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Dear Colleagues:
We invite you to attend the Caring Communities for the 21st Century:
Imagining the Possible International Conference addressing the Age of
Connectivity ... Friday 10 February 2006 at UN Headquarters. The flyer
below will give you some insights to the program. The Preliminary
Program
will be posted shortly on website: international-iccc.org
Hoping you and your colleagues can join us for the unique conference
which
also features the winners of the 2005 ICT Student Design
Competition. Please help us spread the word Many thanks...
Wishing you all the best in 2006...Jane Ross, Coordinator
Age of Connectivity
Caring Communities for the 21st Century: Imagining the Possible
Friday, 10 February 2006 International Conference 10am - 6pm UN
Headquarters, NY
The quantity of life change has become a quality of life challenge! Join
experts from the fields of urban planning and development, information
and communication technologies, finance, government, business, and
health,
to discuss and exchange ideas.
As part of a series of Interlinked Congresses addressing the Age of
Longevity held in cities around the world, this conference is organized
in
coordination with the United Nations Programme for Human Settlements
(UN-Habitat), UN Programme on Ageing, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, Department of Public Information, NGOs, and the private
sector. The Conference is in support of the Commission for Social
Development and highlights the winning projects of the 2005 ICT Student
Design Competition.
The Age of Connectivity interrelates basic elements that influence our
quality of life - innovative rethinking of the basic elements --
family,
education, health, housing, multi-levels of government, and the ICT
Information Highway - and creates a unique opportunity to encourage a
quality blueprint for an enriched Society for All Ages. When perceived
with an open mind, these interrelationships offer endless opportunities
for
us all. Successful case studies, public/private partnerships, and
perspectives of local authorities, NGOs and business will be featured.
The
Conference's purpose is to build bridges and develop projects, services
and
products that support the needs of people of all ages. Each month the
world's older population increases by 1.2 million!
The following questions are the underlying themes:
* How can global connectivity assist in resolving the complex
challenges of a Graying Society?
* What blueprint is needed? What new mindsets and paradigms can
emerge from the age of digital opportunity?
* How to overcome the age-related digital divide and connect the
generations?
* How can partnerships be developed which incorporate older persons'
experience and augment their capacities?
* How can ICT (information and communication technology) boost
economic
development in an ageing society?
* How can ICT tools enhance life-long learning and employment?
* What role can e-health play in improving the quality of life for
people of all ages?
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Kim Hak-Su,* Under-Secretary-General.
Executive Director, Untied Nations Economic and Social Council of Asia
and Pacific (ESCAP).
Co-Chairs: Dean Fadi Deek, Professor of Information Systems and
Mathematical Science, College of Science and Liberal Arts, New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Dr. Michael Gurstein, Clinical
Professor, School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology (
NJIT)
, Chair, Community Informatics Research Network
Speakers include: Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General,
Executive
Director, United Nations Programme for Human Settlements (UN-HABITAT),
Mr.
Sarbuland Khan, Director, United Nations Office of ECOSOC Support and
Coordination, Mr. Sergei Kambalov, Chief, United Nations ECOSOC and
Interorganization Cooperation Branch, Mr.Alexandre Sidorenko, Focal
Point
on Ageing, United Nations, Programme on Ageing, Mr. Denis Gilhooly,
Senior
Advisor, the Global Alliance for ICT and Development, Ms. Sonia Elliott,
Liaison Officer, UNAIDS New York Office, Dr. Luiz Carlos Boscolo,
President, Dort Foundation (Brazil)*, Professor Frederick Fenech,
Director,
Institute on Ageing, Malta, Dr. Pramod Gaur , President and CEO,
Viterion
TeleHeathcare LLC, Dean Craig Lehmann, School of Health Technology,
Stony
Brook
