer, Department of Information Systems,
London School of Economics and Political Science, London,
England, UK |
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Digital Divide and Digital
Opportunity in Taiwan |
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Chien Wen-Yin, Doctoral Candidate,
Department of Sociology, and United Daily Poll Center, National
Taiwan University, Chung-Ho City, Taipei, Taiwan; and Chen
Yu-Hua, Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University,
Department of Agriculture Extension, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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Four Cities and the Mobile
Phone-Similarities and Disparities in the Finnish Youth's
Mobile Usage |
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Sakari Taipale, Junior Lecturer
in Development and the International Cooperation, Department
of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyvaskyla,
Finland |
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User Orientation of Online
Public Services in the European Union: Towards Social Inclusion
in the Information Society |
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Hans Lamp, Karsten Gareis,
Tobias Hüsing, Empirica - Society for Communications
Technology Research, Bonn, Germany |
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Session 7: e-Governance,
Culture and Politics in an Information Age |
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Moderator: Johannes Britz, Dean & Professor,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA |
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Trial Simulation to Solve the
Optimum Combination of Polls for the Highest Voter Turnout
Rates |
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Toshihide Ito, Professor, &
Ryota Natori, Associate Professor, Faculty of Informatics,
Kansai University, Kansai, Japan |
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Information Communication Technologies
(ICTs): Transnational Networks and their Support to Indigenous
Human Rights and Self-Determination |
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Ramiro Jordan, Associate Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Jorge
Garcia, Community and Planning Department; Simoni Valadares,
Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM, USA |
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Privacy, Human Rights and Technology |
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Hurriyah El Islamy, Doctoral
Candidate, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland,
UK |
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Les Peuples Auchtoctones Dans
Societé de la Información au Chili |
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Judith Gálvez-Díaz, Professor,
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile |
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Official Publications in Spain:
Is the Web the Path to Information in Public Domain? |
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Luis Fernando Ramos Simón,
Professor and Iuliana Botezan, Assistant Professor, Universidad
Complutense of Madrid, Spain |
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Information Society, Knowledge
Society - Possible Without Freedom of Information? |
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Peter Johan Lor, Professor,
University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Secretary General,
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions,
The Hague, The Netherlands, and Johannes Britz, Dean and
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, and Visiting
Professor, School of Information Technology, University of
Pretoria, South Africa |
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10:30 a.m. - 10:45
a.m. - Morning Break for Coffee, Tea and Refreshments |
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Session 8: Issues
and the Role of Media in an Information Age |
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Moderator: Richard C. Vincent, Professor
of Communication, Indiana State University, Terre Haute,
Indiana, USA |
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Role and Place of Media in
Development: Analysis Applied to Morocco |
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Karima Ragala, Groupe d'Etude
et de Recherche en Sciences de L'Information et de la Communication
- GERSIC, University Paul Cezanne, Aix-en-Provence, Morocco |
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NWICO and Other Media-Related
Events at UNESCO and the ITU, and
Implications for the WSIS: Reflections of the Legacy and
Present Summit
Agenda and Activity |
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Richard C. Vincent, Professor
of Communication, Indiana State University, Terre Haute,
Indiana, USA |
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Reinventing Public Service
Broadcasting in Europe: Prospects, Promises and Problems |
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Johannes Bardoel, Chair of
Media Policy, Department of Communication, University of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Leen d'Haenens, Catholic
University of Leuven/Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Indigenous Digital Media and
Cyber-Sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest or Native North
America |
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Adam Fish, Executive Director
for the Center for Landscape and Artefact, Nespelem, Washington,
USA |
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Information is Power: Building
an Interface to the New Information World |
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Michael Gasser, Associate Professor,
Computer Science Department; Ahmet Hamed, Masters Student,
Computer Science Department; Stephen Hockema, Postdoctoral
Fellow, in Psychology and Cognitive Science; Amr Sabry, Associate
Professor, Computer Science Department; Matthew Kane, PhD
Student and Associate Instructor in Computer and Cognitive
Science, Computer Science Department; Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana, USA |
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Message Bazaar and Cultural
Interference |
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Mehdi Mohsenian Rad, Lecturer,
College of Culture and Communication, Imam Sadegh University,
Tehran, Iran |
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Scientific News and Popular
Science: Their Images and Foundations in Russian Based Electronic
Mass-Media |
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Dimitri A. Bayuk, Senior Researcher,
Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia |
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Session 9: Digital
Divide - Development Policies and Action |
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Moderator: Dr. Lee Yen-Sung, President,
Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories, Taiwan |
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The Program of Actualization
of Teachers in Education |
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Pedro Tinoco, Executive President,
Fundacion Cisneros; Irene Hardy de Gomez, Director of the
AME Program, Fundacion Cisneros, Caracas, Venezuela |
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Digital Divide in Indigenous
Groups |
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Wang Chiu-I, Director, Council
of Indigenous Peoples, Taiwan |
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Public Policies Against the
Digital Divide in Andalusia |
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José Maria Rodriguez Sánchez,
Director General of Innovation and Public Administrations,
Innovation, Science and Business Government Office; Pilar
Rodriguez Lopez, General Director, Infrastructure and Technological
Services, Innovation, Science and Business Government Office;
Jose Manuel Pérez Yruela, Professor, Spanish Council for
Scientific Research, and Director of the Institute for Advanced
Social Studies of Andalusia, Spanish Council for Scientific
Research (CSIC),José Manuel Robles Morales, Researcher, Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Andalusia, Spain |
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Developing National ICT Strategy:
Algorithm Based on Chaos Theory |
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Muhammad Suryanegara, University
of Indonesia, Department of Electrical Engineering, Jakarta,
Indonesia |
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Information Society Policies
to Fight Multiple Divides: the @LIS Case |
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Fabio Nascimbeni, Research
& Development Manager, MENON Network EEIG, Brussels, Belgium |
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Informed Policy Making in Education
Reform |
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Massoud Moussavi, Senior Information
Officer, The World Bank, Maryland, USA |
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12:45 p.m. - 2:00
p.m. - LUNCH |
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Room: Carthage |
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Session 10: Digital
Education, Distance Learning and the Creation of the
Information Society - I |
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Moderator: Mrs. Sandra Federici, Director,
Africa e-Mediterraneo, Sasso Marconi, Italy |
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Glocal Youth: Texts and Contexts
in the North and South of the World |
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Sandra Federici, Director,
Africa e-Mediterraneo, Sasso Marconi, Italy |
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Access for all? Unpacking
the Complexities of Access to ICTs for Diverse South African
Higher Education Students |
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Cheryl Brown, Researcher and
Laura Czerniewicz, Director, Center for Educational Technology,
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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Which Plans to Reduce the Digital
Divide? Policy Evaluation and Social Interaction |
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Raffaele Miniaci, Associate
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and the Faculty
of Statistics, University of Podova, Italy; Maria Laura Parisi,
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University
of Brescia, Italy |
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Unassisted Learning-Promoting
Computer Literacy in Previously Disadvantaged Areas of South
Africa |
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Ronel Smith, Project Manager;
Grant Cambridge, Communications Engineer; and Kim Gush, Electronic
Engineer, CSIR Information Society Technologies Center, Pretoria,
South Africa |
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Reference Groups Among Internet
Users: A Theoretical and Methodological Approach |
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Ardeshir Entezari, University
of Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran, Iran |
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Transitioning from Computer
Training to Information Literacy: A Case Study of an Open
Admission College |
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Mirella R. Shannon, Interactive
Arts and Media Faculty, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois, USA |
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- 4:00 p.m. - Room: Néapolis |
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Session 11: The
Role of ICT in Women's Participation in Development |
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Moderator: Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Leader of
the Opposition of Bangladesh Parliament; President, Bangladesh
Awami League & Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
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The Role of ICT in Women's
Participation in Development |
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Sheikh Hasina, Leader of
the Opposition of Bangladesh Parliament; President, Bangladesh
Awami League, and the Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh,
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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Gender and Education: From
Oral Traditions, Culture to ICTs - A UNESCO-Datamation Foundation
Case Study |
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Chetan Sharma, Founder, Datamation
Foundation Trust, Delhi, India |
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Promoting Women's Rights and
Children through Access to Information |
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Najat Rochdi, Regional Director,
ICT 4 Development in the Arab Region - ICTDAR, UN Development
Programme, UNDP |
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New Dynamics of Networking
among Women's Organizations in Asia |
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Yukie Hori, Doctoral Student,
Department of Media and Communications, London School of
Economics and Political Science, London, UK |
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Gender and the Digital Divide
in Greece: Issues of Women's Access to ICTs |
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Eleni Vonda, Head of Documentation
and Gender Statistics Department, Research Centre for Gender
Equality (KETHI), Greece |
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Saudi Women and the Internet:
Gender and Culture Issues |
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Maryam Oshan, PhD candidate,
Research School of Informatics, Department of Information
Science, Loughborough University, Holywell Park, United
Kingdom |
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- 4:00 p.m. - Room: Thapsus |
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Session 12: Presentation
of Case Studies - Best Practices and Experiences of ICT
Application for Development |
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Moderator: David J. Grimshaw,The Schumacher
Centre for Technology and Development, Warwickshire, UK |
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From Northern Village to Global
Village: Lessons in e-Health and e-Education from the Arctic |
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Heather E. Hudson, Professor
and Director, Telecommunications Management and Policy Program,
School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco,
California |
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Information Communication Technologies
for Development and Knowledge Sharing |
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David J. Grimshaw, International
Team Leader, New Technologies; Surmaya Talyarkhan, Knowledge
Sharing Adviser (former), Intermediate Technology Development
Group (ITDG), The Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development,
Warwickshire, UK |
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A Replicable and Low-cost ICT
Capacity Building and Support Model (eRiding Experience from
Selected Successful Cases Around the Globe) |
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Toni Eliasz, Executive Director,
Ungana-Africa, Pretoria, South Africa |
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Application of an Expert System
for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in Libya: A Case Study |
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Abdul-Rahman Ali Almgadmi,
Engineering Faculty, Omar S. Abufayed, Engineering Faculty;
S.P. Bindra, Engineering Faculty, Al-Khomsa University, Garaboli
Branch, Garaboli, Libya |
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ICT4D Stakeholder Co-ordination
and Co-operation: Evidences from a Tanzanian-German Co-operation |
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Fernanda Scur, International
School of New Media at the University of Lübeck, Germany |
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Who is "developed" and who
is not? When "outsourcing" happens from "third" to "first"
world contexts |
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Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green
State University, Ohio, USA, and Annapurna Mamidipudi, Dastkar
Andhra, Hyderabad, India |
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- 4:00 p.m. - Room: Thyna |
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Session 13: The
Role of ICT in Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Development
- II |
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Moderator: Royal D. Colle, Professor Emeritus,
Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York, USA |
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Mobilizing Digital Resources
for Social Change and Development: A Role for Universities |
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Royal D. Colle, Professor Emeritus,
and Ronald Ostman, Professor, Department of Communication,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
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Corporations, NGOs and IT Training:
Blending private and nonprofit approaches to achieving socio-economic
outcomes |
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Chris Coward, Director; Raul
Roman, Research Associate; Maria Garrido, PhD Candidate,
Department of Communication; Beth Kolko; Andy Gordon, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
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Achieving the MDGs through
the Use of Information and Communication Technologies |
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Evika Karamagioli, Grants Coordinator,
access2democracy, Athens, Greece |
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ICT Diffusion and Theories
of Structural Transformation: A Cluster Analysis |
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Michelle Commosioung, Faculty
of Humanities and Social Science, Doctoral Student, Department
of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester,
UK |
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Information Technologies and
Employment in Serbia |
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Gordana Stojic Atanasov, Faculty
of Philosophy, University of Nis, Serbia and Montenegro |
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4:00 p.m. - 4:30
p.m. - End of day Coffee, Tea and Refreshments |
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Wednesday - November
16th, 2005 - International Trade Centre of Kram |
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| 3:00 p.m.
- 5:00 p.m. - Room: Kasserine at the International
Trade Centre of Kram |
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WSIS Parallel Event
- Digital Divide, Global Development & the Information
Society |
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Chair: Dr. Neville S. Arachchige Don, President,
International Research Foundation for Development |
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Panelists: |
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Dr. Neville S. Arachchige Don,
President, International Research Foundation for Development,
Cambridge, MN USA |
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Prof. Royal D. Colle, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
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Mr. Jyrki Katainen, Chair,
Committee for the Future, Parliament of Finland |
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Mrs. Jutta Urpilainen, Member,
Committee for the Future, Parliament of Finland |
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Mr. Kyösti Karjula, Member,
Committee for the Future, Parliament of Finland |
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Dr. Lin Fern-Ching, Chairman,
Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan |
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Mr. Pelin Walis, Advisor, Asia
Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business,
Taiwan |
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Dr. Amitai Etzioni, Director,
Communitarian Network, George Washington University, Washington,
D.C., USA |
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Dr. David J. Grimshaw, International
Programme Manager, Intermediate Technology Development Group,
UK |
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Dr. Paschal Preston, Founder,
STeM Research Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland |
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Dr. Richard C. Vincent, Professor,
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA |
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Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, Member
of Parliament, Minister of Science and Information & Technology,
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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