Speakers announced for the 4th meeting of the DCICC, to be held in Nairobi
The 4th meeting of the Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change (DCICC)
will be held on the 30 of September in Nairobi, Kenya during the 6th annual
Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The meeting will bring together key specialists
in the field, from government officials to private sector specialists.
The 4th meeting of DCICC will have an open format to allow participants to share
their latest activities on the area of Internet and climate change. The meeting
will be opened by H.E. Hasanul Haq Inu, MP and chairman of the Parliamentary
Standing Committee for Ministry of Post and Telecommunication of the People's
Republic of Bangladesh, and moderated by Mr Ali Drissa Badiel, Senior Adviser of
the ITU Regional Office for Africa. For the first time, the meeting of the
coalition will be followed by a technical workshop focused on “Green ICTs and
Innovation”.
Speakers to take part in the event will include representatives from ITU, the
OECD, Microsoft, the International Development Research Centre and UNEP, among
others. The workshop will be moderated by Ms Nevine Tewfik, Deputy Director of
International Relations, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
of Egypt.
For more information, including the full program of the meeting refer to http://www.itu.int/themes/climate/dc/index.html
More information about ITU's activities in climate change at
www.itu.int/climate