Facilitation Meeting: WSIS Action Line C5
International Telecommunication Union
19 May 2009, 16:00 - 17:30
ITU Headquarters, Room B1

A fundamental role of ITU, following the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the 2006 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference is to build confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).  At the second phase of WSIS in Tunis in 2005, ITU was entrusted to take the lead as the sole facilitator for Action Line C5, “Building confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)”.

This meeting is intended to provide a forum for facilitating discussions on work carried out in the area of Cybersecurity under Action line C5. The meeting will broadly focus on the following themes:

• Need for mechanisms for better information sharing

• Identifying measures for progress

• Fostering global partnerships

We invite contributions from various stakeholders in any of the above themes. You can still send your contributions to Preetam Maloor <preetam.maloor@itu.int>

Moderator: Alexander Ntoko, Head of Corporate Strategy Division, ITU

Confirmed List of Speakers:

• Mr Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU

• Mr Marco Obiso, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Advisor Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU

• Mr Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany

• Dr Henning Wegener, Ambassador , World Federation of Scientists, Spain

• Mr Mohamed Shihab, Advisor (Technical), Chairman's Office, International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (‘IMPACT’)

Further information on the activities related to the facilitation of the WSIS Action Line C5 may be found here. 

To follow the meeting through the web-cast, please click here!