[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: GAID - Panel discussion during UN ECOSOC Session - 5 July 2007

William Drake drake at hei.unige.ch
Tue Jul 3 14:54:15 BST 2007


Hi,

FWIW, it looks like Philippe inadvertently sent out an old version of the
program.  There current version is below.

Charles Geiger is at charles.geiger at unctad.org if anyone is looking for a
pass.

Bill


           
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR ICT AND DEVELOPMENT
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT
OBSERVATORY FOR CULTURAL AND AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION


Panel discussion on

 ³Information Society: New Perspectives for Post-WSIS Scenarios?²
5 July 2007, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Conference Room XXVI
3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.

DRAFT AGENDA



3:00 ­ 6:00    
Welcome by Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance
for ICT and Development

Opening Remarks
Mr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General  of ITU

Moderator
Mr. Philippe Mottaz, World Radio Geneva

Lead discussant
Mr. Alain Clerc, Executive Secretary, Digital Solidarity Fund

Panelists
Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization
(TAGO)
Mr. John Gage, Chief Researcher and Vice-President of the Science Office,
Sun Microsystems 
Ambassador Janis Karklins, Vice-Chair, United Nations Commission on Science
and Technology for Development
Mr. Carlo Ottaviani, President, ST Microelectronics Foundation
Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Mr. Gerolf Weigel, Head of ICT4D Division, Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation
Mr. Pierpaolo Saporito, President, OCCAM and Infopoverty Programme

Respondent
Mr. William J. Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and
Global Governance, Graduate Institute for International Studies, Geneva,
Switzerland



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