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

[William Drake]

Hi Francis,

As with the May panel, it seems the GAID/CSTD leadership just tossed it
together quickly as a parallel to other events already scheduled.  No notice
was circulated even on the list for the GAID panel of advisors, strategy
council, etc.  I raised the short timing and thin CS participation with
GAID's leadership, but it would help to have the message reinforced should
you or anyone else care to write to them.

Best,

Bill


On 7/4/07 4:34 AM, "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet at mdpi.org> wrote:


> Unfortunately, however, this announcement is made much too lately
> to allow concerned WSIS Civil Society,
> to be able to attend this interesting meeting,
> except for the happy few based in Geneva or those
> few WSIS stakeholders that are also attending
> this ECOSOC session
> that does not deal
> directly with Information Society.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> 
> William Drake wrote:
> 
>> 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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William J. Drake  drake at hei.unige.ch
Director, Project on the Information
  Revolution and Global Governance/PSIO
  Graduate Institute for International Studies
  Geneva, Switzerland
http://hei.unige.ch/psio/researchprojects/Drake.html
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