WSIS Thematic Meeting on Multi-Stakeholder
Partnerships for Bridging the Digital Divide

               Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23 - 24 June 2005                   

Presentations

Day One - 23 June 2005
                Sheraton Grande Walkerhill, Cosmos Room (3rd Floor)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mr. Jun-Hyong RHO, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC)

Mr. Tim KELLY, Head Strategy and Policy Unit, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)     

Nomination of Chairman

Mr. Michael REED, United Nations University, Japan (Chairman)   

Introductory Remarks
(Host of this WSIS Thematic Meeting and host countries of the Geneva and Tunis phases of WSIS)

Mr. Yeon-gi SON, President/CEO Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO), Korea

Mr. Hak-Su KIM, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Mr. Walter FUST, Director General Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation, Chairman of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), Switzerland:
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Lessons learnt from the Global Knowledge Partnership

Mr. Othman JERANDI, Ambassador of Tunisia to the Republic of Korea, Tunisia

Keynote Speakers

Mr. Jonathan KUSHNER, Global Strategic Accounts Executive - Public Sector, Asia Pacific, Multilaterals and Bilaterals, Microsoft:
Digital Inclusion

Mr. Andy CARVIN, Director, Digital Divide Network, EDC Center for Media & Community:
The Role of Civil Society in Bridging the Digital Divide  
Podcast of the presentation

Mr. Art REILLY, Senior Director, Strategic Technology Policy, Cisco Systems:
Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: An Engine for a People-Centric, Global Information Society

Mr. Alain CLERC, Executive Secretary, Digital Solidarity Fund:
New Financing Mechanisms: The Digital Solidarity Fund

Mr. Yon MOREIRA DA SILVA Jr., Vice-President for Strategic Business, Brasil Telecom:
Internet 4 All, the Brazilian National Initiative

Mr. Béchir RADDAOUI, Director at the Cabinet of the Minister, Ministry of Communication Technologies of Tunisia:
ICT: Tunisia on the Cutting Edge Of New Technology

Introductory Presentation

Mr. Tim KELLY, Head, & Ms. Lilia PEREZ-CHAVOLLA, Policy Analyst, Strategy and Policy Unit, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Background Paper on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Bridging the Digital Divide (BDB-WSIS/05) 

Building Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: National Policies

Mr. Paulo César SIQUEIRA, Head of International Cooperation Office, Brazilian Institute of Information on Science and Technology (IBICT), Brazil:
The Use Of Open Sources For Digital Inclusion In Brazil

Mr. Jonathan LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, e-Government Director, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), Mexico:
A Technological System with Social Content

Mr. Robert SAGUN, Global Policy Coordinator, WSIS Youth Caucus, Philippines:
Youth Creating Digital Opportunities through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration: Experience and Challenges in Implementing National WSIS Youth Campaigns

Mr. Jirapon TUBTIMHIN, Director, GITI, NECTEC, Thailand:
Thailand e-Local Government Website Scorecard,  A Tool to Create Digital Opportunity

Presentation
Videos 1, 2, 3 & 4

Ms. Thi Minh Van NGUYEN, External Relations Expert, Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corp., Vietnam:
VNPT - a major partner in digital divide closing in Vietnam

Building Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships:
Promoting Access through Telecenters and Capacity Building

Mr. Ahmad Farshid GHYASI, Deputy Project Manager, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Afghanistan:
UNDP/ICT Projects - A Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for Bridging Digital Divide in Afghanistan

Mr. Jean Paul NKURUNZIZA, General Secretary, Burundi Youth Training Centre, Burundi:
Actions of BYTC and its partners in fighting digital divide in Burundi

Ms. Mariana TODOROVA, Managing Director, Saga Technology, Bulgaria:
I-Centres - First Steps in the Transition from Industrial towards Information Society

Presentation

Mr. Gajendra BOHRA, Telecom Consultant, Organisation Development Centre, Nepal:
ICTs in rural Nepal through community support

Presentation

Mr. Cheung Moon CHO, Director, Division of International Cooperation & Planning, Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO):
KADO's Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: KADO as a Founder Partner of "Connect the World"

Day Two - 24 June 2005
Sheraton Grande Walkerhill, Cosmos Room (3rd Floor)

Building Successful Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: ICT Applications

Mr. Mohan Brij BAVEJA, Director, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India:
Bridging the Digital Divide in India - The way forward

Ms. Rita TSERING, UNITeS Associate, UN Volunteers-UNITeS:
Building Southern ICT capacity through University Volunteers (under UNITeS)

Mr. Mohammad SALAHUDDIN, Head of Subdirectorate for Posts, Telecommunication and ICT, BAPPENAS, Indonesia:
Cap–Osol Programs to Address Digital Divide in Indonesia

Mr. Muhammad ATIF SHEIKH, President, STEP, Secretariat General DPI, Pakistan:
Mobilization of Disabled Human Resources through Building Successful Multi-Stakeholder partnerships-ICT application

Mr. Harsha DE SILVA, Senior Consultant Economist, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka:
The Govi Gnana Service: A multistakeholder partnership to bring dividends of ICT to rural Sri Lankan farmers

Mr. Yong-Jae LEE, Senior Manager of Global Marketing Operation of Samsung Electronics:
Samsung DigitalAll Hope

Introductory Presentation

Presentation

Mr. Michael MINGES, Senior Market Analyst, Telecommunications Management Group (TGM)
Background Paper on the Digital Opportunity Index (DOI)(BDB-WSIS/06) (Revised version)

Measuring the Digital Divide: Towards the Development of a Digital Opportunity Index

Presentation

Mr. Cheung Moon CHO, Director, Division of International Cooperation & Planning, Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO):

Development of DOI: Principle and Issues

Mr. Mongi HAMDI, Chief, Science and Technology, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Benchmarking the Digital Divide

Presentation

Mr. Larry PRESS, Professor of Information Systems, California State University:
Moving beyond measurement to infrastructure

Next Steps: Overcoming Barriers and Enhancing Partnerships

Mr. Cosmas ZAVAZAVA, Head of Least Developed Countries Unit, International Telecommunication Union:
Scan - Target – Focus (Star Focus Initiative)

Mr. G. M. FEDOROV, Chief, ICT Policy Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP):
Promotion of Partnership through Consultation on Internet Governance in Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Sergei KAMBALOV, Deputy Executive Coordinator, Secretariat of the United Nations ICT Task Force

Ms. Karen BANKS, Networking and Advocacy Coordinator, Association for Progressive Communications (APC):
'Business as usual:' Barriers towards sustainable development and the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to find a path forward together

Chairman's Report 

Mr. Michael REED, Chairman

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