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OPENING SESSION: Rural Service Delivery: Trends and Challenges
Welcoming Remarks: Eckhard Uhlenberg, Minister for Environment and Agriculture in Northrhine Westfalia
Chair: Mario Pezzini, Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
Speakers:
Germany: Gert Lindemann, Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
United States: Thomas C. Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development, USDA, opening remarks
Scotland, UK: Richard Wakeford, Chair of the Working Party on Territorial Development Policy in Rural Areas, OECD
OECD/TDPC: Mark Drabenstott, Chair of the Territorial Development Policy Committee, OECD, opening remarks
SESSION II: Delivering Quality Education to Rural Regions
Chair: Richard Wakeford, Chair of the Working Party on Territorial Development Policy in Rural Areas, OECD
Keynote speaker: Elena Saraceno, formerly with the Presidency of the EU Commission, presentation
Discussant panel:
Russia: Andrey Kortunov, President, New Eurasia Foundation
Canada: Marilyn Kapitany, Assistant Deputy Minister, Western Diversification Division, Manitoba Region, presentation, paper
Germany: Michael Wedler, Senior Consultant, Regional and Business Development, Energy and Cooperation Projects; B.A.U.M. Consulting Group, presentation
United Kingdom: Graham Russell, Director-Practice, Commission for Rural Communities, presentation
SESSION III: Innovative Strategies for Healthcare and Social Service Delivery
Chair: Roberto Villarreal, Head, Regional Competitiveness and Governance Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
Keynote speaker: Keith Mueller, Associate Dean of Public Health, University of Nebraska, presentation
Discussant panel:
Finland: Tuomo Tahvanainen, Development Manager, Experience Production and Food Industry, Kainuun Etu Ltd., presentation
Italy: Sabrina Lucatelli, Public Investment Evaluation Unit, Department for Development and Cohesion Policy, Italian Ministry for Economic Development, presentation
Germany: Neeltje van den Berg, Ph.D, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald Institute for Community Medicine, presentation
Ireland: Seamus Boland, Chief Executive Officer, Irish Rural Link, presentation
SESSION IV: Increasing Rural Access through ICT and Transportation
Chair: Mario Pezzini, Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
Keynote speaker: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor of Economic Geography and Head of the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, presentation
Discussant panel:
Japan: Yoshinobu Fukasawa, Director for Planning, National Planning Division, National and Regional Planning Bureau, MLITT, presentation
Portugal: Isabelle Bastos, Coordinator, Alexandra Couto, Journalist, Project EDV Digital/Net on Wheels, Regional Development Agency of Entre Douro e Vouga, presentation
Turkey: Omer Bilen, Head of Department, DG Regional Development and Structural Adjustment, Undersecretary of State Planning Organization, presentation
Germany: Peter Knauth, Ph.D., Division Head of Telecommunications Policy and Principles of Telecommunication Regulation, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, presentation
SESSION V: Fostering Business and Financial Services in Rural Areas
Chair: Anthony Fuller, Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph - Sustainable Rural Communities Research Program
Keynote speaker: William Roe, Chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scotland, UK, presentation
Discussant panel:
Ireland: Gillian Buckley, Chief Executive Western Development Commission, presentation, paper
South Africa: Nellie Agingu Lester, Deputy Director-General, Department of Local Government, presentation
Germany: Dieter Popp, Managing Partner in the FUTOUR Environment, Tourism and Regional Consulting GmbH and Co. KG, Munich, presentation
China: Wen Tiejun, Dean, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, presentation
SESSION VI: Service Delivery and the Future of Rural Regions: A Framework for Action
Chair: Heino Von Meyer, Director, OECD Berlin Center
Discussant panel:
Nicola Crosta, Head, Rural Development Programme, Regional Competitiveness and Governance Division, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD, presentation
Xavier Gizard, Secretary General, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR)
Richard Wakeford, Chair of the Working Party on Territorial Development Policy in Rural Areas, OECD, closing remarks
Mark Drabenstott, Chair, Territorial Development Policy Committee, OECD, closing remarks
Conference closing remarks: Dr. Jörg Wendisch, Director-General of Directorate 5, Rural Areas, Plant Production, Forestry and Forest Industries
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