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Wednesday- Day 1
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Plenary 1. Wednesday 22 August 2007 9:00 - 10:15 |
Theme: ICT for development and prosperity |
Session chair: H.E. mr. Teferra Waluwa, Minister of Capacity Building, Ethiopia |
• H.E. mr. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, General Conference Chair of WITFOR 2007, Ethiopia |
• mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) |
• dr. Bernard Zoba, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union (AU) |
• prof.dr. Klaus Brunnstein, President of IFIP, Germany |
Plenary 2. Wednesday 22 August 2007 10:45 - 12:15 |
Theme:The value of major programs |
Session chair: mr. Satish Jha, Chairman, Digital Partners India, New Delhi and Washington, DC, USA |
• One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), mr. Nicholas Negroponte, chairman emeritus MIT Media Lab / chairman One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), USA |
• African Development Bank projects, mr. Amadou Thierno Diallo, Manager Energy & ICT Division, Infrastructure Department, African Development Bank, Tunisia |
Plenary 3. Wednesday 22 August 2007 14:00 - 15:30 |
Theme: From WSIS onwards |
| Session chair:ms. Aida Opoku-Mensah, Officer in Charge, ICT and Science & Technology Division (ISTD), UN ECA, Ethiopia |
• UN GAID, mr. Ezani Amir, Advisor to the Executive Coordinator, United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, USA |
• ITU, mr. Marcelino Tayob, International Telecommunications Union, Zimbabwe |
• UNESCO, dr. Joseph Ngu, Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa, Ethiopia |
• IFIP, prof.dr. Sebastiaan von Solms, President-elect of the International Federation for Information Processing, South Africa |
• UN ECA, mr. Makane Faye, Senior Regional Advisor, ICT, Science and Technology Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia |
