(Revised) Schedule - Updated 14th January 2004
Bangalore Workshop
ICT for Sustainable Development
Sponsors:
Carnegie Mellon IISc NIAS NSF United Nations World Bank Indian Govt. Agencies and Industry
14 Jan 2004
10.00-10.30
10.30-12.30
10.30-10.45
10.45-11.00
11.00-12.20
12.20-12.35
12.35-14.00
14.00-17.00
19.30-21.30
Registration and Tea
Plenary Session
Welcome remarks – Prof. N. Balakrishnan (IISc)
Opening Remarks – Ms. JoAnne DiSano (UN), Dr. Carlos
Braga (World Bank), and Dr. Peter Freeman (NSF)
ICT for SD: a resumé by Prof. V. S. Arunachalam
Keynote Addresses on WSIS and ICT:
Dr Nitin Desai – Chair: Dr. A. Ramachandran
Prof. Richard Newton – Chair: Mr. K. K. Jaswal
Developing Country Needs and Perspectives in ICT – Address
Prof. Susana Finquelievich
Lunch
Working Groups
Dinner
15 Jan 2004
09.15-09.30
09.30-10.10
10.10-12.30
12.30-14.00
14.00-14.15
14.15-17.15
19.30-21.30
Plan of Action/Announcements
Keynote - Development and Economics
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz – Chair: Dr. Carlos Braga
Working Groups
Lunch - Intervention talk on Development and Security
Dr. Ronald Lehman
ICT & Sustainable Development: Who Pays, How Much? – Address
Prof. Raj Reddy
Presentations by Groups and Joint Discussions – Chair: Ms. JoAnne
DiSano; Co-Chairs: Dr. S. Varadarajan; Prof. Bill Scherlis
Dinner
16 Jan 2004
09:30-10.45
10.45-11.15
11.15-12.00
12:00-12.45
12.45-13.00
13.00-13.15
13.10
Closing session
Remarks by Dr. Raja Ramanna (NIAS), Ms. JoAnne DiSano (UN), Dr.
Carlos Braga (World Bank), Dr. Peter Freeman (NSF), Prof. Raj
Reddy (CMU), and Prof. V. S. Arunachalam (CMU)
Address by His Excellency the President of India
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
Vote of Thanks – Prof. N. Balakrishnan (IISc)
Tea
Research Agenda Prioritization and Discussions – Chair: Mr. Tom
Kalil
Linkages, Partnerships, and Mechanisms for Implementation – Chair:
Dr. Kui-Nang Mak
Where do we go from here?
Prof. V. S. Arunachalam
Closing Remarks
Dr. Lawrence Brandt
Workshop concludes