Poverty Reduction: the Role of National Development Plans for ICT by Ichiro Tambo, advisor on science and technology, Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD), OECD
Science in the Information Society by Jane Lubchenco, President, International Council for Science (ICSU), Shuichi Iwata, President, Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), Lourdes Arizpe, President, International Social Science Council (ISSC) and C. N. R. Rao, President, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)