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High Level Panel:
ICT applications for better life
20 May 2009, 14:30 -
16:00
ITU Headquarters, Room B1
The rapid development of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) is opening
new opportunities to improve the life
situation of people around the world. This
High Level Panel concentrates on one of the
most obvious examples: mobile telephony.
With the developing world now accounting for
two-thirds of all subscriptions, even in
some rural areas in low-income countries,
mobile penetration is on the rise ,and the
uptake is particularly fast among younger
people. Other ICT developments are also
worth highlighting, such as the growing
popularity of social network in developing
countries, the increased use of broadband
and innovative solutions to e-transactions.
New ICTs and novel approaches to using them
can create better living conditions in
different ways. This session will focus on
three areas: education, agriculture and
business. Through an interactive,
multistakeholder debate, special attention
will be given to such
mobile
applications as
m-learning, m-health, m-access,
m-agriculture and m-business. The debate
will serve as an introduction to the
subsequent parallel action line facilitation
meetings.
Moderator:
Miriam Nisbet, Director of the
Information Society Division, UNESCO
Panellists:
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Ms.
Khédija Ghariani, Secretary-General
of the Arab Information and
Communication Technologies Organization
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Mr Sami Al Basheer Al Morshid,
Director, Telecommunication Development
Bureau, ITU
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Mr Michael Riggs, FAO e-agriculture
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Mr
Ilari Lindy, Senior Adviser,
Information Society for Development,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
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Mr
Clive Shepherd, Managing Director,
Fastrak Consulting Ltd (UK)
Please note that the
English <-> French interpretation will be
available.
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