Meeting on Economic and Social Implications of ICT: Programme

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Preliminary programme

Tuesday, 18 January 2005

09h30 Session 1: Opening
Welcome (representative of Guatemala)
Welcome (representative of the organising institutions)
Introduction and keynote:
- WSIS, ICT and development (representative of the WSIS)
- The links between ICTs and economic growth (keynote speaker)

11h00 Coffee break

11h30 Session 2: Impact of ICTs on economic performance
Moderator: (OECD)
Presentation:
  - ICTs and economic growth – the evidence from OECD and developing countries
Case studies:
  - Case study 1: Developing country
  - Case study 2: OECD country
Discussion
Summing-up (moderator)

13h00 Lunch

14h30 Session 3: Impact of ICTs on trade competitiveness
Moderator: (UNCTAD)
Presentation:
  - Impact of ICTs on trade in developing countries – the evidence and policy lessons
Case Studies:
  - Case study 1: Outsourcing – ICT-enabled services
  - Case study 2: South-south cooperation
Discussion
Summing-up (moderator)

16h00 Coffee break

16h30 Session 4: Raising productivity and competitiveness of SMEs through use of ICTs
Moderator: (OECD)
Presentations:
  - ICT, e-business and SMEs: the policy environment
Case studies:
  - Case study 1: Developing country
  - Case study 2: OECD country
Discussion
Summing-up (moderator)

18h00 Dinner / cocktail

Wednesday, 19 January 2005

09h30 Session 5: Market entry strategies for enterprises: ICT implications
Moderator: (ITC)
Presentations:
  - Access to the global market: market entry strategies and their ICT implications
Case studies:
  - Case study 1: ICT applications for enterprises which "supply to the big buyers" (enterprise    manager)
  - Case study 2: ICT applications for enterprises which "capture the niche market" (enterprise   manager)
Discussion
Summing-up (moderator)

11h00 Coffee

11h30 Session 6: Impact of structural changes on labour markets -- How ICTs change the world of work
Moderator: (ILO)
Presentation:
  - Migration of jobs or migration of people; wages & wage differentials; education, training    and competencies
Case studies:
  - Case study 1: An employer’s perspective
  - Case study 2: A worker’s perspective

13h00 Lunch

14h30 Session 7: Impact of structural changes on labour markets -- How ICTs change the world of work (continued)
Moderator: (ILO)
Presentation:
- Case study: Skill-biased technological change and wage inequality: evidence from a plant retooling
Discussion
Summing-up (moderator)

16h00 Coffee break

16h30 Session 8: Message to be sent to the WSIS
Round table of session moderators and key stakeholders
  - The emerging evidence
  - What remains to be done?
  - The Message to WSIS

17h30 Close
Concluding statement (representative of the organising institutions)
Closing remarks (representative of Guatemala)

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