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FORUM PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

POL+DEV Policy & Development Summit

INF Infrastructure & Applications Summit

YF Youth Forum

TDS Telecom Development Symposium

MORNING

AFTERNOON

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09:30 - 12:30
FORUM OPENING
Defining the Digital Divide

14:00 - 17:00 POL+DEV.1
Challenges of the Digital Divide

14:00 - 15:15
Challenges of the Digital Divide

15:45 - 17:00
Challenge of the Digital Divide

14:00 - 15:15 INF.1
Connecting Africa

15:45 - 17:00 INF.2
Packet Telephony Voice over IP

14:00 - 17:30 YF.1 (Round Table)
Technology

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13

POL+DEV.2
Market Development

12:30 - 13:30 Special Public Session
New Technologies for Rural Applications

POL+DEV.3
Transition

09:30 - 10:45
Tackling the policy challenge

11:15 - 12:30
Opening the African Market: the industry perspective

14:00 - 15:15
Setting the Policy Framework

15:45 - 17:00
Defining the Way Forward

09:30 - 10:45 INF.3
From Legacy to NGN:
Services in Focus

11:15 - 12:30 INF.4
From Legacy to NGN:
Protocols in Focus

14:00 - 15:15 INF.5
Evolution to 3G Networks

15:45 - 17:00 INF.6
The 3G Business Opportunity

09:30 - 12:30 TDS.1 (Round Table)
Building Effective Regulators

14:00 - 17:30 YF.2 (Round Table)
Policy & Regulation

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14

09:30 - 12:30 POL+DEV.4
Accessibility & Opportunities

POL+DEV.5
e-Africa

14:00 - 15:15
Developing e-applications

15:45 - 17:00
E-Governement

09:30 - 10:45 INF.7
E-Commerce Solutions for Africa

11:15 - 12:30 INF.8
Internet: Challenges & Opportunities for Africa

14:00 - 15:15 INF.9
Sustainable Solutions

15:45 - 17:00 INF.10
ICT in Rural Access

09:30 - 12:30 TDS.2 (Round Table)
Development of Internet in Africa

14:00 - 17:30 YF.3 (Round Table)
Finance

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POL+DEV.6
Investment

POL+DEV.7
Strategic Initiatives & Solutions

09:30 - 10:45
The Investment Challenge

11:15 - 12:30
Success Formulas

14:00 - 15:15
African Connection

15:45 - 17:00
Strategies to bridge the Digital Divide

09:30 - 12:30 INF.11 & 12
Providing Access for Underserved Communities

14:00 - 15:15 INF.13
Telecentres for Connecting Africa

15:45 - 17:00 INF.14
Broadband Access in the Last Mile & the Last Metre

09:30 - 12:30 TDS.3 (Round Table)
Competence Development in the Africa Region

14:00 - 17:30 YF.4
Working Group Session

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09:30 - 11:00 POL+DEV Workshop A - CANCELLED	11:30 - 13:00 FORUM CLOSING
09:30 - 11:00 POL+DEV Workshop B - Empowerment
09:30 - 11:00 POL+DEV Workshop C - Emergency Communications
09:30 - 11:00 INF Workshop 1 - Mechanisms for Bridging the Digital Divide