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High-Level Segment (HLS) of Council 2008


Geneva, 12-13 November 2008
 

 
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Session Speaker Member State/
Organization
Statement
Opening
12 Nov. 2008, 10:00 - 10:45
Dr. Plamen Vatchkov
Chairman, State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) and Chairman of the Council
Bulgaria Text document icon Video icon
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré
Secretary-General
ITU Text document icon Video icon
Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General
Introduced by Mr. Choi Soon-hong, UN Chief Information Technology Officer
UN Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Blaise Compaoré
President
Burkina Faso Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President
Rwanda Text document icon Video icon
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré
(Awards to Presidents Compaoré and Kagame)
Secretary-General
ITU Text document icon Video icon

Session 1 on Climate Change
12 Nov. 2008, 11:15 - 12:30
Combating Climate Change through ICTs
Moderator: Mr. Malcolm Johnson
Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
ITU Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Prof. Peter Msolla
Minister of Communications, Science and Technology
United Republic of Tanzania Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Ramon Linares
First Deputy Minister of Information and Communications
Cuba Text document icon Video icon
Mr. Michel Jarraud
Secretary-General
WMO Text document icon Video icon
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General
UNCTAD Text document icon Video icon
Message on behalf of Jacques Diouf
Director-General
delivered by Peter Holmgren, Director of Environment, Climate Change and Bioenergy Division
FAO Text document icon Video icon
 
Session 2 on Cybersecurity
12 Nov. 2008, 15:00 - 16:15
Managing cyberthreats through harmonized policies and organizational structures
Moderator: Mr. Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid
Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
ITU

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H.E. Mr. Ivailo Kalfin
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Bulgaria
 
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Mr. Sandro Calvani
Director
UNICRI Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Dr. Benjamin Aggrey Ntim
Minister of Communications
Ghana Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Elhadj Gley
Minister of Communication Technologies
Tunisia Text document icon Video icon
Dr. Halim Shafie
Chairman, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
Malaysia Text document icon Video icon
 
Session 3 on Cybersecurity
12 Nov. 2008, 16:45 - 18:00
Addressing the technical and legal challenges related to the borderless nature of cybercrime
Moderator: Mr. Houlin Zhao
ITU Deputy Secretary-General
ITU

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H.E. Mr. David A. Gross
Ambassador, Department of State
United States of America
 
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H.E. Mr. Muhammad Nuh
Minister of Communication and Information Technology
Republic of Indonesia Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Samuel Lesuron Poghisio, MP
Minister of Information and Communications
Republic of Kenya Text document icon Video icon
Dr. Marianne Treschow
Director General, Swedish Post and Telecom Agency
Sweden Text document icon Video icon
 
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Session Speaker Member State/Organization Statement
Session 4 on Climate Change
13 Nov. 2008, 9:30 - 10:45
Adapting to Climate Change: The Role of Emergency Telecommunications
Moderator: Mr. Valery Timofeev
Director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau
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H.E. Mr. Siddhartha Behura
Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
India Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Yosyp Vinskyi
Minister of Transport and Communications
Ukraine Text document icon Video icon
Mr. Badri Younes
Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation
NASA Text document icon Video icon
 
Session 5 on Cybersecurity
13 Nov. 2008, 11:00 - 12:30
Be Safe Online: A Call to Action
Moderator: Dr. Plamen Vatchkov
Chairman, State Agency for Information Technology and Communications (SAITC) and Chairman of the Council
Bulgaria

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H.E. Ms. Diarra Mariam Flantié Diallo
Ministre de la Communication et des Nouvelles Technologies
Republic of Mali Text document icon Video icon
Ms. Deborah Taylor Tate
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
United States of America Text document icon Video icon
Mr. Sherif Hashem
Executive Vice President, Info tech Industry Develop Agency
Arab Republic of Egypt Text document icon Video icon
Message on behalf of Ann Venneman
Executive Director
Delivered by Dr. Pascal Villeneuve, Associate Director
UNICEF Text document icon Video icon
Dr. Christiane Agboton-Johnson
Deputy Executive Director
UNIDIR Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr John Ogar Odey
Minister of Information and Communications
Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Session 6 on Cybersecurity
13 Nov. 2008, 14:30 - 16:30
ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda: Towards an International Roadmap for Cybersecurity
Moderator: Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré
ITU Secretary-General
ITU

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H.E. Mr. Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III
Secretary of the Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT)
Republic of the Philippines
 
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H.E. Mr. Binali Yildirim
Minister of Transport
Republic of Turkey Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Radhakrishna Padayachie
Deputy Minister of Communications
Republic of South Africa Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Alexey Soldatov
Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications
Russian Federation Text document icon Video icon
Message on behalf of Carlos Lopes
Executive Director
Delivered by Ivar Tallo, Manager of the UNITAR e-governance programme
UNITAR Text document icon Video icon
H.E. Mr. Abdou Aziz Sow
Ministre de l'Information et des Télécommunications, des TICs, du NEPAD, des Relations avec les Institutions et porte-parole du Gouvernement
Republic of Senegal
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Mr. Mohammad Al Ghanim
Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
United Arab Emirates
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Closing
13 Nov. 2008, 16:30
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré
Secretary-General
ITU Text document icon Video icon

 

 


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