| Parallel sessions of the Commission on Empowerment and Participation |
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| Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
Parallel 1: Commission sessions |
| Theme: E-governance approaches to empowerment and participation |
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| Session chair: |
| NEPAD e-Africa Commission e-Parliament project, mr. Philippe Mawoko, program manager NEPAD e-Africa Commission, South Africa (to be confirmed) |
| The Commonwealth Secretariat Digital Divide Programme, mr. Devindra Ramnarine, advisor Public Sector Informatics, Commonwealth Secretariat, UK (to be confirmed) |
| IICD e-Government/ community empowerment project, mr. Arjan de Jager, country manager IICD, The Netherlands |
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| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 10.45-12.15 |
Parallel 2: Commission sessions |
| Theme: ICT Industry and public sector empowerment |
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| Session chair: |
| Hewlett Packard (HP) Government and public Affairs (to be confirmed) |
| Cisco Systems Government solutions, mr. Michele Castegnaro, director, Business Development, Emerging Africa and IOI, Cisco, USA (to be confirmed) |
| Microsoft Government Industry (to be confirmed) |
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| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 14.00 - 15.30 |
Parallel 3: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Economic Opportunities of Telecentres |
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| Session chair: |
| Global Telecentre Alliance (in cooperation with the Economic Opportunities Commission) |
| IDRC/Telecentre.org, mr. Meddie Mayanja, IDRC, Canada |
| Rural Decision Support System (RDSS), mr. Rajendra Mahatme, executive director Swawlamban, India |
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| Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
Parallel 4: Commission sessions |
| Theme: Best practices for community media centres |
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| Session chair: |
| UNESCO’s Global Community Multimedia Centre Initiative, mr. Ian Pringle, Unesco, India |
| The Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS), ms. Vickie Devenport, WSIU Outreach / director of SIRIS, USA |
| Knowledge Transfer Beyond Boundaries (NABU) - Cameroon Project:Empowering rural communities to use ICT in the fight against HIV/AIDS, mr. Louis-Marie Ngamassi, Cameroon |
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