ITU Telecom World 2009 In Review Summary of closing remarks Continued cooperation among nations– helped by bodies such as the ITU and in other similar institutional settings – together with collaboration between plat-form developers and content providers, will allow ICT to reach its full potential. Moderator * Mr Bosco Eduardo Fernandes, Chairman, ITU TELECOM Forum Adivsory Committee and Vice President, BU & IM Industry Relationship, Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Panellists * His Excellency Ambassador Philip Verveer, United States Coordinator, International Communications and Information Policy, United States Department of State, United States * Mr Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor Group, Norway * Mr Satoshi Miura, President & CEO, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - NTT , Japan * Ms Helen McDonald, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Industry of Canada, Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications, Canada * Mr Sriram Viswanathan, Vice President, & MD, Intel Capital, GM, WiMAX Program Of-fice, Intel Corporation, United States * Mr Pascual Garcia Alba, Chief of Staff for Undersecretary of Communications, Secre-taría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Mexico ICT.2 : USING ICT AS A STIMULUS: STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD Countries across the world have developed economic stimulus programs to address the global recession. Many of these stimulus plans incorporate ICT, in-cluding broadband, as key elements designed to create jobs, create platforms for innovation, attract investment and drive new economic activity. This session examined some of the different approaches taken in different countries and looked at what types of results they generated. 75 Forum Summary Report