[WSIS CS-Plenary] Up coming GAID events (March - May 2008)

[CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

This is to inform you about the up coming meetings / events organised or
co-organised by the secretariat of the Global Alliance for ICT and
Development in the up coming months:

 

25-26 March 2008
UN Meets Web 2.0 - New Media, New Entrepreneurs and New ICT Opportunities in
Emerging Markets
Organised by GAID. United Nations Headquarters, New York.
The event will consist of a series of policy dialogues and panel sessions on
the first day, showcasing a variety of perspectives on key issues. The
second day will include an Investors Forum. Open to all stakeholder
Documents: 
. Provisional programme
<http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/system/files/web20_Provisional+Programme.pdf> 
. Website <http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/node/1347> 

 

16-18 April 2008
8th Infopoverty World Conference 
Multi-conference event at the UN Headquarters connected with Milan
(Politecnico and the European Parliament Office), Paris (UNESCO), Madagascar
(Sambaina Village), and other locations. The Conference, focusing on "Low
Cost-Smart technologies to fight poverty and save the planet", aims to
advance the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and, in
particular, supports programmes for alleviating poverty through information
and communication technologies.
Organised by OCCAM in partnership with GAID. 
Open to all stakeholder: Registration Form
<http://www.infopoverty.net/2008/registrationform_%20IWC2008.doc?lang=eng> 
Documents: 
. Provisional programme <http://www.infopoverty.net/IWC2007draftprogram.pdf>

Website: http://www.infopoverty.net/

 

 

23-24 April 2008
Forum on Sustainable Urbanization in the Information Age, organised by GAID.
United Nations Headquarters, New York.
Open to all stakeholder - Registration Form
<http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/system/files/SustainableUrbanization_Registration
Form.doc> 
Documents: 
. Invitation letter
<http://www.csbureau.info/Forum%20Sustainable%20Urbanization%20Letter%20to%2
0Strategy%20Council.pdf>  to GAID STrategy Council members
. Concept <http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/node/1346>  note and wesite
. Draft programme
<http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/system/files/SustainableUrbanization_Agenda28Jan0
8.pdf> 

 

 

18-20 May 2008
GAID Steering Committee and Strategy Council meetings, and GAID Global Forum
on Access & Connectivity & Innovative Funding.
Organised in conjunction with World Congress on Information Technology.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
I'll shortly forward complementary information from the GAID Secretariat in
this regard.

 

 

A calendar of post-WSIS related event is up dated at:
http://www.csbureau.info/posttunis.htm. 

 

Best regards, 

 

Ph

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - Information Society &
Human Rights Coordinator
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wphilippe.dam at ngocongo.org> philippe.dam at ngocongo.org
Website:  <blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

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