Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to join this important event during WSIS.
Oleg ***************************** Geneva & Beyond: Operationalizing Recommendations of the World Summit on the Information Society to Help Achieve Millennium Development Goals Video Conference & On-Line Discussion Thursday, December 11, from 9:00am to 11:00am (Washington, D.C. time) On December 11, Development Gateway and the World Bank are sponsoring a videoconference event linking India, Lebanon, Mexico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and the United States. We have partnered with UNDP/UN ICT Task Force's ICT Development Network to organize online discussions connected with this event. Please join us! You can participate in several ways: * Join the Videoconference in person in one of the participating countries <http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/221947/WSIS-Invitation.doc> * View the Webcast at http://webcast-ext.wordlbank.org/streaming/live.ram (the videconference will be broadcast live from 9 to 11 am on Dec. 11) * Participate in on-line discussions at <http://www.ictwhoiswho.net> by registering and following the link to "Videoconference Support: Operationalizing the Recommendations of WSIS" * Send your discussion questions and comments by email to Barbara Fillip at [EMAIL PROTECTED] All of this information and a more detailed agenda for the videoconference/webcast will be posted shortly on the Development Gateway's ICT for Development portal <http://www.developmentgateway.org/ict> as well as on the relevant online discussion page <http://www.ictwhoiswho.net/index.cfm?module=Forums&page=Forum&ForumID=14> Note that you are also welcome to join other related on-line discussions once you have logged on as a member. Draft Agenda: 9-9.15 am Welcome, introductions of participating sites - Country facilitators 9.15-9.20 am Opening Remarks by Mohamed Muhsin (Vice-President and CIO, World Bank Group) 9.20 - 10 am Geneva presentations (Nagy Hanna, Carlos Braga, Ernest Wilson, Prof. Swaminathan, Sid Kane, 2-3 others to be confirmed) 10 am - 10.45 am Country remarks and questions (India, Lebanon, Mexico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, USA - DC, USA - Santa Clara) 10.45-10.55 Questions and remarks from the Internet participants summarized by Barbara Fillip (online discussion moderator) 10.55-11.00 am Closing remarks and credits Register & Participate in the Videconference: Contact the following country facilitators by Dec. 10: · India: Maneesha Gupta at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · Lebanon: Lina Abou Habib at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · Mexico: Alejandro Pisanty at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · Romania: Laurian Tanasescu at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · Russia: Mikhail Bunchuk at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · Rwanda: Rose Mukankomeje at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · Sri Lanka: Athula Pushpakumara at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · Switzerland: Robert Guerra at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> · USA: Oleg Petrov at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Washington, DC) and Anil Srivastava at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Santa Clara, CA) Register & Participate in Online Discussions: The "Help" link on the upper menu bar of ICT Development Network <http://www.ictwhoiswho.net> provides instructions for how to register and participate in online discussions. The following steps are a quick guide: a. Become a Member: Under "User" left hand side of the site, click on "Become a Member" and follow the instructions (note that there are two pages). You should do this prior to the live discussions Thursday. b. Join the Discussion: Follow the link to "Videoconference Support: Operationalizing the Recommendations of WSIS" and join the discussion. You are encouraged to post comments/questions prior to the video conference on Thursday as well as during the event. c. Follow-up Discussions: related discussions and on-line follow-up will take place on other discussion forums of the ICT for Development Network. Continue to visit this site for more information. Moderator: The online discussions will be moderated by Barbara Fillip and John Daly. A period of time towards the end of the videoconference will be specifically allocated for questions from online participants to be addressed by the main speakers. Feel free to contact Barbara Fillip at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions! ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
