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Time : 18:00 Registration, 18:30 Program, 21:00 Close
Date: Monday June 8, 2009
Registration deadline: Monday June 1, 2009
Topic: Mobile applications for developing countries
More than 3 billion people have access to basic mobile telephony,
with 48% living close or below the poverty line. What are the
applications that bring the best opportunities for economic and social
development ? They help users find employment, advertise services,
receive market prices, transfer money and pay for goods. To provide
access to basic communications they can rent phones, chargers, and
sell pre-paid cards. If you're interested in how mobile phones, used
socially, are changing the face of the planet - and in particular
developing countries - then join us and discuss you experiences, ideas
and knowledge.
Format: Workshop : our invited speakers will present
a few experiences. Partipants from the telecom sector, governmental
and non-governmental organisations are invited to contribute
experiences and discussion points.
Speakers
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Houlin
Zhao - Vice Secretary General of the ITU, welcome and
introduction. FMr. Houlin Zhao recently served as Director of ITU's
the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. He was also
responsible for partnerships between Member States, Sector Members,
other standards development organizations and helped bridge the
standardization gap between the developing and developed countries.
Until 1986, Houlin Zhao worked as an engineer in the Ministry of
Posts and Telecommunications of China.
- Lilia Perez-Chavolla, ITU
Telecommunication Development Bureau. Dr. Lilia Perez-Cavolla
is an analyst at the Strategy and Policy Unit of the International
Telecommunication Union. s. Pérez-Chavolla has authored and
co-authored research in the areas of communication indicators in
developing countries and digital opportunities.
- Ken Banks, founder kiwanja.net. Since 2003,
many local, national and international non-profit
organisations in 40 countries have benefited from kiwanja
initiatives, including FrontlineSMS and nGOmobile.
- Jean-Frédéric Wagen HES-SO, Fribourg will
presenting a new initiative for exchanging goods and services among
mobile communities in Africa.
- Frank West, Medair. The Medair
organization has 15 years of experience in bringing life-saving
relief and rehabilitation in disasters, conflict areas, and other
crises by working alongside the most vulnerable, in different
climates and terrains around the world. They will comment on the use
of mobile communications for their work.
Francesco Pisano, Unosat : The UN operational
satellite applications program, implemented in co-operation with the
CERN and delivers satellite solutions to relief organizations
helping communities exposed to poverty, hazards and risk, or
affected by humanitarian and other crises. They will discuss how
mobile communications could complement their work.
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Stéphane
Koch , Owner, intelligentzia.net
and President of ISOC
Geneva. Stéphane is a consultant in
Information technologies, with expertise in competitive
intelligence, security and privacy. He is an active speaker,
lecturer, and conference organizer. He holds a postgraduate degree
from HES Geneva.
- Rosa Delgado, ISOC Geneva chapter, SIG development.
Rosa Delgado has been Director of Internet new at SITA.
Previously she worked as expert for UNDP and ITU to assist
telecom organizations regarding policies and deployment of
internet services in Honduras, India, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone,
Ethiopia and Nigeria. Earlier she worked for UN on designing Web
services for humanitarian co-ordination.
- Other presentations are welcome and will be announced at the
workshop.
Participants
See the
participant list
Visit
the programme page with details
Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors
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